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Topic: HURRICANE FUCKSTICK 5001: MORE IRMA, MORE CANE (Read 112052 times)
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Cyrrex
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Oh Christ (heh), you're right. She looks like she was assembled from the chopped up remains of more attractive people.
Seriously, that prosperity gospel shit should basically considered it's own religion, separated from normal Christian doctrine and out somewhere on the crazy fringe. I was raised in a religious family, and despite whatever I may or may not believe in as an adult, that prosperity crap is a blatant contradiction of the whole idea of the Christian religion. Rich men, eye of a needle, and all that. One of those things that seems to apply in real life, in my opinion.
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Seen around: The entire city of Houston is now playing Bioshock.  |
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schild
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Irma has become category 4 and the whole of South Florida is inside the cone. Florida has declared a state of emergency 4 days ahead of it *possibly* making landfall. Forecasters are saying at MINIMUM this is Wilma. yay  |
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01101010
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Oh I remember Wilma. I was living on Miami Beach when that blew through. My first real hurricane and actually experienced going through the eye. Fun times.
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luckton
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Getting my go-bag ready for Irma. My bank is ready for dat phat FEMA OT check  |
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TheWalrus
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Maybe this will be that storm that sucks all the bad people up into the sky.
I mean the rapture.
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Jeff Kelly
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Most likely landfall according to,the data seems to be Tampa?
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schild
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Most likely landfall according to,the data seems to be Tampa?
One minute ago on Reddit: Okay, I'm going to sort through a lot of areas in Florida and tell you how fucked you are at the moment based off the latest models that have come in:
Completely Fucked (avoid these places at landfall): Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach, Port St Lucie, Melbourne, Naples, the Keys
The hope for the best, prepare for the worst zone: Orlando, Kissimmee, Lakeland, Fort Myers
The doing slightly better tonights, but that can quickly change: Tampa, St. Petersburg, Clearwater
Yellow Alert (will likely be impacted negatively, but don't expect widespread devastation): Daytona Beach, Gainesville, St. Augustine, Jacksonville
Just Because You're Not in Florida Doesn't Mean You're Out of the Woods Yet: Coastal Georgia, Savannah, Charleston
You're Probably Fine, But Keep Watching: Myrtle Beach, Wilmington, the Panhandle, Mobile |
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luckton
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As a Fort Myers guy, I would agree with that assessment. If you've got kin in those areas, tell them to evac or start tattooing their SSN and names.
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"Those lights, combined with the polygamous Nazi mushrooms, will mess you up."
"Tuning me out doesn't magically change the design or implementation of said design. Though, that'd be neat if it did." -schild
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01101010
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I'd hold off on panicking just yet. It's south florida... hurricanes are not a new thing.
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Does any one know where the love of God goes...When the waves turn the minutes to hours? -G. Lightfoot
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luckton
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I'd hold off on panicking just yet. It's south florida... hurricanes are not a new thing.
They are not, no. Andrew taught Florida many lessons in it's wake, and while building codes and countermeasures have been implemented, we've also had 25+ years of growth and urban sprawl into areas previously devoid of people and exposure to disaster. It will be...interesting, to see how it all pans out. My money is on a worse situation than Houston. Flood water sucks, but at least you can replace things and the waters may recede. It's the gale force winds and chaos of a strong Cat 4+ hurricane that can wreck a city. Anything built with cinder block and concrete should hold, but it's the trailer parks and older houses that about to be purged that people should be worried about. |
"Those lights, combined with the polygamous Nazi mushrooms, will mess you up."
"Tuning me out doesn't magically change the design or implementation of said design. Though, that'd be neat if it did." -schild
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Abagadro
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Looks like a monster. That is Puerto Rico on the left there.  |
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TheWalrus
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Soon to be was.
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luckton
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Irma gerd now it's a CAT 5  Seriously, if you're in Florida or have kin, leave. The good lord is coming to 'reck Mara Lago. |
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Brolan
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Looks like the current models are pointing at Miami.
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calapine
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The latest 5 day forecast.  |
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schild
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Oh that's cute, they have hope it drops to a cat 4 when it hits some of the warmest water on the planet. That's nice of them.
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luckton
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It's not uncommon. Wind shearing + the islands will tear it up a little bit.
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"Those lights, combined with the polygamous Nazi mushrooms, will mess you up."
"Tuning me out doesn't magically change the design or implementation of said design. Though, that'd be neat if it did." -schild
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schild
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I'm aware of the reasons. I just don't have much hope. See: The White House, Houston, 2017.
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Gimfain
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So there's a possibility its going to enter the gulf without hitting major land mass, that doesn't bode well.
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schild
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that would really be something, but it's literally one outlier track so incredibly unlikely
<Computer>: USER SCHILD HAS JUST DOOMED LOUISIANA
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01101010
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You call it an accident. I call it justice.
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Going to have to factor in the big cold front working though the states right now... which will make it interesting if it stalls out.
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Does any one know where the love of God goes...When the waves turn the minutes to hours? -G. Lightfoot
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Chimpy
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And don't forget, Tropical Storm Jose has formed out around where Irma did. It's current tracks look like the Carolinas are a likely target. And what will likely become Katia is sitting in the southern gulf off the coast of Mexico.  |
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Teleku
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that would really be something, but it's literally one outlier track so incredibly unlikely
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Yegolev
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2/10 WOULD NOT INGEST
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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Khaldun
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Was it here that I read a piece recently about how Tampa is the most unprepared of all of Florida's major coastal cities for a major hurricane? At least one track has Irma plowing right into it as a Cat 4/5 storm.
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Yegolev
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2/10 WOULD NOT INGEST
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that would really be something, but it's literally one outlier track so incredibly unlikely
The WU track is a weighted aggregate of all available models. |
Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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Yegolev
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2/10 WOULD NOT INGEST
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On Miami by Saturday, ~150mph.
Also Jose is coming.
TIL where Lesser Antilles are.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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Merusk
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Awesome.. I hope it hits by Sunday. I'm supposed to fly to Orlando and hit Florida Polytechnic next Friday. I'd prefer the storm be gone by then.
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Chimpy
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Guy I work with has a family vacation scheduled at Disney the last week of September. I told him I hope he has Trip insurance with cancellation due to weather included. |
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schild
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Awesome.. I hope it hits by Sunday. I'm supposed to fly to Orlando and hit Florida Polytechnic next Friday. I'd prefer the storm be gone by then.
Would absolutely cancel and get refunds now. |
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HaemishM
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If he can't cancel, he'd better book some canoes ahead of time.
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Abagadro
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Always scary when you start seeing the term "catastrophic" in official memos.
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"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
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Jeff Kelly
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Irma is currently termed the "second worst Atlantic storm ever" with not one but two more storms already forming.
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