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2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season Running Thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Driftwood, Mar 25, 2020.

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  1. Driftwood

    Driftwood Well-Known Member

    You write you name/address/social on your left and and right leg with a Sharpie. Y'all are smart enough to figure why.
     
    Driftwood, Aug 27, 2020
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  2. BitterYoungMatador2

    BitterYoungMatador2 Well-Known Member

    Fucking FATUS couldn’t look less interested in this FEMA briefing .
     
    BitterYoungMatador2, Aug 27, 2020
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  3. goalmouth

    goalmouth Well-Known Member

    But he's got his Garth Snow chest protector on, ready for the NHL bubble!

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    goalmouth, Aug 27, 2020
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  4. Neutral Corner

    Neutral Corner Well-Known Member

    This is so he can brag about it tonight. "See? I was in there being all presidential, not playing golf!".
     
    Neutral Corner, Aug 27, 2020
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  5. maumann

    maumann Well-Known Member

    The only reason he showed up because he thought it was a FEMALE briefing.
     
    maumann, Aug 27, 2020
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  6. 2muchcoffeeman

    2muchcoffeeman Well-Known Member

    Can somebody turn the machine off, please?
     
    2muchcoffeeman, Aug 27, 2020
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  7. maumann

    maumann Well-Known Member

    Laura pretty much wiped Cameron, La., off the map. Videos I've seen show one, maybe two large buildings still standing. And Holly Beach, just west of there, is four parallel roads with spaces where houses used to be. There's at least one mobile home/fifth wheel upside down in the marsh with its wheels out of the water.

    Even the shots of Lake Charles show a lot of damage. Would not have wanted to ride that one out.
     
    maumann, Aug 27, 2020
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  8. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    I didn't grow up with these things. But I guess I would need to know more of the mentality of why WOULD you want to ride that one out? As mentioned earlier, I was in SoFla for 3 1/2 years. Good distance inland (5-8 miles). I would have been pissing my pants on a Cat 2 coming my way, much less this bad girl.

    But then again, I scoff at folks who freak out at a 5.0 earthquake as I grew up in SoCal. I guess it's perspective and understanding and trusting those who have been through those before. A 5.0 "sounds" big, but it's not, really. Or even a 5.5.

    Again, give me the hurricane multi-day notice every time over the damn earthquakes. Or tornadoes (which I have not had to experience). I suppose it's something you live with, deal with and plan for as much as possible accordingly.

    It's like the uptick of earthquakes in SoCal since Ridgecrest last year. Myself and my siblings have been encouraging my parents to buy a condo in Mammoth so in case The Big One hits -- and it will -- they would have a place to go to, depending on the epicenter. (Never mind that my brother already has a condo up there.)
     
    MileHigh, Aug 27, 2020
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  9. Michael_ Gee

    Michael_ Gee Well-Known Member

    As I was saying on the first tee today, the weather in New England often sucks, and it sucks for longer than other places. But it's seldom fatal.
     
    Michael_ Gee, Aug 27, 2020
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  10. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    Very rarely fatal here in the Centennial State -- and the weather is the best part of living here. (Shhhhhhhhhhhhh, don't tell everyone.)
     
    MileHigh, Aug 27, 2020
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  11. Mngwa

    Mngwa Well-Known Member

    Some people ride it out because they don't have the money to leave. Some people don't go because when they went the last time, they couldn't get back to their homes. The state cannot force you to leave but once you're gone they do not have to let you back into a disaster area. And some people are just stupid.
     
    Mngwa, Aug 27, 2020
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  12. maumann

    maumann Well-Known Member

    Having lived on both coasts, I'm the same way. Give me three steps, mister, as Skynyrd would say. I can be long gone from any coastline with a three-day head start.

    That's not the case when the ground gets shakin' like a Jerry Lee Lewis piano solo. From Vacaville, Loma Prieta felt like a Santa Cruz rollercoaster for a good 60 seconds. Between that, wildfires, mudslides, traffic, the cost of living and the fact that Emil Villa's isn't nearly as good as it once was, we still think California is a great place to live (for other people).
     
    maumann, Aug 27, 2020
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