OT Hurricane Irma

[theprunetang]

I'm hoping it stays away from all of my Florida and South Carolina family and friends.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Damn Cat 5....so potentially the biggest hurricane to hit the united states.

There have been a few cat 5's to hit the US. I know Andrew did. That was a cat 5

 

[Mediocre Man]

Plus, this is actually a case where size doesn't really matter. Andrew killed 65 people. Harvey has killed 63 so far, with more expected to be found under water. Andrew caused 24 billion in damage. Harvey is expected to soar past 100 billion

 

[BrianFromWA]

As a semi-permanent Tampa resident now (though on the North Side, a bit removed from the South Tampa floodplain), this bears watching.

Tampa famously hasn't been hit by a hurrican in 96 years...directly. Though I was living downtown for the Republican National Convention Storm in 2012 , and while that petered out pretty quickly there was some decent flooding around the area.

If this really is going to be a CAT 5, it's not worth braving out. Not with a baby and a mom's house in PHX with lots of room...

 

[MarAzul]

If this really is going to be a CAT 5

Cat 5! Forget it. There is no reason to risk that sort of power.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Hurricane Irma strengthens to Category 5: Puerto Rico, Florida brace

http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/05/us/hurricane-irma-puerto-rico-florida/index.html

 

[THE HCP]

What the hell! Hurricanes.....forest fires....... the end is near! Where is that thread about stocking up on supplies!!??

 

[OSUBlazerfan]

What the hell! Hurricanes.....forest fires....... the end is near! Where is that thread about stocking up on supplies!!??

All thats missing is that big earthquake that we've been told is due

 

[Sedatedfork]

All thats missing is that big earthquake that we've been told is due

If the earthquake happens now, that's on you.

 

[Shaboid]

185 mph winds. Second highest in the Atlantic in recorded history. That is effing crazy.

 

[dviss1]

Fires, droughts, hurricanes, floods and MFs wanna point to a book written by men who had no fucking clue of how to even perceive the world around them.

Scientists who study and test facts in controlled environments to get information are told by politicians that what they've proven is a hoax.

Why are humans so monumentally smart and so idiotically stupid at the same fucking time?

 

[BrianFromWA]

And, discretion being the better part of valor, just got my tickets out of Dodge.

 

[dviss1]

And, discretion being the better part of valor, just got my tickets out of Dodge.

Glad you're getting out. Stay safe!

 

[illmatic99]

Gonna ride this thru in San Juan. Wish me luck

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Gonna ride this thru in San Juan. Wish me luck

When are you suppose to leave?

Is it too late to get travel insurance?

 

[BBert]

Gonna ride this thru in San Juan. Wish me luck

Damn

 

[BBert]

So if Irma hits the east coast do the Texas congressmen vote against their relief funding again?

 

[illmatic99]

When are you suppose to leave?

Is it too late to get travel insurance?

Saturday. It's so calm here. Eye should be far enough away from us hopefully

 

[barfo]

When are you suppose to leave?

Is it too late to get travel insurance?

I would point out that "life" is not spelled "t-r-a-v-e-l", but I'm not supposed to joke about disasters, so I won't say anything about that.

barfo

 

[Cippy91]

Fires, droughts, hurricanes, floods and MFs wanna point to a book written by men who had no fucking clue of how to even perceive the world around them.

Scientists who study and test facts in controlled environments to get information are told by politicians that what they've proven is a hoax.

Why are humans so monumentally smart and so idiotically stupid at the same fucking time?

ideologies

 

[crandc]

Probably no country in the world has better hurricane preparedness than Cuba. Then don't say evacuate, they send buses and trucks for household goods, set up shelters for people and pets, shut off power, etc. But will still take a pounding. Far worse are going to be very poor countries, especially Haiti, where they do nothing for the population.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Probably no country in the world has better hurricane preparedness than Cuba. Then don't say evacuate, they send buses and trucks for household goods, set up shelters for people and pets, shut off power, etc. But will still take a pounding. Far worse are going to be very poor countries, especially Haiti, where they do nothing for the population.

My dad has told me stories about the corrugated tin roofing sheets they use are pretty much flying saw blades in storms.

 

[Chris Craig]

Hearing airlines are jacking up the price of tickets as people begin to evacuate florida. Tickets have gone from around $180 for a one way ticket up to as far as $2500. Ridiculous.

 

[Chris Craig]

Rush Limbaugh has announced hurricanes aren't real, but merely a liberal hoax to manuever the money machine and empty store shelves of products.

 

[e_blazer]

Rush Limbaugh has announced hurricanes aren't real, but merely a liberal hoax to manuever the money machine and empty store shelves of products.

Never fear. The Democrats have a tax bill ready to hit corporations and the top one percent in order to end hurricanes forever. If they up it to the top two percent,they can end wild fires too.

 

[THE HCP]

So a good friend of mine who lives in NYC saved up and surprised his wife. They never had a honeymoon 10 years ago so he took her this week, to of all places Key West,FL As soon as they landed they closed the airport and there are NO rental cars. They are pretty much trapped down there. Following his updates on Facebook, and it's brutal. They are freaked out. Everybody has left, and no stores are open. Other friends of mine are in Orlando and Miami and they have evacuated, but I'm just praying my guy and his wife make it thru this.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

I bet the Clinton Foundation is salivating at all the money they can steal from these poor countries hit by the Hurricane.

 

[OSUBlazerfan]

As someone who is deathly scared of airplanes, this was extremely tense to follow

https://twitter.com/i/moments/905487561182908416

 

[Shaboid]

@yuyuza1 you hanging in there?

 

[BonesJones]

Hearing airlines are jacking up the price of tickets as people begin to evacuate florida. Tickets have gone from around $180 for a one way ticket up to as far as $2500. Ridiculous.

Price gouging, smfh...