Hurricane Irma

WhiteBoyHatcher wrote:Correct me if I'm wrong Florida guys, but it actually seems a bit better this morning. Yesterday it was supposed to remain a Cat 4 until it practically reached the panhandle. This morning the projection is it hits as a cat 4 and then quickly weakens to a cat 2. Looks like it lost some steam overnight.

What a nation of snowflakes we've become. Running away from a rain storm. John Wayne must be tossing in his grave.

Coconut Sid wrote:

Robert J Sakimano wrote:no.. everything is not okay.. if everything was okay, there would be no need for thoughts and prayers.

keep thinking and praying!! It's working.

lol
Bob, I want to have your babies.

LooseGoose wrote:

WhiteBoyHatcher wrote:Correct me if I'm wrong Florida guys, but it actually seems a bit better this morning. Yesterday it was supposed to remain a Cat 4 until it practically reached the panhandle. This morning the projection is it hits as a cat 4 and then quickly weakens to a cat 2. Looks like it lost some steam overnight.

What a nation of snowflakes we've become. Running away from a rain storm. John Wayne must be tossing in his grave.

I know - and people whining on a message board because someone mocks their "thoughts and prayers"..

oh well - thoughts and prayers for you.. you're a great American.

Robert J Sakimano wrote:

LooseGoose wrote:

What a nation of snowflakes we've become. Running away from a rain storm. John Wayne must be tossing in his grave.

I know - and people whining on a message board because someone mocks their "thoughts and prayers"..

oh well - thoughts and prayers for you.. you're a great American.

I'll wave my Gadsden Flag and spit in Irma's eye.

LooseGoose wrote:

Robert J Sakimano wrote:I know - and people whining on a message board because someone mocks their "thoughts and prayers"..

oh well - thoughts and prayers for you.. you're a great American.

I'll wave my Gadsden Flag and spit in Irma's eye.

whatever this means, I'll do the same.

that's how great of an American you are.. blind followers.

I'd be worried about storm surge. Not for my house or property but because of kids. Not sure how prone the area these guys are in to flooding from storm surge.

Robert J Sakimano wrote:

LooseGoose wrote:

What a nation of snowflakes we've become.  Running away from a rain storm.   John Wayne must be tossing in his grave.

I know - and people whining on a message board because someone mocks their "thoughts and prayers"..

oh well - thoughts and prayers for you.. you're a great American.  

We get the point Bob. 

Why do you have to be like a little neglected puppy saying..:look at me, look at me?

Dendrobates wrote:

Robert J Sakimano wrote:
I know - and people whining on a message board because someone mocks their "thoughts and prayers"..

oh well - thoughts and prayers for you.. you're a great American.  

We get the point Bob. 

Why do you have to be like a little neglected puppy saying..:look at me, look at me?

It doesn't count unless he posts it a million times.

DWags wrote:

Robert J Sakimano wrote:

Honestly thought, at what point will they open both sides to go north?

I saw a shot of the turnpike between ft pierce and Orlando, and there were trucks using the Southbound lanes. I only saw trucks, but I assume that they're bringing supplies and whatnot. From Lake Okeechobee on up, which is where most of the traffic jams are, they are still a couple of days from getting really dangerous weather. So I could see them waiting another day.

Daytona is the new fallback position #1. Traffic is looking ok according to Google. Looks like the worst might miss Miami.

WhiteBoyHatcher wrote:I'd be worried about storm surge. Not for my house or property but because of kids. Not sure how prone the area these guys are in to flooding from storm surge.

Intensity and I are both 10+ miles from the coast, so we aren't in storm surge areas. Mentalstate is in a surge warning area less than a mile from the bay, but I think the land rises a little from the bay before his house, though I'm not sure if it's higher than the projected surge. He had a pre-planned flight to Michigan, so I think he's there by now. I think Heat has said that he lives downtown-ish, so he is probably in a storm surge area, but IIRC he's in a high rise.

So I think the Miami message board Spartans are safe when it comes to storm surge, at least.

Dendrobates wrote:

Robert J Sakimano wrote:
I know - and people whining on a message board because someone mocks their "thoughts and prayers"..

oh well - thoughts and prayers for you.. you're a great American.  

We get the point Bob. 

Why do you have to be like a little neglected puppy saying..:look at me, look at me?

it's just who I am.

as annoying as it is, I've been like this for 48 years.. so keep me in your thoughts and prayers.

Bob...I'd like to donate my portion of your thoughts & prayers, assuming there are any, to InTenSity.

Home depot just closed as I got there. Wish I had more charcoal. I think at least 1 week without power, probably 2.

Heat Miser wrote:Bob...I'd like to donate my portion of your thoughts & prayers, assuming there are any, to InTenSity.

that is a very selfless act - he's a great American who supports free speech..

InTenSity wrote:Home depot just closed as I got there. Wish I had more charcoal. I think at least 1 week without power, probably 2.

Propane?

I texted wbh some pics. He can post them if he wants.

NigelUno wrote:

InTenSity wrote:Home depot just closed as I got there. Wish I had more charcoal. I think at least 1 week without power, probably 2.

Propane?

I don't have anything that uses propane.

O.K., I just went to the post office.  The govenor and safety people are on CNN telling people, "Look, if you're here and your not leaving, don't call for help, we can't give it to you".

I do't know what else they have to say.    

My business partners son lives in some place called the "crystal building" or some such thing, on the fourth floor.  He put some 20K of storm bloockers in his windows and caught a plane to NY at his wife's parents.   

Also, I heard some guy saying most people will die after the storm has left.  from falling off roofs doing quick repairs, to drowning to getting crushed by a wall that was weak and they didn't know it.    

Godspeed Florida people I hope you all got out or you're safe

DWags wrote:O.K., I just went to the post office.  The govenor and safety people are on CNN telling people, "Look, if you're here and your not leaving, don't call for help, we can't give it to you".

I do't know what else they have to say.    

My business partners son lives in some place called the "crystal building" or some such thing, on the fourth floor.  He put some 20K of storm bloockers in his windows and caught a plane to NY at his wife's parents.   

Also, I heard some guy saying most people will die after the storm has left.  from falling off roofs doing quick repairs, to drowning to getting crushed by a wall that was weak and they didn't know it.    

Godspeed Florida people I hope you all got out or you're safe

Yes, most storm related deaths happen after a storm. Though I don't usually hear about those examples. It's often due to people going out and coming into contact with downed power lines, running their generators indoors or under an open window, and that kind of thing. In other words, storms create more chances for people's stupidity to harm them.

InTenSity wrote:I texted wbh some pics. He can post them if he wants.

I was at the gym. I'll post them up in a few while I'm on my next call. Looks like full on disaster prep/panic.

I know it sounds terrible, but given the pics you sent me.....you may have to go to Winn Dixie. Or (gasp) - maybe even Albertson's.

There's a Swill text club? :(

WhiteBoyHatcher wrote:

InTenSity wrote:I texted wbh some pics. He can post them if he wants.

I was at the gym. I'll post them up in a few while I'm on my next call. Looks like full on disaster prep/panic.

I know it sounds terrible, but given the pics you sent me.....you may have to go to Winn Dixie. Or (gasp) - maybe even Albertson's.

Hey, don't forget Publix.

I went to sedano...
Flannigans in Pembroke is open tomorrow, if anyone wants to go watch the game there.

Hmm. I've tried 3x and they are not uploading to my flickr account.

WhiteBoyHatcher wrote:Hmm. I've tried 3x and they are not uploading to my flickr account.

try your MySpace account..

Robert J Sakimano wrote:

Dendrobates wrote:
We get the point Bob. 

Why do you have to be like a little neglected puppy saying..:look at me, look at me?

it's just who I am.

as annoying as it is, I've been like this for 48 years.. so keep me in your thoughts and prayers.

I think I ran out of thoughts and prayers. Shit. They were all bought out from the hurricane.

Inten, Miami, heat, do you have time to tattoo "tswill" on your forearms?

Dendrobates wrote:

Robert J Sakimano wrote:
it's just who I am.

as annoying as it is, I've been like this for 48 years.. so keep me in your thoughts and prayers.

I think I ran out of thoughts and prayers. Shit. They were all bought out from the hurricane.

well I'll keep you in mine.

WhiteBoyHatcher wrote:Hmm. I've tried 3x and they are not uploading to my flickr account.

Email them to yourself then upload here

DWags wrote:Inten, Miami, heat, do you have time to tattoo "tswill" on your forearms?

No, but I have it spray painted in 10 foot letters across the front of my house.

MiamiSpartan wrote:

DWags wrote:Inten, Miami, heat, do you have time to tattoo "tswill"  on your forearms?  

No, but I have it spray painted in 10 foot letters across the front of my house.  

Going out in a blaze of glory.  That's our boy.  BTW, where are your hats?

Can someone edit the size?

I'm your huckleberry

InTenSity wrote:
Can someone edit the size?

I love this board

Just got an email from the HOA/property management company about possible evacuation.

Props to the European model for once again nailing the path almost perfectly. As is too often the case, the American model was an also-ran.

tGreenWay wrote:Props to the European model for once again nailing the path almost perfectly. As is too often the case, the American model was an also-ran.

This is why you should consider giving soccer an honest chance greenway.

tGreenWay wrote:Props to the European model for once again nailing the path almost perfectly. As is too often the case, the American model was an also-ran.

??? The European model had the thing turning north sooner so the storm would have stayed in the Atlantic.