Re: Hurricane Irma

by **Turtleneck** 2017-09-10, 13:54

kingstonlake wrote:Ok, it appears there are a couple thousand crocodiles in the U.S.......

Which is quite a bit more than the zero you originally claimed

Hurricane Irma - Page 8 Kings-kamp-crocodile-sign

by **InTenSity** 2017-09-10, 14:14

Internet is down, but looks like AT&T is coming through so far.

by **kingstonlake** 2017-09-10, 14:15

Turtleneck wrote:
kingstonlake wrote:Ok, it appears there are a couple thousand crocodiles in the U.S.......

Which is quite a bit more than the zero you originally claimed

by **Turtleneck** 2017-09-10, 14:19

kingstonlake wrote:
Turtleneck wrote:

Which is quite a bit more than the zero you originally claimed

by **MiamiSpartan** 2017-09-10, 14:22

My Comcast cable and internet is still up.

Looters in Ft Lauderdale. TV shows them carrryimg boxes of shoes out of a Foot Locker. It will probably inspire others to do it, too. Police aren't patrolling, and won't be until winds are below 45 mph.

by **tGreenWay** 2017-09-10, 14:37

Floyd Robertson wrote:Intrepid meteorologist
https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/906852958918385665

Moments later, Johnny Stormforce became airborne and was launched into the sea, never to be heard from again.

Dibs on his shit.

by **Floyd Robertson** 2017-09-10, 16:49

Johnny could try it again in the 142mph winds being reported in Naples right now if he's game.

by **tGreenWay** 2017-09-10, 16:51

Floyd Robertson wrote:Johnny could try it again in the 142mph winds being reported in Naples right now if he's game.

Naples is close to sounding like Nipples. Hurricane Irma - Page 8 1494614055

by **Turtleneck** 2017-09-10, 16:59

tGreenWay is so close to sounding like complete fucking moron.

by **tGreenWay** 2017-09-10, 17:02

Turtleneck wrote:tGreenWay is so close to sounding like complete fucking moron.

Close?

Naples. Nipples. Hurricane Irma - Page 8 1494614055

by **MiamiSpartan** 2017-09-10, 18:51

75% of Miami Dade County residents are without power.

I'm in the 25%. Not out of the woods quite yet, but so far power has only gone out twice for less than a minute. I haven't been out to survey my house yet, though. Every time I think about that, I hear some good gusts come along.

by **tGreenWay** 2017-09-10, 18:55

MiamiSpartan wrote:75% of Miami Dade County residents are without power.

I'm in the 25%. Not out of the woods quite yet, but so far power has only gone out twice for less than a minute. I haven't been out to survey my house yet, though. Every time I think about that, I hear some good gusts come along.

You're probably going to need new mulch. And maybe a new yard.

by **The Pantry** 2017-09-10, 18:56

Turtleneck wrote:tGreenWay is so close to sounding like complete fucking moron.

Obviously not Italian or more than 6 years old

by **tGreenWay** 2017-09-10, 19:00

The Pantry wrote:
Turtleneck wrote:tGreenWay is so close to sounding like complete fucking moron.
Obviously not Italian or more than 6 years old

Married an Italian; older than six but still act that age. Loopholes, bruh.

by Harry the Greyhound 2017-09-10, 19:03

kingstonlake wrote:
Turtleneck wrote:Is it crocnado yet?

there aren't crocs in the US. dummy.

Umm, yes there are. In Florida. Salt Water Crocks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_crocodile

by **tGreenWay** 2017-09-10, 19:09

Harry the Greyhound wrote:
kingstonlake wrote:

there aren't crocs in the US. dummy.

Umm, yes there are. In Florida. Salt Water Crocks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_crocodile

Damnit, man, try to keep up.

by **tGreenWay** 2017-09-10, 19:12

gHost Spartan wrote:
MiamiSpartan wrote:My Comcast cable and internet is still up.

Looters in Ft Lauderdale. TV shows them carrryimg boxes of shoes out of a Foot Locker. It will probably inspire others to do it, too. Police aren't patrolling, and won't be until winds are below 45 mph.
Who the fuck would loot Foot Locker? I'd be hitting the high end jewelry stores

Gotta be the shoes.

by **MiamiSpartan** 2017-09-10, 19:36

Harry the Greyhound wrote:
kingstonlake wrote:

there aren't crocs in the US. dummy.

Umm, yes there are. In Florida. Salt Water Crocks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_crocodile

The American Crocodile is different than salt water crocs, fwiw.

by **Travis of the Cosmos** 2017-09-10, 19:43

kingstonlake wrote:
Turtleneck wrote:Is it crocnado yet?

there aren't crocs in the US. dummy.

YES THERE ARE

by **WhiteBoyHatcher** 2017-09-10, 19:49

Let's be honest there's probably all of them if we can have idiots who have created a breeding Burmese python population in the Everglades we probably also have saltwater crocs and caimans and shit.

I've heard we have jaguars in AZ/New Mex again.

by **Dendrobates** 2017-09-10, 20:03

gHost Spartan wrote:
MiamiSpartan wrote:My Comcast cable and internet is still up.

Looters in Ft Lauderdale. TV shows them carrryimg boxes of shoes out of a Foot Locker. It will probably inspire others to do it, too. Police aren't patrolling, and won't be until winds are below 45 mph.
Who the fuck would loot Foot Locker? I'd be hitting the high end jewelry stores

That was exactly what I said. Some odd taste these looters have

by MSU addict 2017-09-10, 20:06

Nile Crocodiles Are in Florida, but No Need to Panic

by **InTenSity** 2017-09-10, 20:13

My neighborhood.
https://youtu.be/ja8oQ3TAEE0

by **tTy** 2017-09-10, 20:13

gHost Spartan wrote:
MiamiSpartan wrote:My Comcast cable and internet is still up.

Looters in Ft Lauderdale. TV shows them carrryimg boxes of shoes out of a Foot Locker. It will probably inspire others to do it, too. Police aren't patrolling, and won't be until winds are below 45 mph.
Who the fuck would loot Foot Locker? I'd be hitting the high end jewelry stores

I don't know, but something tells me that the work boot section will be left completely untouched.

by **Dendrobates** 2017-09-10, 20:13

WhiteBoyHatcher wrote:Let's be honest there's probably all of them if we can have idiots who have created a breeding Burmese python population in the Everglades we probably also have saltwater crocs and caimans and shit.

I've heard we have jaguars in AZ/New Mex again.

The flooding is going to cause the pythons to breed/expand further north. The storm will displace them. I remember reading about it happening after hurricane Andrew.

by **WhiteBoyHatcher** 2017-09-10, 20:15

MSU addict wrote:Nile Crocodiles Are in Florida, but No Need to Panic

Yep.

We finally went to Gatorland on our Florida trip this year. Holy shit, there are some fucking terrifying dinosaurs out there. Not just in the park, but some of these guys that were in the park were captured in the wild in Florida. Absolutely terrifying.

Hope Irma treats Gatorland well or I'm never going back to Orlando.

by **Floyd Robertson** 2017-09-10, 20:16

InTenSity wrote:My neighborhood.
https://youtu.be/ja8oQ3TAEE0

Doesn't look too bad all things considered.

by **tGreenWay** 2017-09-10, 20:26

WhiteBoyHatcher wrote:Let's be honest there's probably all of them if we can have idiots who have created a breeding Burmese python population in the Everglades we probably also have saltwater crocs and caimans and shit.

I've heard we have jaguars in AZ/New Mex again.

But there's only one Dendrobates.

by **Jake from State Farm** 2017-09-10, 20:28

tGreenWay wrote:
Floyd Robertson wrote:Johnny could try it again in the 142mph winds being reported in Naples right now if he's game.

Naples is close to sounding like Nipples.

Way back when, on those paper advertising placemats they put out at the 24 hour restaurants they had Naples shown as Nipples, that's the only name off of all the Florida city names that I recall.

by **Turtleneck** 2017-09-10, 20:35

gHost Spartan wrote:
WhiteBoyHatcher wrote:

Yep.

We finally went to Gatorland on our Florida trip this year. Holy shit, there are some fucking terrifying dinosaurs out there. Not just in the park, but some of these guys that were in the park were captured in the wild in Florida. Absolutely terrifying.

Hope Irma treats Gatorland well or I'm never going back to Orlando.

When I was on overseas study while at MSU I went to Zimbabwe for two months (summer 1996) with this English chick I met the previous semester. Her uncle had the largest white owned farm in Zim before Mugabe all the farms and gave them away... anyway, we did a safari on Lake Kariba which included lots of canoeing in the tributaries. The first time we went out in the canoes, not more than 20 feet from the boat we were staying on, I saw what looked like a 20 foot long crocodile about three feet below my canoe. I nearly shit my pants. We saw them every where in the shallow water. At night, we went on top of the large boat we were staying on and shined the spotlight across the water and there were red eyes everywhere. It was fucking crazy. We had a cage in the back of the boat so we could swim and at night we pushed off the shore and the guide pulled down gates to keep the lions and hyenas off the boat. Crazy shit.

It seems like you nearly shit your pants a lot.

by **The Pantry** 2017-09-10, 20:38

Turtleneck wrote:
gHost Spartan wrote:

When I was on overseas study while at MSU I went to Zimbabwe for two months (summer 1996) with this English chick I met the previous semester. Her uncle had the largest white owned farm in Zim before Mugabe all the farms and gave them away... anyway, we did a safari on Lake Kariba which included lots of canoeing in the tributaries. The first time we went out in the canoes, not more than 20 feet from the boat we were staying on, I saw what looked like a 20 foot long crocodile about three feet below my canoe. I nearly shit my pants. We saw them every where in the shallow water. At night, we went on top of the large boat we were staying on and shined the spotlight across the water and there were red eyes everywhere. It was fucking crazy. We had a cage in the back of the boat so we could swim and at night we pushed off the shore and the guide pulled down gates to keep the lions and hyenas off the boat. Crazy shit.

It seems like you nearly shit your pants a lot.

Depends

by **tGreenWay** 2017-09-10, 21:31

gHost Spartan wrote:
WhiteBoyHatcher wrote:

Yep.

We finally went to Gatorland on our Florida trip this year. Holy shit, there are some fucking terrifying dinosaurs out there. Not just in the park, but some of these guys that were in the park were captured in the wild in Florida. Absolutely terrifying.

Hope Irma treats Gatorland well or I'm never going back to Orlando.

When I was on overseas study while at MSU I went to Zimbabwe for two months (summer 1996) with this English chick I met the previous semester. Her uncle had the largest white owned farm in Zim before Mugabe all the farms and gave them away... anyway, we did a safari on Lake Kariba which included lots of canoeing in the tributaries. The first time we went out in the canoes, not more than 20 feet from the boat we were staying on, I saw what looked like a 20 foot long crocodile about three feet below my canoe. I nearly shit my pants. We saw them every where in the shallow water. At night, we went on top of the large boat we were staying on and shined the spotlight across the water and there were red eyes everywhere. It was fucking crazy. We had a cage in the back of the boat so we could swim and at night we pushed off the shore and the guide pulled down gates to keep the lions and hyenas off the boat. Crazy shit.

This is the part of the story I'd like to see you develop further, change the outcome, and be sure to include lots of gratuitous scat sex with the English chick and maybe one of the crocs.

by **Dendrobates** 2017-09-10, 21:54

I mentioned this on the other board, but maybe the Florida Spartans can explain....

Everyone keeps mentioning how long they could potentially be without power. I've never lived in Florida, but even before this, my first thought of living in Florida is to have flood insurance and a generator. It seems that most people don't have generators in Florida. Why is this? I get incomes vary, but I'm thinking your avgerage middle class would still have a generator. It's not uncommon for people in MI to have one from storms. I just don't understand it. So maybe someone could explain what I'm missing.

by **tGreenWay** 2017-09-10, 22:03

Jake from State Farm wrote:
tGreenWay wrote:

Naples is close to sounding like Nipples.

Way back when, on those paper advertising placemats they put out at the 24 hour restaurants they had Naples shown as Nipples, that's the only name off of all the Florida city names that I recall.

Because Nipples should always be remembered. Well done.

by **tGreenWay** 2017-09-10, 22:05

gHost Spartan wrote:
tGreenWay wrote:

This is the part of the story I'd like to see you develop further, change the outcome, and be sure to include lots of gratuitous scat sex with the English chick and maybe one of the crocs.

We had a lot of fun that summer. Went to Zim with £750 which was an outrageous amount of money for two months. We went to South Africa and Zambia, along with pretty much everyplace else in Zim. Banged pretty much everywhere. Victoria Falls was awesome. Didn't get to fuck any crocs though.

Well, that's disappointing.

by **Dendrobates** 2017-09-10, 22:08

gHost Spartan wrote:
Dendrobates wrote:I mentioned this on the other board, but maybe the Florida Spartans can explain....

Everyone keeps mentioning how long they could potentially be without power. I've never lived in Florida, but even before this, my first thought of living in Florida is to have flood insurance and a generator. It seems that most people don't have generators in Florida. Why is this? I get incomes vary, but I'm thinking your avgerage middle class would still have a generator. It's not uncommon for people in MI to have one from storms. I just don't understand it. So maybe someone could explain what I'm missing.
I think that generators are something that ordinary people purchase after they actually need one. One of my good buddies in NJ is an electrician and after Hurricane Sandy he was working 24/7 installations generators. He's still doing generators.

I get that. But I would think 90s/2000s is when people would think it's important if they plan to ride out hurricanes there.

by **MiamiSpartan** 2017-09-10, 22:21

Dendrobates wrote:I mentioned this on the other board, but maybe the Florida Spartans can explain....

Everyone keeps mentioning how long they could potentially be without power. I've never lived in Florida, but even before this, my first thought of living in Florida is to have flood insurance and a generator. It seems that most people don't have generators in Florida. Why is this? I get incomes vary, but I'm thinking your avgerage middle class would still have a generator. It's not uncommon for people in MI to have one from storms. I just don't understand it. So maybe someone could explain what I'm missing.

Actuly, there isn't often a need for them. We bought one 2 days after Wilma in 2005, when we were left without power. By the time we got home with it, our power was back on. We figured it was good to keep it for next time. We ran it for an hour or so to try it out, out it in the garage, and haven't needed it since.

They still seem pretty common to me here. Most of my neighbors have them. But most don't have them wired into the house, and would only use for emergencies, like keeping the fridge going. In that case, I can't run my A.C. off it, so even with a generator, it would still really, really suck to lose power in September when temps and humidity are both in the 90s.

by **Robert J Sakimano** 2017-09-11, 07:48

hold tight, guys.. I'm comin'..!

Exclusive footage of me delivering the first truckload of thoughts and prayers..

Hurricane Irma - Page 8 Giphy

by **InTenSity** 2017-09-11, 08:09

Fuck I'm hungover

by **The Pantry** 2017-09-11, 08:12

Still got power?

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