"June too soon;
July passes by.
August, come she must.
September: remember.
October, all over"
That isn't so true anymore, is it?
God save us from the angry hurricanes.
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Jig Chippewa
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08-18-2009 23:28
It's the Hurricane season again. make sure you have all your emergency gear, all of us who can be affected.
"June too soon; July passes by. August, come she must. September: remember. October, all over" That isn't so true anymore, is it? God save us from the angry hurricanes. _____________________
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Morgaine Alter
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08-18-2009 23:30
that's why we call it the mean season down here in Florida
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Jig Chippewa
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08-18-2009 23:32
Bill is heading my way.
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Maggie McArdle
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08-18-2009 23:35
my prayers are with you guys.
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Jig Chippewa
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08-18-2009 23:37
Thanks. It's Cat.2 at moment, I believe. This season's gonna be bad. Pity we cant shelter in sl. But slers should maintain a close watch and inform when news is heard.
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08-19-2009 00:20
one of the 3 things I don't miss about Florida.... the other two are tourists and family.
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Darkness Anubis
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08-19-2009 00:21
1 month after I moved back to Louisiana Katrina hit us, 2 months after it was Rita, Last year it was Ike and Gustav....we are praying this season is bit lighter than the last.
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Lias Leandros
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08-19-2009 00:23
I am in New York City. My emergency gear is my iPhone and the telephone number to the Japanese delivery place up the street.
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Clarissa Lowell
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08-19-2009 00:24
Bill has moved up to a 3 and is headed for the Bermudas.
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Lias Leandros
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08-19-2009 00:36
Oi, Don't mention Bermuda. I was in a bungalow on the beach there in 2001 when a hurricane hit. The main hotel said they were sending someone to get me - But I realized I was on my own when the water entered the living room and the lights went out. I grabbed my suitcase and went outside in the night. I was up high but I had to descend into the dirt road to get to the hotel on the other side. And the dirt road was now up to my waist in ocean water. I just assumed sharks were swimming in the black water there. Lightening and trees falling nudged me to plunge in. I screamed all the way across across the road. No more tropical vacations for me.
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Pserendipity Daniels
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08-19-2009 01:18
Hurricane Bill? The critical thing must be: who is going to pay it?
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Clarissa Lowell
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08-19-2009 02:33
That's awful, Lias. :/
Closest I got to any of that was being on spring break just at the outside of the hurricane season. Pretty strong wind and rain but nothing I couldn't walk through, and I'm a strange one who actually likes storms. Not when I'm swimming across the road, though. Glad you got through it alright. |
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Kyrah Abattoir
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08-19-2009 03:08
It must sound clueless but... why is hurricane land even constructible?
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Dekka Raymaker
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08-19-2009 03:34
It must sound clueless but... why is hurricane land even constructible? Because tell an American he can't build his home there, what's he going to do? |
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23rdDjin Negulesco
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08-19-2009 03:37
Because tell an American he can't build his home there, what's he going to do? or, more to the point, tell mankind something can't be done, what do you think they'll do... _____________________
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Pserendipity Daniels
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08-19-2009 03:44
Because tell an American he can't build his home there, what's he going to do? Build it anyway . . . Pep ( . . . then complain about not being able to get property insurance.) _____________________
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Brenda Connolly
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08-19-2009 04:39
Get ready, folks, because past experience tells us thatBill comes, things get messy.
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Amaranthim Talon
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08-19-2009 04:49
Just got up so not sure what the storms are doing- it's a grey and wet day in Miami so far. Andrew has been the only one that has affected me in my memory and that was pretty drastic. I remember Homestead looked like a bomb had been dropped on it and where we live - about a half hour to 45 mins from ground zero- also looked like a warzone - but certainly not to the degree that Homestead did.
The last couple storm seasons have not been real noticeable out my way - mostly just rain events. Nonetheless, Floridians know to be prepared. Water, canned goods etc- As for why do people build in the way of hurricanes- uhm- As far as the US is concerned, you would be talking about several states- and the islands, etc. I can see saying don't build on cliffs subject to mudslides, or don't build on the coast subject to erosion - but the hurricane and earthquake thing.. _____________________
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Brenda Connolly
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08-19-2009 04:57
or, more to the point, tell mankind something can't be done, what do you think they'll do... Open a JIRA? _____________________
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Tarina Sewell
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08-19-2009 05:02
right now I am on palm coast, st augustine area.. I am sitting on the balcony of the vacation condo looking at clear blue sky, brilliant orange sun and smooth atlantic ocean...
Soon I will make the walk along the boardwalk to the beach below... It is hard to imagine there is a storm brewing out there with 135mph winds making its way to the eastern coast. I am going to milk this vacation for all its worth... But when/if the clouds roll in.. I am out of here! round and round she goes, where she lands.. only God knows. |
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Jig Chippewa
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08-19-2009 06:25
Bill is a Cat4 now. Moving towards Maine and Nova Scotia. Forecasters (haha) suggest it may downgrade in colder water to a Cat1 but no evidence at moment. Landfall late Monday early Tuesday. Why do they always make landfall at night?
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Jig Chippewa
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08-19-2009 06:31
Build it anyway . . . Pep ( . . . then complain about not being able to get property insurance.) The entire Eastern Seaboard of the United States and all of Caribbean are in the path of any hurricane that brews off coast of Africa. If it comes to that, Cornwall and Devon are also potential targets (UK had a hurricane in the 1980s). Tornadoes impact the entire central USA and Canada. California and the Pacific Rim are potential targets for Typhoons. We arent foolhardy building "in the path" of hurricanes; we simply have to live on land. _____________________
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Jig Chippewa
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08-19-2009 06:33
It must sound clueless but... why is hurricane land even constructible? See my comment above. _____________________
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Dawnee Swansong
A Simple Wench
Join date: 17 Jun 2009
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08-19-2009 06:42
Get ready, folks, because past experience tells us thatBill comes, things get messy. What's Lewinsky got to do with it? |
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Jax Wrydan
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Join date: 10 Jun 2009
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08-19-2009 07:43
We have had much milder hurricane seasons lately. I think this one will be the same. They recently lowered the forecast for the season.
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