Hurricane Irma

Post by **brian** » Wed Sep 06, 2017 10:39 am

Feel bad for Puerto Rico. That place is already in bad shape and if it takes even a glancing blow from this storm...

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Wed Sep 06, 2017 11:05 am

It's getting it right now, isn't it?

Post by **brian** » Wed Sep 06, 2017 11:06 am

govmentchedda wrote:It's getting it right now, isn't it?

Not quite yet. If all goes well, it'll skate just north of PR.

HaulCitgo · Post by **HaulCitgo** » Wed Sep 06, 2017 11:40 am

Shirley wrote:
HaulCitgo wrote:By the looks of that map, Charleston, Myrtle Beach and Wilmington are gonna have to gear up.

Guess whose condo is about 50 miles NE of Wilmington? Hopefully scraping along Florida will really weaken this bitch.

Topsail?

Joe K · Post by **Joe K** » Wed Sep 06, 2017 11:48 am

Shirley wrote:
HaulCitgo wrote:By the looks of that map, Charleston, Myrtle Beach and Wilmington are gonna have to gear up.

Guess whose condo is about 50 miles NE of Wilmington? Hopefully scraping along Florida will really weaken this bitch.

Guess whose entire nuclear family lives in Wilmington? My sister is a prof at UNCW, and my parents moved there within the last year to be closer to her.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Sep 06, 2017 1:00 pm

Then maybe ask them to pray for Shirley's condo.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Wed Sep 06, 2017 1:14 pm

tennbengal wrote:I guess that's funny...but maybe come down on the side of it's fuckin' incredible that we can get this close to knowing the general path of a storm like that 8 days out. Also, try making decisions on evacuating millions when a slight jog takes the storm 25 miles off the coast of Florida moving north as opposed to straight onto the peninsula.

In any event, no worries, I'll stop posting in the discussion of it.

Don't let memes crush your dreams.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Wed Sep 06, 2017 1:31 pm

mister d wrote:Everything over the last year and a half will be worth it if the hurricane somehow tightens into a tiny band and just sits on top of Mar-A-Lago.

I saw a headline that the storm was headed directly towards some mansion Trump owns in the Caribbean. Didn't care enough to click. Wasn't there some scandal a while back that Trump collected enormous claims from hurricane damage when his property wasn't really damaged?

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Wed Sep 06, 2017 1:32 pm

He's a hurricuck

Post by **Shirley** » Wed Sep 06, 2017 3:06 pm

HaulCitgo wrote:
Shirley wrote:
HaulCitgo wrote:By the looks of that map, Charleston, Myrtle Beach and Wilmington are gonna have to gear up.

Guess whose condo is about 50 miles NE of Wilmington? Hopefully scraping along Florida will really weaken this bitch.

Topsail?

Indian Beach.

There are trailer parks (permanent ones - "nice" ones) on either side of our condo building. Last weekend, a quick glance showed at least 20 American flags flying above various trailers. So, I gotta figure that kind of patriotism will convince Jesus to steer that hurricane towards a gayer location. So, we're probably good.

Or a lot of nice, open land on either side of our condo! Win-win.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Thu Sep 07, 2017 9:37 am

Images of the aftermath are pretty scary.

Barbuda looks like a 7 year old went into MS Paint and just started using the eraser tool at random.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/09 ... n-barbuda/

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Thu Sep 07, 2017 11:34 am

https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2017 ... rma-panic/

I hope he's right, but if not, I hope the hurricane rips the roof off of his house.

duff · Post by **duff** » Thu Sep 07, 2017 11:52 am

Gunpowder wrote:https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2017/09/05/my-analysis-of-the-hurricane-irma-panic/

I hope he's right, but if not, I hope the hurricane rips the roof off of his house.

How were you able to read that shit. Half way through and all I got was Al Gore was wrong and tap water is drinkable.

Baloney · Post by **Baloney** » Thu Sep 07, 2017 1:06 pm

Take a look at Florida Google maps with the traffic turned on

Baloney · Post by **Baloney** » Thu Sep 07, 2017 1:07 pm

Baloney wrote:Take a look at Florida on Google maps with the traffic turned on

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Thu Sep 07, 2017 1:33 pm

Baloney wrote:Take a look at Florida Google maps with the traffic turned on

Yikes!

https://www.google.ca/maps/@28.7767079,-82.8389993,7.99z/data=!5m1!1e1

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Thu Sep 07, 2017 2:31 pm

That is some dark red where the turnpike meets 75, south of Ocala.

Post by **brian** » Thu Sep 07, 2017 2:46 pm

People in Jacksonville not giving a fuck.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Thu Sep 07, 2017 2:56 pm

Even considering the fact it's Florida and Georgia, I'd be all over those backroads.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Thu Sep 07, 2017 3:09 pm

Had to download the Gas Buddy app yesterday to find a station with working pumps. People are flipping out around here.

howard · Post by **howard** » Thu Sep 07, 2017 3:11 pm

govmentchedda wrote:That is some dark red where the turnpike meets 75, south of Ocala.

the red rarely gets that dark, but the google says, west palm beach to Orlando 3:36, only 30 min longer than the reverse trip. But rush hour, and later in the week could plum new shades of red mixed with black.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Thu Sep 07, 2017 3:33 pm

brian wrote:People in Jacksonville not giving a fuck.

My oldest BIL lives there. He is encouraging his other two brothers to come down and hangout. They are seriously considering driving down Friday.

My in-laws are great. They are also fucking insane.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Thu Sep 07, 2017 8:32 pm

This is the current number 2 trending video on YouTube. He went viral on Reddit for being good at his job:

https://youtu.be/XwW6ZWaQ4bs

And his station gave him a trophy:

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Fri Sep 08, 2017 9:06 am

If all of our news was reported at that level, we would be a whole lot better off as a society.

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Fri Sep 08, 2017 9:44 am

HaulCitgo · Post by **HaulCitgo** » Fri Sep 08, 2017 11:48 am

DSafetyGuy wrote:If all of our news was reported at that level, we would be a whole lot better off as a society.

Ain't that the truth. Since I cut cable I've been subjected to the local 24 hr weather and it's bad. They loop a lot and still can't rid themselves of incompetence. The lady's contribution yesterday was that she is 5'6" and that the storm surge will be twice her height. Just the type of observations we expect from highly educated science professionals.

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Sep 08, 2017 11:48 am

Gunpowder wrote:https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2017/09/05/my-analysis-of-the-hurricane-irma-panic/

I hope he's right, but if not, I hope the hurricane rips the roof off of his house.

https://twitter.com/JuddLegum/status/906144438916931584

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Fri Sep 08, 2017 12:03 pm

Just got the evac notice. The line getting off MacDill AFB is bonkers.

Brontoburglar · Post by **Brontoburglar** » Fri Sep 08, 2017 12:58 pm

based off the maps in South Florida right now, waiting to evacuate at the last minute seems like the good traffic decision

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Fri Sep 08, 2017 1:52 pm

Yeah, the way this storm is setting up, there's no good place in FL to hunker down.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Fri Sep 08, 2017 3:17 pm

Man, best wishes, Chedda and SL!

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Fri Sep 08, 2017 3:22 pm

My wife's college friend is in FL for vacation, last I heard they were hunkering down. Not sure I'd stay if I owned a place, I sure as hell wouldn't if I was in a hotel!

Best of luck to the FL swampers, and just people in general, excepting Rush Limbaugh of course.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Fri Sep 08, 2017 3:55 pm

Thanks everybody. Things are fine now. Hurricane shutters are a bitch to put up, especially when they've shrunk and don't necessarily fit they way they should. We're in Zone A, and are contemplating our next few days. We have no large trees around us at our house, and I don't think this will be a big flooding event for us. Our other option is our in laws' house, out of any type of flood zone, but it's in Brandon, closer to the center of the state, and Irma's probable path. It's also near a bunch of old trees/potential projectiles. We've got water, beer, food, propane, camping gear, etc.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Fri Sep 08, 2017 4:37 pm

Just poked my head up after a deposition - looks like the track is moving farther west than they thought?

Is this a good thing a bad thing?

mister d wrote:Everything over the last year and a half will be worth it if the hurricane somehow tightens into a tiny band and just sits on top of Mar-A-Lago.

Is this still a possibility? You know he built that place on the cheap.

phxgators · Post by **phxgators** » Fri Sep 08, 2017 5:14 pm

In laws are in Bradenton and not evacuating. SIL is 9 months pregnant and they have a 2 yr old, but decided to stay at home. They are slightly further inland from my wife's parents, where Zone A literally touches their back yard. Not only are they staying, but extended family going TO their house instead of everyone going to SIL's house. SIL also has storm shutters, parents do not. So stubborn/stupid all around....

Good luck to everyone down there, looking rough for the gulf coast.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Fri Sep 08, 2017 5:40 pm

https://www.instagram.com/p/BYy_ZbHgiJ4/

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Fri Sep 08, 2017 6:13 pm

Just got to Leesburg...couldn't let my grandma ride it out alone. I've never seen every projection model line up like they do right now. I don't think Naples has ever taken a direct shot from a major cane, so even though most construction is new and should be up to Andrew code, who the hell knows. I'm getting worried...that shit is going to rock the nape unless it has a major unexpected turn. I should be fine in LBurg as long as I'm not out running through the street like an idiot. Too bad the fucker is gonna get here at like 2am

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Fri Sep 08, 2017 6:43 pm

phxgators wrote:In laws are in Bradenton and not evacuating. SIL is 9 months pregnant and they have a 2 yr old, but decided to stay at home. They are slightly further inland from my wife's parents, where Zone A literally touches their back yard. Not only are they staying, but extended family going TO their house instead of everyone going to SIL's house. SIL also has storm shutters, parents do not. So stubborn/stupid all around....

Good luck to everyone down there, looking rough for the gulf coast.

Good friend of mine is due to deliver tomorrow. Lives in Siesta Key.

Steve, yes, it sounds like it is tracking west. SL, grandmother or not, is making a wise decision heading north. Sounds like it should lose a bit of power as it fucks the state right up the ass. Still contemplating our move tomorrow.

How much longer than normal was your drive GPJ? Heard stories of friends' trips to Atlanta taking 17 hours, instead of the normal 8.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Fri Sep 08, 2017 7:43 pm

About 15 minutes longer than usual. Got off 75 at I4 and took back roads from there. Wasn't bad at all but had to wait about 30 mins for gas when I got here.

HaulCitgo · Post by **HaulCitgo** » Fri Sep 08, 2017 8:54 pm

Good luck. Naples looks like bullseye now.