Harvey--Irma--Maria. ??

ChilliJon posted:

I get your left dislike Floridarob. I do. But this isn't party lines. This is **** all stupidity. It's ****ing wrong. It's irresponsible. It could kill people. **** Maddow. **** everyone that wants to make this about their agenda vs. what's really important. 

Amazing how a goddamn hurricane turns into left vs. right.  Really wish the extremes of both sides would just grow the f**k up, stop whining that "the left/right hurt my feelings", and solve some f**king problems.  

Hope everyone stays safe down there.  

Irma is getting stronger. 185MPH  @ 916MB. 

This is bad. 

Ugh.  Forget the jokes.  Just stay safe everyone.

Actually, slightly weaker.  Several of the updates had it at 914MB, and the most recent one has it up to 921MB.

Seems to be moving more slowly, though.

Go Pam Bondi, Florida AG is calling out Chevron Gas Stations for price gouging. I wont be giving them any more of my business after this is over. I paid a little more for water than I normally do but not ridiculous. Stupid companies trying to take advantage. 

Most of your Wall Street guys and conservative economist say price gouging during a disaster is a good thing because no hoarding and more supply.  Nevermind the people who can't afford it.  

Hence the current ethos of our country.

.@NASAEarth data shows hot water ahead for #HurricaneIrma. Warm oceans are a key ingredient fueling hurricanes: https://t.co/PeoCi4vfZh pic.twitter.com/DGcLY2r0H4

— NASA (@NASA) September 7, 2017

But NASA is full of scientist so take it for what it's worth.

Looked like Hurricane Jose was going to spin N up into cooler water and fizzle out. Models posted this am show it looping around itself and hitting Florida a few days after Irma. Better model / projected path should be out later today. 

Henry it's obvious that science is totally overrated.   We all know that divine intervention will take over and keep everyone safe. 

Nevermind the fact that water temps have been on the rise and in the Gulf of Mexico the water temps are 3-4 degrees above normal.  Might help to explain how Harvey intensified from a tropical storm to CAT4 so rapidly. 

"I'm not a scientist"
Everybody likes to brag these days
And yet they still insist
Twisting all the facts their way

Gravity is real
Just step off the ledge and you will fall
Summers get hotter
Winters get colder
Writing on the wall

You say God will handle everything
Seems like he ain't done sh!t so far
Take yourself for example
You’re still wishing on a star

But, you see, God is a scientist
He don't play dice with the universe
- don’t take an Einstein
And your fake and cynical solutions
It's as if you're trying to make things worse
- and you know the reason

You'd have to be blind 
Eyes that will not see

‘Cause you never want to see that
Writing on the wall

Price gouging? Isn't capitalism the American way? You know, supply and demand and all of that.  

A hurricane is just the earth sweating.

Hurricane Nerd Extraordinaire:  https://twitter.com/RyanMaue

Latest Euro model just posted. Not good. 

Miami in direct path?  Not good.  Hope the models are wrong.  That would be bad. 

We don't talk politics at X4...

it's all politics

Yup...hot air

We are referring to it as Irmagaetton. Miami is going to be leveled. 

Timmy! posted:

Ah!

Change in the weather, change in the weather,
Somethin's happenin' here.
Change in the weather, change in the weather,
People walkin' round in fear.

Uh huh, you better duck and run,
Get under cover 'cause the change has come.
Storm warning, and it looks like rain,
Be nothin' left after the hurricane.
This here's a jungle, ain't no lie,
Look at the people, terror in their eyes.
Bad business comin', can't be denied,
They're running with the dogs, afraid to die.

Change in the weather, change in the weather,
Somethin's happenin' here.
Change in the weather, change in the weather,
People walkin' round in fear.

Uh huh, you best believe it's true,
The levee's busted, badness comin' through.
Oh no, there ain't no place to hide,
Reach out and pluck you, take you for a ride.
Sea of frustration, take everything in sight,
Won't be no blessing if we make it through the night.
Down on your knees, go ahead and pray,
But every demon has to have his day.

Change in the weather, change in the weather,
Somethin's happenin' here.
Change in the weather, change in the weather,
People walkin' round in fear.

Well! Oh, God!

High noon, I can't believe my eyes,
Wind is ragin', there's a fire in the sky.
Ground shakin', everything comin' loose,
Run like a coward but it ain't no use.
Edge of the river, it's an ugly scene,
People gettin' pushed, people gettin' mean.
The change is comin' and it's gettin' late,
Ain't no survivin', and there ain't no escape.

Change in the weather, change in the weather,
Somethin's happenin' here.
Change in the weather, change in the weather,
People walkin' round in fear.

Oh!

Change in the weather, change in the weather,
Somethin's happenin' here.
Change in the weather, change in the weather,
People walkin' round in fear.

Well! Oh, no!

 

Whiskey, wine, or beer?

Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the flowers gone?
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?

I actually wish Rush Limbaugh was going to be right about this Hurricane being overhyped.  Unfortunately, I think he's probably about 95% likely to be dead wrong.  The only good news was that they could see this coming basically about a week ahead of time, that will minimize loss of life, but I expect that there's going to be widespread damage to a number of areas and maybe even more than just Florida.

My sister lives in Coral Gables.  She's been spending the past few days with her daughter in College Park, MD.

Glad she got out early

Yeah.  I had to yell at her to take a vacation with her daughter, ha...she didn't want to leave.  I have another sister in St. Pete's and another in St. Augustine.  All of them are worried.

fightphoe93 posted:

I actually wish Rush Limbaugh was going to be right about this Hurricane being overhyped.  Unfortunately, I think he's probably about 95% likely to be dead wrong.  The only good news was that they could see this coming basically about a week ahead of time, that will minimize loss of life, but I expect that there's going to be widespread damage to a number of areas and maybe even more than just Florida.

Rush wasn't right. I hope people didn't listen to him or anyone else in the media and watched the storm path a week ago. What's going to hit Florida isn't a surprise. Or an agenda. Or ratings. Or media. Or political affiliation. 

Its a huge mother ****ing storm that I hope everyone survives. 

Prayers up Florida. 

My grand kids refer to him as Grandpa's Man Friend.  I call this young man a fishing addict.  But we should all call him and say thank you.  He works as a power linesman.  Yesterday he called while at work as he was heading south though Illinois.  He was heading for where ever they told him to go to be in the worst of the storm with his truck and crew!

Lucky to have people like him

Floridarob posted:

We are referring to it as Irmagaetton. Miami is going to be leveled. 

Don't you mean Irmagettin'?

The one on the left is Hurricane Andrew in 1992
The one on the right is Hurricane Irma today.  

Jose is now a Cat 4 and Katia has grown to a Cat 2 and expected to strengthen a bit more before making landfall in Mexico. Looks like Jose will turn more north, but Jesus ****!

End then... Katia's projected path will take it across southern mexico but north of where much of the Chiapas earthquake damage has occurred.

I looked at another path prediction and it has Irma heading up straight to Atlanta by mid week. 

I wonder how/if it affects the game there next week?

It looks like Irma's track will hit Indianapolis with storms. That's an angry lass. 

"Pack yo schit, humans, I'm tired of yo shenanigans!" 

-Our Earthly Mother

Pikes Peak posted:

Yup...hot air

I never went through a hurricane in my time in Floriduh.  Live in Jacksonville, center of Florida gets hit.  Move to Tampa, Jacksonville gets hit.  I always said hurricanes were scared because I could blow more hot air than they could.  

PackerPatrick posted:

I looked at another path prediction and it has Irma heading up straight to Atlanta by mid week. 

I wonder how/if it affects the game there next week?

Move 'er to Lambeau!

A happier Harvey and Irma story

Good luck to everyone down there.  I lived in Jax for a while, and made it through a few tropical storms, and Category 1s, not too bad.  You start talking about 100 MPH winds, and **** gets scary quick.  My folks live in So. FLA, and it took them 6 hours to get from FLL to ORL on Wed., luckily they flew out yesterday.  

I wish Rush would have hunkered down in his palatial estate and report that Irma is a liberal hoax.  DOUCHE!