Hurricane Irma headed toward Florida

My bud who looks like Cooper Rush, but is a filthy Eagles fan said he got through okay. I believe he's on St Croix.
 
Thanks for the well wishes. I figure with my luck, power will go off right around kickoff on sunday. Last time one came thru we ignorantly got in our car and drove around and saw down power l8nes and trees in roads that were hazardous. Won't make that mistake again.
 
On a side note. I just saw my first leaf turns (tree leaves turning fall colors) on my way home from work today. Fall has started so hopefully that will help quell further storms after Harvey, Irma, Katia, and Jose. (and hopefully some effect of the three storms that are still active)
 
I think the Jet Stream is going to pull it up just off the East coast, hoping so anyways. If the eye goes up on the West coast or out a bit in the gulf, that is a worse scenario :(
 
bb721 said:
Sandy begs to differ. As do the people of New York and New Jersey, including myself.
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She can beg all she wants.

You'll notice I said big one.

Your neck of the world was ill-prepared to deal with the types of storms that hit the Gulf states, probably because they don't deal with them that often.

Sandy was a cat 2 when it hit NY and NJ. If they'd been hit with a storm with power of Irma, they would have characterized it as the worst storm in the history of the world.
 
Silver Surfer said:
Your neck of the world was ill-prepared
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Yes, the average person here isn't prepared for 8 feet of water on their property. Neither is the average person in New Orleans, Houston, or Miami. So to say that Sandy wasn't a "big one" because of a category number is to ignore human tragedy that took place and the massive destruction that was caused.
 
bb721 said:
Yes, the average person here isn't prepared for 8 feet of water on their property. Neither is the average person in New Orleans, Houston, or Miami. So to say that Sandy wasn't a "big one" because of a category number is to ignore human tragedy that took place and the massive destruction that was caused.
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I guess we're defining "big one" differently. I'm speaking of the raw force of the storm and you're concentrating on the damage it causes. My point is that many times the damage caused is exacerbated by the lack of the preparedness of the victims.

Preparedness is more than thinking a storm can hurt you. Its about a myriad of issues:

Things like taking the threat seriously and acting on the threat (e.g boarding up and leaving). Its about land use. Its about local governments having the guts to tell developers, "no you can't build that condo right on the water", and "yes we need marshes to act as natural barriers and allow storm waters to drain". Its about a whole host of things that people either don't know, bother to learn, or forget because they haven't been damaged lately... and yes, New Orleans, Houston and Miami are lacking.... primarily due to the greed of developers, laziness and corruption of the local authorities and the ignorance of the people who live in these high risk places. Most of the people of New Orleans live below sea level. To me, that's stupid. And yet, even after Katrina, they've demonstrated they're not prepared to deal with another storm because they can't keep their pumps operational. That's inexcusable.

All that being said, there's a reason storms are categorized. A category 2 storm is a far cry from a category 5.

 
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