#86106
10/02/2002 12:58 PM
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Stuff be coming my way... everyone's evacuating. If something should happen to me, I bequeath the site to Lord Dexter - take care of it Tony, I loved it like a son.
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#86107
10/02/2002 1:18 PM
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Ahh yes, one of the things I like about West Texas... no silly hurricane things! You guys get hurricanes, we get a little rain to make the mesquite and cactii greener! ---Jamin
Don't put that signature in your mouth! You don't know where it's been!
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#86108
10/02/2002 1:35 PM
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Pooh-Bah
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We don't get those nasty hurricanes here either, whew. BTW, just where do you evacuate to? Do you plan on visiting Jamin?? Y'all take care down there and keep us posted if possible!!
- Deb
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#86109
10/02/2002 1:49 PM
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Pooh-Bah
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Auntie M, Auntie M.
Oh wait...that's a tornado.
Stay safe
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#86110
10/02/2002 1:55 PM
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repeat after me:
I'll be fine, I'll be having dinner with nav at the end of the month.
repeat as many times as necessary.
Picture perfect penmanship here.
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#86111
10/02/2002 2:29 PM
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I'll be fine after having dinner with nav at the end of the month. I'll be fine after having dinner with nav at the end of the month. I'll be fine after having dinner with nav at the end of the month. it's not helping yet
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#86112
10/02/2002 2:30 PM
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oh yeah, it went to a category 4 hurricane with max sustained winds of 135 mph, they say it may reach a cat 5 by tomorrow when it makes landfall
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#86113
10/02/2002 2:59 PM
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Moderator / Da Masta
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Oh my God Just... don't get hurt, Allen
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#86114
10/02/2002 3:04 PM
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I've been through a few hurricanes when I lived in Florida, including Andrew. Stay in your cellar or your bathroom and you'll be fine.
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#86115
10/02/2002 3:11 PM
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if winds go over 150mph I think I'll be spending lots of time in the bathroom
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#86116
10/02/2002 6:53 PM
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I did Gloria, Bob, and Andrew in a tractor trailer. I remember hiding out in the bunk of my truck from Andrew with the whole unit parked inside a truck wash facility that a friend of mine owned. Scary. I spent half the time relieved that I was in a building, and half the night scared that the building was going to come down on me and my truck. Bob was easier. I just parked in a truck stop and slept it off. When it cleared my truck and I went to the beach. On my desk I have a picture of me and a big ole Peterbilt just getting some rays on the beach after the storm. Gloria was the worst for me. I got caught on Long Island, empty and headed home when the storm caught up to me. Coming over the Throggs Neck Bridge the wind pushed me almost off the bridge. The wind was rocking the truck so hard that at times all the weheels were not on the ground. I had never before been so scared. I was just helpless. I never should have been on that bridge in that weather in the first place but the thought of being trapped only 3 hours from home made me keep driving. What a mistake. Then I got lucky. Another trucker who had a full load and was 40k lbs heavier than I was saw what I was going through and pulled up next to me on the windward side. Together we crept over the top of the bridge and down the other side. I never got a chance to meet the guy or buy him a cup of coffee in thanks. Coming out of the toll booths he beared left to head south on 95 while I went to the right and north for home. I never saw his face as he always had the cab of his truck just a bit too far ahead of me to see him or her. I often wonder what he or she was thinking at the time. Or if it was just coincidence and the guy never even realized what he was doing for me.
Picture perfect penmanship here.
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#86117
10/02/2002 9:35 PM
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Oh, your funny AA. Hope you don't get hurt, you don't deserve it.
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#86118
10/02/2002 10:09 PM
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quote: I did Gloria, Bob, and Andrew in a tractor trailer. and here I thought the beds in the trucks were too small even for sleeping!
"Annnnnnnndd now, opening for Iron Maiden...... WYLD STALLYNS!!!" --Bill S. Preston, Esquire and Ted "Theodore " Logan
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#86119
10/03/2002 12:29 AM
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It's angling away from us and headed more to Louisiana. We'll still be getting lots of wind and rain, but more like 70mph and not 170.
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#86120
10/03/2002 1:50 AM
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"I'll be fine after having dinner with nav at the end of the month."
Picture perfect penmanship here.
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#86121
10/05/2002 8:23 AM
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Each time i read this subject i hear that song in my head... heh..
Hope nothing happens.
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#86122
10/05/2002 9:05 AM
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quote:
Originally posted by Mark Badolato: quote: [qb]I did Gloria, Bob, and Andrew in a tractor trailer.[/qb] and here I thought the beds in the trucks were too small even for sleeping!
LMFAO
A wise man Confucious once say, "Man who stands on toilet, high on pot!"
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#86123
10/05/2002 9:09 AM
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I was just trying to edit my previous post but I got this error
'CGIPath/ubb_lib_posting.cgi: Missing right curly or square bracket at CGIPath/ubb_lib_posting.cgi line 1294, at end of line syntax error at CGIPath/ubb_lib_posting.cgi line 1294, at EOF'
just so ya know.
Anyways, I wanted to add that I hope everything went well for ya.
A wise man Confucious once say, "Man who stands on toilet, high on pot!"
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#86124
10/05/2002 10:27 AM
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we got a good bit of wind and a little rain, but things weren't bad at all.. thank you
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#86125
10/05/2002 12:09 PM
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Hurrah!
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#86126
09/21/2005 4:26 PM
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City officials just announced the official Houston 2005 Hurricane Evacuation Plan: - Hispanics use I-10 West to San Antonio
- Cajuns use I-10 East to Lafayette
- Rednecks use 59 North to East Texas
- Republicans fly Continental to Washington DC
- Yankees use 45 South to Galveston
- Longhorns use 290 West to Austin
- Aggies use 610 Loop
Hurricane Rita has reached Cat5 status and we may be directly in her path - we'll know more in the next 24-48 hours. Currently they are pointing it southwest of us, meaning we'll be getting the bad side of it with rain and wind. We may be heading north sometime tomorrow if they call for a mandatory evacuation. If something happens to me, I'm bequeathing the site to gizzy this time - he has time to work on it
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#86127
09/21/2005 5:13 PM
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UBBDev / UBBWiki Owner Time Lord
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Originally posted by AllenAyres: If something happens to me, I'm bequeathing the site to gizzy this time - he has time to work on it Sweet! I win! lol... Wait, I'm not even an admin yet.. ... But on a serious note, I do have nothing but time
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#86128
09/21/2005 10:25 PM
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HURRICANE RITA BECOMES THE 3rd MOST INTENSE HURRICANE The pressure in dangerous hurricane Rita fell to 898 mb making Rita the 3rd most intense hurricane in the Atlantic basin. Katrina is now the 5th most intense at 902 mb behind Allen. Gilbert at 888 mb and the 1935 storm at 892 mb are the top two storms. www.accuweather.com The angle has been adjusted a bit our direction
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#86129
09/21/2005 10:51 PM
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If you where closer I'd offer you my guest room lol...
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#86130
09/22/2005 8:23 AM
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thank you.
Looks like it has angled even more our direction, they've called for a mandatory evacuation. We'll be putting plywood on the the windows today and heading out - not sure where yet.
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#86131
09/22/2005 9:16 AM
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UBBDev / UBBWiki Owner Time Lord
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You're still welcome to use my guest room :-x
Total Est. Time: 34 hours, 26 minutes Total Est. Distance: 2370.88 miles
Long drive, hope you get good gas mileage lol...
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#86132
09/22/2005 12:04 PM
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Originally posted by AllenAyres:
HURRICANE RITA BECOMES THE 3rd MOST INTENSE HURRICANE The pressure in dangerous hurricane Rita fell to 898 mb making Rita the 3rd most intense hurricane in the Atlantic basin. Katrina is now the 5th most intense at 902 mb behind Allen. Gilbert at 888 mb and the 1935 storm at 892 mb are the top two storms.
So you're trying to tell us that you're the 4th most intense hurricane in the Atlantic basin? ---Jamin
Don't put that signature in your mouth! You don't know where it's been!
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#86133
09/22/2005 12:16 PM
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yeh man, allen is just that hardcore...
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#86134
09/22/2005 8:51 PM
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Spent the day boarding up windows at 3 homes - temperature 100+ all day - I musta drank 2-3 gallons of fluid and still cramp everywhere. Rita has turned a bit more north and looks to be heading straight here now. We'll be headed out shortly as soon as I get a shower. Traffic on the highway is a parking lot and has been all day. We're hoping it will thin out a bit tonight, but if nothing else at least it will be about 20-25 degrees cooler. I think we'll plan on coming back if they let us Sunday night.
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#86135
09/22/2005 8:59 PM
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#86136
09/22/2005 9:32 PM
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- Deb
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#86137
09/23/2005 9:27 AM
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#86138
09/23/2005 1:03 PM
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Thank you guys. We went to my bro-in-law's home in pensacola florida - smooth light traffic the whole way. Hurrican Katrina has done a job on the landscape in Mississippi tho My wife's family headed north towards dallas and traffic is gridlocked there, no gas to be had and people are being stuck out on the highway. Rita is headed straight for my hometown now, should be there tonight. Good timing on the escape, tho we drove all night. I'm headed to bed :zzz:
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#86139
09/24/2005 12:21 PM
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They keep showing video all around my house, but stay 2 blocks away Pretty good amount of damage, but it looks like places that never boarded up their windows. I imagine if something happened to the house they'd have it on there by now, you got to go down my street to get to some of the places they are showing. Very thankful we headed to Pensacola when we did o/ They're not letting anyone back in yet, maybe tomorrow, probably Monday or Tuesday - lots of powerlines down across streets, windows blown out, awnings out in the street, trees everywhere, emergency services are down to barebones while trying to dig out, etc.
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#86140
09/24/2005 12:29 PM
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Here's some cool satellite (and other) pictures of Rita: http://www.brianrobak.com/rita.html
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#86141
09/24/2005 9:53 PM
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They're talking now like it might be 2 weeks before power is back on in the city So much was supposed to have started on Monday with work, now we're put off until who knows when. At least Geraldo is pronouncing the area locations right now
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#86142
09/26/2005 9:19 AM
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Pooh-Bah
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Glad to hear you guys made it out ok. Hopefully all your stuff is in good shape.
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#86143
09/27/2005 7:29 PM
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Thank you, there's some minor damage to the house, major to all the trees. I can see why they're saying 3-4 weeks + before they can let people back in the city - *every* block of *every* street has power lines down, trees ripped up and dropped everywhere, some homes have trees through them, etc. There's convoys of huge tree service trucks going out every day to begin clearing streets so that EMS can get through if needed, huge tractors, back hoes and bulldozers are pushing them to the side for now. They're starting in the cities south of here to remove the trees, trash, etc so that the power people can get in to work on the electricity lines. Then they'll work northward towards us. It'll easily be a month before we have power back to everyone. School has been canceled during that time, plus the time it takes to put them back right once they get clearance to start. All businesses except for a couple gas stations and a couple stores running off generators are shut down. Crazy what one hurricane can do to hundreds of square miles - and we didn't even get the flooding like they did south of us and over into Louisiana. I'm at my parents, working during the day at my dad's business to cleanup and repair (the roof was blown off) during the day (100+ degree heat now and no electricity). In the evenings I'm working on my notebook pc to get forms and orientation manuals typed up for the new hospice we were supposed to start this week. Everything is on hold. We're running the house off a large generator my dad has, so at least the nights are bearable. Got to boil water to make sure it's clean for the foreseeable future - sometimes it just stops while they are working on it somewhere. My brother is in the fire department - he's working everyday all day (sleeps at headquarters) until further notice - he works as a fireman and also goes door to door making sure people are ok and asking them to leave the city and go to shelters if possible. The city picks anyone who wants to go up and sends them to the staging shelter, then to san antonio to a shelter at Kelly AFB with shelter, food and water until the city is opened back up. Yesterday he spen most of the afternoon removing the steaks, chicken, and fish (a couple tons worth) from Cheddars (a local restaurant) and bringing it to the local shelters, at least what could be saved. Talk soon, headed to www.fema.gov to fill out disaster relief forms.
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#86144
09/29/2005 10:19 AM
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Addict
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Note to self: stay away from oceans
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#86145
09/29/2005 10:54 AM
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UBBDev / UBBWiki Owner Time Lord
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We have the Pacific Ocean here in the NW USA but we don't get tornado's, or hurricanes... Crazy southeners...
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#86146
09/29/2005 2:27 PM
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Progress is being made, there's a rumor that some electricity may be rolled out to a couple neighborhoods by this weekend Got to have power to pump out the flooded underpasses
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#86147
10/03/2005 9:49 PM
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Finally back home, our electricity was turned on some time in the last 24 hours or so
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#86148
10/03/2005 11:59 PM
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Now now allen, haven't you seen the PeoplePC commercials? hehe
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#86149
10/05/2005 3:54 AM
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I've kept it around for sentimental reasons, mostly mental Broadband came back up this morning
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#86150
10/06/2005 3:05 PM
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You can keep your email/im name and ditch the shotty isp service! Just register on aim.com with that sn and sign up for "AIM Mail" when you cancel ...
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#86151
10/07/2005 10:38 PM
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cool, thanks
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#86152
10/10/2005 9:25 PM
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internet connection (cable) is still down half the time - I'm interested in seeing what they bill this next time Spent the last 2 nights cutting downed trees in my backyard (there's 6-8 back there from my neighbor's yard) with a chain saw - my wife calls it the texas chain saw massacre
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Hurricane Humberto is passing through town right now - wind is pretty strong - up to 89 mph gusts and lots of rain.
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I'd put on a poncho and go try and fly a kite... But that's just my crazy self and morbid curiosity...
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Trees and water are everywhere today - most places are closed, a lot of places are without power (we're one of the lucky ones still with power), I've got a cold and am going back to bed.
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haha... "We had a hurricane, I survived with no problems, other than the sniffles"
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It was crazy - we didn't even know a storm was coming until last night and even then it was just supposed to be a tropicl storm. It was the fastest storm on record going from a tropical depression to a hurricane. At 4am the trees were bending to the ground and rain was dropping in sheets sideways. There's still hundreds of roofs with blue tarps from hurricane rita 2 years ago - you just couldn't get people to even bid on your roof because thousands of homes needed them. People's FEMA trailer turned over from the wind.
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I want a hurricane soooo bad
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Andrew Katrina Are you really sure you wish this upon yourself and your neighbors? Hurricanes are deadly terrifying things that no sane or sensible person hopes for.
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Dave, she lives in Orlando, i'm sure she knows what a hurricane is :X
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And if she wants a hurricane soooooooo bad she needs some reminding.
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Lol didn't one just go through down there?
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Nobody wants a hurricane, you obviously haven't lived through one if you say that seriously.
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I've been in florida since 1980, I love them because they cleanse the Earth. I guess I take a more pagan and naturalist point of view on it. Earth = Overpopulated and being destroyed by Chemicals. Hurricane = Cleansing Rain and refreshing forests.
Destruction sucks, I never said I want anyone to die, but destruction is a necessary evil and I happen to enjoy the hurricanes.
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You haven't been through a direct hit from a major hurricane then - they don't 'refresh forests', they remove them. We lost more than 60% of our trees in Hurricane Rita - and we're surrounded by trees and forests.
Rita didn't affect population either... unless you are counting trees. Not sure where you're getting your simplistic view of hurricanes - they're not a nice breezy rain.
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It's difficult to hug a tree as it passes you...
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I live to be the other side of the fence post.
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It's difficult to hug a tree as it passes you... lol, unless you can jump really high lol
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Other side of which fence post? The one that Hurricane Andrew flung though the side of a house 5 streets down, at 100 miles an hour?
I was in Andrew, which I've posted a picture of. How you can look at that picture and find something "Cleansing" in that debris is simply beyond my ability to comprehend.
Picture perfect penmanship here.
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I didn't quite understand the comment either, it didn't quite fit the conversation Like I said earlier, people who haven't been in a direct hit from a major hurricane really have no idea what it's like. "Cleansing" is not a word anyone can attribute to the millions of tons of debris that get sent to landfills after a major hurricane; or to the destruction of millions of trees.
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From a purely artistic stance, I'd love the chance to experience one (we only have earthquakes out here, it's rare to see a funnel cloud and it's even more rare that it touches ground) however at the same time I know and understand the destruction and find their wake horrifying...
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From a purely artistic stance, I'd love the chance to experience one You can only truely experience one, you have to live there, be part of the community, be part of the long term effects. There's no tv image that can even get close to getting the real feeling. I am so happy we have no hurricanes, earthquakes and stuff here. We just have a fight with the water, but we're winning that fight for over 50 years now.
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There's nothing 'artistic' about living through/after a hurricane - you lose your stuff, family, history... everything. Nav's pictures are good examples.
I got the chance to visit Amsterdam for a very short while between flights last year Yarp™ - beautiful country.
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I've been involved in far too many hurricanes in my lifetime. Glad we don't have them out here.
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I'm not saying that the wake is artistic, but nature itself is... You're telling me theres nothing beautiful or captivating about a tornado? nevermind what is actually happening, the pure awe of its power is beautiful...
What it does is horriffic, I will agree there, but nature is beautiful, even lightning, and lightning starts mass forrest fires; a dry summer and hot sun causes forest fires as well... yet fire is beautiful, trees are beautiful, lightning is beautiful...
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Maybe artistic in a 'Twister' sort of way with Helen Hunt holding on to some pole, but in real life... if you are in the path of either a hurricane or tornado there's nothing artistic about it. My mother's best friend was ripped from inside her home and thrown against a tree by a tornado - they found her the next morning up against the trunk covered in ants. She died that evening from the injuries. She was in her fifties - spent her life raising her family and caring for cancer patients.
No, I don't see art in this. Those with personal experience don't. Those who do are a bit naive - nothing personal, but 'art' kind of comments... it's difficult to respond without getting very blunt.
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So you see no beauty in this picture?
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I see art in the photography, but that's all.
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I see art in the photography, but that's all.
I knew you'd be a smarta.. about it lol
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There's a difference between looking at a picture and wishing a tornado/hurricane on yourself because you think they're beautiful - that borders on insane with a definite touch of immaturity.
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Did I ever wish a hurricane on anyone? I simply stated that I.. you know what, nevermind, my words will be missconstrued and i'll have people pissing and moaning about whatever i say.
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I want a hurricane soooo bad
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And i point at the name while being yelled at for the statement lol
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No, Gizzy, I see nothing beautiful about it. I've dodged a tornado and watched it rip a small town in upstate NY a new rear end. There was nothing artistic about it. Pretty picture? Maybe, but to me the picture represents a level of destruction that is entirely not pretty.
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Ugh, had to evacuate again We're driving back in now, but this is a pain.
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And here comes another one
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