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11 Sep 2017, 8:11 pm

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BREAKING NEWS: Hurricane Irma wasn't caused but carbon-based emissions. It was actually caused by ... TEH HOMOZ!

That's funny. I kinda assumed that American conservatives had grown out of the "Homos are trying to bite our butts and turn us gay!" mentality. I guess I was wrong.

Well this is Anne Coulter could you expect anything more from her...shes a narcissistic lunatic....with way too much eye-shadow and facecake to, she could put on all the make-up in the world and still be just as ugly of a person.

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11 Sep 2017, 8:15 pm

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Careful now, you know that "property rights" is a dog whistle for discrimination, segregation, and defending the institution of slavery.

I cannot claim to be up-to-speed on all of that, but my wife and I lived in the Keys for most of the '80s and what we suspect might be on the horizon now is a forced evacuation of virtually everyone. There are many people (such as likely most of the ones presently sheltered in a school on Sugarloaf Key) who are *not* able to survive essentially "on their own", and nobody is going to just let them die there. The National Guard is presently clearing the road (US1) and there is an aircraft carrier with 30 helicopters waiting nearby...and even someone who is not a conspiracy nut (such as I admit) can see what just might be coming.

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11 Sep 2017, 8:21 pm

kraftiekortie wrote:

Irma had some unusual characteristics which will be studied for years on end.

Definitely, and CNN meteorologist Chad Myers had begun noticing some atypical things from its very beginning. Overall, his studio coverage was excellent as he explained things all along the way.

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11 Sep 2017, 8:28 pm

I've been as far down as Islamorada and there's no way I'd ride out a major hurricane down there, but to each his own including the risks.
I can see it coming too, forced evacuations that is, and in a legal and moral sense it's a s**t sandwich no matter how you slice it.

The dog whistle comment was sarcasm...

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11 Sep 2017, 8:54 pm

CNN, to me, had (by far) the best Hurricane Irma coverage.

Whatever happened to Jim Cantore on the Weather Channel?

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11 Sep 2017, 8:55 pm

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Cool on the dog whistle comment!

My wife and I lived in the lower Keys ('82 through '89) and spent much of our last year moored (not at a dock) on a houseboat in Newfound Harbor at Big Pine Key (mile marker 30). Overall, we were in the Keys long enough to be considered "fresh-water Conchs"...but the true "Conch" (meaning "hard-shell") is someone who is born in the Keys and remains there for his or her lifetime. Behind all of that is a culture of people who were there before any kind of highway existed, and some of the people now wanting to return from the highly-regretted evacuation are of that caliber. While we were there, it was not at all unusual to go for one or more days at a time without power since the lower Keys were being powered by some old Navy-surplus generators...and my wife and I used to get a kick out of watching TV on our boat while the islands were in the dark. It was during those '80s, however, when commercial development, tourism and the accompanying mindset in the political spectrum essentially began "taking over" in the Keys...and now the old ways are quite possibly headed for the history books.

edit: Maybe check here once in a while...

Quote:

Infrastructure assessment teams are to begin deploying Monday to better understand the situation, aid our island community and its residents...

fla-keys.com

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11 Sep 2017, 9:04 pm

kraftiekortie wrote:

CNN, to me, had (by far) the best Hurricane Irma coverage.

Whatever happened to Jim Cantore on the Weather Channel?

Agreed on the CNN coverage, and it looks like Jim Cantore might now be freelance or something...

Quote:

After NBC Universal's acquisition of The Weather Channel in 2008, Cantore has occasionally filled in for Al Roker on The Today Show. He was also in London hosting weather segments for NBC during the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Jim Cantore - Wikipedia

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12 Sep 2017, 6:27 am

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Monroe County would reopen road access on Tuesday morning at 7 a.m. EDT (1100 GMT) for residents and business owners from Key Largo, the main island at the upper end of the chain, as well as the towns of Tavernier and Islamorada farther to the south, fire officials said.

No timetable for reopening the remainder of the Keys was given.

Florida Keys...partially re-open...

It looks like some initial access to the Florida Keys will be allowed today, and there is also this:

Keys Bridges Deemed ‘Safe For Travel’ To MM 16...

That article says power to Marathon (mile marker 50) could be restored very soon, and water all the way to Key West (mile marker 0) is being turned on intermittently.

edit: Here is a direct source for Florida Keys updates: MonroeCounty BOCC - Facebook

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12 Sep 2017, 7:27 am

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SH90 wrote:

Have a few trees pulled out the ground by their roots, few shingles blown off the roof. Still without power, had a few looters a few blocks down.

*Being without power for weeks and potential looters are the worse part after the storm... Low life's aways trying to steal from someone who's worked hard for their s**t, really terrible people will take it from someone when their down.

How are you "juicin'" your computer?

If you don't mind my asking..... In what city/town, do you reside?

SH90 wrote:

Typical Florida Huricane meal, takeout by candel light.

You shoulda stocked-up on MREs:

https://www.amazon.com/Mountain-House-1 ... house+food

I've been watching people on YouTube taste those (the proper Army ones). They look so fun, yet disgusting! I so wanna try them!

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12 Sep 2017, 9:50 am

They probably taste better than C-Rations and "sh$t on a shingle" did during World War II.

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12 Sep 2017, 9:54 am

Like I said earlier, this was such a friggin' weird storm!

The eastern part of Florida, with the exception of the Keys, seemed to have fared at least somewhat worse than those on the western part of the state. Despite the fact that Irma, primarily, went up the western part of the state.

Miami got severely flooded and had a 99 MPH gust. Jacksonville had record floods (in the case of Jacksonville, though, there was another storm in addition to the hurricane).

It seems as if lots of water was "sucked" to the east by the winds---this probably decreased storm surge in places like Naples and (especially) Fort Myers.

Weird meteorological phenomena, indeed.

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12 Sep 2017, 10:11 am

Jim Cantore still does work for the Weather Channel, I just found out.

I'm pissed because my cable company doesn't have it!

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12 Sep 2017, 10:48 am

kraftiekortie wrote:

They probably taste better than C-Rations and "sh$t on a shingle" did during World War II.

I suppose you get more variety with an MRE pack. Looking at the images on Google, it looks like you got canned crackers with C-Rations. The crackers look better than the MRE breads. The meat dishes don't look appetising though.

I still want to try a proper MRE pack. It's just that after looking up the sources of where sellers got them (including bins) I thought...nah.

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12 Sep 2017, 11:05 am

Hope everyone is alright, no power yet for me but everyone I know has gotten by relatively fairly

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12 Sep 2017, 12:04 pm

Not the cataclysm feared in the US but still a very impressive event. Cuba is having real problems, record flooding in Havana. Thier hit saved Florida. Also, the inland track after the Marco Island landfall meant that the extreme storm surge expected on the Florida west coast did not occur.

All that said still a very wide area of damaging winds, significant rain and storm surge flooding and a long recovery ahead.

national hurricane center wrote:

RAINFALL...REMNANT BANDS FROM POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE IRMA ARE
EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2
INCHES...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS...THROUGH TUESDAY ACROSS
PORTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA. LOCALIZED INTENSE RAINFALL RATES WILL
LEAD TO ADDITIONAL ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING AND RAPID RISES ON
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND RIVERS. CLOSER TO IRMA'S REMNANT CIRCULATION
CENTER...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED
ACROSS NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI, EASTERN ARKANSAS, AS WELL AS WESTERN
TENNESSEE AND KENTUCKY. SIGNIFICANT RIVER FLOODING WILL PERSIST
OVER MUCH OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA IN THE WAKE OF IRMA, WHILE
ADDITIONAL RIVER FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS GEORGIA AND
EASTERN ALABAMA.

.SELECTED PEAK WIND GUSTS IN MILES PER HOUR EARLIER IN THE
EVENT...

...ALABAMA...
TROY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT 45
WEEDON FIELD AIRPORT 43
ANNISTON ARPT ASOS 40
MONTGOMERY REGIONAL AIRPORT 40

...FLORIDA...
NAPLES 2 ENE 142
MARCO ISLAND 1 E 130
LELY 2 ESE 122
BIG PINE KEY 2 NNW 120
QUAIL CREEK ESTATES 2 SSW 112
NORTH PERRY AIRPO 2 WNW 109
KEY BISCAYNE 8 SSE 99
MIAMI INTERNATIONAL 1 W 99
NORTH PERRY AIRPO 3 WSW 98
SWEETWATER 2 NE 96
CAPE CANAVERAL 3 NNE 94
OCEAN REEF 8 SE 93
BELLE MEADE 1 S 92
KEY LARGO 8 SSE 92
OCHOPEE 1 W 92
CACHE AT EVERGLADES 91
KEY WEST 2 W 91
ROYAL PALM RANGER S 4 W 91
CORAL GABLES 1 ESE 90
OCEAN REEF 8 SSE 89
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INTL ARPT 89
MAYPORT NAVAL STATION 87
PORT EVERGLADES 87
DEERFIELD BEACH 3 W 86
JACKSONVILLE INTL ARPT 86
KEY LARGO 1 SE 85
REDLAND 8 NNW 85
FORT MYERS FAA/AP 84
SUNRISE 1 W 84
FLAGLER BEACH 83
GOULDS 1 NE 83
HOMESTEAD PARK 1 WSW 83
OAKLAND PARK 3 NW 83
PINECREST 2 SSW 82
FIU SOUTH CAMPUS 81
HAULOVER CANAL 3 E 81
POMPANO BEACH AIR 1 ESE 81
RSW SOUTHWEST FLORIDA A 81
IMMOKALEE 2 ESE 80
SOUTH MIAMI 2 W 80
FISHER ISLAND 3 ESE 79
FIU NORTH CAMPUS 1 ESE 79
FORT DESOTO PARK 3 W 79
FLORIDA CITY 1 ESE 78
FORT LAUDERDALE 2 W 78
NORTH PERRY AIRPORT 78
SANIBEL 4 ENE 78
SUNRISE 2 E 78
CLEARWATER 4 WNW 77
PARKLAND 2 W 77
WEST MIAMI 2 SE 77
BARTOW 10 SSW 75
DAVIE 2 NE 75
DELRAY BEACH 3 WSW 75
SAINT AUGUSTINE 1 NW 75
LITTLE HAITI 2 SE 74
BUNNELL 72
COUNTRY WALK 1 N 72
HOLIDAY 4 SW 70
INDIAN LAKE ESTATES 2 S 70
LITTLE HAVANA 1 NNW 68
LAUDERDALE BY THE 2 NW 67
PORT EVERGLADES 1 SSE 66
DOWNTOWN SAINT PETE 4 E 65
SANFORD AIRPORT 65
CORAL SPRINGS 1 W 64
DELAND 63
DANIA BEACH 1 NW 62
ST. AUGUSTINE 6 NNW 62
CROSS CITY AIRPORT 61
HIALEAH GARDENS 1 E 61
POMPANO BEACH 61

...GEORGIA...
FORT PULASKI 70
FORT SCREVEN 70
TYBEE ISLAND 1 NNE 65
HARTSFIELD ATLANTA INTL ARPT 64
MIDDLE GEORGIA REGIONAL ARPT 61
SAVANNAH AIRPORT 60
TALLAPOOSA 4 SSE 59
HABERSHAM COUNTY AP 58
VALDOSTA 2 WNW 58
CLEVELAND 57
LITTLE OCMULGEE STATE PARK 57
DUBLIN 54
PERRY 54
COLUMBUS AIRPORT ASOS 53
VIDALIA 53
ATHENS 3 ESE 52
BANKS CROSSING 51
JASPER 2 SSW 48
TUCKER 2 SE 47
MOODY AFB 44

...NORTH CAROLINA...
HIGHLANDS 2 NNW 56
CASHIERS 1 ESE 51
BOOMER 3 ESE 47
BELMONT 45
CHARLOTTE DOUGLAS INTL ARPT 45

...SOUTH CAROLINA...
PARRIS ISLAND 6 E 76
FOLLY BEACH 72
ISLE OF PALMS 1 ESE 68
SULLIVANS ISLAND 1 E 68
BATTERY POINT 1 NNW 66
BEAUFORT 66
CHARLESTON 2 SSW 66
DANIEL FIELD AIRPORT 58
OCONEE COUNTY REGION 58
AUGUSTA BUSH FIELD 55
LANCASTER COUNTY AIRPORT 55

...TENNESSEE...
GATLINBURG 10 S 60
CHATTANOOGA 4 ESE 45

...SELECTED PRELIMINARY STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES THROUGH 11
AM EDT

...ALABAMA...
ALBERTVILLE 4.8 WNW 3.60
GUNTERSVILLE 2.2 SW 3.57
EUFAULA MUNI ARPT 3.25
DOUGLAS 6.8 NW 3.22
TALLADEGA 1.6 SSE 3.20
SALEM 3.9 ENE 3.14
DOTHAN RGNL ARPT 2.76
MONTGOMERY 2.15

...FLORIDA...
FT. PIERCE ST. LUCIE CNTY INTL ARP 15.91
OVIEDO 14.76
CHEKIKA 13.83
INLIKITA 7 WNW 13.63
GAINESVILLE 2.4 NW 12.22
MIMS 8.5 W 12.11
NAPLES 11.87
NATIONAL KEY DEER NWR 11.74
OVIEDO 1.6 SE 11.54
CACHE 11.49
STARKE 11.33
WEST MELBOURNE 11.21
JACKSONVILLE 9.6 SE 11.17
FLEMING ISLAND 2.2 S 11.11
SWITZERLAND 4 WSW 11.11
PANTHER WEST 11.08
ORTEGA 1 WNW 11.00
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 3 NW 10.42
FORT MYERS INTL ARPT 10.33
SUMMERFIELD 3 SSE 10.04
OASIS RANGER STATION 9.67
OKEECHOBEE COUNTY ARPT 9.65
FORT LAUDERDALE EXEC ARPT 9.57
ORLANDO/SANFORD ARPT 9.42
OCHOPEE 9.27
OLUSTEE 3 N 9.17
ALACHUA 5 SE 8.61
MILES CITY 8.26
BELLAIR 3 W 8.11
OPA-LOCKA AIRPORT 7.99
ORLANDO EXECUTIVE ARPT 7.68
FORT WHITE 4 SE 7.57
INTERLACHEN 4 NW 6.22
TALLYRAND 2 NNW 6.15
DAYTONA BEACH INTL ARPT 5.86
HOLLYWOOD 3.9 SW 4.68
PALM CITY 3.1 NW 4.58
FLEMING ISLAND 1.7 SE 4.56
MIAMI BEACH 3.95
VERO BEACH 2.5 S 3.25

...GEORGIA...
ST MARYS RIVER NEAR KINGSLAND 5SSE 10.12
NAHUNTA 6 S 9.57
CUMBERLAND SOUND NEAR ST MARYS 5ENE 9.18
HOMELAND 7.99
THALMANN 5 ESE 7.89
BOYS ESTATE 3 S 7.84
FOLKSTON 10 SW 7.80
JESUP 10.0 NNW 6.96
SAVANNAH/HUNTER AAF 6.88
KINGSLAND 3 WSW 6.85
ATKINSON 1 WSW 6.66
RICHMOND HILL 7.0 ESE 6.63
BRUNSWICK, MALCOLM MCKINNON ARPT 6.32
SAPELO ISLAND 1 NW 5.97
RINCON 5.3 NNE 5.00
WAYNESBORO 3.3 SW 4.87
DOUGLASVILLE 3.7 S 4.83
FAYETTEVILLE 1.4 NNW 4.32

...MISSISSIPPI...
ABBEVILLE 8.2 SE 1.21
BATESVILLE 2.2 SSE 1.17
NEW ALBANY 5.3 SSE 1.15

...NORTH CAROLINA...
FAIRVIEW 3.8 ENE 5.61
SWANNANOA 0.4 NNE 5.39
BURNSVILLE 1.5 WNW 5.28
ST. JAMES 1.9 W 5.26
HENDERSONVILLE 9.6 EN

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