Post by: sammiegirl on September 01, 2004, 10:52:00 AM
Post by: ehm on September 01, 2004, 03:24:00 PM
Hi Sammie. ::heart::
Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.
--Friedrich Nietzsche
Post by: 85 Day Jerk on September 02, 2004, 06:00:00 AM
The eye of the hurricane is 25 miles across, whereas Charley was only 10 miles across. The barometric pressure is about the same as Charley was, but this storm is only traveling at 11 knots. That is about as fast as those power walkers that go up the sidewalk like they have a bottle up their ass. Another good sign is that there are hugely conflicting reports of the effects of the storm near the marine surface. This storm is pretty tricky at this point. I am just getting ready for another windy, rainy, crappy, nothing's open for business kind of weekend so far. For those on the East Coast, batton down the hatches, cuz it looks like a big one.
Post by: Trekker Jag on September 02, 2004, 11:26:00 AM
Post by: ehm on September 02, 2004, 10:49:00 PM
(http://http://www.tba-ownz.org/img/crap/frances.jpg)
I have always thought that all men should be free; but if any should be slaves, it should be first those who desire it for themselves, and secondly those who desire it for others. Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.
--Abraham Lincoln
Post by: Anonymous on September 02, 2004, 11:16:00 PM
Post by: Steveknepper on September 03, 2004, 02:32:00 AM
Take cover, and pray
Post by: smack on September 03, 2004, 09:22:00 AM
Post by: Scarstruck on September 03, 2004, 09:28:00 AM
Post by: Anonymous on September 06, 2004, 10:31:00 AM
Post by: Cayo Hueso on September 09, 2004, 06:52:00 PM
We've gotten extremely lucky twice now. Keep your fingers crossed for me one more time. Ginger was kind enough to post some pics for me that I took of us during Frances. Hopefully I won't[/b] be posting Ivan pics!! :scared:
http://fornits.com/images/1%20pm.jpg (http://fornits.com/images/1%20pm.jpg)
http://fornits.com/images/Bay%20Street.jpg (http://fornits.com/images/Bay%20Street.jpg)
http://fornits.com/images/Chris%2087th%20Ave.jpg (http://fornits.com/images/Chris%2087th%20Ave.jpg)
http://fornits.com/images/Kim%20-%20Hedke%20park.jpg (http://fornits.com/images/Kim%20-%20Hedke%20park.jpg)
http://fornits.com/images/our%20house%2 ... 0point.jpg (http://fornits.com/images/our%20house%20highest%20point.jpg)
http://fornits.com/images/Sunlit%20Cove%20Dr.jpg (http://fornits.com/images/Sunlit%20Cove%20Dr.jpg)
http://fornits.com/images/Therese%20Aar ... ground.jpg (http://fornits.com/images/Therese%20Aaron%20background.jpg)
I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use
--Galileo Galilei
Post by: Anonymous on September 09, 2004, 07:54:00 PM
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/storm/cont ... teens.html (http://www.palmbeachpost.com/storm/content/news/epaper/2004/09/10/teens.html)
Post by: kpickle39 on September 09, 2004, 08:24:00 PM
FLORIDA HURRICANE PREPARATION
You all should be aware of hurricane preparations, but in case you need a refresher course: We're about to enter the peak of the hurricane season. Any minute now, you're going to turn on the TV and see a weather person pointing to some radar blob out in the Atlantic Ocean and making two basic meteorological points.
(1) There is no need to panic.
(2) We could all be killed.
Yes, hurricane season is an exciting time to be in Florida. If you're new to the area, you're probably wondering what you need to do to prepare for the possibility that we'll get hit by "the big one."
Based on our insurance industry experiences, we recommend that you follow this simple three-step hurricane preparedness plan:
STEP 1: Buy enough food and bottled water to last your family for at least three days.
STEP 2: Put these supplies into your car.
STEP 3: Drive to Nebraska and remain there until Halloween.
Unfortunately, statistics show that most people will not follow this sensible plan. Most people will foolishly stay here in Florida. We'll start with one of the most important hurricane preparedness items:
HOMEOWNERS' INSURANCE: If you own a home, you must have hurricane insurance. Fortunately, this insurance is cheap and easy to get, as long as your home meets two basic requirements:
(1) It is reasonably well-built, and
(2) It is located in Nebraska
Unfortunately, if your home is located in Florida, or any other area that might actually be hit by a hurricane, most insurance companies would prefer not to sell you hurricane insurance, because then they might be required to pay YOU money, and that is certainly not why they got into the insurance business in the first place. So you'll have to scrounge around for an insurance company, which will charge you an annual premium roughly equal to the replacement value of your house. At any moment, this company can drop you like used dental floss.
SHUTTERS:
Your house should have hurricane shutters on all the windows, all the doors. There are several types of shutters, with advantages and disadvantages:
Plywood shutters: The advantage is that, because you make them yourself, they're cheap.
Sheet-metal shutters: The advantage is that these work well, once you get them all up. The disadvantage is that once you get them all up, your hands will be useless bleeding stumps, and it will be December.
Roll-down shutters: The advantages are that they're very easy to use, and will definitely protect your house. The disadvantage is that you will have to sell your house to pay for them.
Hurricane-proof windows: These are the newest wrinkle in hurricane protection: They look like ordinary windows, but they can withstand hurricane winds! You can be sure of this, because the salesman says so. He lives in Nebraska.
Hurricane Proofing your property: As the hurricane approaches, check your yard for movable objects like barbecue grills, planters, patio furniture, visiting relatives, etc... you should, as a precaution, throw these items into your swimming pool (if you don't have a swimming pool, you should have one built immediately). Otherwise, the hurricane winds will turn these objects into deadly missiles.
EVACUATION ROUTE:
If you live in a low-lying area, you should have an evacuation route planned out. (To determine whether you live in a low-lying area, look at your driver's license; if it says "Florida," you live in a low-lying area.) The purpose of having an evacuation route is to avoid being trapped in your home when a major storm hits. Instead, you will be trapped in a gigantic traffic jam several miles from your home, along with two hundred thousand other evacuees. So, as a bonus, you will not be lonely.
HURRICANE SUPPLIES:
If you don't evacuate, you will need a mess of supplies. Do not buy them now! Florida tradition requires that you wait until the last possible minute, then go to the supermarket and get into vicious fights with strangers over who gets the last can of cat food. In addition to food and water, you will need the following supplies:
23 flashlights. At least $167 worth of batteries that turn out, when the power goes off, to be the wrong size for the flashlights.
Bleach. (No, I don't know what the bleach is for. NOBODY knows what the bleach is for, but it's traditional, so GET some!)
A big knife that you can strap to your leg. (This will be useless in a hurricane, but it looks cool.)
A large quantity of raw chicken, to placate the alligators. (Ask anybody who went through Andrew; after the hurricane, there WILL be irate alligators.)
$35,000 in cash or diamonds so that, after the hurricane passes, you can buy a generator from a man with no discernible teeth.
Of course these are just basic precautions. As the hurricane draws near, it is vitally important that you keep abreast of the situation by turning on your television if you have a generator that's working t keep the tv going and watching TV reporters in rain slickers stand right next to the ocean and tell you over and over how vitally important it is for everybody to stay away from the ocean.
Good luck and remember: It's great living in Paradise!
Post by: Helena Handbasket on September 09, 2004, 09:30:00 PM
I'm going to print this out and take it to Nebraska with me.
:rofl:
Post by: 85 Day Jerk on September 09, 2004, 09:50:00 PM
So far I have been EXTREMELY lucky where I live. We had a few instances of old growth trees keeling over and blocking a few streets in Old Northeast, but most folks just got out the chainsaws and hauled the wood off themselves. I even hauled off a load of branches and crap for the landlord. He is from New York and this hurricane stuff is tripping him out. I have piled up about 150 VCR tapes over the years and I was a godsend to several neighbors because all they showed down here for a solid 9 days is Hurricane News Footage and it stops being funny after a few days. When Frances finally did hit, she was a little wuss. The wind gusts were no worse than what I call a "Halloween Storm" like we get when the first big ass cold front of the fall gets here.
Now this here Ivan could be a real sum bitch. I just read the Marine Forcast and they aint messing around. The damn barometer is down to 921 millabars and the eye is just 15 miles across. Cuba is on a Hurricane Watch and the winds are clocked at 130 knots. The storm is moving at about 15 miles an hour. All maritime vessels within 300 miles are required to radio position EVERY 20 MINUTES. Basically only a freaking lunatic is gonna be out there in a boat. Hurricane Charley was a bad ass storm and boats only had to radio in within 150 miles of it.
All I know is that if the barometer falls below 910 millibars its time to make like a tree and leave.
Post by: Cayo Hueso on September 09, 2004, 09:59:00 PM
You leaving Bob??
First management had plans and then strategic plans. Now we have vision, and we're only one small step from hallucination.
-- Ansley Throckmorton upon assuming the presidency of Bangor Theological Seminary in Bangor, Main per Information World 8-4-`97
Post by: Cayo Hueso on September 09, 2004, 10:00:00 PM
By 1940 the literacy figure for all states stood at 96 percent for whites. Eighty percent for blacks. Notice for all the disadvantages blacks labored under, four of five were still literate. Six decades later, at the end of the 20th century, the National Adult Literacy Survey and the National Assessment of Educational Progress say 40 percent of blacks and 17 percent of whites can't read at all. Put another way, black illiteracy doubled, white illiteracy quadrupled, despite the fact that we spend three or four times as much real money on schooling as we did 60 years ago.
--Vin Suprynowicz
Post by: whiterabbit on September 09, 2004, 10:25:00 PM
hysterical!
He, who has nothing, and who himself belongs to another, must be defended by him, whose property he is, and needs no arms. But he, who thinks he is his own master, and has what he can call his own, ought to have arms to defend himself, and what he possesses; else he lives precariously, and at discretion.
James Burgh 1774
Post by: animals all of us on September 09, 2004, 10:40:00 PM
In the meanwho, it IS a travesty that the hurricanes could do such vile things to the all powerful humans who know better, than to densely populate all the watery peninsulas they can cram and copulate themselves into, in the first place.
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Post by: 85 Day Jerk on September 09, 2004, 11:23:00 PM
Post by: Cayo Hueso on September 09, 2004, 11:28:00 PM
The notion that a radical is one who hates his country is naive and usually idiotic. He is, more likely, one who likes his country more than the rest of us, and is thus more disturbed than the rest of us when he sees it debauched. He is not a bad citizen turning to crime; he is a good citizen driven to despair.
--H.L. Mencken
Post by: Sophie on September 10, 2004, 01:00:00 AM
Post by: Anonymous on September 10, 2004, 07:56:00 AM
Post by: Helena Handbasket on September 10, 2004, 02:04:00 PM
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On 2004-09-09 22:00:00, Sophie wrote:
"I an in Ocala, just moved here two months ago. I never heard about the "hurricane season". I am not thrilled about all of this. We have been very lucky...haven't lost power or had any flooding at my home. My office lost thier roof, my mom was out of power and water until today. I am ready for this to stop...I understand it could be like this until November...is that true?"
Yes, it's true, but it's never been like this before. The last time we got hit twice in succession was near 1950. If Ivan makes it a three-hitter, this will be a first.
Good luck... be safe!
Post by: Cayo Hueso on September 10, 2004, 09:36:00 PM
Wicked men obey from fear, good men from love.
--Aristotle
Post by: Cayo Hueso on September 10, 2004, 09:49:00 PM
All penalties for drug users should be dropped...Making drug abuse a crime is useless and even dangerous...Every year we seize more and more drugs but the quantity available still increases...Police are losing the drug battle worldwide.
--Raymond Kendall ~ Secretary General of Interpol 1994
Post by: kpickle39 on September 11, 2004, 02:28:00 PM
Post by: 85 Day Jerk on September 11, 2004, 11:00:00 PM
I went out in the Ranger with my across the way hippy kid neighbor Todd looking for large sheets of cardboard behind local businesses. We hit paydirt at the very first place I looked. We even found a decent round mirror for an end table or something and the most bizarre thing of all, a pair of fake leather rope off things like they have in the banks and movie theaters. They were good quality too! I cliped them to the sides of my wheel wells and will use them for securing groceries for now. Its really weird in St. Pete right now. Some of the businesses are taking this thing really serious and boarding up, while others are just blowing it off.
I myself have felt like a Calico Cat in a nursing home full of rocking chairs. I just had to get out and DO something to help blow off the jitters. The biggest challenge seemed to be in finding some suitable duct tape for the windows and stuff. All the places I looked, they were out. I finally broke down and got some at Home Depot, a store I despise because of all the really good mom and pop stores they drove out of business. They were down to just two pallets left of the stuff and will probably sell out by tomorrow morning. I also took the time to buy a new lock for the front door just in case the power goes out. I don't know about the rest of you folks, but I absolutely hate being put in a state of uncertainty and having no control over the situation. Even though I just did a cheap and bare minimal job of preparing for shoring up the glass in our apartments today, it sure as hell beat sitting at home stuffing my face with beer and Cheeze Curls transfixed to the tube watching some "New Wave" meterologist spinning the latest weather like a DJ at a shitty rave party. I just hope everything works out for us here in Florida, and I personally will be praying for the folks in Alabama and Lousianna, because that is where I think 'ol Ivan is headed after giving Fidel Castro a new hairstyle.
Post by: Anonymous on September 11, 2004, 11:05:00 PM
Post by: 85 Day Jerk on September 12, 2004, 09:45:00 PM
Post by: Cayo Hueso on February 09, 2006, 01:17:00 PM
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On 2004-09-09 18:59:00, Cayo Hueso wrote:
"No, not Shore Acres, but it looks like it. . I haven't decided yet whether or not I'm leaving. I'm sending the kids out for this one, but I'm not making a decision until the track is a little more firmed up. Hopefully the upper level troughs will work in our favor instead of against us.
You leaving Bob??First management had plans and then strategic plans. Now we have vision, and we're only one small step from hallucination."
-- Ansley Throckmorton upon assuming the presidency of Bangor Theological Seminary in Bangor, Main per Information World 8-4-`97
There is nothing on earth intended for innocent people so horrible as a school. To begin with, it is a prison. But it is in some respects more cruel than a prison. In a prison, for instance, you are not forced to read books written by the wardens...School was to me a sentence of penal servitude.
--George Bernard Shaw
Post by: Cayo Hueso on February 09, 2006, 01:18:00 PM
Hope everyone is well.
It (the Bible) is full of interest. It has noble poetry in it; and some clever fables; and some blood-drenched history; and some good morals; and a wealth of obscenity; and upwards of a thousand lies.
--Samuel Clemens "Mark Twain", American author and humorist
Post by: Troubled Turd on February 09, 2006, 01:21:00 PM
Post by: Cayo Hueso on February 09, 2006, 01:23:00 PM
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On 2006-02-09 10:21:00, Turd Of Wisdumb wrote:
"Look what you done now!! quit screwin' around, dammit- now we'll probly git one!! :scared: Sorry. :silly:Every man has a property in his own person.
This nobody has any right to but himself.
The labor of his body and the work of his
hands are properly his.
--John Locke
Post by: Anonymous on February 09, 2006, 01:26:00 PM