29-08-2005 22:48									#1
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The front of my apartment, the day after.



Our courtyard. Not too much damage, but part of the fence came down.



A tree down on powerline in our back alley.

	29-08-2005 22:59									#3
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God is finally getting around to punishing Disneyworld for it's Gay Pride Parade. Almost.

	29-08-2005 23:01									#4
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Well, Ft. Lauderdale is the 3rd gayest part of the U.S.

	29-08-2005 23:03									#5
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*some joke about Florida being a phallic symbol*

(glad you're alright che)

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This tree used to provide Bunngrrl's shade while she waited for the bus to go to work.


Line out into the street for McD's drive through. The lobby was closed. They opened it later in the day though.

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	29-08-2005 23:08									#7
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Baby squirrel





Wind snapped this sign clean off.


Tore up the sidewalk


At the library downtown.

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Some of the duct tape came off the window.

	29-08-2005 23:12									#9
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Not the duct tape!

	30-08-2005 00:39									#10
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Man! I've never experienced crazy weather like that. Why don't you people just move out of florida? it's dangerous there?

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Nicer than a desert, plus he doesn't have to worry about getting blown up all the time.

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quote: Originally posted by Az Man! I've never experienced crazy weather like that. Why don't you people just move out of florida? it's dangerous there?

excellent question..

	30-08-2005 01:34									#13
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quote: Originally posted by Az Man! I've never experienced crazy weather like that. Why don't you people just move out of florida? it's dangerous there?

He doesn't want to leave "paridise".

	30-08-2005 02:22									#14
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quote: Originally posted by Az Why don't you people just move out of florida? it's dangerous there?

Life is inherently dangerous. There is no place on the Eastern seaboard that is safe from hurricanes. Even the Maritime provinces in Canada have been struck from time to time. Elsewhere in the U.S. has monster tornados, earthquakes, brush fires, blizzards, etc.

It's a statistical anomally that Florida has been struck by six hurricanes in the past 13 months (and several tropical storms). This is not normal weather, even during periods of peak hurricane activity.

Anyway, I don't see anyone telling dinodoc to leave Mississippi, even though his state has been struck by two of the most powerful hurricanes in the last 100 years: Camile and Katrina. No one tells SpencerL to leave Alabama, even though they had Ivan and Katrina.

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Because they aren't constantly *****ing about it.

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Che, when was the last time a blizzard caused $25 billion in damage?


Midwest

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I dunno, but blizzards tend to kill more people in the U.S. than hurricanes. Property or life?

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I'm not sure about that.

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Winter is lethal.

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quote: Originally posted by Guynemer I'm not sure about that.

Individual hurricanes may kill more people than individual blizzards, but there are way more blizzards than hurricanes, and they afect a much wider area.

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you felt safe enough not to evacuate?

or was traffic backed up enough to where it would not matter?


CA is the place to be...earthquakes about every 6 yrs
major quakes even farther apart

only about 10 seconds in duration

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quote: Originally posted by Platypus Rex you felt safe enough not to evacuate?

We intended to evacuate, seeing as we live only two miles from the ocean (and maybe a mile from the bay). Two things conspired to confound us, however. #1 is the storm came in much sooner than anticipated. It was supposed to hit at 2am, then midnight, then 8pm, and hit around 5:30. Meanwhile, the guys giving us our ride own a hair salon, and for some reason, all the women of Broward county decided that they needed their hair done, and they weren't able to leave until 5:30. Needless to say, it was safer for us to ride out the storm in our apartment than risk our friends lives to come get us. As it was, they nearly got in an accident going home from the salon.

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You can't tell it by looking, but these tiny ass little homes are worth at least a quarter million bucks.

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quote: Originally posted by Az Man! I've never experienced crazy weather like that. Why don't you people just move out of florida? it's dangerous there?

Says the man from Israel!

	30-08-2005 04:49									#25
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quote: Originally posted by chegitz guevara quote: Originally posted by Az Why don't you people just move out of florida? it's dangerous there? Life is inherently dangerous. There is no place on the Eastern seaboard that is safe from hurricanes. Even the Maritime provinces in Canada have been struck from time to time. Elsewhere in the U.S. has monster tornados, earthquakes, brush fires, blizzards, etc.

Ya Newfoundland gets lashed by a hurricane from time to time but it is almost always fairly weakened by then. PLus construction here is sturdier than much of what I have seen in the south. Add to that a small population on rocky and very hilly soil means that flooding doesn't last long.

Thinking about it, the Maritimes and Newfoundland are some of the safest places to be in North America. The weather sucks but its mainly just rain and cool. Plus its boring as hell but hey, we can't have everything

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quote: Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui Says the man from Israel!

Yeah, Florida really has the historical and religious signifcance of Israel.

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quote: Originally posted by Lord Nuclear Yeah, Florida really has the historical and religious signifcance of Israel.

[jk]
I'll bet there are more dead Jews here in Florida than in Isreal. [/jk]

	30-08-2005 05:34									#28
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Why aren't those powerlines underground?


Good to know you came through it in one piece.


Oh and dude...wash you feet for christ's sake...

	30-08-2005 05:41									#29
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quote: Originally posted by alva Why aren't those powerlines underground?

Would it really make a difference when the trees fall over. Either they rip them up out of the ground or pull them down from the sky. It's also easier to repair and maintain powerlines if they are exposed. I was asking myself the same question the other day though.

Also remember our water table is just below the surface, seeing as we're barely above sea level. I think putting the cables deep enough to avoid accidental severing would cause all kinds of other badness.

quote: Good to know you came through it in one piece.

Thanks, but Katie was a weak storm here.

quote: Oh and dude...wash you feet for christ's sake...

Dude, there was like, deep puddles everywhere and I'd just helped a little old lady clear debris from her yard (for free, even though she offered to pay me twice).

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quote: Originally posted by chegitz guevara Individual hurricanes may kill more people than individual blizzards, but there are way more blizzards than hurricanes, and they afect a much wider area.