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[MetalSlimeHunt]

Yes, in the sense that some people are just me. I suppose I could establish the Boomer Scale in full.

[feelotraveller]

As long as it goes to 11.

[Rolan7]

Wait, is that scale actually some people have made and reference?

Tsk, if you have to ask...  *adjusts chart*
*is also at top of chart*

[Egan_BW]

Someone should make an online test for how boomer you are.

[Greiger]

Boomer confuses me.  I assume it's the baby boomer generation, which if I remember was the late 1940s to 1970s.  Yet I've hear 'OK boomer' refer to anyone over the age of 30.  I'm confused, these kids these days make no goddamn sense I tell ya wh'at.

[MrRoboto75]

can't wait to see the prez do nothing about this one either

[MetalSlimeHunt]

Someone should make an online test for how boomer you are.

The dread task is complete.

[Greiger]

Well it seems the storm did largely nothing to central florida.  It was barely even a windy night, and while it had to have rained at some point because the ground was wet, I went out every hour or so since midnight and haven't felt even a drop of rain.  Here's hoping the carolinas get a similar experience.

That said it bothers me a little bit that those crazy folks claiming hurricanes are just overhyped by the government and are not actually dangerous probably see this as evidence of being right.

[Frumple]

They're suicidally stupid dumbshits that have never been through an actual one, mostly, and/or are critically incapable of pattern recognition. Low category hurricanes do generally (but only generally, as they're still perfectly capable of wrecking shit pretty hard under the right circumstances, generally due to flooding/storm surge) not do much, but A, we're well goddamn aware at this point the sunlight between "low category hurricane" and "intensified to the point your area will be rebuilding for the next few years" is less than a day or two, and B, that's just the low category ones. The high (4/5+) cat ones will probably fuck you and everything around you up real hard.

There's no real overhyping a hurricane, not when we're not literally omniscient. We don't know exactly how hard they're going to hit until they hit, and if they do hit hard it's anywhere from "hope you got flood insurance lol" to "your neighbors come to shelter because their house literally came apart while they were inside it and most of it flew off". Speaking from personal experience.

[misko27]

I have a friend in Jersey living on the beach, they said that a tree has fallen on a neighbors car, a pole fell and hit another, and a powerline caught fire; and that it's not even the worst yet.

[Frumple]

Just cat one, though, apparently? Flooding and some wind, not "the boats are flying over the trees" territory?

[TamerVirus]

It's creating a bit of mess but there has been certainly worse. It's moving at a relative quick pace so it'll be out of the area in time for evening commute.

[Dunamisdeos]

We had a tornado down the street in VA. Like 60s away. Luckily it immediately moved away from our place, but also it somehow ate the internet. Whole area has no internet. Power is fine.

We got to wake our toddler at 4AM to go downstairs and park next to our utility/boiler room in case it showed up. He was initially MIGHTILY UNPLEASED but then we gave him my cell phone and he was like dang we should do this every night woop woop

[Akura]

Here on Long Island we had some downed trees and branches. Not too much rain, mostly just wind. Power in my area was out for several hours, only got turned on about 15-20 minutes ago. Only thing of significance at my house besides the power was my stepdad's weed plants getting knocked over and generally damaged. Which I find funny.

Oh, did see a street blocked off by the police due to a downed tree. They even marked it with a flare... which then started a sizable fire.

[Greiger]

"Hey how do we make sure everyone sees this tree and does not crash into it?"

"A Police blockade?"

"We already have that.  I know lets put a few high temperature self-oxidizing persistent fires next to the highly flammable dead tree?"