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Re: Rock me like a hurricane, Irene.
« Reply #75 on: August 31, 2011, 02:36:42 pm »
After everything that has happened to Detroit, I wouldn't be surprised if it was hit with a bizarre and technically impossible category 5 hurricane.
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Re: Rock me like a hurricane, Irene.
« Reply #76 on: August 31, 2011, 04:00:13 pm »
Quote from: MetalSlimeHunt on August 31, 2011, 02:36:42 pm
After everything that has happened to Detroit, I wouldn't be surprised if it was hit with a bizarre and technically impossible category 5 hurricane.

What's impossible about a Category 5? Improbable that one would make it that far as a Cat 5, but still technically possible. Or are you thinking of the dreaded Category 6?

(Wow, I just read the plot synopsis of that. Those writers Fail Physics Forever.)
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Re: Rock me like a hurricane, Irene.
« Reply #77 on: September 01, 2011, 10:03:01 am »
My internet and power are still out :/

And could be out for another two- three days.

(yay mcdonalds free wifi.)
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« Reply #78 on: September 01, 2011, 12:37:45 pm »
A few places down by my area in NY are still without power.
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Re: Rock me like a hurricane, Irene.
« Reply #79 on: September 02, 2011, 07:41:01 am »
New tropical storm in the gulf.

The good news, New Orleans won't have to worry about the swamp fire any more.

The bad news, 10 to 20 inches of rain on a city below sea level.
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Re: Rock me like a hurricane, Irene.
« Reply #80 on: September 02, 2011, 01:35:03 pm »
can i ask a question, concerning the hurricane?
just...why?
i would understand small countries with little extensions, and thus having no choice, but i mean...america is pretty friggin huge...so why do you have to build in places where hurricanes tend to form? i mean, i suppose you do have a lot of free space in the middle of the state, and it's not like in old times were it would take years to have food transversed from one side to the other, so...why do people still live in hurricane-risk places?
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Re: Rock me like a hurricane, Irene.
« Reply #81 on: September 02, 2011, 01:49:11 pm »
Quote from: shadenight123 on September 02, 2011, 01:35:03 pm
can i ask a question, concerning the hurricane?
just...why?
i would understand small countries with little extensions, and thus having no choice, but i mean...america is pretty friggin huge...so why do you have to build in places where hurricanes tend to form? i mean, i suppose you do have a lot of free space in the middle of the state, and it's not like in old times were it would take years to have food transversed from one side to the other, so...why do people still live in hurricane-risk places?

Hurricanes are pretty friggin huge and they can hit anywhere on the gulf or east coast and travel far inland. Essentially the southeastern third of the US is threatened by hurricanes, like the northern third is threatened by blizzards and the western third is threatened by earthquakes. It really isn't something that you can avoid.
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Re: Rock me like a hurricane, Irene.
« Reply #82 on: September 02, 2011, 01:51:43 pm »
It's not a sufficiently large risk for many people to abandon their families, friends, and/or jobs. And land is land, after all, and coastal lands are profitable places to live from a shipping/fishing/tourism perspective.
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Re: Rock me like a hurricane, Irene.
« Reply #83 on: September 02, 2011, 02:07:12 pm »
Yeah, if you wanted to avoid hurricanes being a serious threat you'd basically have to abandon everything east of the Appalachians and south of New Jersey.  Plus, those are some of all of the oldest states in the union.  People have been living there since before we had anywhere else to go.
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Re: Rock me like a hurricane, Irene.
« Reply #84 on: September 02, 2011, 03:12:15 pm »
Derp, am I the only one without power/internet?

Thankfully, I reside safely inside massachusetts, so I'm ok.

The trees, less so.
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« Reply #85 on: September 02, 2011, 03:20:26 pm »
Quote from: eerr on September 02, 2011, 03:12:15 pm
Derp, am I the only one without power/internet?

Thankfully, I reside safely inside massachusetts, so I'm ok.

The trees, less so.

We've been having serious power problems. Apparently things are just blowing everywhere in my town for no discernible reason.
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« Reply #86 on: September 02, 2011, 11:02:42 pm »
Ah well, power's back on as of like two hours after I posted that.
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Re: Rock me like a hurricane, Irene.
« Reply #87 on: September 06, 2011, 01:10:10 pm »
What about the new Hurricane?
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Re: Rock me like a hurricane, Irene.
« Reply #88 on: September 06, 2011, 01:14:54 pm »
The one that is way out in the Atlantic and unlikely to hit the US?

not much to worry about yet.

Or the tropical storm that just flooded New Orleans?

I know that Kenner wasn't flooded and that there were levee and pump problems but the city fared adequately, but tornadoes and flooding claimed at least 3 lives elsewhere in its path.
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Re: Rock me like a hurricane, Irene.
« Reply #89 on: September 06, 2011, 01:35:11 pm »
Quote from: shadenight123 on September 02, 2011, 01:35:03 pm
can i ask a question, concerning the hurricane?
just...why?
i would understand small countries with little extensions, and thus having no choice, but i mean...america is pretty friggin huge...so why do you have to build in places where hurricanes tend to form? i mean, i suppose you do have a lot of free space in the middle of the state, and it's not like in old times were it would take years to have food transversed from one side to the other, so...why do people still live in hurricane-risk places?

Same reason that Australians all tend to live on their coasts--the center of the country is a wasteland. (Literal in their case, figurative in ours).
Having been born in Iowa, I can vouch that I'd rather live through a hurricane every few years than live in Iowa.

Thankfully, Katia is expected to blow back out to sea, which is good because it's looking organized and strong.
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