To our Floridian subsimmers...

Enigma · 08-19-08, 02:31 AM

Godspeed, and if you ain't gettin' out, hang in there......

Konovalov · 08-19-08, 04:40 AM

Looks nasty. Cuba has already suffered flooding but thankfully for them not much else.

Enigma · 08-19-08, 05:41 AM

The early news is positive.....

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Forecasters dropped hurricane warnings as the storm never reached the 74 mph threshold necessary for hurricane status.

Weather junkies like me don't sleep much on nights like this...

Platapus · 08-19-08, 06:07 PM

I think this would be another good reason not to live in Florida.

08-20-08, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

I think this would be another good reason not to live in Florida.

I eat hurricanes for breakfast.

"Batten down the hatches, lash the riggin', secure them thar loose objects, and stand-by for a blow!"

BTW, a number of them could have also been used as a good reason not to live in:

Maryland
Georgia
South Carolina
North Carolina
Louisana
Mississippi
Arkinsaw
Galveston
Yucatan
Jamaica
The Bahamas
Bermuda (that's a hurricane magnet, if there ever was one, right?)

Remember that Florida effectively dodged the bullet for a large number of years, watching everyone else get smacked, before 2005 (the year we ran out of names for them, and everyone had to get out the Greek alphabet).

PS: One good thing here is that the lake (and no, I can't spel it, sorry) is getting a ton of much-needed rain dropped into it.

08-19-08, 02:31 AM	#1
Enigma The Old Man Join Date: May 2005 Location: At comms depth, obviously. Posts: 1,476 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	To our Floridian subsimmers... Godspeed, and if you ain't gettin' out, hang in there...... __________________ "Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it." -Mark Twain

08-19-08, 04:40 AM	#2
Konovalov Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: High Wycombe, Bucks, UK Posts: 2,811 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Looks nasty. Cuba has already suffered flooding but thankfully for them not much else. __________________ "In a Christian context, sexuality is traditionally seen as a consequence of the Fall, but for Muslims, it is an anticipation of paradise. So I can say, I think, that I was validly converted to Islam by a teenage French Jewish nudist." Sheikh Abdul-Hakim Murad (Timothy Winter)

08-19-08, 06:07 PM	#4
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,362 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	I think this would be another good reason not to live in Florida. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.