Bad STORMS??
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i did said that we got the hurricane remnants and it was real nasty here. :P LOL.. we got many that hit here. nothing new about the remnants but its good cuz sometimes we need lot of good rains to keep the ground hydrated instead of going dry which is not good.
Florida need good pour of rains.
Yeah.. True.. but we all know one thing.. Never know when the shit really hits the fan... I've slogged my way through all kinds of weather bullshit here, and hell, I am 40 years old... My Gawd! Talk of 40 years of weather bullshit, I've had to take from Mother Nature... A.K.A Mother Bitch... LOL!
Sometimes we just can't win against Mother Nature.... What's her problem these days?... The weather around this time of the year, just ain't right... Should have been getting hot... not cold! Geez mind me you, Global Warming bullshit, I just don't buy it... Something is up this year... and it ain't El Nino... that's for damn sure....
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It have to do with Weather Phenomena known as La Nina is what causing all of the tornadoes and storms so far.
It is not Global Warming. They have talked about it on tv news few days ago that it is La Nina. You are righ it should have gotten hot by now but no? its still cool?/ 60's in May? it should be in 80's by now? oh well weird weather, yep! This summer La Nina should leave us so it will be hot and drier from what they said. sigh!
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It's going to be hot here on Friday and Saturday and it's May....I have never seen a heat wave like that in May since my residence here in WA for 7 years.
The most craziest I ever had is at those beaches on Oregon and Washington. One night at the RV park in Seaside OR, my friend and I just got out of the indoor pool and got dressed up, then are ready to go back to the trailer. Suddenly we saw the window, the weather look so stormy, very heavily windy and rainy. My friend and I was like ehh fk it we are still going so we ran so fast as soon as we got out of the indoor pool building, but I couldn't see anything while running! All I can see is the lights, that's it but I was having hard time to pay attention where I am going because the weather stressed me out so much that I have to run so fast and I even lost where my friend was, till I finally fell in 3-4 deep water, I was screaming when I fell because I thought I was drowning, but luckily I finally catched up with my friend, then we continuing running to the trailer and finally got in the trailer.
When I got in the trailer, my cigarette are wet, the lighter was broken, the soap was soaked out, I lost my shampoos, and ALL of my clothes (just a PJ and jacket) that I am wearing are all wet, it's like I just went in the bathtub with whole of those stuff on me and come out.
When I got in the trailer, my cigarette are wet, the lighter was broken, the soap was soaked out, I lost my shampoos, and ALL of my clothes (just a PJ and jacket) that I am wearing are all wet, it's like I just went in the bathtub with whole of those stuff on me and come out.
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I have been through many many hurricanes but thank god no serious damages. We do get torandos and bad heavy down pour rains with hails. But I am greatful it didn t hit directly here. But we did get bad storm from Isabel only flooded and damage lots of trees here. Lucky my house is not too low on the ground. But other people weren't so lucky when lots of trees fell on other people's houses.
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I knew it! Son of a old bitch! La Nina! Let me get my good old trusted Remington, and tell this little shit to get off all of us... and bring back the nice decent 80's weather back in here...
Go ahead and make my day... famous words of Clint Eastwood... with his trusted famous .44 Magnum.....
Or.. this .... Me, Wesson, and Smith.. is another famous Clint Eastwood line..
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...for me?
earthquake: 1989, the great earthquake in Bay Area. I was young kid and was in my father's old jeep. We were about to enter bridge and there were traffic because of world series at Oakland, California (SF v Oak). I was so exciting to go to watch baseball game with my dad until that moment of earthquake came to quake us up. I was so scared and cried (of course, i'm kid) also screamed, "DAD!". My dad was so protective and yelling to move the car. Luckily, we are not part of collapsed area, just in middle but greater terrible damaged. I saw it in my own eyes is really nightmare. I had been scared on that day and became my nightmare for almost a month by scaring by going out with my parents. They kept tell me that its over, my head always shake, "no no no"...Its nightmare.
I look at this, yep its called, 'World Series Earthquake' in 1989. When will we (bay area) have this nightmare again? I dont know when- that scary.
earthquake: 1989, the great earthquake in Bay Area. I was young kid and was in my father's old jeep. We were about to enter bridge and there were traffic because of world series at Oakland, California (SF v Oak). I was so exciting to go to watch baseball game with my dad until that moment of earthquake came to quake us up. I was so scared and cried (of course, i'm kid) also screamed, "DAD!". My dad was so protective and yelling to move the car. Luckily, we are not part of collapsed area, just in middle but greater terrible damaged. I saw it in my own eyes is really nightmare. I had been scared on that day and became my nightmare for almost a month by scaring by going out with my parents. They kept tell me that its over, my head always shake, "no no no"...Its nightmare.
I look at this, yep its called, 'World Series Earthquake' in 1989. When will we (bay area) have this nightmare again? I dont know when- that scary.
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oh wow that must be VERY scary for you! God must have been with you that day.
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!!! earthquake in OH when? :Ohno:
1988 and other one in 1991 or 1992.
I only felt first one in 1988 and nothing in 1991 or 1992
Quakes hit Northern CA four times while I was a college student, but I only felt it two times.
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I've experienced small earthquakes, and several small or close hurricanes.
The worst experience was Hurricane Hugo in 1989. It hit our area in South Carolina during the night, with 140 mph winds. It was awful, worse because we couldn't see anything in the dark. We lived in a one-story ranch house at the time. Hubby, our daughter, our two Labs, two cats, and I spent the night in our hallway. It was the safest area because it was in the middle of the house, no windows. We kept hearing loud crashing noises and whistling wind. The inside walls of the hallway kept heaving in and out, like breathing. In the middle of the night, there was a brief period of quiet during the passing of the eye. We went outside for a few minutes to check for damage. We couldn't see much because it was totally black outside, except for flashlights. We didn't go far from our yard, so we didn't see the whole neighborhood during eye. Our car was parked outside, and looked OK. Then, the winds began again, and we went back inside. It was even worse. We expected to die but we didn't panic. We are all Christians in our family, so we had peace about death. But listening to the crashing, and feeling the walls move was still scary.
Finally, it was morning. The sun came up, and we could see the damages. Our yard wasn't bad. It was waist-deep in broken tree limbs and leaves but no trees fell in our yard. Our fence gate blew off the hinges but was easy to fix. The car was damaged but it was weird. Our car was maroon color but it looked green. It had thousands of pieces of green leaves stuck on it, like decoupage. When I opened the car doors, there were pieces of leaves inside the car (but no water).
As we looked up the street, we saw much more devastation. Trees were on roofs, on cars, on the street. We had no electricity or running water. The land line phones did work. We had a battery radio but the closest station we could get was from Florida. All the radio and TV stations in the Charleston area were wiped out.
We drove around the local towns looking for friends and helping them because they had worse damage. One family of friends had all the pine trees fall on their house, crisscrossing the roof. You could see the sky from inside their house, which was full of wet insulation and pine trees. The trees also fell on their car and truck. We helped them for a while, then went on to the next town.
It was very hard to find places. Every (and I mean every) street sign, billboard, and traffic light was gone. We couldn't even recognize familiar neighborhoods. For one family that we checked on, we had to leave our car and go several blocks on foot in her subdivision. We climbed over, and crawled under the huge trees that blockaded the roads.
We didn't have it so bad as many people. We got water back in less than a week, and electricity in a couple of weeks. But many neighborhoods had no water or electricity for months.
We had to be careful how much gas we used because there was no gas for sale because there was no electricity. Hubby had a special pass from the Navy so he could travel beyond curfew. He went to another town inland, about 50 miles, to get gas, ice and supplies for our neighborhood. The National Guardsmen let him thru because he had a permission letter from his commanding officer.
Hurricane Hugo 1989
The worst experience was Hurricane Hugo in 1989. It hit our area in South Carolina during the night, with 140 mph winds. It was awful, worse because we couldn't see anything in the dark. We lived in a one-story ranch house at the time. Hubby, our daughter, our two Labs, two cats, and I spent the night in our hallway. It was the safest area because it was in the middle of the house, no windows. We kept hearing loud crashing noises and whistling wind. The inside walls of the hallway kept heaving in and out, like breathing. In the middle of the night, there was a brief period of quiet during the passing of the eye. We went outside for a few minutes to check for damage. We couldn't see much because it was totally black outside, except for flashlights. We didn't go far from our yard, so we didn't see the whole neighborhood during eye. Our car was parked outside, and looked OK. Then, the winds began again, and we went back inside. It was even worse. We expected to die but we didn't panic. We are all Christians in our family, so we had peace about death. But listening to the crashing, and feeling the walls move was still scary.
Finally, it was morning. The sun came up, and we could see the damages. Our yard wasn't bad. It was waist-deep in broken tree limbs and leaves but no trees fell in our yard. Our fence gate blew off the hinges but was easy to fix. The car was damaged but it was weird. Our car was maroon color but it looked green. It had thousands of pieces of green leaves stuck on it, like decoupage. When I opened the car doors, there were pieces of leaves inside the car (but no water).
As we looked up the street, we saw much more devastation. Trees were on roofs, on cars, on the street. We had no electricity or running water. The land line phones did work. We had a battery radio but the closest station we could get was from Florida. All the radio and TV stations in the Charleston area were wiped out.
We drove around the local towns looking for friends and helping them because they had worse damage. One family of friends had all the pine trees fall on their house, crisscrossing the roof. You could see the sky from inside their house, which was full of wet insulation and pine trees. The trees also fell on their car and truck. We helped them for a while, then went on to the next town.
It was very hard to find places. Every (and I mean every) street sign, billboard, and traffic light was gone. We couldn't even recognize familiar neighborhoods. For one family that we checked on, we had to leave our car and go several blocks on foot in her subdivision. We climbed over, and crawled under the huge trees that blockaded the roads.
We didn't have it so bad as many people. We got water back in less than a week, and electricity in a couple of weeks. But many neighborhoods had no water or electricity for months.
We had to be careful how much gas we used because there was no gas for sale because there was no electricity. Hubby had a special pass from the Navy so he could travel beyond curfew. He went to another town inland, about 50 miles, to get gas, ice and supplies for our neighborhood. The National Guardsmen let him thru because he had a permission letter from his commanding officer.
Hurricane Hugo 1989
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my aunt and uncle,cousin lives in Stuttgart,Ar have little damages after torando but still clean-up and also several storms too.
i went tours throught busniess,stores,golf course,gas and home have several damages dues torando last weekend before mother's day and my Aunt took pics everythings include my Uncle's work got damages and automobiles i says oh WOW! and also i saw movie gallery got whole damages! but i cant enter movie store but im just look and i says oh my!
but im sure my uncle's work will repairs very soon
i went tours throught busniess,stores,golf course,gas and home have several damages dues torando last weekend before mother's day and my Aunt took pics everythings include my Uncle's work got damages and automobiles i says oh WOW! and also i saw movie gallery got whole damages! but i cant enter movie store but im just look and i says oh my!
but im sure my uncle's work will repairs very soon
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I remember Hugo as my class were talking about it and how we hope it didnt leave damages in the wake but sadly it did.
Wow thanks for sharing your experience with us. I am sure it was very scary to go thru that. You must have been very brave to stay at your home instead of going to shelter! Whew!
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I remember Hugo as my class were talking about it and how we hope it didnt leave damages in the wake but sadly it did.
Wow thanks for sharing your experience with us. I am sure it was very scary to go thru that. You must have been very brave to stay at your home instead of going to shelter! Whew!
Nah... Katrina outdid Hugo... Slapped New Orleans upside down... Guess New Orleans isn't the same, ever since... Blame it on mayor, Governor, and George Bush, for slow response to help be sent to New Orleans....
Never understand why help was quick in New York, on 9/11 but slow getting help to New Orleans.... Shame on all 3 morons.. Mayor, Governor, and Bush.. All 3 should be sued for loss of life, and homes, and all or better I'd take care of that with my trusted
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Nah... Katrina outdid Hugo... Slapped New Orleans upside down... Guess New Orleans isn't the same, ever since... Blame it on mayor, Governor, and George Bush, for slow response to help be sent to New Orleans....
Never understand why help was quick in New York, on 9/11 but slow getting help to New Orleans.... Shame on all 3 morons.. Mayor, Governor, and Bush.. All 3 should be sued for loss of life, and homes, and all or better I'd take care of that with my trusted
Actually no - FEMA did extraordinary great job in handling New Orleans. There were over 100,000 emergency personnels within 3 days and dozens and dozens of Coast Guards + National Guards were mobilized to search for survivors within couple hours. The largest mobilization ever in very short amount of time. They have rescued over 33,000 survivors. You have to understand that it is NOT FEMA nor Federal Government's responsibility to handle this crisis. It is local and state matters. Blame Louisiana, not Bush or incompetent Michael Brown. FEMA ARE NOT first responders. They are simply an organization run by people who can coordinate responses and provide federal fund.
The people were issued a voluntary evacuation order. MANY MANY people choose not to leave. Of course many of them were too poor to leave as well.
DO NOT SOLELY BLAME federal government on this mess. Also it is THOSE people who choose to live in high-hazard area. They understood the risk of living in New Orleans. Yes we can blame local bureaucrats for failing to provide fund to fix the levees. But oh come on.... stop being a crybaby. How the hell are we supposed to foresee ANY problems at any time? There's a crack on my wall. Contractor tells me there is a chance my wall can collapse someday. Does this mean I have to pay to fix crack every single time I see the crack? Can you imagine if we have to repair every single bridges in USA? We'd be broke and stay broke for at least 20 years!!!
The lesson of this is - KNOW VERY WELL of the risk level of your area is. Are you flood-proned? tornado-proned? Always have evacuation plan for yourself.
and one more thing - that's not fair to compare 9/11 to New Orleans. 9/11 has no environmental difficulty and no mass evacuation. It's just 2 collapsing buildings in a very localized area. But New Orleans? you're talking about Category-5 Hurricane + levee collapses + flooding + evacuation of 1.5 million people.
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i mentioned in other thread in somewhere.
IN 2002, i drove my 4x4 Tahoe all the way from Rochester to DC to visit my girlfriend. That time we had a weather is snow but i didnt know that there will snowstorm upcoming approached in southeast Pennsylvania. Were in that place of storm and happened hailstorm was poured, i drove and allow my brake release (didnt not attempt to brake) and controlling my steering wheel. There were black ice spot and my suv slipped right through and spinned, then front of suv (grilled mask) boomed and continue slipping till end of the wall between the highways. Thank god that there is no cars accidents front of me, and i decided to brake the pedal and my suv almost flip but lucky got it down and saw: GASOLINE SEMI TRUCK passed by right front of me!!! I was so SCARED like i saw Freddy came out from the movie. I often imagined if i didnt brake the pedal: gone to heaven. Jeez, i got second chance. Thank god.
Yes, my 4x4 Tahoe is terrible whacked on front
IN 2002, i drove my 4x4 Tahoe all the way from Rochester to DC to visit my girlfriend. That time we had a weather is snow but i didnt know that there will snowstorm upcoming approached in southeast Pennsylvania. Were in that place of storm and happened hailstorm was poured, i drove and allow my brake release (didnt not attempt to brake) and controlling my steering wheel. There were black ice spot and my suv slipped right through and spinned, then front of suv (grilled mask) boomed and continue slipping till end of the wall between the highways. Thank god that there is no cars accidents front of me, and i decided to brake the pedal and my suv almost flip but lucky got it down and saw: GASOLINE SEMI TRUCK passed by right front of me!!! I was so SCARED like i saw Freddy came out from the movie. I often imagined if i didnt brake the pedal: gone to heaven. Jeez, i got second chance. Thank god.
Yes, my 4x4 Tahoe is terrible whacked on front
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Matter of fact.. My best friend, who lives across the street, is one of the lucky refugees to get the hell out of New Orleans.. Yes.. They gave a 2 week advance warning.. for people to get out... but see.. the people were poor, but did not have cars... and since Louisiana spent 5.8 million dollars on a total fix up top to bottom of the Governor's Mansion... Just wasted that money.. for nothing.. The Louisiana government, is so damn corrupt.. There is no way to clean it up... Hence Louisiana has had a long and distinquished history of corruption within it's state government... Mind you me.. Huey P. Long was one to name... Remember the movie Blaze Starr, with Paul Newman playing that role as Huey P. Long.. and so damned corrupt as hell..
Me have no worries, about flood issues.. Cuz I am in ALABAMA and in one hell of a very good spot... Careful where you pick your location to live...
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tonight will be bad storm
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Oh shit.. not again!
Mother Nature needs a bullet up her ass for trying to ruin Memorial Day Weekend...