Anachronism Industries closed temporarily due to Hurricane Frances.

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Be safe.  Good luck.  I've got a spare room here if you need it.

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@KennyR

Hurricanes is what Floridans get for living in a million-year-old hurricane path.

This lack of empathy is same all around the world - the reason we have no sympathy when a tornado destroys another Indiana Trailer Park. Yeah.. that's what happens when you build flimsy metal houses on a tornado path.

Hurricanes are created when warm ocean-level air travelling west from Africa or north up the Gulf of Mexico (notably the called the "Gulf Stream") from the equatorial regions is agitated by the spinning of the Earth (which is more pronounced at the equator), an effect which has been dubbed the Coriolis effect. The temperature and humidity create the clouds and squalls that occur naturally in those regions, and the rotation creates the spinning horrible monster which swirl around and follow a pretty predictable track (within a few thousand miles or so)

I hope you don't think two hurricanes a year is a SURPRISE for them, given this well-known fact - at least one from the left and one from the right of Florida is almost GUARANTEED to hit Florida or at least become one {bleep}ty storm

Neko

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They said 30 on CNN (1960-something). It's been
100 since you got hit by two within WEEKS (the
last time was a 6-week difference.. not 3).

So other years they hit Florida and NC or Florida and some other state some other year. You don't think sitting in the "melting pot" means it's going to happen sooner or later?

Do you think a Hurricane cares what state it hits?

In all seriousness, I think anyone living in a hurricane zone waives the right to complain about it, and everyone shouting "TAKE CARE!!" is highly patronising. Do you think you'd have just stood on a beach with your arms outstretched before this thread?

I didn't think so

Neko

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Okay, take care, Red, because I don't think you can in a hurricane unless we all tell you to.

Neko