Anachronism Industries closed temporarily due to Hurricane Frances.

[SilvrDrgn]

Be safe, Red!  Take care!

[Bodie_CI5]

Take care mate.

[redrumloa]

Thanks all. It's starting to look like we might dodge the bullet again here in South Florida, the storm appears to be heading towards Vero Beach or further north. Everything is pretty much shut down though, can't chance it. Watch and wait..

Weirdami:
Looks like it is heading towards you. Be careful.

[TanZyr]

WeirdAmi's stuck in this disreputable state, too? Jeez... :-)

I live 15min between Daytona and Orlando, next to Sanford & was without power & water for 2 days thanks to Charley. We all could really do without Frances and later, Ivan, who's looming in the same starting place of both Charley and Frances.

Be safe down there in Pompano, Redrumloa, and you too WeirdAmi, wherever you live.

[System]

@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

[redrumloa]

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

I can't tell if you are joking or not, so let me straighten something out. It's been over 100 years since 2 major storms have hit Florida in the same year.

[TjLaZer]

All in FL take care!

I experienced two in 2002, Hurricanes Lily and Isadore!  I was at Keesler AFB at the time for school. (Biloxi, MS)  Wooohooo...

[KennyR]

@Neko

I said the same things back in the coffee house forums after Alex. However I found out things aren't quite as simple as "dumb ass people building crap houses in hurricane alley". Istanfo's explanation was particularly enlightening.

Why aren't Americans building stone houses?

[Jose]

So you're not gonna put it on film for us? :-D
Just kidding, take care dude. :-o

[redrumloa]

So you're not gonna put it on film for us?

Well it's been pretty wimpy so far, but here you go.



Tree down in a neighbor's back yard. Pretty uneventful so far. Well quite windy, but for a hurricane it's quite wimpy after seeing Andrew. Let's hope it stays wimpy.

[KennyR]

Lets hope it stays wimpy AND dry. Most of the damage done to Florida by hurricanes has been from heavy rainfall and flooding. This seems to be worse with less powerful hurricanes.

[System]

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

[redrumloa]

They said 30 on CNN (1960-something).

I doubt that, unless they are talking about minor storms. It's been 100+ years since 2 major storms have hit FL in the same year.

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?

Umm.. yeah.. ok.. you throw out states like they were small areas of land. you have any idea of how many miles this covers?

-snip rest of babble-
I'm assuming you are taking a stab at humor so i won't lay into you. I doubt you will find any state in the USA completely devoid of danger from Mother Nature, or any country for that matter. Besides who is standing with outstreched arms? This news is due to the fact I have a backlog of 50+ unprocessed orders due to the weather.

[System]

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

Neko

[redrumloa]

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

Dude don't take this wrong, but you are weird.

[odin]

Sounds like someone ate too much toxic waste or something.