Hurricane Irma

[AllPurposeAtheist]

Rush Limbaugh has assured us all that it's essentially just fake news intended to drive up the price of bottled water to fund the election efforts of Democrats.
Well that certainly eases my mind so therefore I think I'll just go live on a beach in Key West in the next few days.
He did, however evacuate from his humble broadcasting fortress in Florida, but only because bottled water got too expensive.   

[AllPurposeAtheist]

Actually yes. While everything is going on of course I won't be able to work, but afterwards I expect a lot of business for anyone involved in construction. Of course, looking at a natural disaster that will displace and/or kill thousands as a business opportunity is sickening, but it's true.

I've always said that if you want to be a job creator just throw your trash out on the streets so others can be employed to pick up the trash.
By the way, has anyone noticed the lack of coverage of the damage this hurricane is causing to Cuba as if Cuba and its residents don't count at all?
I'm really hoping that we've dodged the bullet here in South Carolina. I suspect we'll get a shitload of rain here in the greater Columbia area, but if the forecasts are right we'll avoid the brunt of the wind coming our way. We're roughly about 80 miles east from the Georgia border  ..

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Not seeing coverage doesn't mean coverage doesn't exist.

[Hydra009]

Florida man plans to "shoot down" hurricane

What's better than 150+ mph winds?  150+ mph winds with bullets!

Also, I'd love for someone to crunch the numbers for this and find out how much firing a colt 45 would affect a hurricane.

Imo, this is like pissing on a forest fire.  So ineffective that it's not even worth considering while incredibly dangerous at the same time.

[SGOS]

Florida man plans to "shoot down" hurricane

Brilliant!  Absolutely brilliant!  It's about time we stop taking this kind of shit.  Florida leads the nation in taking action.  In days of old, American sailors would climb the mast during storms and curse God.  That's what made us a great nation, and it's time we take America back.

[Baruch]

Irma is weakening ... and the eye seems to prefer Havana to Miami for now.  And yes, Cuba doesn't count for much, never has.  Notice the poster didn't say ... why won't anyone say anything about the damage in Puerto Rico ... wonder why, comrade?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Florida man plans to "shoot down" hurricane

What's better than 150+ mph winds?  150+ mph winds with bullets!

Also, I'd love for someone to crunch the numbers for this and find out how much firing a colt 45 would affect a hurricane.

Imo, this is like pissing on a forest fire.  So ineffective that it's not even worth considering while incredibly dangerous at the same time.

A .45 might knock a man down.

[SGOS]

A butterfly could flap his wings in the Orient that leads to a hurricane in Florida.  Now, just imagine a Colt 45.  It's called the Colt 45 Effect, and that's what we use here in America on butterflies.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

A present for Rush when this is over:

[Mike Cl]

A present for Rush when this is over:

Does he really deserve 'organic'??????

[Hydra009]

A butterfly could flap his wings in the Orient that leads to a hurricane in Florida.

I know you're not being completely serious here but people tend to take this maxim literally, overstating its effects.  Initial conditions do play a role, of course.  But what's far more important is the process that creates these catastrophes.  We could smother any hurricane in the crib if we had the power to interrupt the process by which small tropical storms become giant hurricanes.

[SGOS]

I know you're not being completely serious here but people tend to take this maxim literally, overstating its effects.

But just imagine if everyone in America shot their guns at exactly the same second.  And you are correct.  I'm not being completely serious.  I'm not even being just a little serious.  I just like saying silly things.

[Mike Cl]

But just imagine if everyone in America shot their guns at exactly the same second.  And you are correct.  I'm not being completely serious.  I'm not even being just a little serious.  I just like saying silly things.

Hell, SGOS--I think you should print t-shirts!!

[Unbeliever]

But just imagine if everyone in America shot their guns at exactly the same second.  And you are correct.  I'm not being completely serious.  I'm not even being just a little serious.  I just like saying silly things.

If they were to shoot them at once all in the same direction, could they change the rate of spin of the planet?

[Shiranu]

Irma is weakening ... and the eye seems to prefer Havana to Miami for now.  And yes, Cuba doesn't count for much, never has.  Notice the poster didn't say ... why won't anyone say anything about the damage in Puerto Rico ... wonder why, comrade?

Not according to any news I've seen... yes, it will weaken as it skims over Cuba, but then once it hits the warm gulf waters it will pick up intensity once again... and if it stays over the gulf until it hits mid-Florida or even the Panhandle, it can potentially become quite powerful again. That's not even anything to do with journalism, that is entry level meteorology.


It might have been better if it had hit Miami, because by hitting Havana and now moving up towards Tampa, it's going to hit more populated regions in Florida at full strength.