OT: Hoping everyone is safe from Cane Henri..

[Triumph]

"Fatboy," you say? You have another guess coming. I am a lean, mean, voting machine -- uncorrupted by Italians, Panamanians or Jewish space lasers.



OK, how did you know his wife is a municipal public works supervisor? And what's wrong with that?

You are an idiot.

The end.

 

[Tunescribe]

You are an idiot.

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[Steve102]

A lot of hype by the media to get us to watch the news. It rained, it was breezy. I understand it may have been worse in other areas. It wasn't bad for us. We had a Thursday night rainstorm this summer that was much worse. 3 inches in maybe 4-5 hours.

 

[203Pat]

It was supposed to hit CT pretty hard then went farther east. I have seen plenty of idiots and their "durrr the media blowed it outta perportions!" like it is a bad thing we didn't get crushed. People would have complained if trees went down and they lost power for a week but they also complain when the storm misses us. I wonder if people were always this dumb or if social media has just given a voice to the stupid.

 

[IllegalContact]

Correct me if I'm way off New Englanders but aren't most homes/streets in the Northeast still fed their electricity via above-ground utility poles (unlike most of FL) and yearly ice storms are a far greater threat to the grid?

yes.......ice storms are worse and even then, I've never been without power for more than a few hours.......still have a small generator, though....it can run the freezer, fridge, router, and whatever we want to charge.

Was on White Horse Beach on Sunday........it was nice out there

 

[sambam94]

It was supposed to hit CT pretty hard then went farther east. I have seen plenty of idiots and their "durrr the media blowed it outta perportions!" like it is a bad thing we didn't get crushed. People would have complained if trees went down and they lost power for a week but they also complain when the storm misses us. I wonder if people were always this dumb or if social media has just given a voice to the stupid.

problem is the weather channel definitely over hyped this storm. I was watching closely. It was always going to hit the coast at about 70MPH or less. People hear the word hurricane and many panic...but there is obviously a huge difference between a cat 1/tropical storm compared to a cat 2,3 or 4.

 

[203Pat]

problem is the weather channel definitely over hyped this storm. I was watching closely. It was always going to hit the coast at about 70MPH or less. People hear the word hurricane and many panic...but there is obviously a huge difference between a cat 1/tropical storm compared to a cat 2,3 or 4.

I know that Hurricane Isaias was a tropical storm by the time it hit CT last year and we were without power for 5 days in early August. I couldn't believe how much damage that did around the state and it was only a tropical storm. If a true hurricane were to hit CT we would be in trouble.

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[Jlaff]

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[BTTA]

Let's keep in mind that Florida is a baren wasteland of asphalt, sand, strip malls, single story retirement communities, and swamp, so nothing tall like trees to fall on power lines. I guess there's always carnival rides, but that's mostly located in Orlando.

 

[203Pat]

Let's keep in mind that Florida is a baren wasteland of asphalt, sand, strip malls, single story retirement communities, and swamp, so nothing tall like trees to fall on power lines. I guess there's always carnival rides, but that's mostly located in Orlando.

And no one really cares what happens down there since it’s a dump.

 

[Kontradiction]

Let's keep in mind that Florida is a baren wasteland of asphalt, sand, strip malls, single story retirement communities, and swamp, so nothing tall like trees to fall on power lines. I guess there's always carnival rides, but that's mostly located in Orlando.

And no one really cares what happens down there since it’s a dump.

Could you guys keep spreading the word up there? We already have too many new northerners moving down here.

 

[BTTA]

@KontradictioN
Gotcha!

 

[203Pat]

Could you guys keep spreading the word up there? We already have too many new northerners moving down here.

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I moved down there had fun for a couple years then hated the last 7 or so years.