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Guitar strings...                                  check.
guitar picks...                                      check.
batteries for 90's clamshell CD player... check.
batteries for hideous "Zoom 505" battery-powered thing... check.
Oh.
Kitty litter...                          check.
cat food....                        check.
toilet paper...                      check.
peanut butter...                check.
triscuits...                        check.

So what's the big deal? My only beef with Ms Nature is that I already DID my time - in Florida - I was in Coconut Grove when Hurricane Andy went overhead in 1992.... being in the eye of a category 5 hurricane does pep you up a bit, and the whole
no-food-no-water-no-power... waaaah!
thing is kinda good for you to go through - once. Dammit. I am dead-square in the crosshairs here on the Chesapeake Bay, and the cats are already jumpy, and it's only Sunday.... :toothy11:
 
Remember, beer is always safe to drink when the water isn't.  :icon_tongue:

I've been through many, many hurricanes and I am grateful to not have to deal with them any more. Good Luck!
 
While I'd never advocate refraining from beer for any length of time, it is important to remember that alcohol is a natural diuretic, so you can drink gallons of beer and end up dehydrated. This is, of course, a Bad Thing.
 
TroubledTreble said:
Remember, beer is always safe to drink when the water isn't.  :icon_tongue:

I've been through many, many hurricanes and I am grateful to not have to deal with them any more. Good Luck!
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I've got a simple solution for hurricanes...Don't live in the areas prone to have them.. :dontknow:
 
If it's not hurricanes, it's tornadoes, or blistering heat, or freezing blizzards, or earthquakes. You can't win. Although, I've been tempted to move to Kentucky or Tennesee. They seem to avoid most of those weather/seismic patterns and they don't have any volcanos.
 
Cagey said:
If it's not hurricanes, it's tornadoes, or blistering heat, or freezing blizzards, or earthquakes. You can't win. Although, I've been tempted to move to Kentucky or Tennesee. They seem to avoid most of those weather/seismic patterns and they don't have any volcanos.
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Freezing blizzards, blistering heat, volcanoes and earthquakes can be avoided. but tornadoes and hurricanes are random acts of mother nature, and can spring up at anytime... :dontknow:
 
Well, I'd say the only one that can be avoided is volcanos, although the incidence of most of those things can be diminished quite a bit depending on location. For instance, it's a pretty safe bet we'll never see a hurricane in Michigan, and it's equally safe to say that while snow is not unheard of, you're not going to get a freezing blizzard in Texas. Thing with volcanos is their effect can be felt across a pretty wide swath. I mean, a big enough blow can change weather patterns almost to extinction level events.
 
Cagey said:
Well, I'd say the only one that can be avoided is volcanos, although the incidence of most of those things can be diminished quite a bit depending on location. For instance, it's a pretty safe bet we'll never see a hurricane in Michigan, and it's equally safe to say that while snow is not unheard of, you're not going to get a freezing blizzard in Texas. Thing with volcanos is their effect can be felt across a pretty wide swath. I mean, a big enough blow can change weather patterns almost to extinction level events.
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Probably true, but we do get freezing blizzards occasionally, we had 2 last year in Nov. and Dec. But nothing like in the north east..Ours was probably more like an average day in winter up there...
 
DangerousR6 said:
I've got a simple solution for hurricanes...Don't live in the areas prone to have them.. :dontknow:
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Hey Doug  .... Sounds like you want 20++ million people to live near you  :laughing7:

Good thing GB isn't in control anymore.

Gee you guys get all the fun  :icon_biggrin: ....... stay safe !!
 
Yeah, I'm pretty sure there's a difference. I would say that a real blizzard is a terrifying thing, but I'm sure that any snow you'd see down there would be pretty terrifying to you, too, even if it was something we'd dismiss without thinking about it. I know I've been places like Georgia when they got snow, and it was life-threatening. But, only because nobody knew how to deal with it or were unprepared even if they did. Makes native northerners laugh, but you're actually in equal danger. Somebody who's never or only rarely driven in snow has an above-average chance of hitting you.
 
Somebody mentioned links getting messed up as a result of the latest word filter edits, and I just saw a prime example. In the post previous to this one, the quote is purportedly from: DangerousR6 link=topic=20664.mShort Horn306085#mShort Horn306085 date=1351483319

This is beyond ridiculous.
 
Oh dear  :doh:  well spotted Cagey  :icon_thumright:

That's just plain weird  :tard:

They are all like that, in all Quoted bits in this thread  :icon_scratch:

Plus all threads on this forum it's happening too.
 
The part of the HTML that's getting attention is the abbreviation for message - m s g. OMFG! An S and a G occurred in sequence! Alert the press! It's an October Surprise!

I still say turn the bloody filter off altogether. Some say it's for the children, but we all know that's horse pucky. It's for dangerously anal prudes.
 
Cagey said:
... or Tennesee. They seem to avoid most of those weather/seismic patterns and they don't have any volcanos.
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I thought that Rocky Top was a volcano.  :)
 
FALSE ALARM!

All that even happened was it rained for a while, the power flickered once or twice but nothing bad happened at all! Just like a typical weatherman trick, trying to get attention by making up some "crisis" where none exists.

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I did find myself wondering, just how many millions of dollars per year and per decade has New Yawk spent gradually building up their subway system a few trains and tracks at a time? I suspect NObody ever sat down with a blank sheet of paper and costed out what it would take to replace the whole damn thing at once! HEY, KIDS! Don't soak yer electric train set in saltwater, Daddy can't buy you another....  :-\
 
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