hurricane Irma - Florida about to get slammed?

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  1. oldfella1962

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    Yeah there is some serious hurricane "gang bang" porn going on here! :pwease:
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    Jose is up to Cat 4 already? :(
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    Been plenty of times there have been two Cat-4 storms out there. Usually though one sucks up all the energy first and the second one like Jose turns north.

    And Cat-4 storms have hit America back to back within weeks of each other.

    What is rare is two storms (of any strength) hitting the same state very close to each other in time.

    Hurricane Charley and Tropical Storm Bonnie both hit Florida within 24 hours of each other in 2004.
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    I was about to make a well reasoned response saying how those two points were different because one was science and one was God, but then I read what Lawrence said and yes she is a nutbar along with Cameron. Dumb twat, if the hurricane were really some divine punishment from God I think it would have hit the east side with the bad part considering that is where mare largo is.
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    Except she didn't say that.

    http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ne...ges-alt-right-climate-change-comments-1037036
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    Unfortunately all the records got destroyed by a hurricane. :(
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    You're moving goal posts. You original post said nothing about 150 mph winds. Perhaps you should have been more specific.

    You said: "This is the first time there has been two cat 4 storms at the same time. There's also a cat 2 storm in the Gulf. :wtf:"

    A Category 4 storm is anywhere between 130 -156 mph winds.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Category_4_Atlantic_hurricanes

    That link lists all of the recorded hurricanes that have been Category 4. There are several examples of Cat-4 hurricanes in the Atlantic at the same time. Just at different windspeeds.
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    Wow, that was a stretch so they could play victim. Alternative facts are faux news. Thank you for the clarification and shame on you @oldfella1962 for using faux news as a source knowing how they distort things.
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    They already had an arrest for looting businesses that were shut down early. Wouldn't you know it was some white guy. You see it all the time, white on white crime. They are not attacking black people, they are attacking their own neighborhoods and making their communities worse.

    Wow, it sounds stupid when you say it in reverse.
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    Okay, what two Atlantic storms, other than Irma and Jose, were both Cat 4 storms at the same time? Because I'm not seeing it in your link.
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    Okay, I see one example (not several). Igor and julia were both Cat 4 on September 15th, 2010. I stand corrected.
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    Contrary to how quickly they'll respond once a black guy's car reaches 45mph.
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    Curfews are stupid.

    Watching the live feeds on various cameras there are people on the beaches, people wandering around the Keys.

    Let people die if they are stupid enough to not evacuate or heed the warnings.
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    I was thinking about that while I was watching the southernmost point live steam this morning. Those people posing for pictures will likely be dead or dying in 6-18 hours. ☹️
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    There are several more going further back.

    It's just they don't stay Cat-4 all the time. Hurricanes go up and down in intensity all the time.

    Like right now Irma is actually a Cat-3. She's hitting Cuba. When she starts to get further from the coast of Cuba this afternoon she will go back to 4 and possibly a five.
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    Miami actually went around picking up homeless people with a choice:

    Go to a shelter or get a Baker Act. Or arrested if they can figure some charges on you.

    I'm all for driving around and trying to get homeless people to shelters but I'm not for forcing them to one.

    https://apnews.com/c4d3a9f4151340a9bbb86e473ed1262e
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    Well finally closed the last shutter on the house. Rain is starting to become more frequent and I can hear thunder.

    Thank God for accordion shutters and not having to use plywood or metal shutters.
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    Both the Dutch and British governments had to deploy soldiers to stop looters. No, they weren't just getting food and water but stealing all valuables they could find.

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    Last report I saw said Irma was back to a 5.