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     86129squids |
My sweetie's daughter and son-in-law live in Tampa Bay, confirmed beach bums. IIRC it was Irma that hit/passed last year, we were worried SICK. If these storms keep getting worse... I'll stay here in East Tennessee, thanks. | ||
| Airbozo |
Not that I'm cold hearted, but listening to the governor of NC, he specifically said that either get out now or wait at least a week for us to respond to your emergency. If I was going to ride out a hurricane, I would make sure I am in a location that will provide me dry space for a _major_ flood. There will be a lot of Darwin Awards handed out in a few weeks. | ||
| Fb1 |
 ^ Source: https://twitter.com/FOXNashville/status/1040649842 849132544 Image link: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DnEhgWVXgAAZzS0.jpg | ||
| Fb1 |
It's being reported that there are presently 615,000 without power in NC. | ||
| Whatever |
Was trying to make Virginia tonight. Might be stuck in Maryland. | ||
| Ratbuell |
we're getting rained on here anyway... | ||
| Hughlysses |
Now Tropical Storm Florence.  | ||
| Whatever |
Never mind made it to Virginia! Outside Shenandoah National Park! | ||
| Fb1 |
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| Glitch |
Hey Ferris, have you heard from Carlos and Kristi lately? Entire Blue Ridge Parkway To Close I do hope y'all are prepared. Pretty sure y'all are, hoping the best you and Denise. Ann says "Hi!" | ||
| Fb1 |
Hey Glitch! Howdy to you and Ann!! They recently moved to Indiana; Carlos got promoted to plant manager at one of Crown's facilities up there. Their former world, down in Kinston/Grifton, NC (New Bern, basically) appears to be pretty much underwater right now.  The storm has been a non-event for us so far here on the SW Virginia Blue Ridge. All that is predicted to change tomorrow, with 10+ inches of rain possible between tomorrow afternoon and Monday night. Ugh. We're all set up to be off-grid for quite a while, if need be (including two gens and plenty of fuel; have to keep the office up and running). This is the hardest I've prepped for a storm in the 12 years we've been here. Good to hear from you, brother! Thanks for checking in. XXOO, FB&D  | ||
| Fb1 |
   ^ All: https://www.nhc.noaa.gov | ||
| 86129squids |
Irmagerd... Prayers up for youn's east of me. Stay safe! Sure hope Little Switzerland does OK. Funny thing- on the way home this evening, I won tickets from WDVX to attend a riverboat blues cruise on the Tennessee river from 3-10PM Sunday. Precisely my luck. | ||
| Fb1 |
   ^ All: https://www.nhc.noaa.gov | ||
| Sifo |
Hope things are going better than this...  | ||
| Fb1 |
Check out the Weather Channel reporter who is near-breathless and can barely stay on his feet because of the ferocious winds from Florence.....and then two dudes casually stroll by like they don't have a care in the world: https://youtu.be/XFh-X1bv4P0  | ||
| Hootowl |
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/09/15/new-bern-resc ues-continue-amid-florence-floodwaters-in-nc.html “Nobody expected this,” Ballance said. “We were fools.” Uh...you were a fool. Anyone with two brain cells to rub together expected this. | ||
| Ratbuell |
Yeah...wasn't that the state where the governor issued a mandatory evacuation three or four days ago? Anybody with a TV expected this, you putz. And now you're putting first responder lives at risk because you're a moron. | ||
| Tootal |
That video is great! FAKE NEWS! | ||
| Etennuly |
The thing about the "fake" news....If that weather person weighs 165 lbs, and the two Bubbas weigh in at 230 each, I can tell you from experience, it is not faked. Look at the details, the trees blowing in the background, the clothing on each person flapping in the wind. I have a friend who weighs in around 160. Me at North of 240. We were outside my shop in winds gusting to 65 mph. He could not keep his footing as the wind blew him around. I was standing solid more worried about being hit by debris. Also the news person was wearing a rainsuit kite. We all know how a sloppy fitting jacket buffets on a motorcycle at 70 mph. Bubbas are wearing wet clinging clothes, not a wind bag. They are pretty aero efficient. | ||
| Hootowl |
The weather channel says he was standing on wet grass, and was exhausted. He probably also didn't want to fall down on TV. Still, it looks pretty corny and staged. | ||
| Gregtonn |
...and the two Bubbas weigh in at 230 each... Really? If those two guys weigh 230 each they must be about 7 feet tall. The wind looks about like the March winds that you see every year in Iowa. G | ||
| Hughlysses |
One of the oddest moments I’ve ever experienced involved Mike Seidel, the guy in that video. The band I play bass in was playing in the bar in the Holiday Inn on Folly Beach, SC. I believe it was in 2004 when Hurricane Charley was threatening SC. We were in the middle of a song in our second set when here comes Seidel and the TWC crew walking through the room to get to the beach which was just outside. We all looked at each other like “well, that was weird” and kept on playing. Fortunately, the hurricane missed the Charleston area that time. (Message edited by Hughlysses on September 15, 2018) | ||
| Fb1 |
The weather channel says he was standing on wet grass, and was exhausted. Of course they did. (And perhaps if he simply stood up and walked around normally, say, like the two Bubbas strolling around behind him, he wouldn't be so tired...) This vid had just a tick shy of 1,000,000 views (in less than 24 hours) when I posted it up earlier. A little over four hours later and it's now pushing 1.4 million views. If I was Mr. Seidel I'd see if CNN is hiring... | ||
| Fb1 |
One of the comments under the video:
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| 1313 |
Now thats funny right thar! And I haven't even been able to watch the video yet... | ||
| Tootal |
 Here's Anderson Cooper standing in a ditch. More fake news. | ||
| Fb1 |
1,768,591 views as of a moment ago. Dayum. | ||
| Hughlysses |
Someone posted several similar “news” videos on Twitter yesterday from previous storms. One showed a reporter with other people on an inflatable raft ~10 feet in front of the camera; a group of people walked between the camera and the raft through the water which was only ~6 inches deep. | ||
| Fb1 |
Now up to 2,028,327 views. Viral + velocity: Virocity! |
