Hurricane Irma

[Brian Peacock]

"You don’t need a hurricane to hit anywhere. All you need is to create the fear and panic accompanied by talk that climate change is causing hurricanes to become more frequent and bigger and more dangerous, and you create the panic, and it’s mission accomplished, agenda advanced."

Erm, there's only one person advancing and agenda here - the agenda of 'the opinion I'm paid to have trumps reality'.

[laklak]

We going to ride it out. It's taking people up to 40 hours to drive to Atlanta, and gas supplies are very spotty. People are running out of gas on the interstate. Plus I'd be in such a foul fucking mood I'd probably shoot someone. Our neighbors have an art studio a few miles inland, it's basically a concrete bunker. We'll go there on Sunday when it starts getting rough, unless the fucking thing changes course again. We've done what we can, houses and boat are as protected as we can make them. We've got a generator, food, water, booze, and dope, we'll hide from the wind and run from the water and see what's left on Monday afternoon.

[Tero]

Rush Limbaugh Claims Hurricane Irma Is Part Of A Vast Conspiracy
Conservative radio host says storms are used to sell bottled water and batteries.

....then leaves.

[L'Emmerdeur]

We going to ride it out.

May Aeolus and Notos smile upon you (and Forty Two, for that matter).

[pErvinalia]

Good luck Lak (and 42 too).

[Brian Peacock]

I won't be praying for you guys, but I'll have my fingers crossed. Stay safe.

[Sean Hayden]

-good luck lak

[pErvinalia]

And 42!

[JimC]

Survive, please, the pair of you. Rationalia cannot afford to lose prolific posters...

[Brian Peacock]

31m ago 05:17 BST
Palm Beach county curfew

Florida’s Palm Beach county has said it will impose a curfew from 3pm Saturday, ahead of the arrival of tropical storm-force winds.

Officials do not want people out in the streets – or risk them needing rescue or emergency services – as Irma approaches. Those who have not evacuated are urged to seek safe shelter.

[Alan B]

Now, I may be a higgerant landlubber, but would it not be possible to take a well stocked boat out into the Gulf away from the worst of Irma?

Keep safe, Laklak. Hope there's not too much damage to the digs.

(And, er, 42...)

[Dworkin]

Rush Limbaugh Claims Hurricane Irma Is Part Of A Vast Conspiracy
Conservative radio host says storms are used to sell bottled water and batteries.

....then leaves.

Folks,

Well, that is a saving on bottled water and batteries.

D.

[Brian Peacock]

Now, I may be a higgerant landlubber, but would it not be possible to take a well stocked boat out into the Gulf away from the worst of Irma?

Keep safe, Laklak. Hope there's not too much damage to the digs.

(And, er, 42...)

Have you seen the satellite images and the wind maps of the weather system? By the time you know it's coming for your it's too late. Only Captain Nemo would stand a chance at sea.

[Scot Dutchy]

They are going to try and shoot the hurricane:

Irma: Gun owners in Florida plan to 'shoot down' hurricane

'Let's show Irma that we shoot first,' states Facebook event

Gun owners in Florida have vowed to respond to Hurricane Irma by “shooting at” the storm.

Tens of thousands of people have joined an event advertised on Facebook to tackle the hurricane currently bearing down on Florida, in an attempt to “show Irma that we shoot first”.

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[mistermack]

People die when bullets land, after being shot into the air.
It all depends on the caliber, but heavy bullets can and do kill.
That would be a bummer. Make great precautions against the storm, and then get hit by a falling bullet.

Good luck to all in the path of Irma. It's raining here, with a few claps of thunder, so I know what it's like. This is all Trump's fault.