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Will recovery from Irma mean boom or bust for Florida?

Post by cronus » Mon Sep 18, 2017 5:38 am

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weather ... 14401.html

Will recovery from Irma mean boom or bust for Florida’s economy, budget?
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Re: Will recovery from Irma mean boom or bust for Florida?

Post by JimC » Mon Sep 18, 2017 7:00 am

It all depends on Laklak's alcohol spending budget post Irma...
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Re: Will recovery from Irma mean boom or bust for Florida?

Post by pErvinalia » Mon Sep 18, 2017 11:10 am

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Re: Hurricane Irma

Post by mistermack » Mon Sep 18, 2017 11:20 am

There will be a rise in building activity naturally. Paid for by insurance companies which is external money coming in. But it will also cause a rise in insurance premiums, so you will get a temporary rise followed by a long term reduction in economic activity.

The same goes for public infrastructure and taxes.
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Re: Hurricane Irma

Post by Forty Two » Mon Sep 18, 2017 2:14 pm

Sean Hayden wrote:
laklak wrote:How you getting on, Sean? What's happened with your parent's house?
They've finally hauled off all the trash. The neighbors are rebuilding. I wonder if the county will offer to buy their houses?

My parents house was wrecked. It was a beautiful home too, my dad had done all kinds of custom work. Insurance has stepped in, maybe they get it close...

Anyway, it'll be months before they move back in.
Sorry to hear about the damage. I guess you and your parents were near landfall around Naples-ish area?

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Re: Hurricane Irma

Post by Sean Hayden » Mon Sep 18, 2017 3:08 pm

Thanks, wrong hurricane though, it was Harvey what done it!
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Re: Hurricane Irma

Post by Forty Two » Mon Sep 18, 2017 3:13 pm

Sean Hayden wrote:Thanks, wrong hurricane though, it was Harvey what done it!
Oh, wrong hurricane.

But, harvey said his pronoun was him. He's a himmicane. I think Maria is a they/them, so it's a theyicane, or a themicane.
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Re: Hurricane Irma

Post by mistermack » Tue Sep 19, 2017 9:50 am

It was a serious blow.

More than a storm in a teacup. I guess it never rains but it pours.

Gone with the wind now though. It's all water under the bridge.
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Re: Hurricane Irma

Post by Forty Two » Tue Sep 19, 2017 1:41 pm

But all those moments will be lost in time. Like tears in a hurricane.
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Re: Hurricane Irma

Post by rainbow » Wed Sep 20, 2017 6:45 am

...so profound,
yet so mundane.
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Re: Hurricane Irma

Post by laklak » Wed Sep 20, 2017 1:33 pm

Could have been worse, could have been a crossfire hurricane.
Yeah well that's just, like, your opinion, man.
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Re: Hurricane Irma

Post by pErvinalia » Wed Sep 20, 2017 1:43 pm

Could have been a GM Holden Hurricane - the greatest concept car Holden ever made (along with the Effigy)..

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Re: Hurricane Irma

Post by Brian Peacock » Wed Sep 20, 2017 4:18 pm

Coulda been worse - coulda been a Hawker Hurricane, and you don't want that banging on your windows...

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Re: Hurricane Irma

Post by JimC » Wed Sep 20, 2017 9:18 pm

Or the subsequent Hawker Typhoon and Tempest...
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Re: Hurricane Irma

Post by mistermack » Wed Sep 20, 2017 10:30 pm

Or one of these :

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