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Applebees Appetizer posted:And climate change is a myth too lol. Yup. It's not like ten years of reduced rainfall has caused desertification in Cali and the PacNW... which is now all on fire.
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Pro-tip, if you need supplies for the hurricane, you best get to the stores ASAP. Homedepot is bringing out pallets of plywood and their being emptied as soon as the forklift leaves.
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On a lighter note, if any of you have played Automation, I've just launched another new challenge for the game! https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3833227 If you entered my first challenge, hosted here in AI a couple of years ago, you'll recall we all struggled with save issues with Automation; I am happy to report those are things of the very distant past, and it actually works quite well now.
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ExplodingSims posted:Pro-tip, if you need supplies for the hurricane, you best get to the stores ASAP. This is gonna be bad. Are you in the line of fire?
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It depends on what the storm actually does. Hes in orlando, so the big concerns there are where it comes ashore and how far inland it travels before hooking north. Somewhere in florida is getting the full meaty donging from irma, what the rest gets depends on where that somewhere is.
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Sep 6, 2017 04:13
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We need a FL Goon sound off. I just want to know that everybody is okay.
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Sep 6, 2017 04:27
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Rhyno posted:We need a FL Goon sound off. I just want to know that everybody is okay. It's not going to hit for a few days
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everdave posted:It's not going to hit for a few days I am aware of this, I just want to know who is there now so I can keep track. Ultimate Force Exploding Sims Applebees Appetizer ???
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Rhyno posted:I am aware of this, I just want to know who is there now so I can keep track. Kakermix afaik
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Enourmo is in Orlando as well. I'm in St.Pete on the central west cost so it looks like we might be spared if the current spaghetti plots are accurate. [e] this is a good twitter feed if anyone wants to keep track of it. https://twitter.com/Adriansweather
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Stay safe floridagoons
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I've got family on a small leeward island just south of St. Maartin. They're not home right now, but all bets are off with the condition their house is going to be in. The one benefit is those houses are built out of stone/brick/concrete and weather hurricanes incredibly well... as in, a Cat4 went by a few years back and the house was untouched, but this monster has everyone on edge. The Netherlands government has taken big public works project like burying services (power/telephone) which will be paying off big time I'm sure. Stay safe and gtfo if you can. Your house isn't worth dying for. slidebite fucked around with this message at 05:42 on Sep 6, 2017 |
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Sep 6, 2017 05:40
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slidebite posted:Stay safe and gtfo if you can. Your house isn't worth dying for. That's the problem, there's no easy way to get out of Florida when the entire state is going to be covered. I'd rather be at home than stuck in my car in a traffic jam, and with all the gas stations out of gas how far are you gonna make it anyway. Every single flight out is booked through sat as well. Best thing to do if you're right in it's path is go to the nearest shelter and hope that doesn't blow down.
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I'm an hour north of applebees appetizer. No clue what I'm doing yet since I'm flat broke till thursday, probably expected to work until the last possible moment and yeah. I've got nowhere to flee to that I can afford to even stay more than a night anyways, unless I run all the way to texas. I've got silver spray paint and a machete though.
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Even if you can afford it good luck finding a hotel. I've heard horror stories of people riding out the storm in their car during Charley. Was heading for the bay area, tons of people fled to Orlando then it took a hard right and went right over Orlando. The weather was perfect here.
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Yeah, thats why I've kinda adopted a wait and see approach. I know enough backroads to maybe get out close to hurricane o clock if it comes in straight. If it winds up strafing all the way up the center of the state uh... Idkmybffjill.
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BraveUlysses posted:Stay safe floridagoons Stay safe Flordiagoons I'm glad that we have mainly surprise disasters where I live. I'm sure any plans I made would backfire spectacularly and I'd walk straight into the epicenter.
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slidebite posted:The one benefit is those houses are built out of stone/brick/concrete and weather hurricanes incredibly well... as in, a Cat4 went by a few years back and the house was untouched, but this monster has everyone on edge. It makes more sense in areas with earthquakes, I suppose, but I'd still have thought there were more durable options.
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Yes, but they aren't cost effective options. And this is america afterall. 
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InitialDave posted:I always find it odd how much wood is involved in US house construction, especially in areas with strong three little pigs parallels. It costs more and takes longer to build a masonry house compared to the fastest, cheapest possible stick building. Guess which developers in the US inevitably do.
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Applebees Appetizer posted:I'd rather be at home than stuck in my car in a traffic jam, and with all the gas stations out of gas how far are you gonna make it anyway. We're very disappointed in you, AA: There's an environmental disaster. Fuel is in short supply. Natives have gone feral. You need to get somewhere quickly. There is only one answer: 
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spog posted:We're very disappointed in you, AA: Florida isnt a sand blasted desert tho. It needs more of an airboat
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Come up where I am AA, I know a dude that builds airboats, we can hi-jack one and begin a brutal reign of pirate lords not seen in florida for the last 300+ years. 
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Cop Porn Popper posted:Come up where I am AA, I know a dude that builds airboats, we can hi-jack one and begin a brutal reign of pirate lords not seen in florida for the last 300+ years. gently caress, I'll come down from Canada and join this party. Or you guys head north and join my ice-pirates gang. But really, jesus gently caress, stay safe everyone. This shits insane.
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Yo I'm going to a sprint track to drive my car Friday (in the rain) so I'm expecting much sideways action. There's a bunch of dudes coming from a car manufacturer so there'll be some cool and fast exotic poo poo there but I'm the most excited about driving a 1985 Honda Civic. Am I broken in the brain or...??
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BraveUlysses posted:Stay safe floridagoons Fuzzkill
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So apparently I now own a 3rd cat, as long as its not FIV + Goes to the vets tomorrow for full check over, viral workup, immunisations etc and her name is either Tully or Talisker. Cant decide. The other two are devastated about having to share their home.  Or not. If shes FIV+ we'll adopt her out to a single cat house, its just not worth the risk of giving our two healthy cats Kitty Aids if they get into an argument.
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Cop Porn Popper posted:Come up where I am AA, I know a dude that builds airboats, we can hi-jack one and begin a brutal reign of pirate lords not seen in florida for the last 300+ years. So more waterworld than Mad Max? Lame.
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The wife's got an uncle and grandfather in Key West. There were mutterings from the old man of staying and riding it out, but they've talked some sense in to him so the two of them (plus partners and a dog) are rolling out this morning. My parents have a place in PCB that they offered for use so they might be heading there. Uncle's not real thrilled about leaving his house and all his stuff, but the window of opportunity to GTFO is closing rapidly. If they can get out and haul rear end, it's about a 12 hour trip.
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Well, in non hurricane news, I got my top pick for senior design: a hybrid rocket.
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e: Maho Beach webcam before it cut out https://youtu.be/UUzmRxRRnHM InitialDave posted:I always find it odd how much wood is involved in US house construction, especially in areas with strong three little pigs parallels. A concrete house in florida would probably sink to the centre of the earth Ferremit posted:So apparently I now own a 3rd cat, as long as its not FIV +  and about 3 or so years in the little girl kept vomiting and started losing weight. Alarmed we took her did some tests and came back FIV+. Didn't make sense to us as they were 100% indoor cats and if she had it ever since she was a kitten she should have likely been dead..... and her brother was negative. Fast forward 3+ years and many, many pounds, she is fine. Took her in for shots a couple years back and for kicks asked the vet to test her again. She came up negative. 
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Rhyno posted:This is gonna be bad. Are you in the line of fire? I'm in Orlando, so it probably won't be too bad here. Storms tend to loose a pretty decent amount of energy by the time they get this far inland. Of course, this storm is bigger than the whole state, so...uh... At any rate, gonna be boarding up the windows, already stocked up on food, just need to get everything gassed up now. Already heard south Florida is running out of gas.
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Not quite boarding up windows yet here, it looks like we may not get the worst of it, tropical storm force winds tops hopefully. Also my house is of brick construction so I feel pretty safe in it. [e] Holy poo poo St.Maarten is loving destroyed Applebees Appetizer fucked around with this message at 17:14 on Sep 6, 2017 |
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I started thinking up what an mad max airboat film would be like but came up with more of an apocalypse now set in a Judge dredd cursed earth style setting (I'm taking liberties and assuming there's a poison swamp on the cursed earth somewhere)
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Have cousins in Naples and they say there is already NO gas/propane/water available to buy. Have friends who live on a boat in the keys. They sailed it to a mangrove cove, tied it up, rented a car and just hoping there is a boat to come back to.
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freelop posted:I started thinking up what an mad max airboat film would be like but came up with more of an apocalypse now set in a Judge dredd cursed earth style setting (I'm taking liberties and assuming there's a poison swamp on the cursed earth somewhere) Waterworld.
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everdave posted:Have cousins in Naples and they say there is already NO gas/propane/water available to buy. I don't know about live-aboard boats, but why not...sail away from the hurricane?
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beep-beep car is go posted:I don't know about live-aboard boats, but why not...sail away from the hurricane? I don't know either, I am just passing along what they are posting. But it seems like a lot of the live-aboard people in the keys are doing the same thing. so I don't know.
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beep-beep car is go posted:I don't know about live-aboard boats, but why not...sail away from the hurricane? They're a few months late for that. They should have sailed for the Med in April. For real though, boats are slow. By the time a storm has formed and been named you probably couldn't get out of its way even if you knew it's exact path. You'd also be risking riding it out at sea and gently caress that. My old man rode out a named storm on an aircraft carrier and says it was no joke. I don't even want to imagine what a cat 5 is like when you're riding 40' of fiberglass.
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