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Here comes Milton

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  • CopperC Offline
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    Copper
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    #40

    https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/08/business/hurricane-milton-florida-gasoline-shortages/index.html?utm_source=business_ribbon

    1,300 Florida gas stations have run out of fuel. Hurricane Milton could cause even more trouble

    I bought gas in Florida yesterday, good timing.

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    • George KG Offline
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      George K
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      #41

      Screenshot 2024-10-09 at 7.20.35 AM.png

      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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      • jon-nycJ Online
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        jon-nyc
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        #42

        Among the evacuated are 17 hospitals, 63 nursing homes and 179 assisted-living facilities. Can you imagine? Where do they all go?

        Only non-witches get due process.

        • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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        • bachophileB Offline
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          #43

          I have a good friend in fort Myers. He evacuated for Ian in 2022. The roof of a building on his property was blown off. Got it replaced. Now again the big blow is coming. What a life. Better to have Iranian missles.

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          • LuFins DadL Offline
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            #44

            “you probably need to write your name in permanent marker on your arm so that people know who you are when they get to you afterwards”

            That’s the advice given by the FL Attorney General to residents ignoring the evacuation orders.

            The Brad

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            • LuFins DadL Offline
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              LuFins Dad
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              #45

              Tornados popping up all over the place.


              The Brad

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              • jon-nycJ Online
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                jon-nyc
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                #46

                Wasn’t expecting them in Ft Lauderdale today.

                Only non-witches get due process.

                • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                • jon-nycJ Online
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                  #47

                  Aqua - have you heard from your folks?

                  Only non-witches get due process.

                  • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                  • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                    Aqua - have you heard from your folks?

                    Aqua LetiferA Offline
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                    #48

                    @jon-nyc said in Here comes Milton:

                    Aqua - have you heard from your folks?

                    Just spoke to them; okay for now. They have a pretty good chance of avoiding the flooding but I wonder about the wind. I'm thinking the trees in their neighborhood are going to pose a problem.

                    Please love yourself.

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                    • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                      Among the evacuated are 17 hospitals, 63 nursing homes and 179 assisted-living facilities. Can you imagine? Where do they all go?

                      JollyJ Offline
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                      wrote on last edited by
                      #49

                      @jon-nyc said in Here comes Milton:

                      Among the evacuated are 17 hospitals, 63 nursing homes and 179 assisted-living facilities. Can you imagine? Where do they all go?

                      Surge hospitals.

                      I worked at a surge hospital. All electives are canceled. You enlarge necessary services (we would double the number of ICU beds). You discharge what you can. You take in staff from other hospitals and you hot-bunk them.

                      Nursing home patients & assisted living.

                      That's tough. You can place some of them in hospitals or other nursing homes. Families can take some in for the limited period needed. Public Health down here operates a series of medical shelters... They're staffed by Public Health nurses and doctors, along with local docs, and they take care of ambulatory nursing home patients or people with severe chronic illnesses that can't shelter without medical care.

                      But you're right, it is a monumental problem.

                      “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                      Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                      • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

                        @jon-nyc said in Here comes Milton:

                        Aqua - have you heard from your folks?

                        Just spoke to them; okay for now. They have a pretty good chance of avoiding the flooding but I wonder about the wind. I'm thinking the trees in their neighborhood are going to pose a problem.

                        JollyJ Offline
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                        #50

                        @Aqua-Letifer said in Here comes Milton:

                        @jon-nyc said in Here comes Milton:

                        Aqua - have you heard from your folks?

                        Just spoke to them; okay for now. They have a pretty good chance of avoiding the flooding but I wonder about the wind. I'm thinking the trees in their neighborhood are going to pose a problem.

                        They will. But wind is vastly preferable to water.

                        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                        • George KG Offline
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                          #51

                          Bill ("I hava BS in mechanical engineering") Nye the "science" guy tells us how to prevent big hurricanes.

                          Here's some inconvenient truths:

                          Screenshot-2024-10-09-at-8.57.36 AM.png

                          Screenshot-2024-10-09-at-8.57.19 AM.png

                          Screenshot-2024-10-09-at-8.57.50 AM.png

                          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                          • George KG George K

                            Bill ("I hava BS in mechanical engineering") Nye the "science" guy tells us how to prevent big hurricanes.

                            Here's some inconvenient truths:

                            Screenshot-2024-10-09-at-8.57.36 AM.png

                            Screenshot-2024-10-09-at-8.57.19 AM.png

                            Screenshot-2024-10-09-at-8.57.50 AM.png

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                            @George-K He has been huddling with Rep Greene. Both seem to agree that the government controls hurricanes. (Tell that to Taiwan, which got a big one a couple of weeks ago. Must be mainland China!)

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                              George K
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                              #53

                              GZd4XUBWMAAVzZk.jpeg

                              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                Copper
                                wrote on last edited by Copper
                                #54

                                I see a couple Southwest flights headed south into Fort Lauderdale.

                                I bet they hit some bumps.

                                image.png

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                                  LuFins Dad
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                                  #55

                                  It’s hitting to the south of Tampa. Sarasota… Most of the water’s been sucked out of the bay. Sarasota is going to be very wet.

                                  The Brad

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                                  • CopperC Copper

                                    I see a couple Southwest flights headed south into Fort Lauderdale.

                                    I bet they hit some bumps.

                                    image.png

                                    George KG Offline
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                                    George K
                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #56

                                    @Copper said in Here comes Milton:

                                    I bet they hit some bumps.

                                    Link to video

                                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                    • George KG George K

                                      @Copper said in Here comes Milton:

                                      I bet they hit some bumps.

                                      Link to video

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                                      Doctor Phibes
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                                      #57

                                      @George-K said in Here comes Milton:

                                      That's my idea of hell. I have a hard time just dealing with regular turbulence. I don't quite scream like a girl, but sometimes it gets pretty close.

                                      I was only joking

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                                      • Tom-KT Offline
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                                        So, I'm thinking of moving to Israel to enjoy the peace and calm of getting hit by 30 or so rockets on a good day and every now and then 180 or so.

                                        Shat storm all around just a couple of branches broken and a yardful of crap to clean--not to mention a dock way under water with some sort of tree floating and trapped between the pylons. So first Helene, now Milton and soon to be Nadine. But it's the HELL of it. I'm all good though.

                                        And it wouldn't hurt you all in the future to please do a little more recycling or not using plastic bags or drive Tesla trucks or whatever. Much thanks. 🙂

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                                          jon-nyc
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                                          I’m going to buy a box of paper straws in your honor.

                                          Only non-witches get due process.

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