Post: #101

Bullets are actually very unremarkable projectiles when not used in their intended manner.

It would be virtually impossible for a hurricane to pick up a bullet fired into it and cause that bullet to then travel in a way that could possibly injure someone at all, much less seriously.

Of course law enforcement big-wigs love nothing more than to do their chicken-little dance whenever firearms are involved, because dumb civilians can't possibly understand the powerful forces they're so casually messing with.

Post: #102

(09-10-2017 05:39 AM)Leonard D Neubache Wrote:  Bullets are actually very unremarkable projectiles when not used in their intended manner.

It would be virtually impossible for a hurricane to pick up a bullet fired into it and cause that bullet to then travel in a way that could possibly injure someone at all, much less seriously.

Of course law enforcement big-wigs love nothing more than to do their chicken-little dance whenever firearms are involved, because dumb civilians can't possibly understand the powerful forces they're so casually messing with.

I don't know what you're talking about with this civilian stuff.
If you hit the hurricane with a projectile attack while it's still a Category 3 or higher, it will immediately enrage, upgrade to a Category 6, and wipe the entire state.

You need to use flamethrowers to wear down its HP first. This is all in the official strategy guide.

Post: #103

I didn't get much opportunity to post. But for those who are in the path of the hurricane. Be safe. God help you all.

Post: #104

Looks like Miami will be spared, but Tampa will get a Cat. 3 hurricane, though the eye will be slightly offshore. Tallahassee will get a direct hit, but by the time it gets there, Irma will be a Cat 1.

All in all, this isn't so bad, at least when you consider what the worst-case scenario could have been: a cat. 5 direct hit on Miami. The worst thing will be the storm surge in Tampa, which will flood thousands of homes in low-lying areas there. Part of the Keys will be battered but that's a pretty small and sparsely-populated area.

Post: #105

Antiguan here, sort of a bittersweet few days since Irma blew through. Power and communications are still spottty in many parts of the island, but otherwise no deaths or substantial damage. Barbuda though, absolutely awful, whole island evacuated, Prime minister discussing declaring the island temporarily uninhabitable. Evacuees are either being housed with volunteers or in the Vivian Richards stadium. Going to be a massive rebuilding project for sure.

Post: #106

Post: #107

(09-10-2017 10:21 AM)komatiite Wrote:  

Post: #108

(09-10-2017 05:39 AM)Leonard D Neubache Wrote:  Of course law enforcement big-wigs love nothing more than to do their chicken-little dance whenever firearms are involved, because dumb civilians can't possibly understand the powerful forces they're so casually messing with.

You haven't been to Pasco County. The level of pure, abject stupidity there is mind-numbing.

Post: #109

I'm in Clearwater, just west of Tampa. We did not expect this impact earlier this week, but we have prepared and I think/hope/pray that it pays off.

I have to give serious hat's off to all the local and state governments in handling this whole situation. For whatever anyone wants to say about Governor Scott - and I don't have a high opinion of him in general - he made good calls on this one:

-Did NOT bow to the insipid demand by many to contraflow the interstates. This would've severely restricted the ability for provisions/fuel/resources to flow south which aided the evacuation north.

-Requested neighboring states to lift weight restrictions on tanker trucks to allow them to come in fully-laden with fuel.

-Ordered Florida Highway Patrol escorts to tankers coming out of the Port of Tampa, a Port that operated until last night at 8PM and is responsible for ~43% of all fuel coming into the state by ship.

-Declared a State of Emergency EARLY in the game.

-Suspended toll collection on all tolled expressways

-Allowed use of shoulders on northbound interstate lanes

-Moving the state's emergency command to Orlando to be in the middle of the action

-Actively and early made it known that absurd price gouging will not be tolerated.

-Activating the National Guard. Already, I've seen USMC Reserves activated and deploying to their facility on Gandy with amphibious transports and the National Guard has assets staged at the Largo Police HQ.

I also have to commend my fellow Floridians on generally not being a bunch of assholes during this week lead-up to today. Don't believe fake news and sensationalism; gas is only completely unavailable in the Tampa Bay area today because everyone is closed to prep themselves. A few select Thornton's stations have closed the store and left pumps on so if you have a credit card, you have access to fuel. Bottled water has been in short supply, but generally speaking, food and fuel has been available. Gas lines were occasionally ridiculous, but manageable.

Today is very somber, very pensive. We know what is going to happen and are ready for the worst. I think everyone locally has either evacuated or prepared as much as possible. Its zero hour, folks. It is what it is at this point.

Many of my friends and co-workers have decided to evacuate out of the area, especially those in low-lying coastal zones. I've decided to stay, mainly because everything I have is here (my home, my businesses), my girlfriend and her entire family is here, and my father is in the hospital - which is frankly the best place for him right now...at least he'll have power and A/C. Also, I'm 57ft above sea level in a non-evac zone, so people locally are coming [b]here[/i]. I am stocked with three vehicles all filled with fuel (two are SUVs I took from the dealership), extra portable power sources for electronics, $20 worth of Dollar Tree alkaline AAs for radios/lights, plenty of water, a fair amount of ice, a decent supply of food, filled tubs, sinks, and anything else with water for toilers, and personal protection. I also have access to an entire dealer's worth of boats in case things get that bad and we need to help out on Monday/Tuesday.

To all fellow RVF Floridians - be strong, stay smart, and most of all be safe. We'll come though this. And worst comes to worst, I'll get a selfie with God Emperor Trump giving me a hot dog and Ruffles in a Styrofoam container.

9.9 - Convoy of ambulances evacuating North Bay Hospital


9.9 - Over 100 PSTA buses staged at Clearwater High School


9.9 - Dipshits who think 'get rid of loose debris that may become flying missiles' means 'leave at it the Goodwill truck'


9.9 - Downtown Tarpon Springs. If the surge is high enough, the flooding damage will be catestrophic


9.9 - Sandbag line in Palm Harbor. The County facility is about a quarter mile in from this road. This was at about 9:30AM.




9.10 - Downtown Clearwater and Clearwater Harbor. That bridge is the Memorial Causeway and it has been closed along with all access to the Barrier Islands (St. Pete Beach to Honeymoon Island).

Post: #110

Does anyone think that storms like these could be in any way artificially enhanced or steered, like a form of weather warfare? There are lots of videos claiming that HAARP can use radio frequencies to manipulate the weather, and here's one where Michio Kaku says that now even lasers can seed clouds (though the title is misleading):




It seems at least within the realm of possibility to me, that some progress has been made in weather engineering and storms could be used as a type of weapon. That does not mean the recent storms are necessarily examples. Also I doubt it would be straight up country vs country, more like globalist cabal vs everyone else.

On the other side of the coin it would seem that, if storms can be somehow enhanced and directed, another party could make defensive moves and use their radio frequencies, lasers, whatever to defang or try to keep the storm in the ocean.

I'm not going to post a bunch of links about geo-engineering and so forth because I'm not trying to convince anyone of this, and it's not something I have any conviction of myself. I merely acknowledge some possibility in my humble estimation, and want to see what others think.

Post: #111

(09-10-2017 05:39 AM)Leonard D Neubache Wrote:  Of course law enforcement big-wigs love nothing more than to do their chicken-little dance whenever firearms are involved, because dumb civilians can't possibly understand the powerful forces they're so casually messing with.

It's not that they can't it's that they don't. To say otherwise is incredibly naive.

Taking one gun enthusiast out of the population and extrapolating his knowledge to the masses is self-evidently illogical.

Post: #112

@ Moto

The only people that I have personally seen pimping those theories are BLM folk. They are trying to claim Trump is using hurricanes to kill minorities or some shit to distract the nation. Sad. A friend showed me last night where a girl in a nearby city went viral nationwide for posting some dumb shit about Trump controlling hurricanes. People try to associate the right with conspiracies but I'm confident that the left is quicker to fall for the dumb ones.

Post: #113

(09-10-2017 11:32 AM)Number one bummer Wrote:  @ Moto

The only people that I have personally seen pimping those theories are BLM folk. They are trying to claim Trump is using hurricanes to kill minorities or some shit to distract the nation. Sad. A friend showed me last night where a girl in a nearby city went viral nationwide for posting some dumb shit about Trump controlling hurricanes. People try to associate the right with conspiracies but I'm confident that the left is quicker to fall for the dumb ones.

That's a classic case of "poisoning the well" there, the spreading/spinning distorted versions of reality to make the real version totally unpalatable to the target population. If you can associate BLM with a whacky theory, it will make the real version of that theory unacceptable to those who dislike that group.

We don't know if those weather events are 100% natural given that the technology is there to seed, steer or magnify them, but I think they probably are natural, given that the frequency and intensity of hurricanes on the Atlantic seabord has actually been very stable. A bad mofo or two every decade is actually the norm.

Post: #114

FPL stepping up its game this time around. Loss of power is one of the aftermath that residents need to deal with and after all is set and done it can go on for weeks; so this are really good news. If you are a veteran of Wilma you know what it means to be without power for three/four weeks after the storm. Stay as safe as possible my friends. I am hoping for the best to all being affected by this large storm.

Post: #115

Miami is now completely under water.

Meanwhile, ocean water's disappeared in Tampa...

and Key Largo.

Post: #116

The 'ocean.' God, these people (not OP) are dumb. Its a Bay that is connected to a Gulf.

Post: #117

I suspected Harvey had some funny business as it was just an assault of rain which is what cloud seeding would accomplish. Taking out the oil refine plants and tanker depots would be advantageous to s group of people whom have invested billions into weather weapon science (Sauadi and UAE).

Irma though is mother nature getting bent over and fucked by solar disturbances which are out of our control. The sun is doing some dancing and with this being peak storm time anyhow it has ramped up activity in the Atlantic. Almost like clock work when the sun has disturbances we get an increase in storms.

Also, I'm no weather guy but me having one of the coolest summers here in a while likely means that cold air and low pressure air is squeezing st the high pressure bands in around the Atlantic. Growing up in a tornado alley as a kid you learned early if you were curious which type of air would make the monster storms and you could easily see it on the weather images with the air pressure graphics.

Post: #118

Unsurprised...looters came out of the woodwork in Ft. Lauderdale.

One word: idiots.

Hit the gym, Juston.

Irma ripped off a building's roof.

Post: #119

(09-10-2017 02:39 PM)budoslavic Wrote:  Unsurprised...looters came out of the woodwork in Ft. Lauderdale.

These dindunuffins have already been caught.

News link

Black looters matter.

Post: #120

(09-10-2017 02:55 PM)Number one bummer Wrote:  

(09-10-2017 02:39 PM)budoslavic Wrote:  Unsurprised...looters came out of the woodwork in Ft. Lauderdale.
...

These dindunuffins have already been caught.

News link

Black looters matter.

Oh...so they didn't stop there and went on a looting spree by hitting two more stores.

Quote:...
The group of about 8-9 people broke through the front window and were seen walking in and then walking out with stolen items.

The group then began looting a Footlocker and CashAmerica Pawn Store in the same area.
...

Post: #121

(09-10-2017 03:04 PM)budoslavic Wrote:  The group then began looting a Footlocker and CashAmerica Pawn Store in the same area.

They was tryin' get they shit back...

Post: #122

A FootLocker?! Fucking embarrassment.

Post: #123

Thanks everyone for posting here. I get more information about hurricane Irma here then from mainstream news.

Post: #124

Made landfall about an hour and a half ago on Marco Island and its pounding Naples. They are under the eye right now - the calm IN the storm. Looks like better news for Tampa Bay as its been downgraded to a CAT 2 and is both picking up speed and retaining a more northerly track.

IF this continues, we're looking to be on the western side of the storm as it maintains or degrades further. Apparently, there is also some upper-level sheering action that is causing damage to Irma. Plus, landfall = no more active fuel source. Here's hoping it keeps its track, picks up speed, and continues to dissipate.

Locally, curfews have been instituted in the big three local counties - Hillsborough, Pasco, and Pinellas while Pinellas has announced NO re-entry to the county until further notice, meaning if you've left, you're out until they give the OK. This is also to curtail looting. There was already an incidence of it in Polk in a trailer park, but they were immediately caught.

Pray this track continues. Its good news for so many.

Post: #125