Hurricane Milton

[Gef Mongoose]

More animals rescued in Florida.

 

[FMW13]

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More animals rescued in Florida.

Ah look at that they saved Ralph.

 

[Caesare]

Powers out for me boys seems like I'm in the eye. Retail stores plan to be open tomorrow though nothing ever truly happens.

Edit: we knew shit got real when waffle house closed

Having the eye pass right over you is a pretty amazing thing to witness. It's like everything is over with for about an hour. The sun will come back out, no wind or rain, then all hell breaks loose. Very surreal.

 

[Jimmy Dean Bowl]

This 'transphobic, nazi hate forum that has literally murdered innocent troons' has shown such concern and humanity for their fellow kiwis over the last few days, it's been beautifully heartwarming.

I couldn't sleep after Milton hit for worrying about you all, so seeing you all pop up one by one to say you were OK gave me much happiness.

It's been one hell of a thread. You Floridabros are a different breed, much respect.

 

[Hellblazer]

The local residents are panicking" he said, but "the Brits and Americans are total different beasts when it comes to preparing themselves to adversity."

Spoiler: Rant about retarded British man

Nigger, the British are RETARDED at preparing for ANY weather related disaster.

Everytime there's a sprinkling of snow, the country grinds to a halt, and they close fucking schools down if there's less than a half a centimeter on the ground.

One year, we had an unprecedented amount of snow and the country literally ran out of salt. there's over an inch of snow, the country literally ran out of salt, and the government was unable to get more.

There are floods every single year, and nothing ever gets done to prevent them - not that they're anything on the scale of what you see in 'murica.

I bet this cunt is a low IQ Northerner who wears a t-shirt in freezing weather because he thinks it makes him tough.

And this is coming from a British Northerner. This sort of behaviour is part of what makes us look like retards to the rest of the world. What an absolute moron.

How fucking embarassing.

Edited: I just looked at the news article, and the family portrait explains everything. SPOILER]

 

[Caesare]

Spoiler: Rant about retarded British man

Nigger, the British are RETARDED at preparing for ANY weather related disaster.

Everytime there's a sprinkling of snow, the country grinds to a halt, and they close fucking schools down if there's less than a half a centimeter on the ground.

One year, we had an unprecedented amount of snow and the country literally ran out of salt. there's over an inch of snow, the country literally ran out of salt, and the government was unable to get more.

There are floods every single year, and nothing ever gets done to prevent them - not that they're anything on the scale of what you see in 'murica.

I bet this cunt is a low IQ Northerner who wears a t-shirt in freezing weather because he thinks it makes him tough.

And this is coming from a British Northerner. This sort of behaviour is part of what makes us look like retards to the rest of the world. What an absolute moron.

How fucking embarassing

He thinks people preparing for the unknowable is them panicking.

No, you poor vacation date planning slob, people like to be fueled up and ready to roll because it's better to have it and not need it than it is to just sit there stupidly and hope everything will be fine.

And yeah there are long lines. That one little state you are in has as many people as 1/3 of your entire country.

He's talking shit because he's an oblivious faggot in vacation mode during a natural disaster and he's witnessing the behavior of individuals who know what those storms are capable of.

He'd be the first one crying on the news if he ended up getting stranded there in a crap motel with no electricity.

 

[Gravemind]

Nigger, the British are RETARDED at preparing for ANY weather related disaster.

Everytime there's a sprinkling of snow, the country grinds to a halt, and they close fucking schools down if there's less than a half a centimeter on the ground.

Sounds like Texas, except the people are used to severe weather. Sort of. Still get plenty of hydroplaning car crashes when the roads get a bit wet, but that's just because people are really bad drivers.

 

[Gef Mongoose]

Sounds like Texas, except the people are used to severe weather. Sort of. Still get plenty of hydroplaning car crashes when the roads get a bit wet, but that's just because people are really bad drivers.

I know a civil engineer in the Midwest. I brought up to him how the Deep South acts when we get a layer of ice every few years or so.

He said that the snow plows and road salt that he buys for his street department pay themselves back with the amount of times that he uses it there, within less than one snow season.

Most tax payers don’t want to pay for something that the city doesn’t really have room for, and that won’t be used more than maybe once every 2 or 3 years.

 

[Gravemind]

I know a civil engineer in the Midwest. I brought up to him how the Deep South acts when we get a layer of ice every few years or so.

He said that the snow plows and road salt that he buys for his street department pay themselves back with the amount of times that he uses it there, within less than one snow season.

Most tax payers don’t want to pay for something that the city doesn’t really have room for, and that won’t be used more than maybe once every 2 or 3 years.

Right, but I'm not talking about a situation like that 2021 snowstorm where plows and road salt were absolutely needed (among other things). I'm talking about the bog standard winter weather events that happen every few years or less where you maybe get a very light dusting of snow and the roads may develop patches of ice here and there. You'd think it's the end of the world for those people for a situation that just requires careful, defensive driving.

 

[Gef Mongoose]

Right, but I'm not talking about a situation like that 2021 snowstorm where plows and road salt were absolutely needed (among other things). I'm talking about the bog standard winter weather events that happen every few years or less where you maybe get a very light dusting of snow and the roads may develop patches of ice here and there. You'd think it's the end of the world for those people for a situation that just requires careful, defensive driving.

Yea, it’s the same here. But if people here can’t drive without getting into accidents with a light rain here, then I don’t want them on the streets with icy roads. That’s not really an elements problem. That’s a driving problem.

I know of someone who would have gotten into an accident here when the bridge was iced over, if he hadn’t had grown up in Virginia.

 

[Otterly]

Right, but I'm not talking about a situation like that 2021 snowstorm where plows and road salt were absolutely needed (among other things). I'm talking about the bog standard winter weather events that happen every few years or less where you maybe get a very light dusting of snow and the roads may develop patches of ice here and there. You'd think it's the end of the world for those people for a situation that just requires careful, defensive driving.

I used to live fairly north in a scandi country and now I live north UK again. One thing I took from our Nordic cousins is winter fucking tires. You cannot drive safely on any amount of ice in summer tires. It should be the law that we have to change them because even if we dont get a lot of ice in the south we get rain, and winter tires cope better with wet as well. Every year I watch in amusement as the lads in their BMWs skid around the car park.
Scotland copes pretty with average snow btw. It’s rare the roads are closed for it here and we do have gritters and ploughs. Further north they’re much more used to it.

 

[MadStan]

Done better and still rather accurately nearly 40 years ago.

Hacker: Don't tell me about the press. I know exactly who reads the papers. The Daily Mirror is read by people who think they run the country; The Guardian is read by people who think they ought to run the country; The Times is read by the people who actually do run the country; The Daily Mail is read by the wives of the people who run the country; The Financial Times is read by people who own the country; The Morning Star is read by people who think the country ought to be run by another country; and The Daily Telegraph is read by people who think it is.

Humphrey: Prime Minister, what about the people who read The Sun?

Woolley: Sun readers don't care who runs the country as long as she's got big tits.

Thats probably the most concise and acquire statement about the press and media in general I've ever read. I'm going to have to quote this elsewhere.

 

[Jimmy Dean Bowl]

I used to live fairly north in a scandi country and now I live north UK again. One thing I took from our Nordic cousins is winter fucking tires. You cannot drive safely on any amount of ice in summer tires. It should be the law that we have to change them because even if we dont get a lot of ice in the south we get rain, and winter tires cope better with wet as well. Every year I watch in amusement as the lads in their BMWs skid around the car park.
Scotland copes pretty with average snow btw. It’s rare the roads are closed for it here and we do have gritters and ploughs. Further north they’re much more used to it.

I'm very glad I learned to drive when Scotland was having a period of sub zero temperatures and blizzard conditions. My instructor taught me how to drive into a skid on a frozen car park. That shit would never fly these days.
It came in very handy though when I hydroplaned 2 months after passing my test. Things you learn early become instinctual and can save your life.

Thread tax:
Did any of the birdies make it out?

 

[AMHOLIO]

Great! More central storms!

It's too early to call it a time to panic though.

 

[Toji Suzuhara]

Great! More central storms!

It's too early to call it a time to panic though.

The .webp files are the real cause for panic

 

[AMHOLIO]

The .webp files are the real cause for panic

Sorry, I'm too lazy to fix it. Third day without power and I've lost my fucks to give.

 

[QE65]

Glad to hear that you Florida Kiwis are alright. Looked like one hell of a storm.

 

[Toji Suzuhara]

Sorry, I'm too lazy to fix it. Third day without power and I've lost my fucks to give.

 

[AMHOLIO]

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Thank you boo.

Now that I've calmed down, my expert opinion (none) is that even if storms come to Florida, I think it'll be Naples or Miami affected instead. There is some cooling coming down from the north that can act as a pushing barrier, it might not reach central Florida at a high category but there's no guarentee for the southern half.

 

[a hapless toad]

Thats probably the most concise and acquire statement about the press and media in general I've ever read. I'm going to have to quote this elsewhere.

If you'd like to watch it (highly recommended) the clip is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJh9ui11mP4