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"climate gentrification" -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 9, 14:24
for some weird reason, I'm feeling the need to go back and re-watch the first few episodes of Heroes - prayformojo Oct 9, 14:23 1
- I liked every single episode until the last two. -- nm - mara Oct 9, 14:24
Wordle 10/9–first guess all incorrect/none right, 2nd guess same, 3rd guess…3rd straight shutout. Guess 4…all green 🤷‍♂️ -- nm - Trending Oct 9, 14:18
HBO hires an actor with 2 first names, to portray Green Lantern John Stewart, who also has 2 first names. -- (link*) - Peglegpete Oct 9, 14:12
Girl at lunch counter said hit no top at the bottom. And I said, it’s my birthday you can’t tell me what to do. And hit 20%. lol -- (edited) - Qale Oct 9, 14:07 7
- what would have happened if you hit No Top? this dirty old fart wants to know -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 9, 14:21 2
  - Oh dear. While there is always a derth of tops, I did mean to type tip. Which honestly, same thing most of the time. -- nm - Qale Oct 9, 14:24 1
    - "I'll pay a tip. Just the tip." -- nm - Max Oct 9, 14:37
- hbday -- nm - mud Oct 9, 14:19 1
  - Thanks mud! -- nm - Qale Oct 9, 14:24
- 🤣—You’re awesome for that! -- nm - Trending Oct 9, 14:09 1
  - As a former pizza boy, tipping is where I’m a Viking. - Qale Oct 9, 14:34
with all the natural disasters occurring, i kind of want to buy this anker power station... mulling... -- (link) - Andie Oct 9, 14:07 11
- I'm seeing personal sized wind turbines on their and now I'm wondering if we should explore putting them on our roof. -- nm - Max Oct 9, 14:41
- We bought this today. We want to be able to plug the refrigerator in. - JaxSean Oct 9, 14:38
- they failed horribly naming it. They should have called it: Anker Watt. -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 9, 14:14 1
  - Ha! -- nm - mara Oct 9, 14:21
- that's a good thought, esp since I'm WFH -- nm - prayformojo Oct 9, 14:12
- What do you need to powrr? -- nm - colin Oct 9, 14:11 5
  - i mean, everything? if we had extended power outages in the winter, that could be bad, as an example. this could handle a space heater. -- nm - Andie Oct 9, 14:13 4
    - That will power a small space heater for about 30 minutes. Suggestions inside. - Colin Oct 9, 14:26 2
      - i live in a condo. No gas powered generator is allowed. -- nm - Andie Oct 9, 14:27 1
        
        Anker is coming out with some great products. I was looking at one for my ADU similar to this one. -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Oct 9, 14:30
    - Our gas heat furnace won't work without AC power for the fan and sensors. so having this would really help in the winter - zeitgeist Oct 9, 14:20
Cat 3, 120 mph, 948 mb. Landfall looking like just at the bottom of Tampa Bay. -- nm - ty97 Oct 9, 13:58 6
- Yeah, I've been watching the WFLA "wobble tracker." They seem to have it going right at Bradenton. -- nm - mara Oct 9, 14:16 1
  - NHC track has it right about that spot as well. -- nm - ty97 Oct 9, 14:18
- Storm surge forecast -- (pic) - ty97 Oct 9, 14:07 [Attachment]
- Update track -- (pic) - ty97 Oct 9, 14:04 [Attachment]
- Rain forecast -- (pic) - ty97 Oct 9, 14:03 [Attachment]
- 6-9 feet of surge now forecast into the Bay. Helene was probably 6-8. -- nm - ty97 Oct 9, 14:00
name a famous guitarist known for playing a Gibson SG. here's Sister Rosetta Tharpe playing her SG 60 years ago. -- (pic) - Peglegpete Oct 9, 13:46 [Attachment] 3
- Angus Young, he's pretty much the reason I can ID them -- nm - con_carne Oct 9, 14:18
- a few spoilers - Peglegpete Oct 9, 13:55 1
  - more - mud Oct 9, 14:18 [Attachment]
Watching local news, it's tracking further north than expected right now. -- nm - ty97 Oct 9, 13:46 6
- link me your feed? -- nm - ☀️ amandachem ☀️ Oct 9, 13:54 1
  - here -- (link) - ty97 Oct 9, 13:57
- I was dreading it might head south. Nobody is prepared there, many from the north went south, they're trapped when land ends ... -- nm* - Peglegpete Oct 9, 13:52
- Yep looks like somewhere near Sarasota will be landfall -- nm - eag Oct 9, 13:50 2
  - That was the track. It’s looking north of that now. Might hit the bay -- nm - ty97 Oct 9, 13:53 1
    - Yeah looks like it -- nm - eag Oct 9, 13:57
25 minutes until the 5pm update, the 5pm news, and my new best friend Dennis Phillips, Chief Meteorologist at ABC Action News Tampa. - ty97 Oct 9, 13:36
Livestream from the front of my house -- (link) - JaxSean Oct 9, 13:25 21
- Feed went away. :-( -- nm - Krusty Oct 9, 13:55 7
  - Well, ends that experiment. Power is out. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 9, 13:57 6
    - This sucks. We're one of the 45. -- (pic) - JaxSean Oct 9, 14:32 [Attachment] 1
      - 46 now! -- nm - Andie Oct 9, 14:32
    - Crap. -- nm - mara Oct 9, 14:19
    - That was fast. -- nm - ty97 Oct 9, 14:06
    - :( -- nm - Andie Oct 9, 14:00
    - ughh :( -- nm - Jovian Oct 9, 13:57
- Cool. Looks okay so far. When is landfall expected? -- nm - Krusty Oct 9, 13:47 2
  - 4-5 hours from now estimated -- nm - ty97 Oct 9, 13:53 1
    - Thanks. -- nm - Krusty Oct 9, 13:55
- does the little girl in the well ever come up to visit? -- nm* - Jovian Oct 9, 13:38 1
  - only during hurricanes -- nm - JaxSean Oct 9, 13:42
- We even have audio! -- nm - Pippy aka Couch Therapist Oct 9, 13:34 1
  - ooh, glad you said that lol (I didn't realize) -- nm - JaxSean Oct 9, 13:42
- That's a beautiful tree. -- nm - David Oct 9, 13:30
- (your front yard is pretty!) -- nm - Andie Oct 9, 13:28 4
  - euphemism? -- nm - prayformojo Oct 9, 13:52
  - It really is -- nm - ty97 Oct 9, 13:35 2
    - Thanks - the backyard is even better! -- nm - JaxSean Oct 9, 13:42 1
      - jelly (except for hurricanes.) -- nm - ☀️ amandachem ☀️ Oct 9, 13:51
I wonder if Sunset Pier in Naples collapses. This is a lot of surge already. -- (link) - mara Oct 9, 13:00 [youtube] 5
- people just casually walking through the water -- nm - Andie Oct 9, 13:08 2
  - heh I was just looking at that guy and Im like what the heck -- nm - Jovian Oct 9, 13:09 1
    - Gotta get that video for his page. -- nm - Meg Oct 9, 13:21
- Before and After of Naples Pier from Ian in 2022. (Ian was worse for Naples surge than Milton will be I believe) -- (link) - ty97 Oct 9, 13:04 [youtube]
- Oh, sorry, it's Naples Pier, the sunset cam. -- nm - mara Oct 9, 13:01
Rolled in to the complex and there's a damn great Ryder truck parked in the main drive. There was room to get by him but it seemed like just inches. - Meg Oct 9, 12:33 1
- Ryder, die? -- nm - Qale Oct 9, 12:56
One thing about following Hurricane coverage all these years I now know about the I 4 corridor and where it is -- nm - eag Oct 9, 12:28
Some recent Amazon purchases I'd endorse -- (edited) - Max Oct 9, 12:14 1
- Just added the toiletry pouches to my cart. Don't know why I never thought to get one before. -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 9, 13:56
Lebron James: “ Can someone please explain to me why we’re getting on a ✈️ and heading to Milwaukee for 1 pre-season game!?!?”—Dude, just retire -- nm - Trending Oct 9, 12:09 3
- Because Bronny needs a chaperone. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 9, 12:57
- 'Cuz it's your job. -- nm - . Oct 9, 12:28 1
  - Right?! $60M/yr gotta get some value back -- nm - Trending Oct 9, 12:46
Tornado sweeps over bridge during meteorologist's (in-studio) live report. Start at about the 2:00 mark. -- (link) - mara Oct 9, 11:59 [youtube] 12
- that's incredible footage -- nm - prayformojo Oct 9, 13:00
- Q.Q -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 9, 12:50
- 90 tornado warnings in Florida so far today -most ever. -- (link) - Andie Oct 9, 12:37
- Oh shit -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 9, 12:34
- Why are people driving across it? -- nm - Dano Oct 9, 12:24 6
  - Because that's where the road is? -- nm - ty97 Oct 9, 12:31 5
    - I would have accepted "to get to the other side" -- nm - Dano Oct 9, 12:38
    - aren't people supposed to hunkering down now if they didn't already leave? -- nm - Andie Oct 9, 12:38 3
      - Good question, I'm not sure if Lee County (where that is) has evac orders in place. I would guess Zone A? But police are letting people cross.... - ty97 Oct 9, 12:58 2
        
        okay yeah never mind, that area is under mandatory evacuation by last night so *shrug* who knows -- nm - ty97 Oct 9, 13:00 1
        
        Could be emergency/law enforcement. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Oct 9, 13:05
- Matlacha (pronounce matt lu-shay, don't ask me) got hammered during Ian in 2022 -- nm - ty97 Oct 9, 12:05
She lives -- (link) - JD Oct 9, 11:57 6
- I saw “No Doubt/Garbage” concert, about 20 years ago—I was about 5 ft from the stage…it was a glorious night -- nm - Trending Oct 9, 13:12
- That's a garbage post. -- nm - Dano Oct 9, 12:06 1
  - Heh -- nm - Beryllium Oct 9, 12:12
- Hip surgery right? -- nm - Remlik Oct 9, 11:59 2
  - I haven't read any details. She's been vague about the injury and surgery in the stuff I've read -- nm - JD Oct 9, 12:08 1
    - I believe she had her hip replaced last year and they toured, and she was having mobility issues with it. -- nm - Remlik Oct 9, 12:37
I keep waiting for someone to get knocked down on the Southernmost Point Hurricane Cam. It is really whipping up -- nm - Pippy aka Couch Therapist Oct 9, 11:57 2
- I think I saw one person get knocked down a while back. -- nm - mara Oct 9, 11:58
- I looked at the 'storm surge' map and it said max 1-3 ft at Key West. THAT footage from that cam is 1-3 ft at most. Imagine 5-10 or 10-15?! -- nm - ty97 Oct 9, 11:58
Pretty pointless doctor’s appointment today. Blood draw took longer than the actual doctor part. Continued monitoring of cholesterol meds… - Qale Oct 9, 11:43 6
- We're blood draw twins! I'm rather surprised my results haven't started coming in yet. Usually have the first ones by the time I get home. - Meg Oct 9, 12:27 3
  - Same here regarding results. We have a little app called MyChart that lets us see them as soon as they're available. -- nm - Bayronmax Oct 9, 12:58 1
    - In fact, when I went to the ER last year, I saw the results in MyChart from the ER draw before I got to see an actual physician. - Bayronmax Oct 9, 13:01
  - I don’t mind blood draws if… - Qale Oct 9, 12:31
- Happy birthday! And to Con Carne as well! -- nm - David Oct 9, 11:50 1
  - Con Carne means With Evil, because he’s the evil birthday twin! -- nm - Qale Oct 9, 12:30
Map of Waffle House closures ahead of the storm -- (link*) - znufrii Oct 9, 11:40
2pm winds were down to 130. (Yeah 130 is still a LOT of wind, but go shear go!) -- nm - ty97 Oct 9, 11:37
Blitz reviews should drop soon. I saw it this morning and enjoyed it. - LMS Oct 9, 11:32 4
- The fact that it's not a masterpiece should count for it, not against it. It's the Oscar we are talking about. (NM) - Marlowe Oct 9, 12:14 1
  - True, it's akin to Belfast. -- nm - LMS Oct 9, 14:56
- what the heck is McQueen wearing -- (link) - mud Oct 9, 11:48
- coolio -- nm - budice Oct 9, 11:34
Strapped down roof - honestly, i am impressed. -- (link) - Andie Oct 9, 11:22 13
- If I were in that situation, I would try it. -- nm - sycor Oct 9, 11:30 2
  - wind can lift the whole roof off, so additional help beyond the original nails/screws can save it ...maybe -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 9, 12:51 1
    - i think there might be straps left holding down a frame without a roof around them anymore, best case -- nm - mr mooch Oct 9, 13:33
- That pic has been making the rounds on the social wire. Whether itll hold. A for effort -- nm - budice Oct 9, 11:27 9
  - I was thinking if one of those spikes holding the straps down gets loose - 100+ mph snake strap of death whipping around. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 9, 11:29 7
    - I wonder if it's a commentary on the insurance situation. I would think doing such a thing would void whatever insurance they might have, but... yanno -- nm - con_carne Oct 9, 12:25
    - "Hurricane zone! Snake strap of death!" -- nm - Al Giordino Oct 9, 12:16
    - I don’t know their tensile strength, but Disney uses them for festival booths. -- nm - David Oct 9, 11:53
    - Not that guy's first hurricane: "cement holding down the strap that was poured 8 feet into the ground" -- nm - JD Oct 9, 11:37 2
      - 100+ mph flying cement blocks of death whipping around? -- nm* - znufrii Oct 9, 13:25
      - Yup—I was unimpressed until I read this part— -- nm - Trending Oct 9, 13:14
    - hiss hiss hisssss -- nm - Snake Strap of Death Oct 9, 11:31
  - i mean, it can't hurt. -- nm - Andie Oct 9, 11:28
2pm Update: Further South track. I guess the Tampa Burial Mound Protection Spells are working. - JaxSean Oct 9, 11:18 [Attachment] 6
- woo! for being out of the cone -- nm - Andie Oct 9, 11:24 5
  - ty's parents are getting close to being out of it as well. - JaxSean Oct 9, 11:31 4
    - i think it's pretty likely i am not going to Fort Myers in 3 weeks. The clean up is going to be intense. They just got hit by a tornado. :( -- nm - Andie Oct 9, 11:44 2
      - Tornadoes tend to do very localized damage, smaller ones do little damage. Fort Myers is not supposed to take a direct hit from Milton. - ty97 Oct 9, 12:33 1
        
        i haven't even booked a place yet, we just grabbed some cheap flights a month or so ago to use up my final vacation days. -- (edited) - Andie Oct 9, 12:49
    - And especially not “east-side eyewall passing over us” nastiness which is literally called by meteorologists as the “dirty side.” -- nm - Qale Oct 9, 11:40
Today's song seed for my Apple Music create station: New Orleans is Sinking -- nm - Beryllium Oct 9, 10:57 1
- earworm! -- nm - mud Oct 9, 11:03
My World Of Flops: Borderlands -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Oct 9, 10:55
Deadspin loses bid to toss defamation suit over article accusing young Chiefs fan of racism -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Oct 9, 10:47 3
- Good. Carron Phillips is an awful writer and deserves bad things. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 9, 11:37
- Payee that boyee hees mahney. -- nm - Bayronmax Oct 9, 10:57 1
  - lol -- nm - Beryllium Oct 9, 11:09
WDW closing at 2pm ET (15mins from now) -- (link) - budice Oct 9, 10:44 6
- here is a great rundown of what it was like in WDW during Helene -- (link*) - Jovian Oct 9, 10:59 [youtube] 1
  - heh, nvm. This is more of a clip of Rise of the Resistance then anything else. Still cool though -- nm - Jovian Oct 9, 11:06
- Disneyland price increases for Tickets and Passes (~6%) -- (link) - budice Oct 9, 10:48
- Disneyland jacking up their prices again -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 9, 10:47 2
  - free market capitalism baby! -- nm - Pippy aka Couch Therapist Oct 9, 10:49 1
    - Everyone paid full fare for a 1/2 day of DisneyWorld today -- nm* - budice Oct 9, 10:56
First hockey game of the season for me tonight. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 9, 10:43
Happy Hump Day! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 9, 10:43

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