Hurricane Wilma

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Hurricane Wilma

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It's projected to come straight to Tampa/St. Petersburg.... crap

I'll be packing tomorrow night
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Post by Dave »

ride it out sissy
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Godspeed, you Black Emperor!
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does southern america always get raped by 3 huge hurricanes every year or is this year particularly bad? i don't pay attention to the news that much but it seems like this year its happening more...
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Post by Dave »

The number that hits land seems pretty normal, but this time we lost an entire city :clownboat:
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fair enough. i'm glad i don't live down there. 120 mph winds must suck
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I live on the East Coast of Florida. We're still waiting to see what it's going to do over the next day or so. But we're ready. I've got a 12kw generator, 30 gallons of fuel and hurricane shutters that I can put up if it's going to get bad. I can run the A/C, (2) refrigerators, freezer, TV, some lights and the PC. So I'm set. :icon26:
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i don't see any models putting it into Tampa.. <--thats where I am, they all show it hitting south of Lake Okachoobeee putting us on the far north side of the hurricane.

We plan on riding it out, only 2 ways to get out of FLorida, US 19, or I75, both will be packed and you'll get stuck on the highway.. :(
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All the info I'm seeing puts it on Raw's door step. :(
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Post by andyman »

mrd wrote:fair enough. i'm glad i don't live down there. 120 mph winds must suck
175ish right now

plus experts (and this means what?) say that the bad hurricanes are part of a weather cycle that will last the next 10 years.
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Hey YourGrandpa - Man, didn't know I had a gaming community so close by...I live in Melbourne, but own a store in Vero. Saw your sig and clicked...very cool. Hope to meet ya someday at the LAN.

Peace!
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Re: Hurricane Wilma

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andyman wrote:It's projected to come straight to Tampa/St. Petersburg.... crap

I'll be packing tomorrow night
hang in there man it could change direction
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mybigfatpipe wrote:Hey YourGrandpa - Man, didn't know I had a gaming community so close by...I live in Melbourne, but own a store in Vero. Saw your sig and clicked...very cool. Hope to meet ya someday at the LAN.

Peace!
Sweet deal man. We're always looking for new targets. The next LAN party is going to be November 12. We also have a Ranked BF2 server that we Admin.

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Dek wrote:i don't see any models putting it into Tampa.. <--thats where I am, they all show it hitting south of Lake Okachoobeee putting us on the far north side of the hurricane.

We plan on riding it out, only 2 ways to get out of FLorida, US 19, or I75, both will be packed and you'll get stuck on the highway.. :(
The north side of the storm is the worst side.
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Post by SoM »

andyman wrote:
mrd wrote:fair enough. i'm glad i don't live down there. 120 mph winds must suck
175ish right now

plus experts (and this means what?) say that the bad hurricanes are part of a weather cycle that will last the next 10 years.
can i have ur mustang if u die from wilma ?

i promise to ride it up geoff's ass
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Post by S@M »

If Wilma hits (WTF with names for these things, men can be bad ass too) then it equals the record for the number of hurrycanes in one season, so yeah, numbers are above average this year,
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Post by YourGrandpa »

That's not going to happen in a CAT 2/3 hurricane.
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Post by R00k »

I thought Wilma was a Cat 5 already?
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Post by Nightshade »

S@M wrote:If Wilma hits (WTF with names for these things, men can be bad ass too) then it equals the record for the number of hurrycanes in one season, so yeah, numbers are above average this year,
lucky yanks, grab ur surfboards
Yeah, like Gilbert, Andrew, Hugo, and Floyd? It's just the luck of the draw.
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mybigfatpipe wrote:Hey YourGrandpa - Man, didn't know I had a gaming community so close by...I live in Melbourne, but own a store in Vero. Saw your sig and clicked...very cool. Hope to meet ya someday at the LAN.

Peace!
I was in Melbourne Beach a couple weeks ago on vacation. :o
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Re: Hurricane Wilma

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andyman wrote:It's projected to come straight to Tampa/St. Petersburg.... crap

I'll be packing tomorrow night
hahahaha. take that.
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Post by Ryoki »

S@M wrote:(WTF with names for these things, men can be bad ass too)
Afaik the rules for hurricane naming are: male if it's an even year, female if it's an odd year - first letter of alphabet for first hurricane, B for the second, etc.
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Post by MKJ »

Jerry went over me when i was in Miami

oh and there was a storm going on too btw
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I see you are wearing your funnypants!
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Post by MKJ »

and my jokingdress.

now take off that goatwig :(
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