ABC: Even a Tropical Storm could raise water levels 8 feet at the Tampa Convention Center

[brooklynite]

...don't say "Climate Change"...

[hlthe2b]

1. Can you say Katrina Karma?

Not wishing that on them, of course... but.... karma is out of MY hands.

[lob1]

2. No climate change, just a little extra 'dew'.

[thelordofhell]

3. I think the GOP plan is to have Romney/Ryan drown

Then they can choose whomever they want to run against President Obama

[2on2u]

4. Sounds legitimate to me. n/t

[ancianita]

5. Oh noes! We might get feetsies wet! Maybe we haz to shut down!

The arena is not near major water. It's near a canal that's off Hillsboro Bay that's off Tampa Bay, both protected by two peninsulas of land. The elites will be protected.

[HooptieWagon]

6. That's utter nonsense.

A cat1 hurricane, under worst case scenerio - large slow storm moving NNE making landfall just to the north at high tide... Might get an 8' storm surge. And thats reall iffy. And 8' still isn't high enough to flood downtown streets, let alone the Forum. A tropical storm simply is not going to generate that kind if storm surge. I live here. I drive through downtown Tampa several days a week. I've done a lot of boating on Hillsborough Bay and River. And I know Florida weather.

[rfranklin]

7. Well, we can dream can't we?

Like the Great Flood, the Republican Ark gets swept away!

[HooptieWagon]

8. Yes, its fun for us to speculate.

But its a bit irresponsible for ABC to report such misinformation.

[avebury]

9. I'll be happy if there is enough of a steady rain (occaisional downpour)

to make it totally miserable for the people attending the Convention. After all we don't want them to skip off and spend all their time at the beach!