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disalitervisum

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33. Please don't wish for others' property to be destroyed

Reply to syringis (Original post)

Fri Sep 8, 2017, 06:30 AM

Sep 2017

by a hurricane. I lived through two, Hugo in 1989 and Katrina in 2005. Hugo destroyed everything I owned at the time, including my barrier island beach house. These hurricanes are a terrible, frightening experience, and all the misery and problems that come with them are something not to be wished on anyone, no matter how opposed to them politically you may be.

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Nightmare on Mar-a-Lago [View all] syringis Sep 2017 OP

If dreams could come true .... In_The_Wind Sep 2017 #1

If only... syringis Sep 2017 #4

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm malaise Sep 2017 #9

Hello syringis Sep 2017 #12

Regional broadcasts and the BBC say both sides of St Maarten were devastated malaise Sep 2017 #23

Mar-a-lago and Rush Limpball's house! Dustlawyer Sep 2017 #34

republican lies about climate change are dangerous for America Achilleaze Sep 2017 #2

I would say... syringis Sep 2017 #6

GOP Playbook - All issues KY_EnviroGuy Sep 2017 #32

Great cartoon Gothmog Sep 2017 #3

Thank you syringis Sep 2017 #7

Spot on. gademocrat7 Sep 2017 #5

Thank you syringis Sep 2017 #8

Do you get the feeling there just might be a "mother nature" mountain grammy Sep 2017 #10

I often have this feeling syringis Sep 2017 #11

Oh please dog make it so! NastyRiffraff Sep 2017 #13

My husband has been growling for several days. calimary Sep 2017 #15

The real nightmare is in store for the rest of us Fritz Walter Sep 2017 #16

Beautifully ironic isn't it! ffr Sep 2017 #17

I know it's funny but there are tons of us in Florida who aren't laughing at the pleas to destroy NightWatcher Sep 2017 #18

Be safe. Not wishing harm on anyone, but if harm does come ffr Sep 2017 #20

Completely agree. cwydro Sep 2017 #21

I'm sorry syringis Sep 2017 #27

No, I wasn't talking about the toon at all. cwydro Sep 2017 #28

Ah Ok syringis Sep 2017 #30

Yes! cwydro Sep 2017 #31

I'm sorry syringis Sep 2017 #26

It's not you or the toon. cwydro Sep 2017 #29

Up to the hour: Max sustained winds 175 MPH, gusts to 215 MPH. ffr Sep 2017 #19

lost a little bit of strenth?. Hope it fades to at least 120mph or less before it hits Florida Sunlei Sep 2017 #24

all those golf courses will make good new housing locations for displaced families. Sunlei Sep 2017 #22

IF only! usaf-vet Sep 2017 #25

Please don't wish for others' property to be destroyed disalitervisum Sep 2017 #33