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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 10:35 PM
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Holy shit! Look at all the Severe Weather Warnings across the USA right now!!


Go to link below and click on your state... unbelievable!! :crazy:

This is such a cool database of detailed national weather alerts...
http://weather.wbztv.com/auto/wbz4V3/severe.asp

There are so many tornado warnings it's mind boggling... there's a wall
of storm line with tornado's moving across the middle of the country...

.... south to north :scared:



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MuseRider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 10:40 PM
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1. It is getting pretty creepy outside
as the big supercells have a dead eye right on my house!!! Well, once again. I was just outside bringing in the horses and the goats and it just feels like tornadoes. I swear, every time I do this I feel like Dorothy when she was trying to get into the storm shelter. Just a watch here for now but I am watching it move in from my front window.

Good luck to all and keep an eye to the sky.
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CherokeeDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 10:44 PM
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2. Stay safe!!!! nt
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davidinalameda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 10:44 PM
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3. get your ass to safety!
make sure you let us know you're okay once this blows over

you and your neighbors, and everyone affected by these storms, are in my prayers tonight!


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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 10:49 PM
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5. Damn! What state are you in besides panic?
Edited on Wed Jun-11-08 10:49 PM by Breeze54
Take cover!! Stay safe... we need you.
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MuseRider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 11:07 PM
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14. Why Kansas Auntie Em!
The counties next to mine are in warnings and there are confirmed tornadoes ripping through several cities. Injuries and towns badly damaged.

I just heard that Kansas State University is getting hit by the tornado there. Oh god, that is such a beautiful campus with old buildings. I just heard it was a large tornado. I think I should go and watch this closely. It is still about 60 miles away from me but coming this way and there is another super cell behind this one producing tornadoes.
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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 11:12 PM
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18. I don't know how you can stand living under that gun....
That would drive me insane. I lived in IL for one spring tornado season and that was enough for me!!

Give me Hurricanes, Blizzard's and Nor'Easter's... they're somewhat predictable but tornado's?

No Thanks!

I hope the college survives this.... Thanks for checking back in. Hang in there.
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MuseRider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 11:23 PM
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25. Quite honestly I love storm season.
The tornadoes are just the price we have to pay to be a part of incredible storms. They really are quite beautiful. A picture from my old house about 5 years ago. Beautiful and powerful. A wonderful look at a wall cloud. Spawned a tornado, I was outside while the sirens were blowing to get this photo.

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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 11:38 PM
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Incredible picture and sooo dark! You're much braver than I....
Edited on Wed Jun-11-08 11:38 PM by Breeze54
Glad you're having fun though! :crazy: Muse!! :rofl:
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MuseRider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 11:44 PM
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37. LOL
Grew up with them. I pretty much know what to do (famous last words).
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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 11:55 PM
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50. Yeah! Bend over and kiss your..... ... good bye!!
:P
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Terran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 03:25 PM
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95. I love storms too
The weather was one reason I actually moved from California to Missouri. I've only had the sirens go off twice in my town in 14 years and no damage was done, but there's nothing more awesome than watching (and feeling) unstable weather sweep in. I've seen many absolutely incredible lightning storms here. Great picture.
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tapper Donating Member (87 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 11:22 PM
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24. Oh, no
My brother, way back in the late 60s, had just moved to K-State for college when a tornado went through. (Same storm that produced the Topeka tornado that took out a lot of Washburn Univeristy, IIRC.)

Just looked at the radar; looks like it's about 2 hours away from me.

Let's hope everyone keeps safe...
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MuseRider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 11:29 PM
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26. June 8, 1966
I was in Topeka. Manhattan got it too that day but the one in Topeka was so much bigger they got left out of a lot of the news.

It was pretty scary that evening. I was away from home with a friend and we watched it rip through. Here are a couple of pictures. Hey, I have to keep busy as this thing comes in :).





Stay safe.
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greenbriar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 10:50 PM
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6. Stay safe will pray nothing happens
luckily at the present we are spared from this storm



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MuseRider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 11:08 PM
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17. KState!
I just heard a very large tornado was ripping through campus. I hope they are incorrect.

I am fine so far. I get really upset worrying about my horses and goats.
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greenbriar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 11:50 PM
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44. praying for your safety
That things will be okay
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MuseRider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 11:53 PM
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48. I think deminks is
around that area, not in Manhattan but somewhere between me and Manhattan. I hope she is OK.

I am fine but the sirens are going off. North of me though.
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MuseRider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 11:31 PM
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27. On the ground for 80 miles so far
this is a big one.
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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 11:42 PM
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33. 80 mile swipe?!
:scared:
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MuseRider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 11:50 PM
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45. That is what they say.
The one we just got warned for is a new one. I may go for a while but so far I don't think there is any risk here in the Wakarusa River Valley.
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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 11:56 PM
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52. That's good. Get some sleep.
G' night. :bye: :hi:
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MuseRider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 12:04 AM
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54. G' night.
Thanks for your concern. I think I will be up a little while, the sirens are loud! How dare they keep me awake!
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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 12:08 AM
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56. I'm still up too... I saw below that the sirens were going off near you....
I'm listening to http://www.1480kphx.com/

They keep updating the storms every 20 or 30 minutes or so...

1480 KPHX Streams

Primary Stream - Listen Live: http://www.1480kphx.com/DynamoPages.php?PID=22

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CoffeeCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 10:48 PM
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4. I'm in Des Moines, Iowa...
Edited on Wed Jun-11-08 10:50 PM by TwoSparkles
...and we are experiencing weather mayhem.

We're approaching record water levels here. 55 out of 99 counties in Iowa have
been declared disaster areas. Many towns are flooded and have been evacuated.

In 1993 we had record-level floods. That was supposed to be a "500 year flood."

The Des Moines river level is one foot below 1993, when Saylorville Lake and dam rose
to 893 feet above sea level. The level is 892 now.

I just heard on the local weather report, that we're supposed to get 6 inches of
rain tonight. Storms moving through the state right now...you can see that big
line of storms.

I just can't imagine what six inches of rain will do to our state.

This is nuts.
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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 10:51 PM
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7. OMG!! ... "55 out of 99 counties in Iowa have been declared disaster areas."?!?
That's half the state!!! Are you OK?

:hug:

I don't know what to tell you, other than seek a safe place! Gheesh... :(

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CoffeeCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 10:59 PM
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10. Yes, half of the state...
...has been completely flooded.

Several downtown areas (Cedar Falls, Waterloo, Cedar Rapids) had to be evacuated.
Water is coming up over bridges and inundating downtown area.

I'm in central Iowa, and the lynchpin here is Saylorville lake and dam. Water is pouring
over the emergency spillway directly into the Des Moines river, which runs right though
Des Moines.

I just heard that we're supposed to get 6 more inches of rain tonight! That was just
reported at 10:00--about an hour ago. The rain will soak central Iowa. There's just
nowhere for this water to go! Rivers are one foot short of meeting the "Floods of '93
records, as it is. I can't imagine what 6 inches of rain will do!

We're ok. Although we live a few miles from Saylorville--we're on high ground. This
area (Des Moines suburb, Ankeny was unaffected in '93.

It's going to be a long night of storms though!

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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 11:06 PM
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13. Gheesh... I'm glad you're on high ground.... we'll be watching with you.
:hug:
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 11:01 PM
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11. I want every architectural school in the country recruited
It's time to start building to survive.
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pansypoo53219 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 11:43 PM
Response to Reply #4
34. yeah,
WI has had 3 100 year floods in the last decade. mother nature can't count.

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harun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 10:52 PM
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8. A week or two ago it was about 4 times as much as that.
Crazy.
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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 10:56 PM
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9. I read that but this is happening now... even one is traumatic, imho.
The flooding is devastating all the farms and crops too.
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CoffeeCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 11:07 PM
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15. Yes, I can tell you....
...that every single corn field I passed today, was either totally or partially
underwater. The ground has been soaked for a while, and now the fields look
like lakes.

I'm sure this will be devastating for the price of corn.

I'll have to take some pictures tomorrow.
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 11:40 PM
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weezy2736 Donating Member (314 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 11:02 PM
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12. Anyone want to go in on an underwater base?
Edited on Wed Jun-11-08 11:04 PM by weezy2736
I'll help design it (I've got some engineering background), we can all go live in a nice happy bubble.

Eddited to add: someone needs to tip Colorado towards Oklahoma.
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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 11:08 PM
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16. funny.... not... but a way to stop all this insane flooding would be awesome!
:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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defendandprotect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 11:43 PM
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35. Did you see how much SEWAGE was floating around in Katrina . . .
and now in the dam breaking in Wisconsin?

I don't want to be around when that happens here --- !!!
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 11:13 PM
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19. They're not kidding about the fire weather in Northern California
Edited on Wed Jun-11-08 11:13 PM by XemaSab
In the last two days, there have been three major fires seen from our project area.

It's REALLY windy up here, and while it's thankfully not HOT, it's warm enough that fires are really getting going fast.

edit: our, not OUT. x(
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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 11:15 PM
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21. I saw those fires on my local news today, all day and the floods in the MW...
I saw the palm tree's that the tops were on fire and then
the wind blew the sparks and started more fires. Yikes!!

Glad I left Cali when I did!! Stay wet!!! :P
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defendandprotect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 11:44 PM
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38. Well, California has had wildfires going for long periods over years now . . . right???
THIS is happening all the time in CA and then there are mudslides when the rain comes???!!!
Right???


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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 12:09 AM
Response to Reply #38
58. What's your point?
:shrug:
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defendandprotect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 12:33 AM
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66. Excuse me . . . my point is what I just said . . . that this is becoming usual for CA . . .
Edited on Thu Jun-12-08 12:34 AM by defendandprotect
lots of wildfires raging most of the past years . . .

What's your point --- ???


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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 12:40 AM
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67. Take your cavalier, "so what?", attitude somewhere else....
Edited on Thu Jun-12-08 12:41 AM by Breeze54
Doesn't matter that CA has had a horrible time with fires lately, when one loses all they
worked for, it's a disaster for them and no less painful, whether it's the "new" norm or not.

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defendandprotect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 12:52 AM
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72. "Cavalier" . . . what in the H--- are you talking about . . . ??? I'm pointing to the SERIOUSNESS .
of the conditions that CA has been suffering and the tremendous financial losses over the
past probably close to a decade of serious fires -- !!!

Get a grip on yourself ---

And try to work on the concept --- "It's Global Warming . . . "


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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 12:26 AM
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62. It's true: summer in California is fire season
Just like summer in Florida is hurricane season, and summer in the midwest is tornado season.

There are fires that burn into the backcountry and don't hurt people, just like there are tornadoes that blow a roof off a shed and don't do any more damage than that.

Then there are fires that create a wall of flames heading towards, say, the City of Paradise, California, just like there are tornadoes that level entire towns.

Got it? :shrug:
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defendandprotect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 12:40 AM
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68. There has been substantial damage from CA wildfires --- and Florida has also had them . . .
Again, the systems which create hurricanes are moving UP the East Coast . . .
so hurricanes --- and there are many more of them and more severe now --- will be more
of a common thing further north.

El Nino and La Nina were also once in every 2000 year or 1000 year weather systems . . .
they're also seen regularly now ---

I think the Midwest "Go it?" . . .
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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 12:44 AM
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69. "hurricanes are moving UP the East Coast . . . " -- You're a genius!
:sarcasm:

The east coast gets hurricanes ALL the time in the summer and fall...

.... from Florida to Maine and Canada and everything in between. :silly:
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defendandprotect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 12:49 AM
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71. Right . . . a little sarcasm can cover a lot of . ..
ignorance ---

What I said to you was that the SYSTEM which brings hurricanes is moving up the East Coast ---

In other words, hurricanes will be more common further NORTH ---

Let us hear from you again when you get out of jr high ---

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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 12:53 AM
Response to Reply #71
73. I remember many hurricanes, weekly, in the 60's... I was born between two hurricanes!!
;)
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pinto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-13-08 09:13 PM
Response to Reply #69
107. A reminder about our mutual civility standards inserted here.
Thanks for your consideration.

:hi:
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Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 11:15 PM
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20. Geez, if it is not fire it is flood. Did we piss off God yet?
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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 11:18 PM
Response to Reply #20
22. No kidding... and 10 inches of snow in WA state to boot!
Maybe bushCo developed an evil weather machine and....

OK... TINFOIL HAT TIME!! :P

:rofl:

But this isn't funny..... many people are hurting and homeless tonight. :(
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Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 11:32 PM
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28. Well we can keep our humor during these times, we need it.
The flood warnings look ominous. :(
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defendandprotect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 11:45 PM
Response to Reply #20
39. No, the oil industry gave us Global Warming and lied about it for decades . . .
with the help of corrupt people and a corrupt Congress ---

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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 11:18 PM
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23. I see the high winds have moved east of me.
They were really hitting us the other night. Had a tree fall, but fortunately, not close to the house. However, there is a very tall tree that could hit the house if it toppled, and it was really swaying the other night.

:scared:

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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 11:52 PM
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46. Us too last night. At 6 PM tonight, 16 streets were still blocked by fallen tree's...
Update from yesterday's MA Tornado watch: 'Storms Leave Thousands Without Power'
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3428630

I hope you don't have that tree or any tree fall on you!!

Stay safe, SeattleGirl! :hug: I hate these high wind T-storms... and lightning too!
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 12:09 AM
Response to Reply #46
57. 16 streets? Yikes!
How many were originally blocked?

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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 12:15 AM
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59. More than that but the city only had so many people & machines to clear the tree's and they said
that in the morning they get back at it. Some people couldn't even get out of their houses because
the doors were blocked by fallen branches and tree's... I haven't heard an update since 6 PM tonight.
I think it was a small tornado or a downward wind draft(?) or whatever they call it... certainly did
some damage, no matter what it's technically called!
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 12:31 AM
Response to Reply #59
65. Eeek! That sounds so awful!
I'm glad you're safe. :hug:

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defendandprotect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 11:35 PM
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29. The East Coast looks clear right now . . . but we've had high temps ....
BIG thunderstorms last night for a while . . .

My daughter's in Boston . . same thing . . .
in fact, someone commented that Boston was having temps higher than Texas!

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Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 11:38 PM
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30. Those cells coming in from Canada are scary looking.
They are about the size of the state of New York!
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defendandprotect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 11:49 PM
Response to Reply #30
43. As usual, I have a map without Canada attached . . . remember that??!!!
So, I'm not seeing what you're seeing ---

'splain . . .
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Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 11:56 PM
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51. The red tornado areas
dunno, maybe I'm freaking out (wouldn't be the first time) but they look like some kind of inverted arctic blasts moving southwest. It just looks devastating to me, but I know little about weather technicalities.
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MuseRider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 11:42 PM
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32. Door to door rescue operations
in Manhattan Kansas. The university was hit, do not know how badly.

Severe T Storm warning for my area now, looks like the worst went to the North thankfully.
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seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 11:44 PM
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36. shit happens. we are in high winds and first night in days and days it isnt windy
and i am able to water. the winds have been atrocious the last couple months just beating us up. i hate watering cause i have four or five stations the water goes everywhere but grass in windy weather. i am taking advantage of lack of wind.

just kinda funny to me

we have been under fire advisory for days and sure enough had a grass fire today..... anyway
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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 11:54 PM
Response to Reply #36
49. Sounds like a lot of work but you got a break... that's good!
You don't want any fires or those high winds.... cause to much damage.

Stay fireless! ;)
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PermanentRevolution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 11:47 PM
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40. And we still have Hurricane Season to look forward to...
Edited on Wed Jun-11-08 11:59 PM by PermanentRevolution
Oh, goody!

All you DUers in those danger areas, stay safe!
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MuseRider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 11:47 PM
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41. OOps I was wrong. Sirens going off.
I think it will still be way North of me so I will stay up here and report for a while.
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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 11:58 PM
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53. That was a fast comeback... don't blame you.... I'd be up too!
I was up last night waiting for the T-storms myself....
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MuseRider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 12:07 AM
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55. You guys were
under the gun yesterday weren't you? Seems odd, is it?

They just removed my county out of the tornado warning.
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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 12:25 AM
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61. Good! Now you can relax?
Edited on Thu Jun-12-08 12:28 AM by Breeze54
Let's hope so!

It looks to me like the whole country is under the gun...and your storms are moving my way!

I'll bet in two days... Saturday, we're under some sort of weather watch again...

this is going to be a Great summer... I just know it! :sarcasm:

:toast:
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1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 11:48 PM
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42. i moved to the ozarks 5 years ago to live on a little farm...
and the weather here scares the crap out of this city boy.

it not just if a tornado sweeps down and blows up my house (not yet, just some downed trees.) or if a flood knocks on my door (knock on wood they have stopped at the door.) last year an ice storm left me without electricity and running water for three weeks.

weather has gone from something to be amazed at to something to be feared.

but this year (again, knock on wood) has been the greatest of springs. all of the harsh stuff seems to be north this year.

i've not lived here long enough to discern a pattern. but for everyone who lives in an earthquake area or a hurricane belt...

its sucks inland too...

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seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 11:52 PM
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47. i am from calif, been in lots of earthquakes. moved to the tornado alley myself
i hear ya with the tornados. been here a decade and half and a little more comfortable with it. i have no desire to go flyin in the sky.

also had a couple of those ice storms but longest without electricity was 3 day, with little kids and a really cold house.
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dysfunctional press Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 12:22 AM
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60. it doesn't seem all that bad to me, coast to coast, that is...
:shrug:

it's getting to be summer, and storms happen.
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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 12:30 AM
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63. Really? You don't think that 55 out of 99 counties declared disaster area's in Iowa is a big deal?
Edited on Thu Jun-12-08 12:32 AM by Breeze54
That children have been killed by a tornado at a summer camp is a big deal either?

:shrug:

And that's just ONE state!!

Please do not seek employment with FEMA!! :crazy:



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dysfunctional press Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 08:34 AM
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77. try re-reading the op-
Edited on Thu Jun-12-08 08:44 AM by QuestionAll
you linked to a map that was supposed to show the entire country engulfed in horrific weather.

the map is not all that impressive, as far as stormy periods go.

the map doesn't show children killed at a summer camp

the map doesn't show 55 out 99 iowa counties declared disaster areas.

the map shows basically one system of bad weather over one area of the country.

there have been many many times where much more of the country was seeing very bad weather at the same time, so no- the map that you linked to was no big deal, comparatively speaking.

here's a quote from your post-

"There are so many tornado warnings it's mind boggling."

but look at the map- tornado warnings are RED- there isn't a single red county on the map. :crazy:

the map shows NO severe thunderstorm activity either- it shows a large area of flood warnings and watches, and another area with high wind advisories, and some possible fire warnings...and some fog in maryland...but the majority of the states/country in the map you provided have absolutely nothing going on...:shrug:
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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-13-08 06:41 PM
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106. Are you really that brain dead? You're bitching at me 24 HOURS LATER!!!!
:silly:


I guess you aren't that smart, after all. :eyes:
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defendandprotect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 12:30 AM
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64. Are you kidding . . . have you read what the Mid-West is going thru -- 10" of rain in one day . . .
and days and days of rain???

"Summer" . . . 90 degrees used to happen on the East Coast in late August . . . AFTER WE DROPPED
THE BOMB ON JAPAN . . . . not in June . . .
and we're on our way to notching up 100's . . .

PLUS the systems that bring hurricanes usually to the Southern States is moving up the East Coast ...

Have you happened to notice increases in earthquakes, tornadoes, cyclones . . . ????

Or is that just breezing by you this summer . . . ????



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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 12:49 AM
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70. What does "AFTER WE DROPPED THE BOMB ON JAPAN " have to do with a NE heatwave?
Edited on Thu Jun-12-08 12:50 AM by Breeze54
The northeast has had heat waves in June before....

Recent ones, before the last 4 days, were in 2002 & 2006.

We've also had blizzards with over 2 feet of snow in May and June.

That's what it's always been like on the northeast, on the coast.

"If you don't like this New England weather, wait a minute."
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defendandprotect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 12:56 AM
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74. What does Global Warming have to do with . . .
atomic bombs . . . ????

Work that gray matter a bit ---






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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 01:16 AM
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75. Trust me, it's working, oh... defiant one....
Edited on Thu Jun-12-08 01:17 AM by Breeze54
:eyes:

You dropped that 'bomb' out of nowhere and didn't bother to explain your thinking/facts. Seems
to me you like to 'incite, not invite. Attack but not with facts'. I'm sorry you're so angry but
attacking people in this thread with it, is unacceptable, unless you're willing to explain yourself.
Not everyone is a meteorologist. You sound like you know about it but with your uninviting 'tude, it
makes me wonder.... Have a good night. I hope you don't have any bad weather where you dwell.



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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 12:28 PM
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dysfunctional press Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 08:28 AM
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76. all i said was that this particular map doesn't look all that bad-
there's mostly one cluster of bad weather- it's not like the entire nation was in a deluge. nothing was asked by the op regarding the severity of any one particular storm- he was just saying how dire the map he linked to made the country's situation seem- when in fact, the map was really not all that impressive, compared to many many many other periods of bad weather that involved MANY more areas of the country simultaneously.

sheesh...:eyes:
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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-13-08 02:03 PM
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101. It was THE most tornado's EVER in one day!! It Broke a record!!!
Edited on Fri Jun-13-08 02:03 PM by Breeze54
:eyes:

You are always so blase' about things but it seems to me
you miss a lot of detail, hence your blase'-ness. :eyes:
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dysfunctional press Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-13-08 03:00 PM
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104. and where exactly does the map you posted show that...?
tornado warnings are shown in red, and yet not a single red square is showing...? :shrug:
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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-13-08 06:38 PM
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105. It did at 11:35 PM the other night! Don't you get it? That map updates constantly!
At 11:35 PM the other night, the whole midsection of that map was lit up BUT
I provided a link to all the severe weather warnings in my OP and it was huge!!!

May still be tonight, although I haven't checked today.
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 08:35 AM
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78. I didn't realize earthquakes were a weather phenomenon
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defendandprotect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 12:29 PM
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80. Global Warming will bring more earthquakes ---
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 12:38 PM
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83. Umm, no.
There's an argument that global warming may increase the human toll of earthquakes thanks to flooding of coastal areas, not increase earthquakes themselves.
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defendandprotect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 01:47 PM
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86. No --
Edited on Thu Jun-12-08 01:48 PM by defendandprotect
Granted Global Warming will increase the loss of life no matter the circumstances ---
All conditions will be compounding ---

However -- and I can't supply you with the original at this point, I'm still looking for it --
but AS I RECALL, the Pentagon in their memo on Global Warming said that it would cause increasing earth quakes.
The original link is no longer working and most of the reports on this are scrubbed;
i.e., Global Warming has been replaced by "climate change" and other more direct comments by Pentagon taken out. Though, many of the sites are still showing the absolute catastrophre
we are facing.

Here's my original link to the original story ---
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0%2C6903%2C1153513%2C00.html
Pentagon memo to Bush
Unfortunately, I didn't copy the text

If the Memory Hole is still around I'll try to continue to track the original reports on the Pentagon memo to Bush ---

Sad to say we are getting increasing reports of earthquake activity ---

Reno, Nv reporting the other day -- yahoo had the story ---

here's some other info on it ---

http://cbs5.com/local/reno.nevada.earthquakes.2.714998.html

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/national_world&id=6105305





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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 02:40 PM
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87. I would find that hard to believe
And if the report actually says that, I would point at it and laugh.
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defendandprotect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 03:03 PM
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88. Hey . . . Bush is laughing at the Pentagon . . . why not you?
Edited on Thu Jun-12-08 03:06 PM by defendandprotect
Not to mention distorting and laughing at most other info re GW ---

Here's one report you can begin to laugh at right now . . .

http://environment.about.com/od/globalwarming/a/earthquakes.htm

Fire and Ice: Melting Glaciers Trigger Earthquakes, Tsunamis and Volcanos
From Larry West,
Your Guide to Environmental Issues.
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Geologists Say Global Warming Expected to Cause Many New Seismic Events
Climatologists have been raising alarms about global warming for years, and now geologists are getting into the act, warning that melting glaciers will lead to an increasing number of earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions in unexpected places.
People in northern climates who have been looking south and shaking their heads sadly over the plight of people living in the path of Atlantic hurricanes and Pacific tsunamis had better get ready for a few seismic events of their own, according to a growing number of prominent geologists.

Less Glacial Pressure, More Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions
Ice is extremely heavy—weighing about one ton per cubic meter—and glaciers are massive sheets of ice. When they are intact, glaciers exert enormous pressure on the portion of the Earth’s surface they cover.





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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 03:06 PM
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89. I thought Bush and the Pentagon were laughing at us
Maybe this report about earthquakes being caused by global warming is a practical joke.
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defendandprotect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 03:16 PM
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91. Maybe you're "a practical joke" --- ???
so is the Rev. Pat Robertson but he's now a "convert" to Global Warming evidence ---
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 03:26 PM
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96. Do you know what global warming is?
Do you know what an earthquake is?

Can you possibly give me any evidence to suggest that changes in atmospheric temperature are going to increase plate tectonics?

Feel free to cite any credible evidence. Or don't call people practical jokes - not when you are the one making ridiculous claims.
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defendandprotect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 03:28 PM
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97. Do you know where you are ....
and/or what's going on around you -- ?

Feel free to continue on in your ignorance ---

You're now on IGNORE ---

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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 03:29 PM
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99. Good. I'll take this opportunity to point out that you sound like a raving loon.
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RandomKoolzip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 12:40 PM
Response to Reply #64
84. Are you really trying to say that there was no freakishly hot weather or
widespread earthquakes (NOT a meteorological phenomenon, by the way) until after the US dropped an atomic bomb on Japan?

Cuz if you are, that's really stupid.
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defendandprotect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 03:43 PM
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100. What I am saying is that we didn't require air-conditioning in America . . .
prior to the dropping of atomic bombs ---

Do you disagree with that---???

I made no connection with atomic bombs and earthquakes ---
however, why not?

See Reno, Nevada ---


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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-13-08 02:05 PM
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102. I disagree with that. People used to die.. a lot!! from the heat before AC was invented. n/t
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Muttocracy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 03:20 PM
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93. agree - posted below before I saw your post.
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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-13-08 02:07 PM
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103. But you were looking at the map 5 hrs after I posted... doh!!
The Severe Weather Alerts were at the LINK I posted. :eyes:
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Blue_In_AK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 12:36 PM
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81. Not a whole lot going on here
except for cold. :scared: I see it snowed in Nome this morning, and it just doesn't want to break out of the 50s here in Southcentral. All my garden plants are shivering.
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 12:38 PM
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82. As Vonnegut said after Katrina "Earth has initiated its self defense mechanism"
or something to that effect
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deep harm Donating Member (5 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 12:43 PM
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85. Help disaster survivors - sign this petition to FEMA
Severe heat following a disaster is a real threat to disaster survivors. But, the FEMA administrator recently announced that FEMA would no longer provide ice and generators after a hurricane to disaster survivors. In response, the Disaster Accountability Project is asking for people to sign this petition. Please forward to anyone you know, particularly anyone who lives on the Gulf Coast.

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snooper2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 03:13 PM
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90. I had a fucked up dream last night with tornado's..
Weird dream, very vivid, girlfriend and parents were in it..

They were at a bar wanting to play cards, I had to get the car but my girlfriend had it so was walking in light commercial/residential area...

Tornados were touching down everywhere...looked across a field and saw three small ones start to form. Everyone was running but you couldn't tell which way they were going to go so I stood there and watched the three little ones... ( like 10 foot across each :rofl: ) merge into a bigger one. then I started running and took shelter under a little bridge over a creek, holding myself up between rafters of bridge....


Fucked up dream
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Muttocracy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 03:19 PM
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92. I think it usually looks that bad in winter and summer?
http://nws.noaa.gov/ updates frequently, watches not as bad as warnings I think.
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dorkulon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 03:21 PM
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94. This is all because McCain repudiated Pastor Hagee...
The end is nigh, people! :hide:
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DadOf2LittleAngels Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 03:28 PM
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98. Allot of this is because its unusually cool this year...
The upper atmosphere is so cool that a slight warm front coming by creates enough of a differential for a storm..
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