Sunday Reads: One Word, Tampa.
Posted: September 10, 2017 Filed under: Climate Change, Cuba, Environment, Gun Control, morning reads, nature, open thread, Real Life Horror | Tags: Irma 21 CommentsThis tweet by Jim Cantore sums things up into one single word…yeah, that is your latest update on Hurricane Irma.
Tampa.
My hometown.
This post is a quick round-up of links and tweets on the storms. (Don’t forget about Jose.)
One of those cranes just collapsed on a building:
And if all this wasn’t bad enough:
A little humor to lighten the mood:
Houston sunk 2cm, thank you Harvey:
Update in the Mexico earthquake:
Guess y’all heard about the “stupids” in Florida and their plans to shoot at Irma? Even the sheriff had to make a statement.
LOLGOP had the perfect response:
I will end it there. This is an open thread.
My family and friends are going to sit the storm out in their homes and shelters. I am so worried about their safety.
JJ – Good luck to all your kin and loved ones! I’m worried about my old home town – Ft. Myers Beach, although we moved from there in 1967.
This storm is just so gigantic and slow moving.
Thoughts for your family and friends and all in the path of the hurricane.
How far from the coast is your family? Are they in the lowlands?
My ex’s oldest brother and his wife and our nephew are in Naples. They all are out thankfully. I have lots of friends in Ft Lauderdale and the surrounding areas.
That “Irma is white” tweet is hilarious, in a bad way.
I’m loving “Irma Gerd”…..lololol
This looks like a really good cause to support:
Here is a size comparison of Irma and Andrew:
https://www.clickorlando.com/news/what-is-the-size-comparison-between-hurricane-irma-and-hurricane-andrew
I was curious about the size difference with Hurricane Charlie, which hit Ft. Myers in 2004. It was a very compact but vicious storm – they called it “buzzsaw” Charlie.
OMG:
Wow – I saw another article comparing Irma’s size to the state of Texas!
Watch Hurricane Irma from these Florida web cams
https://articles.nola.com/hurricane/index.ssf/2017/09/watch_irma_florida_web_cams.amp
So ….
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/09/hurricane-irma-miami-florida-two-cities?CMP=fb_gu
Meanwhile 45 seems to think the Rich need their tax cuts speeded up as a result of Irma
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-tax/trump-calls-for-a-tax-reform-speed-up-in-light-of-hurricane-irma-idUSKCN1BK0XK
So, he must want us all to pay for Mar Largo Restoration I guess while all the poor can just eat downed coconuts and live in palm frond huts.
So tRump’s property on St. Martin may no longer exist:
http://myinforms.com/en-us/a/706207141-trump-property-on-st-martin-likely-destroyed/
Mar-a-Lago is getting battered and Hurricane Jose is heading for NYC. I wonder if Pat Robertson thinks Divine Retribution is coming for someone…
WaPo:
Miami woman delivers her own baby because Irma’s powerful winds kept help from getting to her
Brilliant.
Mexico sent some of their firefighters to help in the Pacific Northwest. Trump, OTOH, evidently thinks the Blue States can burn up as far as he’s concerned. We do have some senators with seniority; that should help some.
Just because only two cranes collapsed, it doesn’t mean the rest are safe. Metal fatigue can play a big part in later problems.
“Only” two? I can’t believe they let them keep any of them up.