i was just telling the gf that this is Obama's fault ... i just knew it!
and don't forget he also controls Stuxnet. and drones, for fuck sake.
Here comes SANDY.....
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i was just telling the gf that this is Obama's fault ... i just knew it!
and don't forget he also controls Stuxnet. and drones, for fuck sake.
Although it is just a category 1 storm, and soon as it makes landfall it will drop to a tropical storm, the heavily congested sprawl will increase the impacts. What I seem to notice is how large this storm is, as in geographical area. Luckily Americans have the best response system, lots of money and lots of resources. Most homes in America are in pretty good shape compared to Central America.
I was on a semi-business trip in Central America in 1998. I was transporting products from South America with stops in Nicaragua, Honduras and Monterrey Mexico. I had some stuff I was supposed to give my friends in need on the Atlantic Coast in Nicaragua and because of the storm I was grounded in Bluefields. There was No Place that I found was safe to stay in Blueflields so I traveled to my friends house (Gringo) in Puerta Cabezas. As luck would have it we were hit dead on in PC. Hurrican Mitch was a category 5 storm with winds of 290KPH (180 mph). My friend has a house he built that was hurricane proof. His home was built on stilts and the floor was 10 feet or so off of the ground. The main sanctuary of the house was a room about 12 foot cubed. It was made of logs like a log cabin, with a zinc metal roof that was all strapped together with a 1 inch steel strap that tied all the walls and roof together as a single very tight unit. We were safe. He had small windows, like port holes on all four walls and we could watch what was happening. The windows were protected with some kind of wire fencing.
At first we thought it was all fun. We were drinking rum and getting high. The wind picked up and started making all the other buildings fall apart very early on. Looking out the windows you seen debris flying, the roofs of other peoples homes, trees and garbage. I would see a house fall over and see a family running out of it and seeking anything they could to break the wind. Women with babies watching everything they own blow away in the wind. Little kids running that were like the local orphans in hip deep water trying to find a way to get out of the wind and flying debris. Trees falling down everywhere. We let two families come into the cabin below and once the water started to raise we let them up in the main room with us. A man lost his wife and youngest daughter that was in us. They were never found. The water started to raise and go within a foot of the bottom of the main sanctuary. We had no idea how high it was going to get and for hours everyone was crying and stressing of what to do when the water got that high. And then it stopped.
I looked outside and all I could see was chaos, the biggest mess I have ever seen. Everything was wet and there were bodies everywhere. There were boats littering the whole town, and my friends house had a big boat (40 footer) that was banging against his pilings that supported his house.
The American Red Cross came to help. The gave us bottled water and Army food packets. I got a boat ride out of there in about a week. I eventually made it back to Bluefields and then to Honduras and then Mexico. Every place that I stopped there was nothing but death, destruction and people that lost everything they own, including people.
You don't want to be in the third world when a storm this size comes, trust me.
I was on a semi-business trip in Central America in 1998. I was transporting products from South America with stops in Nicaragua, Honduras and Monterrey Mexico. I had some stuff I was supposed to give my friends in need on the Atlantic Coast in Nicaragua and because of the storm I was grounded in Bluefields. There was No Place that I found was safe to stay in Blueflields so I traveled to my friends house (Gringo) in Puerta Cabezas. As luck would have it we were hit dead on in PC. Hurrican Mitch was a category 5 storm with winds of 290KPH (180 mph). My friend has a house he built that was hurricane proof. His home was built on stilts and the floor was 10 feet or so off of the ground. The main sanctuary of the house was a room about 12 foot cubed. It was made of logs like a log cabin, with a zinc metal roof that was all strapped together with a 1 inch steel strap that tied all the walls and roof together as a single very tight unit. We were safe. He had small windows, like port holes on all four walls and we could watch what was happening. The windows were protected with some kind of wire fencing.
At first we thought it was all fun. We were drinking rum and getting high. The wind picked up and started making all the other buildings fall apart very early on. Looking out the windows you seen debris flying, the roofs of other peoples homes, trees and garbage. I would see a house fall over and see a family running out of it and seeking anything they could to break the wind. Women with babies watching everything they own blow away in the wind. Little kids running that were like the local orphans in hip deep water trying to find a way to get out of the wind and flying debris. Trees falling down everywhere. We let two families come into the cabin below and once the water started to raise we let them up in the main room with us. A man lost his wife and youngest daughter that was in us. They were never found. The water started to raise and go within a foot of the bottom of the main sanctuary. We had no idea how high it was going to get and for hours everyone was crying and stressing of what to do when the water got that high. And then it stopped.
I looked outside and all I could see was chaos, the biggest mess I have ever seen. Everything was wet and there were bodies everywhere. There were boats littering the whole town, and my friends house had a big boat (40 footer) that was banging against his pilings that supported his house.
The American Red Cross came to help. The gave us bottled water and Army food packets. I got a boat ride out of there in about a week. I eventually made it back to Bluefields and then to Honduras and then Mexico. Every place that I stopped there was nothing but death, destruction and people that lost everything they own, including people.
You don't want to be in the third world when a storm this size comes, trust me.
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sandy has claimed the HMS bounty and possibley some crew members.
14 rescued from movie ship HMS Bounty; 2 missing
12:03PM EDT October 29. 2012 - U.S. Coast Guard helicopters battling Hurricane Sandy rescued 14 of 16 crewmembers who abandoned the movie ship HMS Bounty before it sank off North Carolina early Monday, but officials said two people were still missing at sea.
The 180-foot, three-masted ship was built for the 1962 film Mutiny on the Bounty and was also featured in a Pirates of the Caribbean movie, according to the The HMS Bounty Organization website, the Associated Press reported.
The Coast Guard said Monday that all 16 members of the HMS Bounty crew had made it onto life rafts before the three-masted ship sank, but only 14 people were hoisted to safety by the two Jayhawk helicopters dispatched from North Carolina.
It was not immediately clear why the two missing crewmembers were not among those rescued 90 miles southeast of Hatteras, N.C.
Coast Guard Lt. Brendan Selerno said that an expanded air search was underway for the missing pair, who were believed to be in cold water survival suits and life jackets, the CBC reported.
A Coast Guard Hercules C-130 remained on the scene as officials plotted wind direction and speed to aid in the search.
The Coast Guard also said there were only 16 people aboard the ship when it ran into trouble, not 17 as initially reported.
The director of the HMS Bounty Organization, Tracie Simonin, said the tall ship had left Connecticut last week en route for St. Petersburg, Fla., the Associated Press reported.
"They were staying in constant contact with the National Hurricane Center," she said. "They were trying to make it around the storm."
The first helicopter reached the scene around 6:30 a.m., about 90 minutes after the crew abandoned ship, and hoisted five people aboard. The second chopper plucked nine people from a second life raft.
The 14 were safely back at the Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., by mid-morning, WITN-TV reported.
WATCH: HMS Bounty in rough seas two years ago
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The crew abandoned the ship, which had lost propulsion, after it began taking on water, the Coast Guard said, according to the Associated Press.
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Hatteras, N.C.
The ship was trapped in 40 mph winds and 18-foot seas about 160 miles west of the eye of the hurricane, according to a Coast Guard statement.
Coast Guard Vice Adm. Robert Parker, Operational Commander for the Atlantic Area, told ABC's Good Morning America that at the time of the distress call, the ship was taking on two feet of water an hour. It had about 10 feet of water when the crew abandoned the ship.
The Coast Guard first received a call Sunday evening from the ship's owner who said she had lost communication with the crew.
A signal from the ship's emergency radio beacon later confirmed that the vessel was in distress and gave its position.
Here is how HMS Bounty Facebook page described what happened:
We received a distress call for Bounty at 1830 Sunday evening that the Ship lost power and the pumps were unable to keep up with the dewatering. At that time we immediately contacted the USCG for assistance.
The HMS Bounty Organization website said the ship was built for the 1962 film Mutiny on the Bounty, which starred Marlin Brando. The ship was also used in the film Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest., the AP reported
14 rescued from movie ship HMS Bounty; 2 missing
12:03PM EDT October 29. 2012 - U.S. Coast Guard helicopters battling Hurricane Sandy rescued 14 of 16 crewmembers who abandoned the movie ship HMS Bounty before it sank off North Carolina early Monday, but officials said two people were still missing at sea.
The 180-foot, three-masted ship was built for the 1962 film Mutiny on the Bounty and was also featured in a Pirates of the Caribbean movie, according to the The HMS Bounty Organization website, the Associated Press reported.
The Coast Guard said Monday that all 16 members of the HMS Bounty crew had made it onto life rafts before the three-masted ship sank, but only 14 people were hoisted to safety by the two Jayhawk helicopters dispatched from North Carolina.
It was not immediately clear why the two missing crewmembers were not among those rescued 90 miles southeast of Hatteras, N.C.
Coast Guard Lt. Brendan Selerno said that an expanded air search was underway for the missing pair, who were believed to be in cold water survival suits and life jackets, the CBC reported.
A Coast Guard Hercules C-130 remained on the scene as officials plotted wind direction and speed to aid in the search.
The Coast Guard also said there were only 16 people aboard the ship when it ran into trouble, not 17 as initially reported.
The director of the HMS Bounty Organization, Tracie Simonin, said the tall ship had left Connecticut last week en route for St. Petersburg, Fla., the Associated Press reported.
"They were staying in constant contact with the National Hurricane Center," she said. "They were trying to make it around the storm."
The first helicopter reached the scene around 6:30 a.m., about 90 minutes after the crew abandoned ship, and hoisted five people aboard. The second chopper plucked nine people from a second life raft.
The 14 were safely back at the Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., by mid-morning, WITN-TV reported.
WATCH: HMS Bounty in rough seas two years ago
[YOUTUBEIF]jI4Jh5_woT0[/YOUTUBEIF]
The crew abandoned the ship, which had lost propulsion, after it began taking on water, the Coast Guard said, according to the Associated Press.
Powered by Leaflet — Terms & Feedback
Hatteras, N.C.
The ship was trapped in 40 mph winds and 18-foot seas about 160 miles west of the eye of the hurricane, according to a Coast Guard statement.
Coast Guard Vice Adm. Robert Parker, Operational Commander for the Atlantic Area, told ABC's Good Morning America that at the time of the distress call, the ship was taking on two feet of water an hour. It had about 10 feet of water when the crew abandoned the ship.
The Coast Guard first received a call Sunday evening from the ship's owner who said she had lost communication with the crew.
A signal from the ship's emergency radio beacon later confirmed that the vessel was in distress and gave its position.
Here is how HMS Bounty Facebook page described what happened:
We received a distress call for Bounty at 1830 Sunday evening that the Ship lost power and the pumps were unable to keep up with the dewatering. At that time we immediately contacted the USCG for assistance.
The HMS Bounty Organization website said the ship was built for the 1962 film Mutiny on the Bounty, which starred Marlin Brando. The ship was also used in the film Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest., the AP reported
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yeah I remember that one, march 12th? 13th?
quote=toughmudderdave;5390023]It was actually right before Halloween, so around this time now that I think about it.[/quote]
ok, I'm thinking about the super storm, march 12th of 93
thats the one they called the storm of the century
florida panhandle saw 110mph winds, that's a cat 2 hurricane
Originally Posted by the gnome
yeah I remember that one, march 12th? 13th?
quote=toughmudderdave;5390023]It was actually right before Halloween, so around this time now that I think about it.[/quote]
ok, I'm thinking about the super storm, march 12th of 93
thats the one they called the storm of the century
florida panhandle saw 110mph winds, that's a cat 2 hurricane
fuck hurricane sandy and her sister sally. im weatherproof mutha fuckas. once im wrapped in gorilla tape nothing can hurt me.
best not leave out HAARP.......
village green
Member
That was a very affecting post Huligan.
as long as this hurricane doest effect this weeks episode of sons of anarchy then im ok with it.
I could never finish writing everything I seen there. It was horrible. So much suffering. I actually had tears in my eyes writing it. I think about it every year when the storm season starts. I have been stranded and broke in Central American countless times, but nothing compares to Hurricane Mitch. Seeing that man and his children crying over the loss of their mother and wife still sends me chills. He was one of many thousand that lost someone to that storm. One orphan boy stayed with us with his mutt dog. That dog was all the family he had and he hung onto it like a mother would her child. He was a 12.
village green
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Something to think about as I sit here in my comfortable home getting revved from all the hype on the TV.
Nor'Easter
Member
here internet was down for almost 2 hours but that's about it so can live with that!
News alert!!!
A crane went limp dick in NYC.
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A crane went limp dick in NYC.
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Anybody having a Hurricane Party?
this a rare opportunity for you North easterners .
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this a rare opportunity for you North easterners .
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It looks wild on the TV, best wishes to all those who are affected , ICmaggers and otherwise.
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TrichyTrichy
Were getting some really high winds here in NorthWestern Pa. I cant imagine what its like closer to the eye.. Sandy is projected to move North into NY, but it sure does seem like it wants to keep coming west. This whole storm is nuts. Ive lived here my whole life and Ive never been affected by a hurricane. I did what I could to tie everything down.. but just went out to check on everything and seen the Bunny hutch was tipped over on its face. We had 2 bunnies in there, a buck and doe.. The female fell out of the hutch, and was nowhere to be found.. I searched everywhere around the yard, but Id imagine she is hunkered up in some of the thick patches along the edge of the yard. I really hope she is able to stick it out for the night and turns up tomorrow. My 5 year old girl is going to be heart broken when she finds out. I was able to drag the hutch into the garage to protect the male, he should be able to ride the rest of the storm out in there.
Hope everyone is safe out there. I have family all over the state, and as the hurricane progresses across here its starting to look like it is all they thought it would be. Been hearing ppl all day tell me it wasnt going to be anything and wouldnt affect us, but I knew better than that. Always be prepared. Expect the unexpected, and plan for the worst. Honestly guys, Take care everyone, be safe.
If these are the last days
And 100-food waves come crashing down
I get some hash and pounds
Pass around the bud and watch the flood
[YOUTUBEIF]http://youtu.be/xjoCnCaynCM[/YOUTUBEIF]
Hope everyone is safe out there. I have family all over the state, and as the hurricane progresses across here its starting to look like it is all they thought it would be. Been hearing ppl all day tell me it wasnt going to be anything and wouldnt affect us, but I knew better than that. Always be prepared. Expect the unexpected, and plan for the worst. Honestly guys, Take care everyone, be safe.
If these are the last days
And 100-food waves come crashing down
I get some hash and pounds
Pass around the bud and watch the flood
[YOUTUBEIF]http://youtu.be/xjoCnCaynCM[/YOUTUBEIF]
Nor'Easter
Member
I was without internet most of yesterday and thought no big deal but did not know how lucky (me lucky wtf it must be the apocalypse or something! 
) I was!
On one side of the town, just down the road and the other neighboring town just a half or full mile away there were widespread outages. nothing like further south like ct or nyc or nj, but still I came close to big problems here and lucked out thank God or whatever power may have helped me out a little here! I am thankful and feel for those who did not luck out and hope it will be over soon for everyone involved. Overall could have been a lot worse for most but some did feel it.
) I was!On one side of the town, just down the road and the other neighboring town just a half or full mile away there were widespread outages. nothing like further south like ct or nyc or nj, but still I came close to big problems here and lucked out thank God or whatever power may have helped me out a little here! I am thankful and feel for those who did not luck out and hope it will be over soon for everyone involved. Overall could have been a lot worse for most but some did feel it.
