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We were all impressed when Xyrra wrote:
I can't wait to be in storm central!
If the hurricane looks like it'll directly hit you and take out your power, I suggest buying a power inverter. 150w is good, but 300w is the best since you can power an LCD screen and a PS2 and a small fan. After Typhoon Pongsona I ended up living in my car for a month, and it was all I could do from losing my sanity.
And for heaven's sake, please, PLEASE don't use the thing to power your washing machine or refridgerator! The clerk at Radio Shack told me about an Air Force family trying to get them to pay for the damage to their car! 
You can't power much on 300w, and that's all that'll fit on the family car. If you want to power something larger, you better be owning some construction equipment and buy a higher rated power inverter too. Kennatsu fucked around with this message on 09-04-2004 at 01:39 AM.
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From the book of Azizza, chapter 3, verse 16:
What the Fuck. I live in Indiana. We are not supposed to get Hurricanes.
You aren't.. you're just going get thunderstorms moving in a strange direction. 
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And I was all like 'Oh yeah?' and Azizza was all like:
What the Fuck. I live in Indiana. We are not supposed to get Hurricanes.
no see.. what you're getting is the weak ass rain and thunderstorms that was the hurricane. Because, hurricanes lose their gusto when they get to far inland 
Washton Represent!
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Nerd Power!
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Lechium's unholy Backstreet Boys obsession manifested in:
Oh shi... If that hits the great lakes, us Canadians are fuxored. Remember what happened with Hurricane Hazel (sp?). At least, I think it was that hurricane.
Ayup. Toronto doesn't get many big weather nasties... when we do, it's either the mutilated dregs of former hurricanes, or "hide in your basement and pray" type stuff.
*is watching CNN right now* 
And they say the hurricane is twice the size of Germany!!! Kennatsu fucked around with this message on 09-04-2004 at 06:40 PM.
Time to go pray some more.
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-Yuri- had this to say about Tron:
I'm posting from my house right now on my Laptop since I have a little battery power left and the phone lines are still working. We had a tree in our front lawn that was around 80 foot tall that is now lying on our house. It did no damage luckily but we still have the worst of the storm to go through. At about midnight tonight the eye is supposed to hit and stay over for 3 hours and then we get the worst part of the storm. I hope to god this house stays up. I'll post again tomorrow with an update.Time to go pray some more.
fux. Tree on house = bad. We had that a while ago and... yeah. Good luck. Try not to die, we'd feel bad
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Elvish Crack Piper had this to say about Duck Tales:
Huzzah for west coast!Washton Represent!
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*just shakes her head and does a face palm plant*
i miss those.
Dennis
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Lechium's unholy Backstreet Boys obsession manifested in:
Oh shi... If that hits the great lakes, us Canadians are fuxored. Remember what happened with Hurricane Hazel (sp?). At least, I think it was that hurricane.
I hope nothing hits Winnipeg. We get really feckin' cold winters, we don't need anything making stuff worse.
And good luck, Yuri. Natural disasters suck truckloads of anus. Decomposing mule anus. Ruvyen fucked around with this message on 09-05-2004 at 12:24 AM.
Also, it's pretty fucking cool to see, say, a bowlorama fly past as you enjoy sunny weather.
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Azizza stopped beating up furries long enough to write:
What the Fuck. I live in Ohio. We are not supposed to get Hurricanes.
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Delphi Aegis had this to say about Duck Tales:
Make a note to go out during the eye of the storm, when it is utterly calm out, and try to move some debris around. If the eye is passing directly over you, the winds will be at their max one way, then their max in the exact opposite direction. D: Most damage in hurricanes is from the opposite winds.
Most damage in hurricanes is caused by the storm surge and the heavy rains that flood areas, not the winds.
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Falaanla Marr had this to say about Captain Planet:
Most damage in hurricanes is caused by the storm surge and the heavy rains that flood areas, not the winds.
Ugh! Don't remind me of the floods that come with that, I've had enough of those in my life. 
Sandbagging and shoring will be a bitch afterward, though.
A man in Jensen Beach, Fla., walks down what's left of Indian River Road yesterday. The road was destroyed as Hurricane Frances lashed the eastern coast of Florida early yesterday with 105-mph winds and as much as 13 inches of rainfall. The storm weakened as it crossed the state.
Trillee fucked around with this message on 09-06-2004 at 06:44 AM.
