Posted on 08/01/2020 8:20:56 AM PDT by CheshireTheCat
Hurricane Isaias (Where do they get these names?) is projected to hit the South Carolina coast Sunday night. Which, as you might imagine, is likely to make our confused citizens even more confused. It will for me, at least. The last time I drove on the interstates, there were flashing signs along the highway saying, “Save a life – stay home!” So when they schedule the hurricane evacuation, I guess they’ll just have to add one word: “Save a life – don’t stay home!”
Even at this early date, all the hotels in the region are booked solid, because they’ve been instructed to use only every other floor, every other room, and so on, markedly reducing their capacity. Much safer, of course, because of COVID-19. But what if there’s a hurricane coming, and there’s nowhere for people to go? Is that safer?
You can’t avoid risk. You can sometimes choose one risk over another. But risk of some sort is always there. I’m looking forward to watching the breathless weather reporters, standing in the rain wearing a poncho and a surgical mask, imploring us to stay home and wear a mask and go pack ourselves into hotels that won’t let us in to save us from the hurricane that’s going to miss us anyway but don’t thoughtlessly expose others to COVID-19 by leaving home and don’t risk the hurricane by staying home and stay tuned for further instructions. I suspect it will be complicated.
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"Americans used to be the cowboys – the rebels – the entrepreneurs – the risk-takers. Now I swear some of us wear life jackets on rowing machines. Democrats have won a lot of votes by promising people protection from everything from warm weather 100 years from now to an inadequate supply of trans-sexual bathrooms."
Good points, but fortunately this hurricane doesn’t look extremely dangerous. Most will just ride it out.
A Cat 3 or worse would be very bad at this time.
Well phrased.
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