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Derecho Risk From Chicago to Columbus
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| 6/12/13
| Anthony Sagliani
Posted on 06/12/2013 3:22:19 AM PDT by Clint N. Suhks
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To: Clint N. Suhks
MAXWELL SMART: “Oh no, Chief! - not Derecho! Anything but Derecho! We’re not prepared for Derecho! Derecho will mean total disaster! If Derecho hits, we’re doomed! Just one question, Chief: What is Derecho?”
To: Clint N. Suhks
Heading for Washington...again.
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posted on
06/12/2013 9:01:18 AM PDT
by
who knows what evil?
(G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
To: momincombatboots
If the dericho comes this time, now that we have some warning, I'll be more prepared than last. Though I got through that one OK in my narrow hollow, I did have to dip into the tank of my car to keep the generator running until the local gas stations were up, loaded and running. I felt for the snowbirds coming up I79. Gas stations, restaurants, grocery stores and motels closed for miles in all directions of the US 33 interchange. Those folks were just stranded.
That 2 foot of heavy, wet snow from Sandy however did a bit of damage with limbs coming down on the roof and gutters. I was prepared for hurricane type rain, NOT a blizzard. Had to shovel a path of more than 150’ over my lawn so I could haul wood for heat. Had I known it was gonna snow like that, there would have been more wood at the house. lol
All through the county there is STILL plenty of damage from Sandy to be seen...still plenty of widow-makers over and off the roads. I still have four brush piles from the tops of downed trees on the other side of the creek that runs through my property. At least those trees gave me a start on next winter's wood supply.:)
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posted on
06/12/2013 9:41:51 AM PDT
by
Roccus
To: Clint N. Suhks
If’n I were to die from flyin garden gnomes and that made the obit...I’d haunt the writer
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posted on
06/12/2013 12:21:18 PM PDT
by
advertising guy
(golf in june in Phoenix ? it's so dry, our gators use Gold Bond)
To: fulltlt
45
posted on
06/12/2013 12:32:18 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(Fighting Obama without Boehner & McConnell is like going deer hunting without your accordion)
To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
and that storm in central fla caused by that white hispanic
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posted on
06/12/2013 12:33:12 PM PDT
by
advertising guy
(golf in june in Phoenix ? it's so dry, our gators use Gold Bond)
To: advertising guy
and that storm in central fla caused by that white hispanic Rubio?
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posted on
06/12/2013 12:33:54 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(Fighting Obama without Boehner & McConnell is like going deer hunting without your accordion)
To: COBOL2Java
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posted on
06/12/2013 12:35:19 PM PDT
by
advertising guy
(golf in june in Phoenix ? it's so dry, our gators use Gold Bond)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Ever wonder why I watch the weather warning so closely? Here’s what we do to stay ahead of the storm for you:
1. Make sure our schedules are printed out for the next 72 hours in case of loss of power.
2. Send emails to all returning clients to be sure they have our mobile numbers to text any flight/travel delays to us.
3. Pre-load vehicles with an extra pet carrier in the event your pet needs to be evacuated post storm(s).
4. Confirm alternate pet kenneling locations for both cats or dogs
5. Contact back-up sitters to be prepared to assist if needed.
Never, never underestimate the value of a good pet sitting company....still quiet here, but time for me to get moving again for a doggy daycare pick-up, an evening feed & walk weather permitting, and a visit to an epileptic cat for her meds.... plus a last stop to top off gas.
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posted on
06/12/2013 12:42:58 PM PDT
by
EBH
(The government that sits in Washington, D.C. is not the United States government.)
To: advertising guy
I thought it was good advice. She wouldn’t want her garden gnomes to go on walkabout and lose their way home.
Come to think of it she better put the pink flamingoes in their coop.
To: COBOL2Java
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waffle_House_Index
"The Waffle House Index is an informal metric used by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to determine the impact of a storm and the likely scale of assistance required for disaster recovery. The measure is based on the reputation of the Waffle House restaurant chain for staying open during extreme weather and for reopening quickly, albeit sometimes with a limited menu, after very severe weather events such as tornados or hurricanes. The term was coined by FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate in May 2011, following the Joplin tornado; the two Waffle House restaurants in Joplin remained open after the EF5 multiple-vortex tornado struck the city on May 22.[1][2] According to Fugate, "If you get there and the Waffle House is closed? That’s really bad. That’s where you go to work."[3]
The Index has three levels, based on the extent of operations and service at the restaurant following a storm:[3]
Green: the restaurant is serving a full menu, indicating the restaurant has power and damage is limited.
Yellow: the restaurant is serving a limited menu, indicating there may be no power or only power from a generator or food supplies may be low.
Red: the restaurant is closed, indicating severe damage. "
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posted on
06/12/2013 3:02:04 PM PDT
by
fulltlt
To: ViLaLuz
"Derecho is a Spanish word. Its yet another effort to make our language comply with political correctness. A few years ago there was an effort to rename wind storms as a haboob... A boob-headed idea that failed."
Exactly, I hate these new PC names for American weather events. I don't care what they call them elsewhere. I thought the "haboob" thing was ridiculous and so is this. Call things what they are, in English, and quit making up new names for everything! Morons. Now get back to WORK!
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posted on
06/13/2013 12:04:56 AM PDT
by
Spitzensparkin1
(Arrest and deport all illegal aliens. Americans demand those jobs back! Hoorah, Arizona!)
To: Spitzensparkin1
Next up... Hurricane Lafawnduh.
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posted on
06/13/2013 4:47:45 AM PDT
by
ViLaLuz
(2 Chronicles 7:14)
To: ViLaLuz
Derecho Risk From Chicago to Columbus
Um....Never mind
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posted on
06/13/2013 7:19:42 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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