Posted on 08/25/2011 12:58:54 PM PDT by Gritty
There are times you just have to wonder.
A hurricane that appears to be taking dead aim at both Washington DC and Wall Street?
Gee, I wonder if there's an embedded message in there somewhere? After all, insurance companies do call these sorts of events "acts of God", right?
So..... as we all prepare if we're in the to-be-impacted area, let's remember a few things:
•Small changes in path matter. They're also unpredictable. I was ready to "bug out" for Ivan, and decided to stay literally at 5:00 PM the night it came in. Why? Because had the path been about 40 miles east of where it was, I would have been a good 5' underwater at my home. As it was the right decision was to stay; we had to battle rising water and succeeded in keeping it out of the house. Barely. But I live in a relatively-lightly-populated area. If you're in a big city and it looks like Irene might get you, get out. There's only one thing worse than getting stuck in a hurricane with your house disintegrating around you, and that's being in a 2-million-car-long traffic jam with the water rising rapidly. In a hurricane it is not that the wind blows, it is what the wind blows, and sometimes the "what" includes objects like trees and Volvos.
•If you're not prepared by now, you got trouble. You've either got 48 or 72 hours before it's on top of you, and 12 hours less before the weather starts to seriously deteriorate. Oh yeah, all the plywood and other essentials will be sold out within 200 miles by now. If you're not prepared now stop reading this Ticker and get off your ass or suffer the consequences. Time's up.
•If you want to be a hero (or do something stupid) at a time like this, please make sure your next-of-kin's phone number and name is written on your chest in permanent Sharpie marker first. It will make it possible to notify the person who has to come pick up your body. Seriously. There's always someone who tries to do something "heroic" - or just plain stupid - during these storms and a good percentage of the time they die. Save the ME time in analyzing dental records and use the Sharpie...
*snip*
Earthquakes come from the other direction, don't they?
;-)
Mene, mene, tekel, upharsin...
LOL, never really thought about it before.
It is amazing - the Katrina Syndrome lives on. Waiting for someone in authority to give orders or provide transportation, rescue and provisions.
There should be no such thing as MANDATORY EVACUATIONS.
only *early, **timely and ***too late!!
People who don’t have enough common sense to avoid the risks of well documented hazards & take care of themselves are too stupid to survive.
Who is the god of this world?
And we are not even in the year 2012 yet. Just wait until the Mayans start unloading on us.
I’ve always wanted to tie myself to a palm tree and see if I could ride one of those hurricanes out.
“Is God Trying To Say Something?”
Well let’s see.
First there was the earth quake Tuesday. Then there is the hurricane this weekend. And next week Obama returns to D.C... I think God only utters 3 woes.....at least I hope that’s all.
He will wait until the last minute, shutting down the roads and the airport to everyone else.
Who is the god of this world?
That's been tried, and I understand there are a few people around that even lived to tell about it.
I keep waiting for some dingbat weathernerd to get decapitated, standing out in a hurricane while sagely warning the little people to stay inside because of windblown debris.
“I will ask you the same question...Who is the god of this world?”
Ego is the god of this world; worshipped by all, overtly or covertly.
Our power will probably be out, so I’ll miss it first hand. Have to rely on reruns.
Well, at least you won’t miss the oddly provincial northeastern focus of our putatively national networks, sending goofball talking heads out on Montauk Point to stand in the breeze and drizzle, talking up the dire possiblities for important places such as Noo Yawk, while Cape Hatteras is getting pounded at that very moment.
Priorities, you know.
Excellent. I enjoy reading Denninger.
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