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nothing makes me questions man's collective intelligence

more than a reporter in a hurricane
windy fake news GIF
 
Flashback for me. I was in St. Pete when Hurricane Camille (Cat5) hit Mississippi in '69. We were not in the direct line of fire but had to evacuate anyway. Palm trees & electrical wires were down and the cops could not get the surfers out of the water. Usually there's not enough waves to surf but we had six and eight foot breakers coming in. We didn't stop driving until we got into northern Georgia.
Another well-timed vacation, NOT.
 
Flashback for me. I was in St. Pete when Hurricane Camille (Cat5) hit Mississippi in '69. We were not in the direct line of fire but had to evacuate anyway. Palm trees & electrical wires were down and the cops could not get the surfers out of the water. Usually there's not enough waves to surf but we had six and eight foot breakers coming in. We didn't stop driving until we got into northern Georgia.
Another well-timed vacation, NOT.
Strongest in the instrumented period to hit the US. I remember reading about a wind gauge that showed 186 mph just before it broke.
 
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....it's not "that" the wind is blowing.....it's "what' the wind is blowing....
keep an eye out for volvos.
 
I was in a good blow from a hurricane one time. It was supposed to hit our location at about 1:00 am. I told my wife I am going to get up and go outside to experience it. All windows boarded. Around 1 the wind wakes me up and the wife and I go to the front door and open and it is mayhem outside. I told my wife-jeez I ain’t going out in this and closed the door.
 
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