Florida Tornados

Is that a normal weather pattern down there? Tornado's in January?

aye

ironically, tornadoes are most common in the winter here. the last time FL had such deadly tornadoes was in February 1998. I remember those well because one my mom's horses was impailed by a 2x4.

it's usually waaaay too hot in the summer for tornadoes to form in FL. but not in the winter...

Exclamation marks can't be replaced. You'll have used them all up.

Oops. I just used them to seal my lunch [/thought they were twist ties]

Other uses:
pipe cleaners
cable ties
tieing up parcels
toy for kittens

On top of that, your taxes will go up to rebuild structures that will be bombed again with 10 years... just because people want to live in the Middle East

That too.

Not if they're the type that create an EMP effect.

He eats a week's supply of egg and onion sandwiches in preparation.

aye

ironically, tornadoes are most common in the winter here. the last time FL had such deadly tornadoes was in February 1998. I remember those well because one my mom's horses was impailed by a 2x4.

it's usually waaaay too hot in the summer for tornadoes to form in FL. but not in the winter...

Thats true except during hurricanes. Most of the inland damage from Ivan was due to the tornadoes it spawned. It was acutally kind of neat to see. Driving home after we were allowed back in, you could see into this patch of pine trees (the florida state flower) where a tornado had touched down, about 1 mile from my house. The trees were folded over in a giant spiral pattern. Just a little reminder from Mother Nature of who's really in charge

Ninja,

Where Ive lived in FL the past several years is like Ripleys Believe it or not central. A few things have have changed over the past decade, but in its heyday, the gulf coast was the lightning strike capitol of the US, the UFO sighting captil of the world (which is not suprising considering the next stats) home to the little town of Milton FL, the buckle of the bible belt (more churches per captia than any place else in the US) and had the documented busiest airspace-------on the planet. The gulf coast is an on and off contender for most rainfall as well. Sooner or later ole Mother Nature is going to smite this place but good and put it all under water once and for all.

Dude your telling me?

They are rebuiling New Orleans. ETF is that about? To quote one of its residents...."Its a bowl" In Panama City, in the intercoastal on the FAC to rwy 14 at the regional airport, there is still a 100 ft yacht beached. The only way it will every get floated out is during another hurricane induced storm surge. In PCola, there are still 50 ft fishing boats gounded------in the trees. Even 100 miles inland, little towns in alabama are still recovering from Ivan. Its amazing.

Too true. Darwin summed it up best as THE SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST. 'Nuff Said.

Good to know your family is ok.

That's the problem with where I live, there's no mountains. That brought about our expertise on water management and dike building, which Dutch companies are putting into practice in New Orleans at the moment.

Hope they know how to build efficient flood gates so we can flood that damn city again.

Move the focking city a couple miles to the west on higher ground.


And no, its not all chicken. The other one is seasoned chicken that tastes better to me.

Which is equally true of the poverty line in the case of New Orleans [/profound]

actually thats is very loosely what darwin said...

darwin said, the ones who survive are the ones who adapt best.

*nods*

Almost every place on the planet is susceptible to some sort of catastrophic natural disaster. The only difference in geographical areas is frequency. Tornadoes are extremely unpredictable and exist in a very wide area of the U.S. Avoiding tornadoes is impossible in the Midwest, lower midwest, and southeast portions of the US. That said, there are areas that are more susceptible to tornadoes than others. (like Texas, Oklahoma, Iowa, Kansas, etc)

But yes, rebuilding in areas like coastlines and New Orleans is just plain stupid.

I'm not sure what my point is...

And the murder rate in New Orleans has also exceeded the death rate in Iraq...but you're not likely to see that little statistic floating around as it would make the "saint" Ray Nagan and the rest of the dems look like boobs

LOL, yeah

It amazed me that Nagan wouldnt bus people out to save them from the hurricane, but damned if he didnt bus them back in just for the election.

Check this out on Google Earth:
51°39'9.80"N 3°43'25.63"E

(just copy-paste it into google earth, and make sure to zoom out a bit to get a grasp on the scale of the thing).

It is called the Delta works, and was constructed after major flooding disaster in 1953. There's also information on the web on it.

Now you know why there's Dutch companies working in New Orleans. And yes, you can open the gates and flood the area again. Actually the flood gates are only closed in sufficiently dangerous weather conditions.

You must be so proud.

Actually... i used to have a signature a long, long time ago (2000) that said "Signatures Suck." It won "signature of the month" back when we did that shite. Good times...

But yeah... what i said is probably signature worthy. LOL. <insert foot in mouth>