Is the worst over?
The Hurricane Thread | Hurricane Rafael
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If every house is insured let's say. There's more probability for the insurance company to declare bankrupt.
Insurance never operates on the basis of 100 percent claim rate. Unless they're charging like 50 percent premium
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In the end it was a bad storm,but not as bad as the media portrayed. American News channels have become entertainment channels chasing ratings
True. The film Nightcrawler is a good portrayal of this. American news channels love a disaster.
It was quite close to being as bad as they portrayed, to be fair. The track it took was favorable to the coastlines.
We don't know how bad it's been yet.
But if loss of life has been minimal then I'd say that's because people were warned that it would be bad. People evacuated, others moved to shelters. Buildings that were supposed to withstand strong winds did so. We're also looking at a storm where a route deviation of 50 miles would have had massive consequences.
After the 2000/millennium bug warnings, so little happened on the night that people talked about it as if it had all been a giant con trick. Maybe there had been some of that. But there had also been massive amounts of absolutely essential work done in the build-up, without which we could have had major trouble.
Sometimes being prepared does what it says on the label.
Perhaps for Americans but the apparently irrelevant islanders took a beating with catastrophic consequences sure to reach the billions. Moreover, this is the nature of natural disasters (Aided by human interference with nature) - they are unpredictable, especially hurricanes. They can change course, dissipate or strengthen in seconds and if FEMA and disaster preparedness in the US taught them anything, being unprepared is a recipe for disaster
I don't think that's fair or accurate and is certainly the wrong wording. It wasn't as bad as predicted. However, that was simply because of the sheer size of the storm and that it hugged the Cuban and then Floridian coastlines and lost some power, and that it unexpectedly changed course at least twice. Over 30 people (in total) still lost their lives and countless more have lost their homes and millions have lost power and will have their lives disrupted for what could easily be months.
Irma as easily have gone entirely as predicted exactly like hurricane Harvey did a couple of weeks ago. They were almost 100% accurate with Harvey, right down to the exact amount of rainfall it would drop. IF Irma had gone as predicted then I think you would be looking at untold death and destruction, so I think everyone should be extremely grateful that the best predictions were slightly off and that the storm wasn't as bad as it could easily have been.
It seems Tampa had a very, very lucky escape as at one point it looked like it would be in serious trouble.
In a sense, it was lucky it hit Marco Island / Naples which have great infrastructure, drainage etc as opposed to Tampa or Miami where it would have been flooded and caused a lot more damages.
My old man was giving updates yesterday in Miami Dade County, they lost power about mid day though so not heard to much. Don't think there was much damage, he showed me a few trees had fallen down in his area. Worst is over now.
Don't get me wrong. The Hurricane overall was a bad one and my heart goes out to those Caribbean islands that got the worse of it. But the coverage when it hit Florida was hyped to the max including dramatic music going into a break. Fox,MSNBC and CNN were all responsible.
Of course they hyped it to the max like they do with anything and those reporters in the field were loving every minute of it.
In this instance though, it probably saved lives.
The American news channels went into overdrive and though it appears that the majority of Florida did not bear the brunt, this sort of constant coverage of the potential damage meant that the real damage that happened in Caribbean islands ended up being a footnote.
Here's hoping they will bring enough attention to the places that were actually damaged, so that people can donate towards rescue and relief efforts in those islands.
Here's hoping they will bring enough attention to the places that were actually damaged, so that people can donate towards rescue and relief efforts in those islands.
Seems like the worst is over, Florida has been lucky considering what the Caribbean islands suffered.
Jose seems to have diverted a bit and now heading towards east coast
Jose seems to have diverted a bit and now heading towards east coast
Checking in here. Never lost power the whole night and the winds weren't even that strong with 19mph average per Ventusky. Irma dodged Tampa.
Solution: We then need to learn to be better swimmers!
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Every time I turned on CNN I switched it off within 15 minutes. The level of glee from the likes of Cooper and Cuomo was nauseating.
The islands were hit really bad. A friend of mine is stuck in the Virgin islands. He probably won't get back to the states until Wednesday/Thursday.
Tim Duncan is raising money to assist the Virgin Islands, so hopefully that sheds light on their plight and more money can be raised to help them recover.
The islands were hit really bad. A friend of mine is stuck in the Virgin islands. He probably won't get back to the states until Wednesday/Thursday.
Tim Duncan is raising money to assist the Virgin Islands, so hopefully that sheds light on their plight and more money can be raised to help them recover.
In Jacksonville at a friend's. No power here. Lot of wind right now but no rain. Heading back home to Tampa in an hour to check up on my apartment.
@SaintTresano @Billy Blaggs how are you guys doing?
@SaintTresano @Billy Blaggs how are you guys doing?
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Sports gear whilst swimming in the storm surge. It's important to look good during a storm.
Tampa seems to be doing alright. I haven't lost power at all and Bayshore Blvd is active. No flooding here.
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They are really not helping the stereotype, the cnuts.
Like of all things to break into, it just had to be shoes. It's like something you'd see on a Dave Chappelle skit.
Trees caught on fire last night.
Go make a baseball bat from the wood and become The Natural!
The Pope has something to say to the climate change deniers:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-latin-america-41177350
"if we don't act now our earth will no longer be flat!"
http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/09/opinions/deadliest-time-is-after-the-storm-halstead-opinion/index.html
It seems in terms of causing deaths, AFTER the storm is actually more deadly then the storm itself. Then when they talk about stress induced heart attacks, how far out after the storm do they count? I would imagine the stress for many can last many months, maybe even years as they look to recover.
It seems in terms of causing deaths, AFTER the storm is actually more deadly then the storm itself. Then when they talk about stress induced heart attacks, how far out after the storm do they count? I would imagine the stress for many can last many months, maybe even years as they look to recover.
Was the same in Brixton, trainers. Priority innit.
Eh, is Richard Branson seriously asking the government for a recovery plan for his own private island hes using as a tax haven?
Home with a cold
Crap!
It's been downgraded to a Cat2 also, last I heard. Still if it brushes up against those islands already hit by Irma, then that is still a lot more wind and rain that they do not need.
Looks like Jose may hit New Jersey?
Same as you pal. But staying put.
Cats just went at each other. Ffs