Quote:I mean, what developers or contractors ever cut corners to make a buck?

Hmmm..... can't think of any except...

A present for Rush when this is over:

Thanks all

(September 8, 2017 at 8:26 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote: Here, in Central, FL, we're hunkering down. I live in a HUGE trailer on a lake canal with a harbor, so my roommate, cat, and I are headed to my parents' house in the safest town in Florida. Work (a restaurant) is closed from tomorrow at 3 until, at the soonest, Tuesday morning. We have plenty of water, battery power, and food.

We should be fine, but pray for us anyway,you heathens!

Stay safe Madam Empress. We don't want to lose you!

Well-

Irma hasn't hooked north yet!!

IOW, track is moving west ??

I got as far as "Irma hasn't hooked" and then short circuit.

(September 9, 2017 at 7:26 pm)The Gentleman Bastard Wrote:

(September 8, 2017 at 8:26 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote: Here, in Central, FL, we're hunkering down. I live in a HUGE trailer on a lake canal with a harbor, so my roommate, cat, and I are headed to my parents' house in the safest town in Florida. Work (a restaurant) is closed from tomorrow at 3 until, at the soonest, Tuesday morning. We have plenty of water, battery power, and food.

We should be fine, but pray for us anyway,you heathens!

Stay safe Madam Empress. We don't want to lose you!

Thanks, darlin'. Hunkered down at my parents' house with the roommate and cat. It's eerily calm outside right now. Just waiting for the thrill. I've been through fires, earthquakes, mudslides, and blizzards, but this will be my first hurricane. While I normally think of Governor Scott as kind of an idiot, I'm impressed with how he's been handling this shit.

Hurricane force winds just reported in the keys . . .

(September 9, 2017 at 10:23 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote:

(September 9, 2017 at 7:26 pm)The Gentleman Bastard Wrote: Stay safe Madam Empress. We don't want to lose you!

Thanks, darlin'. Hunkered down at my parents' house with the roommate and cat. It's eerily calm outside right now. Just waiting for the thrill. I've been through fires, earthquakes, mudslides, and blizzards, but this will be my first hurricane. While I normally think of Governor Scott as kind of an idiot, I'm impressed with how he's been handling this shit.

Yeah.  Idiot is the correct word.  Greedy cocksucker comes to mind too.

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/09/here-is-...cane-irma/

Quote:Here is how Florida Gov. Rick Scott escalated the potential for catastrophic flooding from Hurricane Irma

Quote:Development policies enacted by Florida Governor Rick Scott have exacerbated the potential for catastrophic flooding from Hurricane Irma, The Intercept reports.

“The Republican governor prioritized development over ecological restoration of wetlands. Scott cut funding for the state’s water management districts in 2011, leading to staff reductions and less funding for ecosystem restoration projects,” The Intercept explained. “Around the same time, Scott signed the state legislature’s repeal of the state’s 1985 growth management law, leading to a spike in development.”

How nice of him to tell people who are in harm's way because of him that they should get out.