Better Stock Up On Beer & Pop Tarts!

[roadwarrior]

Looks like "Bill" is going to have a big impact on the

Northeast even if it doesn't make landfall:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,540145,00.html

[SirSnookalot]

Is this what they call a Nor 'easter ?

http://www.wpbf.com/hurricanetracker/index.html

[Olebiker]

Beer and Pop Tarts; I like that.  

Reminds me of the phone call I got years ago from a priest who needed some help with his gas stove, "Come on over and have some beer and pancakes and help me fix this stove."

[llPa1nll]

I sure dont want to invite Bill any where near my place, please take a sharp turn east after passing NYC.

[Jake.]

I'll be at the Outer Banks right when it passes by.

[bigtimfish]

I could do without another storm for a while. Rita and especially Ike Destroyed our neighboring towns. Bridge City Tx and Sabine Pass Tx got the worst of it. In Sabine Pass Rita took out the school and Fire station. Extreme home makeover came and totally rebuilt both. Then Ike came along and wipped them out again. As for Bridge City, my mother lost everything she had. her home, vehicles, horses,everything. She did not evacuate(believe me I begged her to). A lot of the guys I work with lost everything too. They were up in there attics trying to escape the incoming water. Along with the snakes and gators that came rolling in with the rush of water. The fireman are still working out of a trailer. For any town or city that gets hit, they will be in my prayers always.

[RobbyZ5001]

Kent I don't think it is appropriate to tell people to stock up on beer and pop tarts. This is a family forum and young kids may be listening to this advice. You as a moderator should be a role model....bahahahaha

[moby bass]

Right..... leave out the pop tarts

[Quitlimpin]

As an insurance adjuster, I need hurricanes to hit with some regularity and ferocity.  As a man, it breaks my heart to see the damage caused by water & wind.  Seen some stuff that I wish I could unsee.

[Low_Budget_Hooker]

Kent I don't think it is appropriate to tell people to stock up on beer and pop tarts. This is a family forum and young kids may be listening to this advice. You as a moderator should be a role model....bahahahaha

He is,.....Pop tarts for the kids and beer for the parents to help put up with kids in the house for 48 hrs straight,lol  

He may be from Tennessee, but I think he's been through a hurricane or 2 before, he's got the survival kit memorized anyway ;D

[fishinfewl]

How about Corona and twinkies?  

[bilgerat]

"Mooooooooom, dad's blitzed again and won't share the Pop Tarts" :'(

[.dsaavedra.]

beer and pop tarts.... the breakfast of champions....

[Big Mike in Fl]

As an insurance adjuster, I need hurricanes to hit with some regularity and ferocity. As a man, it breaks my heart to see the damage caused by water & wind. Seen some stuff that I wish I could unsee.

I feel the same way, I worked in the aluminum construction industry (screen rooms and hurricane shutters) for 4 solid years and worked my way up into a respected position in the company I was in, however with the lack of hurricanes, coupled with the poor economy, the company I worked for shut down, and now I'm changing oil and tires at walmart, for scarcely more than minimum wage. if a good solid cat 2 storm came through, it would completely jump start that industry again and I'd be back to making a decent living. However, I hate saying that I want storms to come ,because I know how horrible it can be, and we experienced it in 2004, when 4 storms hit Florida. I just want to see a few minimal storms come through, knock down some screen rooms, and scare some more people into upgrading their protection, then I'd be back to work

[bigtimfish]

As an insurance adjuster, I need hurricanes to hit with some regularity and ferocity. As a man, it breaks my heart to see the damage caused by water & wind. Seen some stuff that I wish I could unsee.

I feel the same way, I worked in the aluminum construction industry (screen rooms and hurricane shutters) for 4 solid years and worked my way up into a respected position in the company I was in, however with the lack of hurricanes, coupled with the poor economy, the company I worked for shut down, and now I'm changing oil and tires at walmart, for scarcely more than minimum wage. if a good solid cat 2 storm came through, it would completely jump start that industry again and I'd be back to making a decent living. However, I hate saying that I want storms to come ,because I know how horrible it can be, and we experienced it in 2004, when 4 storms hit Florida. I just want to see a few minimal storms come through, knock down some screen rooms, and scare some more people into upgrading their protection, then I'd be back to work

Now tht's just plain selfish. You obviously have seen what tradgedy and sorrow hurricanes bring to families. With death a loss of property. And you still want to wish storms upon people so you can make money?Even if it is just a little storm, death can still happen.

[Big Mike in Fl]

you aren't understanding what I'm saying, I don't want the death and tragedy, in my mind it would be awesome if the storm came through and just destroyed pool enclosures and nothing else. Maybe you misunderstood me, but I am NOT wishing bad on people, but I do understand what my industry needs to get back on its feet, and btw, it isn't just my industry that benefits, just like the original person I quoted said, he needs them for his work as well.

does a police officer need crimes?

does the military need war?

do doctors need illness?

that's what I'm trying to say.

and with all of that said, you go from making 45k a year, to just over 10k and see what you'll want to be able to survive, and provide for yourself, and maybe children wives and family... so call me selfish if you want,but that's not what its about.

[bigtimfish]

Now I know you did not say you wish death and tragedy. But after the last storms we have had around here, I am personally sick of them. Like I said in my first post on this thread, My mother lost EVERYTHING. Baby pictures of me and my sis,cars, her home,birth certificates, she had like 7 ft of water,mud and snakes come into her house. I can fully understand that you need to make more money. I totally understand that. But from now on can you please think before you post? I apologize if I came off as harsh. But after what I have seen here latley, These storms have screwed up a lot of peoples lives. A lot of people that are close to me. We had a small one a while back. So small ya'll probably did not even hear about it in Fl. Humberto was a small hurricane it did very little damage to anything. BUT, it took the life of a close friends grandfather. He was the only person that died in that storm. Once again I apologize for seeming harsh or bitter, but I don't want ANY named storm to make landfall anywhere.Big or small.

[Glenn]

Well, you don't have to worry about this one. It won't even make landfall in the U.S.  In fact, it won't amount to anything more than a few riptides and "strong currents" along the coast. It's already been downgraded too.

I guess Fox "news" *ahem* slightly over-stated this one. Oh...surprise!

[moby bass]

Well, you never know.  Weather forecasting is one profession where you can be wrong most of the time...and still keep your job. ;D

I remember back in 1989 when Hugo came through.  Even in PA, we had frog strangling rains for several days.

[SirSnookalot]

Downgraded to a cat 3, 120 mph winds.  True won't

make landfall but gonna have some big surf, Bermuda 30-40 waves and areas in the U.S. 10' or more.  Prediction is for lots of beach erosion, that's serious and costly.

Living in a hurricane area we don't take any of them lightly.

[burleytog]

I guess Fox "news" *ahem* slightly over-stated this one. Oh...surprise!

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