Andrew C
You know what's funny?
Like...Harvey...
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Hurricane Irma
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Like...Harvey...
Or have them browse to http://www.nhc.noaa.gov and get non-weather-hyper information.
Seriously, even local weather is better than TWC. They jumped the shark when they started naming winter storms.There are plenty of ways to get real weather information these days, TWC just isn't one of them.
This times 1000. TWC is sometimes (often) the Onion of weather forecasting.
flynnibus
Premium Member
zOMG what did people do before the Magic Kingdom existed? The psychological damage caused to kids for thousands of years must be epic. Maybe they might... read? Play games? Seriously... you are trying to justify that THOUSANDS of workers should be drawn into work so a few kids don't get cabin fever??
What on earth do the thousands of children who wait out weather incidents do around the world every year without the MK right around the corner from them...
Andrew C
You know what's funny?
Play on an iPad (if they can afford) until they get bored...then build a couch cushion/pillow fort....then lose their minds and run around with matches...
I'm sure they'll sneak in some hurricane coverage, in-between "Fat Guys in the Woods" and "Prospectors".
Andrew C
You know what's funny?
Models have shifted west, with the Euro model showing landfall on Florida's West coast around Collier County - the poorest in the state. So now you add Sarasota, Tampa, St. Pete and Clearwater to the traffic on 75.....
You're going to drive yourself crazy. You very well know the models will continue to shift here and there until actual impact occurs.
21stamps
Well-Known Member
I hope I can articulate my thoughts without them being twisted lol.
Here's one of my big concerns with Florida being essentially so close to Harvey-
South Florida got hit by Katrina, but then the flooding in Louisiana happened after Katrina hit them. Then Wilma came barelling down on SoFla shortly after. So many crews and funds were in Louisiana that there wasn't as many available crews, supplies, and funds for Florida.
Serious kudos and thanks to all who worked dilligently in Louisiana and then headed straight to SoFla after. Those people were angels.
So now we have the absolute heartbreak and devastation of Harvey. We've all been donating money and supplies to the victims. The government has also been great and is expected to pass more relief at any time.
This country will need so much more besides all of that, we will need it for Florida and potentially for South Carolina. I hope that congress gives more, and I hope all of us who are not a victim of either of these storms try to help where we can.
I'd like to think that many lessons were learned that year.
Well, at least we can say, "No way, Jose!", as Hurricane Jose is forecast to turn to the north/northeast and head towards Bermuda.
Beacon Joe
Well-Known Member
This. Hyperbole doesn't help anything. Only getting the heck out of dodge when and if somebody can does.
I'd wager that most on this forum were definitely alive and aware during Katrina and Iniki. I know that a lot remember Camille. And those are just US storms. I'm pretty sure most of this forum were alive during typhoons Haiyan, Thelma, or Linda in recent years.
The 1975 typhoon Nina killed nearly 230,000 people.
IanDLBZF
Well-Known Member
UPDATED INFORMATION.
Also, be advised that Fort Wilderness is closing on Saturday, and MCO will cease operations on Saturday at 5 PM.
worldfanatic
Well-Known Member
Somebody trying to play the "Disney Money Grab" angle.
How original.
I highly doubt they're trying to squeeze out extra profits this weekend at the expense of Cast Member safety.
The money they'd make would be the rounding error of a rounding error on their huge company's bottom line.
Spare me.
They've been through big storms before. I'm confident Disney will do the right thing at the right time concerning closing the parks.
As expected to the west.
I really want to be wrong on this, but If Irma maintains this track and intensity you are looking at catastrophic damage and potential for mass casualties for everything east of Florida's Turnpike. This is something is not going to be cleaned up in a couple of days. You are looking at months if not years worth of cleanup.
I'm don't want to be a jerk about this, but if this forecast track holds up, and there is the lasting devastation that I fear, the last thing I want to hear about is people complaining about their vacation being delayed or canceled.
some other guy
Well-Known Member
So if things go terribly bad, does anybody know if they've taken the dinosaur AAs out of the UoE building yet? Obviously not for planning my looting, but purely for educational purposes.
prberk
Well-Known Member
It seems that they have been keeping perspective. Irma has sustained 180+ mph winds for over two days, the last report I saw this morning, and its breadth is huge by comparison to others.
LukeS7
Well-Known Member
If this ends up being the final path, everything but the panhandle is going to be torn into. This isn't good
As expected to the west.