Jesus Christ.From Ft. Myers:
Interesting pre-storm pic from St Pete.Glad to here everyone is OK. Looks like St. Pete dodged a bullet, early on it was the main target. Our trip is still on for the 8th of Oct.
We have an obligation them to help them in my humble opinion.What upsets me the most about this other than the loss of life, destruction, humanitarian crisis evolving, the animals, etc., is that they may be lucky to receive a couple billion dollars in federal aid, while we have blew through almost $100 billion on a war in Ukraine that we have no business being involved in. The priorities of our federal government should upset anyone no matter your political leanings.
Storm surge is no joke. When Hurricane Ike hit here in '08 it was only Cat 2 but it was moving so fast it had a 17.5' storm surge. They said it created "the largest freely-propagating shelf wave ever reported." It basically wiped Bolivar Peninsula next to Galveston off the map. I really feel for those affected in Florida.From Ft. Myers:
I saw that, amazing how storm surge can move that much water. I knew as soon as the storm tracked south that St Pete would be ok.
Those barrier island people really are into punishment. I’ve visited up there many times and it’s beautiful to visit. But to live there. Nope. It’s not for me.I was checking the area out on Google Maps a few days ago and notices about 1000 houses on these little islands. I knew it was gonna devastate them.
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Not for nothing but **** Europe. We owe them nothing. That’s all. No politics. Back to the hurricane.We have an obligation them to help them in my humble opinion.
A better argument would have been the money thrown at student loan forgiveness, but I really want to keep politics out of this thread. Absolutely no need for it.
Thanks.