RictWasIntendent
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How about this?!
The winter storm that caused damage during the night along the Gulf Coast has deepened and has started to spread heavy rain, freezing rain, sleet and snow northward into the Mid-Atlantic region. NASA's GPM and NOAA's GOES satellites are providing data on rainfall, cloud heights, extent and movement of the storm.
Article: user link on phys.org
Oh my.
The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order.
-- Alfred North Whi
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Helena
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Snowmageddon II: Electric Boogaloo
It snows during winter? Better buy 50 shopping carts of toilet paper and 3 truckloads of bottled water!
Don't find fault, find a remedy -- Henry Ford
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Wolfwood29
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Uhhhh... I wouldn't take it so lightly. 18 people died as a result of the blizzards so far.
It's bad. It does make me feel fortunate to live in a place where we don't get that kind of weather. Don't poke fun at disaster preparedness. If something bad does happen where you live, it might be the preppers who save your ass.
"Dangerous toys are fun, but you could get hurt!"
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Helena
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Wolfwood CHILL. I was just making fun of the people who panic every time it snows and clear the shelves at the supermarket in a frenzy.
My family has a basement full of emergency supplies. My dad keeps two months worth of canned goods stocked in the pantry. They ARE preppers!
Don't find fault, find a remedy -- Henry Ford
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Jovian
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Please be civil, you two.
Weather disasters shouldn't be taken too lightly - we get some nasty hurricanes down here and when people are caught unprepared, people can die. It's no joke.
Helena, I'm glad to hear that your family does some disaster preparedness. Storeable food should be part of everyone's contingency plan. Waiting in a bread line is not where you want to be.
For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. -- Carl Sagan
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