The Official Tropical Storm Arlene Thread

[ATLcenter]

Dunno if anyone on jp.net lives in Southern Alabama/Mississippi/the Florida panhandle, but my thoughts are with you:

[DeltaASA16]

go to hell

[ATLcenter]

go to hell

That was skillfully succinct...might I ask what brought that out?

[DeltaASA16]

i wish the huricane season would go to hell... i plan to go to school this fall

[screaming_emu]

i wish the huricane season would go to hell... i plan to go to school this fall

that's really not what it sounded like you meant.

[kcmh]

This is a wimpy storm wait till Aug or Sept then all hell will break loose, then we can tell the hurricane season to go to hell

[ACman]

Yay, lets hunker in our bunkers.

[screaming_emu]

I have a possibly ignorant question that somebody might be able to answer for me. Florida gets a lot of hurricanes, and when they come they are very destructive. Japan gets probably the same amount of typhoons every year, possibly more, but unless you're right ont he coast (say 300 yards) there's really not much damage done. Are the hurricanes in Florida that much stronger than the typhoons, or are the Japanese just better at planning for typhoons/constructing things to withstand them?

[ATLcenter]

This is a wimpy storm wait till Aug or Sept then all hell will break loose, then we can tell the hurricane season to go to hell

Well, as of late, many believe paranoia is the best prevention for many things, so I thought this would be a fitting intro to the hurricane season

[screaming_emu]

Well, as of late, many believe paranoia is the best prevention for many things, so I thought this would be a fitting intro to the hurricane season

lol, you do have a very valid point. If we run around and make it look like we're preparing, maybe nothing will happen

[expoITHscohen]

lol, you do have a very valid point. If we run around and make it look like we're preparing, maybe nothing will happen

Our President does that all the time

[Excalibur2004]

the florida prayer

yay here we roll into the valley of hurricane season. we pray thou shalt not let one (or more) roll upon us and layeth the smack down and or unleash the fury. amen

[srbmod]

My grandparents are down in Biloxi for the weekend as we speak. They called me earlier to say they were planning on riding the storm out (Of course, this was before the storm reached hurricane strength.). With the worst part of the storm being on the eastern side of it, Pensacola will be taking more of the brunt of it than the Gulfport/Biloxi area. They may end up staying an extra day or two down there because of this storm (I'm sure the casino won't mind that at all...)

[DAL767-400ER]

I have a possibly ignorant question that somebody might be able to answer for me. Florida gets a lot of hurricanes, and when they come they are very destructive. Japan gets probably the same amount of typhoons every year, possibly more, but unless you're right ont he coast (say 300 yards) there's really not much damage done. Are the hurricanes in Florida that much stronger than the typhoons, or are the Japanese just better at planning for typhoons/constructing things to withstand them?

Simple: Japanese live in houses made of stone, and Floridians live in trailor parks . Ok, maybe that's a bit too prejudiced, but the fact of the matter is, wood is still the preferred building material, whereas in most other parts of the western world concrete&stones are preferred. If you look at pictures of damaged or destroyed houses, most of those were made of wood.

[herpa2003]

Even if it becomes a 'cane, it will only be a Cat 1. Nothing to worry about and no need for anyone to evacuate.