God doesn't love Republicans

[Deleted]

Why else would he threaten FL with a hurricane during the Republican Convention :-)

[pixy0stix]

muah ha ha! Destroy the infidels!

[ering1115]

I was thinking it was Him being pissed that the nominee was a Mormon.

It got me out of a work trip though....

[Deleted]

I just wondered who Pat Robertson was going to blame for the storm? The GOP? All the strippers in the Tampa clubs? I mean, that thing spared all us heathens here in South Florida so, what's he got up his sleeve for this one?

[secretlyevil]

OP - I had the same thought when I first heard about the hurricane. They all need to quit whining though, its only going to be a one after all. That's just a light drizzle to us Floridians.

[basilosaurus]

I'd forgotten to check the track, so thanks, writergal, for letting me know it will miss s fl. I would definitely blame the gays if it did. Tampa does have lots of strippers. And Cubans. Maybe communism is to blame? That way it's also Obama's fault.

[llama]

I found the cause!! Gay Agenda grapevine for the win.

www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/24/ybor-resort-and-spa-gay-florida-bathhouse-rnc-offer_n_1827894.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-voices&ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009

Still our fault.

[Deleted]

lol. I'm sitting here prepping my classroom for the storm. Fun times.

[basilosaurus]

I lived in S FL my entire life, and I only ever once got a storm day. Hurricane Georges, my senior year. Lame.

Actually, isn't it the Andrew anniversary? Either today or yesterday, can't remember.

[dev22]

Aug 24, 2012 15:25:42 GMT -5 basilosaurus said:

I lived in S FL my entire life, and I only ever once got a storm day. Hurricane Georges, my senior year. Lame.

Actually, isn't it the Andrew anniversary? Either today or yesterday, can't remember.

Not sure exactly what day it is, but I know NPR has been running Andrew stories all week.

We were just opining the lack of any weather days in CA. We get emails from our other offices when they have to close down - we never have any reason. Hell, we have all our network servers on site, so we even have backup generators in case of power outages. We have no hurricanes, tornados, snow or really even excessive heat. We also never have anything exciting happen around here (just got emails from our Tampa and NC offices about possible light staffing during the conventions). Obviously we are jokingly complaining - I sure as hell don't want hurricanes. I just want random days off

[basilosaurus]

I never got snow days, either! Last time it snowed was a couple years before I was born, and of course it didn't stay on the ground.

I just checked Andrew. It was the 23rd/24th. IIRC, it actually hit at like 5am on the 24th. We'd evacuated the night before, listened to the reports before the power went out, and we came home the next afternoon.

Sorry to derail. I just hadn't thought about Andrew in a long time. Hard to believe it's been 20 years. My aunt's place in Homestead still bears the scars.

[dev22]

Aug 24, 2012 15:42:38 GMT -5 basilosaurus said:

I never got snow days, either! Last time it snowed was a couple years before I was born, and of course it didn't stay on the ground.

I just checked Andrew. It was the 23rd/24th. IIRC, it actually hit at like 5am on the 24th. We'd evacuated the night before, listened to the reports before the power went out, and we came home the next afternoon.

Sorry to derail. I just hadn't thought about Andrew in a long time. Hard to believe it's been 20 years. My aunt's place in Homestead still bears the scars.

NPR did a lot of their broadcasting from Homestead - they were talking about how the destruction of much of the town has actually led to its revitalization. Very interesting.

I was always jealous growing up when watching Christmas/Winter movies since they always had damn kids getting snow days, and the most we got was a game of Heads Up 7-Up instead of recess.

[meshaliuknits]

Aug 24, 2012 15:45:36 GMT -5 dev22 said:

I was always jealous growing up when watching Christmas/Winter movies since they always had damn kids getting snow days, and the most we got was a game of Heads Up 7-Up instead of recess.

In Fresno some of the schools had fog days. The fog in the area can get really thick and sticks low to the ground and makes it unsafe to drive and they couldn't send out the school buses. Usually school was just closed until after lunch when the fog cleared up.

Of course, not my HS. I'm lucky like that.

[y4m]

I had a wind day in high school once (northern CA). Otherwise my life has been woefully devoid of freak weather-related days off

[GailGoldie]

my first day in college was cancelled by Andrew (I went to USF in tampa)... it was the most beautiful sunny day - i didn't get it... never saw what a hurricane could do in that way until it all came through on TV - crazy.

I'm thinking Mons Venus alone could get God to want to tear it up in Tampa.... esp since the fraternity boys at USF call it "Church"

[basilosaurus]

goldie, IIRC Andrew was a particularly fast storm. I want to say it was moving at 16mph when many move half that fast. I remember there was talk about how that speed was fortunate because it could have done so much more damage if it were over south Miami longer.

There was a hurricane in the 60s (I think it was Betsy) that just sat on top of the Bahamas for days.

[GailGoldie]

Aug 24, 2012 17:28:11 GMT -5 basilosaurus said:

goldie, IIRC Andrew was a particularly fast storm. I want to say it was moving at 16mph when many move half that fast. I remember there was talk about how that speed was fortunate because it could have done so much more damage if it were over south Miami longer.

There was a hurricane in the 60s (I think it was Betsy) that just sat on top of the Bahamas for days.

yeah- i remember hearing that. It was hard watching my new friends in the dorm getting calls from family, etc - but yes, could have been MUCH worse.

I was in New Orleans when Georges came through - well, I evacuated to Memphis, but living in NOLA. Came back feeling very lucky - considering a tropical storm we had a few weeks prior left so much water in the area, parents were taking their children home from school (i was a teacher) with them on their shoulders- b/c the water was chest high on an adult. Watching Katrina on TV while I was moving into my first home in NJ was heartbreaking for me. I didn't complain once that day about how shitty moving is... I couldn't complain knowing how fortunate i was to have a home and all that crap to move into it.

[mcgee]

I think the hurricane proves God is a woman.

As for bad weather days, I once had a week off in 5th grade due to extreme cold. We lived in Alaska at the time (literally like 10 mins from Sarah Palin, and no, I could not see Russia from my house), and they had a really rare cold spell with wind chills in the -50 range and colder. Vehicles froze up, and if you had to go to the store, you left the car running when you went in and hoped it was still there when you got back. I think there were a few days here and there when we got ice days off from school when there was too much ice for the buses to safely get around even with chains and snow tires. There was also one day I remember being sent home early because ash was falling from a volcanic eruption.

When we moved to NW Arkansas, we had a few winters here and there where we got a a foot or so of snow at once, and it shut everything down for a few days.

[heyjude]

We had rain/flood/wind days in nor cal. Rarely, but it happened.

[MrsAxilla]

Aug 24, 2012 15:36:17 GMT -5 dev22 said:

Obviously we are jokingly complaining - I sure as hell don't want hurricanes. I just want random days off

Earthquake days. Duh.

[dev22]

Aug 25, 2012 11:55:27 GMT -5 MrsAxilla said:

Aug 24, 2012 15:36:17 GMT -5 dev22 said:

Obviously we are jokingly complaining - I sure as hell don't want hurricanes. I just want random days off

Earthquake days. Duh.

Dude, that would be AWESOME. I would have had so many days off as a kid!

Of course, we instead just got to have duck and cover drills lol

[MrsAxilla]

Aug 25, 2012 12:17:52 GMT -5 dev22 said:

Aug 25, 2012 11:55:27 GMT -5 MrsAxilla said:

Earthquake days. Duh.

Dude, that would be AWESOME. I would have had so many days off as a kid!

Of course, we instead just got to have duck and cover drills lol

When I lived in Vegas, we only had one day off - when Pepcon exploded they sent everyone home. I really don't know why, since Pepcon was like 30 miles away.

[darnkatz]

[meshaliuknits]

Aug 27, 2012 14:21:22 GMT -5 darnkatz said:

lol

:heart:

[meandhim]

Aug 27, 2012 14:21:22 GMT -5 darnkatz said:

This made me LOL. Love it. ;D

[fluff]

When Charlie, Frances, and another hurricane I can't remember came through, we had a bunch of cancelled days at school. We'd go back for a few days, only to turn around and have a few more days off. The kids had to make some of it up.