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Binkie The Clown

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5. We'll know it completely hopeless when...

Reply to Moostache (Reply #2)

Sun Aug 27, 2017, 07:54 PM

Aug 2017

...the time it takes to repair the damage from one storm is longer than the time until the next storm. From that point on the damage just keeps accumulating and we will never again get back to normal. Once things break faster than we can fix them, the coastal cities will start falling apart in earnest.

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Lawd! A tropical storm watch has been issued for [View all] Are_grits_groceries Aug 2017 OP

Wake up call. Way past time to take global warming seriously. nt Binkie The Clown Aug 2017 #1

Its already too late for coastal areas... Moostache Aug 2017 #2

We'll know it completely hopeless when... Binkie The Clown Aug 2017 #5

Batten down and stay safe malaise Aug 2017 #3

More fake news. democratisphere Aug 2017 #4

Scientists. Chellee Aug 2017 #6

Damn, I forgot to blame them too! Thanks for the help. democratisphere Aug 2017 #7

Excuse me, Chellee Aug 2017 #8

It hit me late last night malaise Aug 2017 #15

"We need to wait until all the facts are in." VOX Aug 2017 #13

The Chinese have pulled off the biggest hoax ever with Harvey. neverforget Aug 2017 #12

I bet Alex Jones is really hawking the shit out of his "Survival Gear!" Anything to make a buck. TheBlackAdder Aug 2017 #9

Well, that explains the wind here today. GoCubsGo Aug 2017 #10

That wind is McMaster yapping. nt Are_grits_groceries Aug 2017 #11

LOL! GoCubsGo Aug 2017 #16

Stay safe, Gamecocks! Behind the Aegis Aug 2017 #14

We will read the warnings to them. bluepen Aug 2017 #18

FTW! nt Are_grits_groceries Aug 2017 #20

I am sure it helped that we spelled the big words out for you, phonetically. Behind the Aegis Aug 2017 #22

Well, it's peak tropical storm & hurricane season here. bluepen Aug 2017 #17

If Harvey's winds had not created shearing, Are_grits_groceries Aug 2017 #19

Not really, it's late August. B2G Aug 2017 #21