Reuters: Floridians Brace for Monster Storm Frances. “You cannot hope this off, you cannot walk away. It is not time to hope, it is time to act,” Florida Emergency Management Director Craig Fugate said.
(Photo via National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
Posted by: A. Sceptic on September 2, 2004 03:10 PM
Yeah, but it’s missing those Commo Pinkies in Cuba!
Posted by: Peter G on September 2, 2004 11:59 PM
Just thinking about “Nature’s Worst” in California, which to me would be a large quake in an inhabited area; just what is our situation with regards to insurance and FEMA? Quackenbush, for all his getting run out of town on a metaphoric rail, did succeed in gutting earthquake insurance such that insurance companies are no longer required to offer coverage on affordable terms. This allows them to sell other insurance in California while offering quake insurance on such destructive terms that no-one whose mortgage payment occupies a significant portion of their income could pay the quake premiums.
Posted by: Anonymous Troll on September 4, 2004 05:27 AM
Currently living in typhoon alley…
Everyone (and I do mean *EVERYONE*) builds their buildings out of concrete (not bricks, but honest to god 1/4″ minimum re-bar reenforced concrete). In a season, as many as 5 typhoons (class 1 to class 3) will roll over my area. Damage: none. Deaths: none (beyond dumbasses that go out to watch the typooon at the beach).
Why is it that every time a Hurricane rolls over Florida (or any state for that matter), we see seans of mass distruction. My only conclusion is that americans like to {re}build their houses every 10 years or so. Either that or they’re just plain stupid or poor (maybe both!).
June spawned a record number of tyhoons in the east. I wouldn’t be surprised to see the same thing happen on the other side of the earth. Interesting things happening to fab lines in Taiwan right now…
Posted by: David on September 2, 2004 01:35 PM
Notice that the storm is larger than the entire state of Florida