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novorua
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My college is being closed for Hurricane Rita
#4689893 - 09/21/05 11:19 AM (18 years, 6 months ago) |
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Starting Thursday 12pm. Opens on Monday.
I think I like hurricanes...
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MJF
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Re: My college is being closed for Hurricane Rita [Re: novorua]
#4689907 - 09/21/05 11:23 AM (18 years, 6 months ago) |
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Which college is that?
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novorua
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Re: My college is being closed for Hurricane Rita [Re: MJF]
#4689927 - 09/21/05 11:31 AM (18 years, 6 months ago) |
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Blinn College in College Station. You go to UT?
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trendal
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Re: My college is being closed for Hurricane Rita [Re: novorua]
#4689987 - 09/21/05 11:51 AM (18 years, 6 months ago) |
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It's already a strong category 4, estimated sustained winds of 140mph. They're pretty sure it's going to be cat 5 by tomorrow now.
I hope everyone gets the hell out of there, this time...
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HELLA_TIGHT
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Re: My college is being closed for Hurricane Rita [Re: trendal]
#4690013 - 09/21/05 11:58 AM (18 years, 6 months ago) |
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Is hurricane season always this bad? I don't remember hearing much about them last year, but maybe I just wasn't paying attention...?
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License_to_Chill
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Re: My college is being closed for Hurricane Rita [Re: HELLA_TIGHT]
#4690027 - 09/21/05 12:00 PM (18 years, 6 months ago) |
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I remember seeing a lot on the news last year about the hurricanes, because there were so many in a row.
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trendal
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Re: My college is being closed for Hurricane Rita [Re: HELLA_TIGHT]
#4690030 - 09/21/05 12:01 PM (18 years, 6 months ago) |
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Last years was worse than the year before it, too. I was working tech-support and I remember a good month or two of reduced call volume due to 3-4 hurricanes hitting florida.
They say hurricanes go in cycles, maybe a few decades long, of less and more powerful storms. We're getting into another peak right now. Which probably means we should expect this for another 5-10 years at least.
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License_to_Chill
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Re: My college is being closed for Hurricane Rita [Re: trendal]
#4690038 - 09/21/05 12:02 PM (18 years, 6 months ago) |
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Yea, those bastards ruined my trip the Bahamas.
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trendal
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Re: My college is being closed for Hurricane Rita [Re: HELLA_TIGHT]
#4690045 - 09/21/05 12:05 PM (18 years, 6 months ago) |
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Quote:
The 2004 season was very deadly, with over 3,000 deaths related to the flooding rains or winds caused by the storms. Nearly all of the deaths were reported in Haiti following the floods and mudslides caused by then-Tropical Storm Jeanne. This season had 16 tropical depressions, 15 named storms, 9 hurricanes, and 6 major hurricanes (Category 3 or higher on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale). The Accumulated Cyclone Energy figure of 231 ranks this as the second most active season since 1950 (behind the 1995 season).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Atlantic_hurricane_season
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Once, men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.
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HELLA_TIGHT
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Re: My college is being closed for Hurricane Rita [Re: trendal]
#4690066 - 09/21/05 12:09 PM (18 years, 6 months ago) |
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Thanks for the info!
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Boom
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Re: My college is being closed for Hurricane Rita [Re: novorua]
#4690115 - 09/21/05 12:18 PM (18 years, 6 months ago) |
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Sounds like time for a hurricane party
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License_to_Chill
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Re: My college is being closed for Hurricane Rita [Re: Boom]
#4690137 - 09/21/05 12:23 PM (18 years, 6 months ago) |
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I was in Hurricane Andrew back in '92. Don't remember too much, since I was 7. Pretty sweet though, no school for a week since it was too messed up.
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