2856

You guys are up to date on your federal taxes, right? We’re gonna need it!

2857

It’s good but being shutdown doesn’t prevent major problems if they aren’t maintained during that time. All the Japanese reactors were ‘shutdown’ within minutes of the Tsunami warning.

I think it’s a Federal law that every reactor has to be reasonably high off the ground though, in the United States, significantly higher than Fukushima. I hope anyway.

2858

Heh. I got a text from my dentist to remind me that I’m having my teeth extracted Monday. I replied that I would be busy having a hurricane Monday. No reply so it was probably automated. No fucking way will he even be open Monday, as much as the thought of getting teeth pulled and the power going out in the middle, sounds wonderful.

2859

Stay safe Rich. I’m in Orlando now and not thrilled with the western turn the storm took in the 5 pm models. We aren’t going to get hit as hard as south Florida but this storm is no joke.

2860

Better yet, no power at all.

“We’re gonna have to do this the old fashioned way.”
/gets out a hand drill and pliers

2861

If I’m not mistaken, the European model has done a better job of predicting this storm.

My MIL is in North Miami. They are battening down the hatches.

2862

He is doing it the old fashioned way. Multiple novocaine shots and pliers. The wife asked me if I caused the storm to delay my visit.

2863

From my experience tracking winter storms in New England, the European Model does a better job with those as well.

2864

The European model is making me sad though, since it has the storm rolling right over top of Orlando. Getting out now is going to present more danger than not (getting stranded in north Florida looking for gas) so now we are all weighing local shelter versus riding it out in the house. It could be far worse though, so I’ll suck it up and batten down the hatches for now.

2865

Goddamn y’all keep safe down there

2866

He’s a forecaster with the NHC.

2867

Down to 165. Some signs of hope:

2868

Having a whisky tonight thinking of ya, Rich. Stay safe, man.

2869

Welp, that 12Z European model tells me that here in Orlando I should put the plywood up. Hopefully this doesn’t cause too much damage to this brand new house we bought and moved into 3 weeks ago.

One of the reasons we moved here was to be in a neighborhood instead of where our last house was (surrounded in trees without neighbors). Our neighbor 2 houses down in the couldesac has a heavy power diesel generator he said he’d let us hook up to as long as we have enough extension cord (I think we do). I wonder the chances of power going out but cable internet still working are.

Edit: Also just to add to the terror:

2870

Good luck to all my fellow Floridians…

2871

I don’t have much to add other than my thoughts and prayers are with you guys - Stay safe!

2872

Oh good.

2873

God either accidentally unlocked his phone in his pocket or left something on his keyboard.

Edit: Or a cat is messing with it!

2874

8.0 is a big, big quake.

2875

Damage reports from the quake aren’t coming from areas near the epicenter, they’re coming from Mexico City, where people reported shaking, and there are some power outages.

Mexico City is 600 kilometers from the city nearest the quake…