3057

Allegedly the cranes are built with high winds in mind, so they are supposed to simply swivel on their base when hit by a wind gust. Think weathervane.

That said, a weathervane in 140mph winds is spinning like a child’s top. Multiply that effect by the size of a construction crane, and it seems like a monumentally stupid idea to leave them there when expecting a hurricane.

3058

How fast can you even take down those cranes? I imagine the process is slow and they may not have time to do that + evac.

3059

Ooh. Are asteroids next?

3060

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3061

@Granath Hang in there. Looks like it’s about to be right on top of you judging by your earlier posts.

3062

I heard two weeks to take down those large construction cranes.

3063

Flooding in Miami down Brickell Avenue. (This one’s real, not the river.)

3064

My wife says Brickell floods all the time.

3065

Misguided’s wife says cranes fall over into buildings in Miami during storms all the time.

3066

(Tweet unclear on whether this guidance incorporates advice from Misguided.)

3067

Heard an interview with a crane operator - yes, it takes 2 weeks to take one down. They claim to be built to withstand up to 140 mph, but I wouldn’t be surprised to see more than a couple fail in less.

3068

And of course, the beaches weren’t built up to nearly the same extent in the 60s. There’s a lot more to destroy now.

3069

I just got an alert that a second crane has fallen now.

3070

28 more to go.

3071

I expect a plague of locusts any day now.

Shortly thereafter the angel of death will knock on your door demanding the soul of your firstborne.

3072

Just got a call from family in North Miami. Everybody holding up so far.

Looks like the eye went straight over Marco Island. Hope everybody got out of there.

3073

The problem is you need a crane to take down a crane.

3074

What’s happening with the weather in 2017: A Hollywood Scriptwriter’s View

[Scene: A scientist pouring over ancient stone tablets in a dimly lit room. He looks dashing in an academic if ordinary way, although he could afford to lose 15 pounds. Around him are large conference tables filled with other stone tablets, map sized sketches and miscellanea. On the wall is a giant map of Mexico and Central America with a big red circle around a spot in the jungle. It’s labelled SITE 27.]

[Enidigm] [tapping head with trusty yellow RiteInTheRain ™ 1.1mm pencil] Wait a minute. I think they miscalculated…

[runs across one table to another table]

[Enidigm] YES. It all makes sense now!

[Dangerously attractive female graduate student] What does, professor?

[Enidigm] The Haab’ is miscalculated! Of course! It’s just like converting from metric to imperial when they missed Mars…

[DAFGS] You mean they mistranslated the Classical Mayan…

[Enidigm] No no no it’s like…

[picks up a bar of Almond Joy ™]

[Enidigm] It’s like missing the almond on top of the coconut. It’s like missing the clue at the end of your nose. It’s like not seeing the big picture when you get focused on the… details.

[Enidigm looks over at the Big Screen TV. Another report comes in of a natural disaster.]

[Enidigm] You see, the Mayans though the worlds came and went in cycles. And they believed that when the cycle came to an end, the Earth would be destroyed…

[DAFGS] But professor, didn’t they say the cycle ended in 2012?

[Enidigm] Exactly! But the problem was that they started counting from the ROMAN Calendar, which had 355 days. They didn’t account for…

[On the Big Screen, the sound of a giant building collapsing in the background]

[DAFGS] What are you saying?

[Enidigm] I’m saying that … the Cycle didn’t end in December 2012. It ends in December… [looks at camera] … 2017.

3075

Well… I hope everybody is safe.

https://m.twitch.tv/stocksavage

3076

Well that didn’t take long to fill up my pool