Springfield Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 I doubt Irma hits DC, or Hampton Road for that matter. Still a looooong ways off for that storm. The thing about snow in the DC area, for me, is that we have too many cars on the road. An accident can back up traffic for miles. Sun glare. Heavy rain. Snow is just something that slows everything to a crawl. If you have the kind of traffic that we do here, there is no way to NOT make it a problem when it starts snowing. I don't think it's a terrible driver thing, I think it's a high volume thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 Matt OswaltVerified account @MattOswaltVA 9h9 hours ago More "You have a choice Houston, starve to death...or eat vegan." (ENTIRE CITY OF HOUSTON TAKES A BIG SWIG OF WHISKY) "I'll see you in hell." 2 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsmarydu Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 9 hours ago, Springfield said: I don't think it's a terrible driver thing, I think it's a high volume thing. Be glad you don't have both...like we do here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted September 3, 2017 Share Posted September 3, 2017 AP EXCLUSIVE: Toxic waste sites flooded in Houston area HIGHLANDS, Texas (AP) — As Dwight Chandler sipped beer and swept out the thick muck caked inside his devastated home, he worried whether Harvey’s floodwaters had also washed in pollution from the old acid pit just a couple blocks away. Long a center of the nation’s petrochemical industry, the Houston metro area has more than a dozen Superfund sites, designated by the Environmental Protection Agency as being among America’s most intensely contaminated places. Many are now flooded, with the risk that waters were stirring dangerous sediment. The Highlands Acid Pit site near Chandler’s home was filled in the 1950s with toxic sludge and sulfuric acid from oil and gas operations. Though 22,000 cubic yards of hazardous waste and soil were excavated from the acid pits in the 1980s, the site is still considered a potential threat to groundwater, and the EPA maintains monitoring wells there. When he was growing up in Highlands, Chandler, now 62, said he and his friends used to swim in the by-then abandoned pit. “My daddy talks about having bird dogs down there to run and the acid would eat the pads off their feet,” he recounted on Thursday. “We didn’t know any better.” The Associated Press surveyed seven Superfund sites in and around Houston during the flooding. All had been inundated with water, in some cases many feet deep. Click on the link for the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koolblue13 Posted September 3, 2017 Share Posted September 3, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FanboyOf91 Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 officials do controlled burn of six remaining trailers at crosby chemical plant https://www.apnews.com/31fa924ac62740cb96ee6ac2c4f7a62e?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=AP Three trailers had already caught fire at the plant after backup generators were consumed by Harvey’s floodwaters, which knocked out the refrigeration necessary to keep the chemicals from degrading and catching fire. Officials said the “proactive measures” to ignite the six remaining trailers wouldn’t pose any additional risk to the community. People living within 1.5 miles of the site remain evacuated. The fire marshal’s office says state, federal and local agencies will continue monitoring the air, adding that all data to date indicates no impact to air quality. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooleyfan1993 Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 Any idea if this hurricane Irma is supposed to impact the northeast (CT or the D.C. Area)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 Just now, Cooleyfan1993 said: Any idea if this hurricane Irma is supposed to impact the northeast (CT or the D.C. Area)? too early; but latest projection is turning north at Florida Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FanboyOf91 Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 Ugh...our Sept 16 weekend in the Bahamas is looking a little dicey. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tshile Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Ugh it could skip across southern Florida and regroup in the Gulf and land again. Nasty potential 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d0ublestr0ker0ll Posted September 5, 2017 Author Share Posted September 5, 2017 Christ, it was a Cat 2 and weakening early today. Right back up to a Cat 4. Good luck @Koolblue13 SO FL folks, time to start planning. Even you mugs in mid/north FL need to have a plan, just in case it curves northward on us. Gulf coast people, yeah. Time to start prepping, just in case. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88Comrade2000 Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 No Irma for me. I was in WV last year, when Mathew skipped by. I'm in WV this week and was going to go home this weekend but will wait until Irma leaves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airborneskins Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Hey KB. Are you staying down South for this storm? If so be careful.. Im worried for you guys down there and my favorite islands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d0ublestr0ker0ll Posted September 5, 2017 Author Share Posted September 5, 2017 Cat 5. Heading to the islands. Unbelievable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SemperFi Skins Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Great, I am in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.... Trying to get my wife and 10 month old daughter to leave today to head somewhere northwest. I unfortunately cannot leave as I manage country clubs and I need to make sure all of the residents and staff are safe prior to my evacuation... We were supposed to be headed to the Keys for the weekend to celebrate my wifes birthday... that ain't happening! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Say a little prayer for Key West. A 15-20 foot storm surge would be curtains for that amazingly fun town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going Commando Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Praying for your safety KB. I hope the storm passes you by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjfootballer Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 ^^ Trump just signed an executive order to build a wall around Florida to keep Tropical Storm Jose out. Says Cuba will pay for it. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tshile Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 180 MPH winds makes it the strongest hurricane to form in the atlantic on record. Should be hitting islands this afternoon... https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2017/09/05/catastrophic-hurricane-irma-now-a-cat-5-is-on-a-collision-course-with-florida/?utm_term=.475bbfc549a5 Quote Hurricane Irma is an “extremely dangerous” Category 5, barreling toward the northern Lesser Antilles and Southern Florida. It’s already the strongest hurricane ever recorded outside the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico, and it’s likely to make landfall somewhere in Florida over the weekend. ... With maximum winds of 185 mph, Irma is tied for the second strongest storm ever observed in the Atlantic. And in its Tuesday morning discussion, the National Hurricane Center said the storm is in an environment “ideal for some additional intensification.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SemperFi Skins Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 update: my wife and daughter are leaving tonight for Tennessee.... I hope to be able to evacuate by tomorrow or Thursday night.... Monroe and Miami-Dade are in mandatory evacuations.... Broward (where I am) will be next 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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