I REALLY hate hurricanes
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Topic: I REALLY hate hurricanes
Posted By: SeaWolf
Subject: I REALLY hate hurricanes
Date Posted: 14 August 2004 at 5:59am
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Okay, here's the deal. Our Boy Scout Troop (yeah, i bet you're thinking it's lame, but this trip is awesome) goes to Florida every couple of years to sail in the Keys. Last time was sweet. We did some spear fishing (almost got bit by 3 8-foot sharks last time, but that's another story), swimming, shark fishing, etc... plus, we stopped in Key West which was pretty cool.
Anyways, we were supposed to set sail this morning, but while we were chillin' in Cocoa Beach, the base called us and cancelled. Consequently, we shot back to Pittsburgh in 2 days. From what I hear, Key West and the surrounding area didn't even get hurricane damage. I'm pretty mad because that trip would have been sweet and all the cool guys are going to college next year. Unfortunately, I could go next year, but it would be with all the dumb kids. And what's even worse is the fact that we ran from a hurricane named "Bonnie." I'd feel a little better if it was intimidating, like "Hurricane Excalibur". If it had been just Bonnie, we could have stayed, but Charlie was messing up the other half. I think there should be some sort of penalty for two hurricanes at a time. That's like opening a second gallon of milk before the other is finished... Gah... ------------- 
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Posted By: Enos Shenk
Date Posted: 14 August 2004 at 6:12am
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Indiana is so boring, we dont get cool stuff like hurricanes.
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Posted By: spydero99
Date Posted: 14 August 2004 at 7:11am
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we got bonny yesterday (4" rain per hour) it lasted about 3 hours, then we get the eye of charlie today! yay!!! ------------- erm, eh, well, ok, your right, i am sorry Enos, i dont know what i ever did, but you have jurasdiction over the forum, so, i am sorry for all i have done to offen you Enos |
Posted By: spydero99
Date Posted: 14 August 2004 at 7:31am
just dont do your homework and say the hurrican ate it ------------- erm, eh, well, ok, your right, i am sorry Enos, i dont know what i ever did, but you have jurasdiction over the forum, so, i am sorry for all i have done to offen you Enos |
Posted By: boomstick
Date Posted: 14 August 2004 at 7:59am
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hey seawolf, i think i was playing halo multiplayer with you in a game. my name was havok. ------------- YONK~!~ |
Posted By: AdmiralSenn
Date Posted: 14 August 2004 at 8:16am
Yes, having your house flattened is a lot of fun. Heck, try living in Florida. You think it's bad having your trip interrupted... we have had EVERYTHING interrupted. The state went all to pieces over this storm. ------------- Is God real? You'll find out when you die.
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Enos Shenk wrote:Posted By: sinisterNorth
Date Posted: 14 August 2004 at 9:19am
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That stinks. I caatch some here is PA... ------------- Pumpker'd; (V.) When a pump player runs up and shoots you at point blank range because you thought 20bps made you good. |
Posted By: matt06
Date Posted: 14 August 2004 at 9:26am
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Its okay Enos, ohio doesnt get much either.
Occasional tornado, thats all. |
Posted By: NiQ-Toto
Date Posted: 14 August 2004 at 10:36am
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Hehehe, i am in boyscouts too. I am almost done too, i just gotta finish my eagle stuff, then i am out.
Sucks about your trip, i think that we are gonna get hit with charley in a few days here on long island... ------------- ///AMG What? |
Posted By: :ShockeR_ratm:
Date Posted: 14 August 2004 at 10:37am
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Are we really? I don't stay on top of things like this...lol ------------- 
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Posted By: SeaWolf
Date Posted: 14 August 2004 at 12:27pm
Got my Eagle 2 years ago. |
Posted By: SeaWolf
Date Posted: 14 August 2004 at 12:28pm
My boss (who was also on the trip) told me that there were billions of dollars of damage across FL. He also said that RV parks such as the ones we were tenting in were destroyed. If we had waited 1 more day to head back north, we would have been caught in that mess. -------------
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Posted By: WGP guy
Date Posted: 14 August 2004 at 12:29pm
| i dont like em either, well, its really the tornados that come from them |
Posted By: SeaWolf
Date Posted: 14 August 2004 at 12:29pm
I'm going to college in Indiana. Hooray! -------------
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Posted By: 98God
Date Posted: 14 August 2004 at 12:31pm
| that sucks....the only thing i have had remotely close to a tornado or hurracaine was called a gustnado...it was just really heavy winds that made stuff fly all over....i think there was a tornado a few towns over but thats it....nothing that has effected me |
Posted By: Tae Kwon Do
Date Posted: 14 August 2004 at 12:39pm
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There is literally billions of dollars in damage from the south-west coast all the way up to Orlando. It was a big storm. ------------- 
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Posted By: WGP guy
Date Posted: 14 August 2004 at 1:01pm
i heard only 3 died |
Posted By: ImpyKing2
Date Posted: 14 August 2004 at 2:13pm
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Well it was just as bad for me. Last week I went to SC for vacation then had to leave 8:00 last night because of a mandatory evacuation. We get on the road and everything is bumber to bumper and is not moving at all. To make things worse I had to take a poopy and I was in the middle od some hill billy hick town in SC with no rest stops. Well we finally came to a rest stop and I got to go.We get back on the road things are finally starting to move. We ride for hours until about 3 in the moring. Everything is booked for NC to Virginia. I still have the poops and this is turning out to be one big nightmare. After a living hell I got home 8:00 this morning. All I can say is Im glad its over. ------------- (I'm a nob with no clue about almost anything...) |
Posted By: ms2013
Date Posted: 14 August 2004 at 2:53pm
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hey all you, stick with the Scouts, Eagle is well worth it. having mine helped me get hired by the 2 corporations i've worked for. but hurricanes do mean money for clearing downed limbs, think of it that way. then you can do more to your cocker. and Go to Philmont. it's awesome.
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Posted By: SeaWolf
Date Posted: 14 August 2004 at 4:24pm
Already been to Sea Base once and Philmont twice. This wood have been my second time to Sea Base.  -------------
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Posted By: MetallicaESPa5
Date Posted: 14 August 2004 at 4:29pm
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in virginia, all were getting is rain and winds ------------- 
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Posted By: AdmiralSenn
Date Posted: 14 August 2004 at 5:00pm
Your point? I'm saying that really, unless you live here, you don't have a right to complain about the hurricanes. You're not stuck with them for several months every year.. I do sympathize, as I wanted to go on my troop's last trip to Sea Base and couldn't, but.. well.. I won't bother repeating myself again. ------------- Is God real? You'll find out when you die.
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Posted By: Salem
Date Posted: 14 August 2004 at 5:02pm
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Lol I hate it for all of you. Georgia never gets hit directly. The most we get is a bad thunder storm or two every so often. And thats rare. Good luck to all of youy having to directly deal with it. -Kasey ------------- 
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Posted By: ImpyKing2
Date Posted: 14 August 2004 at 5:33pm
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Now that Im back in Philly Im waiting for it to hit here. Hopefully it won't be to bad. ------------- (I'm a nob with no clue about almost anything...) |
Posted By: boomstick
Date Posted: 14 August 2004 at 5:36pm
yeah. I live in georgia also. all we get is alot of rain and stuff like that. ------------- YONK~!~ |
Posted By: SeaWolf
Date Posted: 14 August 2004 at 8:49pm
No right? Have you ever been to Sea Base? It was the best trip of my life. I think I have the right to complain. Did you have to spend two nights sleeping in a bus seat? Not a grey-hound seat, like a school bus seat... -------------
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Posted By: benttwig33
Date Posted: 14 August 2004 at 9:36pm
i live in Louisiana....trust me you wont want a hurricane. 
the last 2 years we've been lucky in LA, we were never hit really bad(except once) ight now it feels awsome from the cold front...but being hit hard really sucks. ------------- Sig is WAY too big. |
Posted By: Blue Hopper
Date Posted: 14 August 2004 at 9:38pm
The only hurricane iv'e ever had to deal with was the houston hurricanes.  Ahh well their similer, both are big, tough, and can kill you with objects falling down everywhere.------------- Notice: The views exspressed in this post do not represent that of the Tippmann Company or the Paintball community but solely the individual who type it. |