Make sure the barn door is closed and We got plenty of BEER!
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sigmachris
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Floridians are targeted but look at Gustav, its got New Orleans in its sights too.
clownfish11
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nice on the saving fish, but i think you guys should buy a boat
aquaknight
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We had a light rain early yesterday and they were closed roads north of Orlando for flooding. My yard is still muddy, and the sidewalk still is weeping out water.
alyssia
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Originally Posted by TeresaQ
http:///forum/post/2738092
I dont think our area can take anymore water. bonita springs about an hour north of me still has sheet water and is very flooded. heck, last week my kids and I tried to save the poor fish that were swimming in the road getting run over. We saved ten.
T
Poor Teresa....it's so nice you tried to save those fish! That is totally something I would do.
What is sheet water?
http:///forum/post/2738092
I dont think our area can take anymore water. bonita springs about an hour north of me still has sheet water and is very flooded. heck, last week my kids and I tried to save the poor fish that were swimming in the road getting run over. We saved ten.
T
Poor Teresa....it's so nice you tried to save those fish! That is totally something I would do.
What is sheet water?
teresaq
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last yr I cant remember any, The last one was francis, and charley befor that.
sheet water also called flow water is water that has no place to go in the ground, so it flows until it finds a place to drain. Estero has several neighborhood that are still evacuated because houses are flooded.
I felt so bad for the poor little fish trying to swim back to the ditch in less then half an inch of water. the looked like salmon swimming in a stream. there were soo many dead from cars driving over them.
T
sheet water also called flow water is water that has no place to go in the ground, so it flows until it finds a place to drain. Estero has several neighborhood that are still evacuated because houses are flooded.
I felt so bad for the poor little fish trying to swim back to the ditch in less then half an inch of water. the looked like salmon swimming in a stream. there were soo many dead from cars driving over them.
T
aquaknight
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I believe the historical average is 1.38 hurricanes per year for Florida (from the keys to the panhandle). 2007 we were completely storm free (technically Karen made land fall as a tropical depression over Tampa) of named storms.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_At...rricane_season
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_At...rricane_season
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_At...rricane_season
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_At...rricane_season
2006 and 2007 were very tame years. 2004, was crazy, where we had 5 named storms, and of course 2005 is when Katrina hit, there were 5 storms I believe looking at the map that also hit FL. So bascially it seems cyclical.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_At...rricane_season
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_At...rricane_season
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_At...rricane_season
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_At...rricane_season
2006 and 2007 were very tame years. 2004, was crazy, where we had 5 named storms, and of course 2005 is when Katrina hit, there were 5 storms I believe looking at the map that also hit FL. So bascially it seems cyclical.
sickboy
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Originally Posted by stdreb27
http:///forum/post/2738156
I seriously wonder how the indians did it back in the day...
That is a good point....never thought about that
http:///forum/post/2738156
I seriously wonder how the indians did it back in the day...
That is a good point....never thought about that
mimzy
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Originally Posted by stdreb27
http:///forum/post/2738156
I seriously wonder how the indians did it back in the day...
they were highly mobile and didn't have things like massive trucks, cars and boats to worry about getting flooded or swept away - not to mention the fact that they had no power lines or sewer systems to worry about. That is not to say that they weren't affected by the stormy season; I'm sure they migrated around quite a bit to accommodate the changing seasons.
http:///forum/post/2738156
I seriously wonder how the indians did it back in the day...
they were highly mobile and didn't have things like massive trucks, cars and boats to worry about getting flooded or swept away - not to mention the fact that they had no power lines or sewer systems to worry about. That is not to say that they weren't affected by the stormy season; I'm sure they migrated around quite a bit to accommodate the changing seasons.
stdreb27
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Originally Posted by Mimzy
http:///forum/post/2738195
they were highly mobile and didn't have things like massive trucks, cars and boats to worry about getting flooded or swept away - not to mention the fact that they had no power lines or sewer systems to worry about. That is not to say that they weren't affected by the stormy season; I'm sure they migrated around quite a bit to accommodate the changing seasons.
Well mobility isn't going to be a factor, when you don't have any warning to a major hurricane.
Whatever shelters they built surely wouldn't hold up to 135+ mph winds.
http:///forum/post/2738195
they were highly mobile and didn't have things like massive trucks, cars and boats to worry about getting flooded or swept away - not to mention the fact that they had no power lines or sewer systems to worry about. That is not to say that they weren't affected by the stormy season; I'm sure they migrated around quite a bit to accommodate the changing seasons.
Well mobility isn't going to be a factor, when you don't have any warning to a major hurricane.
aquaknight
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Here's a short article about some of the early hurricanes, including the most powerful hurricane ever recorded, The Labor Day Storm of 1935, and the most deadly FL hurricane ever, the Hurricane of 1928.
The deadiest ever is the Hurricane of 1900 which hit Galveston, TX and killed 6,000-10,000 people. 2005's Katrina killed 1,300.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/storm/c...la_storms.html
A lot of the problems with the hurricanes is the storm surge. I suspect that lots of the casualties in the early deaths were due to the 'whites' that had never learned to swim. This may be a bit of an abrasive comment, but I have a feeling most coastal Indians could swim, very well if need be, even the children.
The deadiest ever is the Hurricane of 1900 which hit Galveston, TX and killed 6,000-10,000 people. 2005's Katrina killed 1,300.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/storm/c...la_storms.html
A lot of the problems with the hurricanes is the storm surge. I suspect that lots of the casualties in the early deaths were due to the 'whites' that had never learned to swim. This may be a bit of an abrasive comment, but I have a feeling most coastal Indians could swim, very well if need be, even the children.
stdreb27
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Originally Posted by AquaKnight
http:///forum/post/2738222
Here's a short article about some of the early hurricanes, including the most powerful hurricane ever record, the hurricane of 1935 which hit Galvenston, TX., and the most deadly hurricane ever,
the Hurricane of 1928
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/storm/c...la_storms.html
A lot of the problems with the hurricanes is the storm surge. I suspect that lots of the casualties in the early deaths were due to 'white' that had never learned to swim. This may be a bit of an abrasive comment, but I have a feeling most coastal Indians could swim, very well if need be, even the children.
lol Swimming is a little different with a 20 ft storm surge. lol
http:///forum/post/2738222
Here's a short article about some of the early hurricanes, including the most powerful hurricane ever record, the hurricane of 1935 which hit Galvenston, TX., and the most deadly hurricane ever,
the Hurricane of 1928
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/storm/c...la_storms.html
A lot of the problems with the hurricanes is the storm surge. I suspect that lots of the casualties in the early deaths were due to 'white' that had never learned to swim. This may be a bit of an abrasive comment, but I have a feeling most coastal Indians could swim, very well if need be, even the children.
lol Swimming is a little different with a 20 ft storm surge. lol
aquaknight
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Originally Posted by stdreb27
http:///forum/post/2738225
lol Swimming is a little different with a 20 ft storm surge. lol
Well, lol I mean they could at all. The settlers probably have never been in the water at all, and would drown in a 6ft pool.
My best second guess, is the Native America chickee's were often deep in thick brush, which helped them weather the storm, better then settlers who cleared the land and built houses out in the open.
Also, without much documentation, I doubt most of the Indians survived the nastiest storms either....
http:///forum/post/2738225
lol Swimming is a little different with a 20 ft storm surge. lol
Well, lol I mean they could at all. The settlers probably have never been in the water at all, and would drown in a 6ft pool.
My best second guess, is the Native America chickee's were often deep in thick brush, which helped them weather the storm, better then settlers who cleared the land and built houses out in the open.
Also, without much documentation, I doubt most of the Indians survived the nastiest storms either....