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   From: 186282@ud0s4.net   
      
   The GOOD news is that they now don't THINK it is   
   going to be a cat-4 ... but BEWARE intensity models,   
   they're not nearly as good as track models. It is   
   NOT unusual these days to see hurricane jump up a   
   category shortly before landfall. Dunno why, but   
   they really seem to do this kinda often. Worst   
   case was in Mexico a year ago - cat-1 to cat-5   
   within 12 hours. Squished Acapulco.   
      
   Cat-3 means "only" 15-foot storm surge along   
   the coast ... STILL enough to completely cover   
   most houses. Still better than 20-foot surge   
   I suppose.   
      
   The bad news is the thing is STILL very strong   
   and very WIDE. It WILL maintain strength even   
   a fair way inland - all the way into Georgia.   
      
   The Florida state capitol is STILL in the   
   center of the presumed track. Tallahassee is   
   a beautiful town, trees trees trees everywhere.   
   They're gonna all fall down onto buildings and   
   power lines - it'll be a HUGE mess.   
      
   Fear not, DeSantis and ultra-MAGA mean Florida   
   has LOTS of spare money. Still, a real pain in   
   the ass for the local pop. I was in Fla for   
   the "double hurricanes" - hit within a mile   
   of each other, within like three weeks, cat-2   
   and cat-3. What a fuckin' MESS ! The water   
   lines were pulled up and all the power lines   
   were giant tangles around crashed poles and   
   trees and 90% of the roads were unusable.   
   WEEKS before the lights came back on.   
      
   Note NO mob/looter events ... Fla SUPPORTS   
   shooting the fuckin' shit out of looters and   
   they all KNOW it. Thus NO problems. Last big   
   storm a sheriff said to shoot them a LOT,   
   just to be sure  :-)   
      
   The maybe even WORSE news is the amount of RAIN   
   it's gonna send into Georgia - maybe another   
   12-15 inches on TOP of the floods they had just   
   the past couple of days from a weather front.   
   Atlanta is shutting down its huge airport and   
   it's perhaps THE busiest air hub in the world.   
   A total systemic mess.   
      
   The Georgia/Tennessee/Carolina area is gonna   
   get DROWNED.   
      
   Anyone wonder why insurance companies won't   
   insure much these days ? THIS sort of thing is   
   why. NO private corp can martial the cash to   
   DEAL with disasters on this scale anymore.   
   Ain't the wealthy 60s anymore. Some new plan,   
   FEMA-Plus, is gonna be NECESSARY. Sorry but   
   that's Real Life. Deal. No pure capitalist   
   solutions anymore - China/lefties stole THAT.   
      
   The storm STILL might make cat-4. That's total   
   DEATH to anybody who's within about 10 miles of   
   the very shallow coast in that part of the world.   
   The GOOD bit is that the actual coast around   
   there doesn't have THAT many people. The BAD bit   
   is that many just WON'T evac plus we're talking   
   some really high-$$$ real-estate.   
      
   Looks like THIS year the Florida panhandle is   
   getting what Texas got the past few years.   
   This is the second strong storm for them now,   
   almost hitting the same place, but stronger.   
      
   ANYhow ... we'll know by Friday AM. Won't   
   be good ......   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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