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Ike looking real ugly as it approaches Texas

Postby Grav!ty on Tue Sep 02, 2008 11:47 am

Behind Gustav: Hanna, Ike and Josephine

September 2, 2008
By Mike Nizza


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Updated, 11:13 a.m.

For New Orleans, the morning after Hurricane Gustav was filled with exhales. For the folks at the National Hurricane Center, it was another day at the office
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Postby augie on Tue Sep 02, 2008 12:43 pm

What a train, eh?!:(
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Postby EXTREMEoverclocker on Tue Sep 02, 2008 2:43 pm

finally texas will get some much needed rain
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Postby kanaloa on Tue Sep 02, 2008 4:26 pm

Let the panic begin... our state is already in "prep-mode."
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Postby phileysmiley on Tue Sep 02, 2008 6:02 pm

Eggs, milk, and bread are already gone from the shelves here.

(Sorry, Philadelphia inside joke) :lol:
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Postby augie on Tue Sep 02, 2008 7:49 pm

phileysmiley wrote:Eggs, milk, and bread are already gone from the shelves here.

(Sorry, Philadelphia inside joke) :lol:


They probably use that solid state recorder to remember their shopping lists! :P Only $19.95, BUY NOW! :lol:
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Postby phileysmiley on Tue Sep 02, 2008 8:07 pm

augie wrote:
phileysmiley wrote:Eggs, milk, and bread are already gone from the shelves here.

(Sorry, Philadelphia inside joke) :lol:


They probably use that solid state recorder to remember their shopping lists! :P Only $19.95, BUY NOW! :lol:

Haha. I don't know, it's just one of those traditions -- whenever a big snowstorm is forecast (or even an inch or so) people rush to the store to buy up milk, eggs, and bread. Then on the 11:00 news they will have the requisite live shot of empty shelves.

The joke is that nobody can figure out why impending storms trigger the impulse in people to want to make French Toast! :roflmao:
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Postby markcynt on Tue Sep 02, 2008 8:15 pm

phileysmiley wrote:Eggs, milk, and bread are already gone from the shelves here.

(Sorry, Philadelphia inside joke) :lol:


I thought that was a RI joke.

The Blizzard of 1978. It was the original "Bread and Milk" storm.


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Postby phileysmiley on Wed Sep 03, 2008 7:02 pm

Ike is now a Cat 3.
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Postby kanaloa on Thu Sep 04, 2008 8:36 am

I have a reaaal bad feeling about Ike. Cat 4 I think now and will stay between 3-4 as it approaches Florida. Models show it now curving north WAY before they originally forecast. Maybe it'll curve completely and go back out to sea.

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