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Those here who will be affected by hurricane Dorian, are you ready?

Posted - August 31, 2019
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  • 5391
    Yes. We’ve already fled to the hills of Tennessee, where hurricanes are only described in legends. 

    Ah, the price of paradise. 
      August 31, 2019 8:22 AM MDT
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  • 32697
    I have an uncle he does the same thing. Heads for Tenn when the hurricances get too strong.   
      August 31, 2019 8:49 AM MDT
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  • 5391
    My in-laws own a ranch in the foothills of the Smokey Mountains. Quite a beautiful place. Tranquil and quiet. 

    We were coming here for the Labor Day weekend anyway, so now we have another reason to partake of their hospitality. We fled here back when Irma and Maria pounded S Florida. 

      August 31, 2019 9:31 AM MDT
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  • 44231
    Oh...I have camped and hiked in the Smokies. I loved it.
      August 31, 2019 9:36 AM MDT
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  • 5391
    If while hiking there, you come upon a stretch of barbed wire fence with a number of brown and tan alpacas behind it, wave to the camera. We’ll be out in a minute. Lol. 

    Be forewarned, my in-laws are fervent gun owners, as one is in Tennesssee. This post was edited by Don Barzini at August 31, 2019 9:50 AM MDT
      August 31, 2019 9:45 AM MDT
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  • 44231
    Ach. My camping days are over.
      August 31, 2019 9:51 AM MDT
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  • 19942
    Good luck to you.  Hope the damage is minimal.  I have a friend in Daytona Beach and I'm hoping she's not going to be affected too badly.  
      August 31, 2019 9:09 AM MDT
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  • 5391
    Thank you, Spunky. We battened down before we left, but there is only so much that can be done. 
      August 31, 2019 9:33 AM MDT
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  • 19942
    I can't imagine having to go through hurricanes like that.  My friend has been through a couple and at one point, she and her family had drive up to Georgia to get away from it.  In my lifetime, the only one we had here in NYC was Hurricane Sandy.  Fortunately, living in an apartment building on the 3rd floor meant there was almost no damage and no need to evacuate.  I do remember taping my windows just in case.  
      August 31, 2019 9:36 AM MDT
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  • 44231
    You were the first one I thought of.
      August 31, 2019 9:15 AM MDT
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  • 5391
    My thanks to you. 
      August 31, 2019 9:34 AM MDT
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  • 46117
    If it decimates Mar A Lago?  That would be awesome.  

    AWE SOMMMMMME
      August 31, 2019 8:41 AM MDT
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  • 19942
    I'd rather it decimated Doral - then they'll have to find another place to hold the G-7.
      August 31, 2019 9:10 AM MDT
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  • 46117
    BOTH.  I want both.  
      August 31, 2019 9:13 AM MDT
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  • 19942
    Actually, I want ALL of his resorts decimated by some natural disaster.  Not the people in them - just the land and buildings.  And Trump Tower in NYC.
      August 31, 2019 9:40 AM MDT
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  • 44231
    It has already survived a few since Marjorie Post had it built.
      August 31, 2019 9:16 AM MDT
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  • 17401
    We've been watching this thing for days and finally yesterday it changed course and we are no longer in the cone.  I'm full of concern for those who end up in the path when it hits land.  Lock down  your home and find a safe place.  I am prepared and have been for two months.  All I needed was ice and I bought enough to fill up a  small chest freezer.  There are already two more "disturbances" out in the Atlantic that they are watching.  I think we'll see a couple more hurricanes before December.
      August 31, 2019 5:27 PM MDT
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  • 180
    I'm about as prepared as I'm going to be, at this point. My area of Florida was considered an impact zone, but maybe not so much now. I did learn long ago, that what a hurricane actually ends up doing is about impossible to know. 
      August 31, 2019 7:23 PM MDT
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