Comments on: Hurricane Season Begins

By: whitepunknotondope

whitepunknotondope — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 17:14:00 +0000

“The bible tells us over 350 times – in one way or another – DO NOT BE AFRAID or FEAR NOT.”

Did you actually count them, or is there some kind of online “bible quote lookup” app?

Because if you actually counted them you seriously need to get a hobby or a life!

By: mph

mph — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:45:14 +0000

The bible tells us over 350 times – in one way or another – DO NOT BE AFRAID or FEAR NOT. Be prepared yes – afraid No.

By: JJ

JJ — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 20:16:44 +0000

Big Al, my preparations will be the same no matter how many they predict. It’s not like I’m going out today to buy enough gas and food to last through 9 storms, and if there were 14 I’d be blowed up. What’s the difference?

Besides, I’m going to be prepared, but I ain’t panicking until I know it’s coming up Palafox St.

By: whitepunknotondope

whitepunknotondope — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 18:35:21 +0000

“Remember, these folks are not your regular guys next door. They are PhD graduates from Ivy League schools.”

Don’t be fooled by academia, it isn’t really worth the paper it’s written on. You can teach a monkey to do calculus, but you wouldn’t trust one to make important decisions.

By: Big Al

Big Al — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:10:55 +0000

Well, I would rather be prepared for 14 and only have 9 than be prepared for 9 and have 14. What do you think?

By: Wendy

Wendy — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:09:07 +0000

JJ,
I believe they are much craftier than you can imagine. Remember, these folks are not your regular guys next door. They are PhD graduates from Ivy League schools. They very smart, not especially ethical, and are carefully considering which lies they will tell us next. They use these predications to first enhance their own importance and then to sway public opinion in whatever direction they feel is important. Right now, they feel it is important to convince us that global warming is on the verge of destroying life as we know it and that all of these hurricanes are going to fall upon us right away.

By: JJ

JJ — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:50:19 +0000

Yeah, last year they predicted 14 named storms. We had 9. That’s just a little more than half of what they predicted.

I think they have a dart board with a bunch of numbers on it… some geek closes his eyes, throws a dart and whatever he hits is what they go with….

By: EMD

EMD — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:27:55 +0000

Well fancy that WPOD. We agree on something.

By: whitepunknotondope

whitepunknotondope — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:38:18 +0000

The NOAA is peddling fear. Plain and simple. Nobody living in hurricane prone areas needs to know this prediction any more than they need a hole in their roof.

The basics: be prepared in the event of an impending storm regardless.