Complete deja vu from Allison. The Texas Med Center was crippled with almost the exact same issue. In the aftermath, they were taken to the woodshed over it and made substantial improvements to their flood safeguards.
Got this text from a friend who lives in Long Beach. "The national guard is already here and I think most of Long Beach will be condemned. I can only text bc my cell won't get service for Internet and won't make calls. We're okay but Long Beach is devastated. No power, no water. Our apt and cars are not damaged bc we moved the Altima out before the storm. The boardwalk, houses, and cars are destroyed. All of long beach was underwater last night. My sisters apt is still underwater"
+1. As we know from lives on the Gulf coast, phase II of this stuff is just as challenging. It's going to be especially bad if it gets/stays really cold and nobody has power (kind of the opposite of Houston, post storm.)
Aside from some power outages, my area (north jersey) looks to be fine. The shore points look pretty bad.
Let's not forget nuclear fallout that would be created by detonating a nuclear bomb and would also be spread by wind patterns.
Picture 1: Someone drove by and shot an arrow through the neck of the victim. Then police cars w/ lights flashing chased the attacker. Picture 2: I was sooooo hungry. I ate at Subway. What do I win?
Given that hurricanes weaken with colder waters, you'd need to create some sort of an "ice bomb" below the hurricane. Not sure how productive a nuke would be.
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Looks like my school is going to be closed tomorrow, making it three days in a row. And my school is notorious for being open when other schools aren't.
My school district was out for almost 3 weeks during Hurricane Isabel. This late into the year, it sucks, because there usually isn't time to make up for the missed class time. They ended up extending school hours for the rest of the year.
