Hurricanes are natural disasters, but people make them worse
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IncorrigibleTroll
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Can we, as a society, please agree to pretend that Anne Coulter died of sepsis several years ago?
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Highly disappointed that purportedly pro-life people are politicizing weather warnings...
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Ann Coulter is a close tie with Rush Limbaugh for Worst Person in America, so I'm not the least surprised at either.
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No mention of her comment about Harvey being in retaliation because of a lesbian mayor?
Doesn't that qualify as stupid too?
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Coulter's entire "career" is based on getting reactions by saying inflammatory shit. If she sees this article, all it will achieve is giving her a self-congratulatory +1 on her goal.
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If you get your news from Ann Coulter you shouldn't be surprised when it's wrong (sadly her followers probably never find out she's wrong)
... crazy that "light rain and breezy" brought down two high rise cranes...
... crazy that "light rain and breezy" brought down two high rise cranes...
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To be fair, Limbaugh never claimed his system was accurate just that he trusts it. Fools often trust in things that are inaccurate, like astrology.
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I'm not sure sepsis is appropriately painful for the evil that comes out of Coulter. She's the kind of witch for whom they invented burning at the stake.
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I liked Anderson Cooper's sessions with the hurricane hunters. At least he attempted to make the doom and gloom fest educational.
We do need a replacement phrase for "stay safe."
We do need a replacement phrase for "stay safe."
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Once again, the worst people happen to be Republicans. Who could honestly still call themselves a Republican without being embarrassed?
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Sunday morning at about the time that Harvey was covering the Florida Keys in water and bearing down on the southwestern coast of Florida
Should that be Irma?
Should that be Irma?
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"I have no logical grounds for being offended yet still feel compelled to haughtily broadcast my indignation"
OK, you got your attention, can you go away now?
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.@FLGOVSCOTT TO @DAVIDMUIR: "I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD WANT TO HELP, THE BIGGEST THING YOU CAN DO NOW IS PRAY." #IRMA
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I wouldn't be surprised if they start blaming these hurricanes as god's punishment for gay marriage.
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Ugh, really? If I've learned anything over the course of the past 2 weeks is that anything over 5 days out is not totally useless, but its damn well close.
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Conservatives are not known for being chilled out about life, but I've seen them consistently downplay disaster warnings and environmental problems generally.
This must have some psychological significance, but I'm not sure what it is. Probably some mechanism for coping with anxiety.
This must have some psychological significance, but I'm not sure what it is. Probably some mechanism for coping with anxiety.
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I saw a nice meme on Facebook which showed a bunch of recent natural disasters with the words "Pray for _______" superimposed on them. Then at the bottom, it was written "How about vote for a government that believes in Science?"
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I'm leaning towards "Don't move to Arizona! We have enough problems without becoming like Florida."
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This is one of those comments that you almost can see the person typing it, giggling to his or herself as they click "Leave Your Reply", then sitting there feeling smug and superior for a minute before they start refreshing the page to see who responds. *waves hello*
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"(My favorite, which comes up again and again, is to nuke hurricanes. Not even kidding. As if dropping a nuclear bomb into a system perfectly designed to spread nuclear fallout is somehow a great idea)."
Actually, after watching the Sharknado films I've learned this is the only way to save us from chomping DOOM.
When they chew off your arm you'll just WISH that Trump had busted out the nukes Eric! But then it will be too late!
Actually, after watching the Sharknado films I've learned this is the only way to save us from chomping DOOM.
When they chew off your arm you'll just WISH that Trump had busted out the nukes Eric! But then it will be too late!
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Someone has to have a model of hurricane plus nuke. Just because we shouldn't do it doesn't mean we can't pretend.
I assume it would require a bomb on the scale of Tsar Bomba to even have a chance of affecting a hurricane tbh.
I assume it would require a bomb on the scale of Tsar Bomba to even have a chance of affecting a hurricane tbh.
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I can't recall whether it was the National Weather Service or NASA that had a write-up about just how off-scale the perennial "nuke the hurricane" idea is. If I recall correctly, it turns out that the energy content of your average run-of-the-mill hurricane is orders of magnitude more than a modern nuclear weapon. It would be like trying to stop a charging rhino by throwing a glass of water in his face.
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snowman<ca>
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I thought the everybody use home fans to blow it off course was the dumbest idea i heard, but at least may have been a joke.
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For those whom don't understand, or maybe can't relate, to your perspective, consider this: more people would die if Florida got 6" of snow.
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That's funny!
Thanks for sharing it!
Edit: Until I got to the anti AGW people. <sigh>
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If we were to do this, I would prefer to pretend she succumbed to MRSA.
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