Global Warming Cafe

Kos Island, Greece, by George Papapostolou

Three whales breaching at the same time. I think they did it as part of a TikTok challenge.

A new clip of the anteater family excursion.

This cat's feet and ass look like a tribute to Che Guevara. Or maybe Paul McCartney from Yellow Submarine. I don't know. It's definitely a face and it's freaking me out.

Absolutely irrefutable, 100% convincing proof that Bigfoot exists is finally here.

Don't be bothered by the deliberately shaky camera. It's just that Bigfoot is actually blurry in real life. It's some kind of defensive adaptation.

Dogs can play with the automatic ball-throwing machine all day and be content.

German shepherd showing off for the little dogs.

Important diplomatic conference.

The fable is 100% accurate!

A polar bear walking on ice floes in the middle of nowhere.

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— Figen (@TheFigen_) October 1, 2024

The stunning Church of Panagia in Chora, Folegandros island, Greece.

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— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) October 2, 2024

Landscape of Kazakhstan
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— Science girl (@gunsnrosesgirl3) October 2, 2024

Posted by: Ace at 07:48 PM

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1 So the Brain Dead Café??

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 03, 2024 07:51 PM (CEzQx)

2
Called the riff-raff.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 03, 2024 07:52 PM (eoSEc)

3 Greek church is impressive, but what's a Grecian urn?

Posted by: Practical Pat at October 03, 2024 07:52 PM (CV8a5)

4 Damn content!

Posted by: Accomack at October 03, 2024 07:53 PM (Y6Ecf)

5 Greek church is impressive, but what's a Grecian urn?
Posted by: Practical Pat at October 03, 2024 07:52 PM (CV8a5)
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About $20. Same as in town. (obligatory)

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 03, 2024 07:53 PM (BpYfr)

6 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at October 03, 2024 07:53 PM (fwDg9)

7
My weather station is back online. Outdoor unit survived intact, still transmitting. I wish the outdoor unit stored some data, but it doesn't. Would've have loved to know what the lowest pressure and highest winds it saw was here.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 03, 2024 07:54 PM (w6EFb)

8 This cafe is fake and ghey

Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 03, 2024 07:54 PM (aPY1X)

9 I’m ordering 5 pairs red longjohns after seeing that globe.

Posted by: Eromero at October 03, 2024 07:54 PM (LHPAg)

10 Had a beautiful sunset here tonight. Haven't even seen the sun in days.

Posted by: PA Dutchman at October 03, 2024 07:54 PM (QyT5w)

11
Internet out again at Schloss Hadrian. Second time this week.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 03, 2024 07:54 PM (eoSEc)

12 >>>Now these lions are out of control!

At some point, hopefully, the food will exit the cage.
--The lions

Posted by: No Name Today at October 03, 2024 07:57 PM (vlXMQ)

13
Nice docks ya got here.

Be a shame if ya voted wrong...

Posted by: Auspex at October 03, 2024 07:57 PM (j4U/Z)

14 Doesn’t that polar bear know that it he falls off the ice he’ll drown!!!!!11!!
/s

Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at October 03, 2024 07:57 PM (JRP2U)

15 Dock monkeys are going back to work! I guess the people with real power made a decision.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 03, 2024 07:57 PM (b4o9z)

16 Greek church is impressive, but what's a Grecian urn?
Posted by: Practical Pat at October 03, 2024 07:52 PM (CV8a5)

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Twenty bucks. Same as in town.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 03, 2024 07:58 PM (2UnvF)

17 Scenic there in Kazakhstan, but it looks mighty lumpy. Don't think I'd like that. Probably sprain my ankle in the first 5 minutes.

Posted by: Prudence Dictates at October 03, 2024 07:58 PM (CV8a5)

18 And, amazingly, the strike is postponed until January. Well after the election. Isn't that amazing?

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 03, 2024 07:58 PM (b4o9z)

19 Three whales breaching at the same time.

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They're the June Taylor whales.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 03, 2024 07:59 PM (L/fGl)

20 Evening, Horde...How goes it?

Currently watching Shad (of Shadiversity) takedown of Rings of Power Season 2 Episode 8.

It's *WORSE* than episode 7.

NOTHING matters in this show. There are no stakes. No consequences.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 03, 2024 07:59 PM (BpYfr)

21 That bigfoot looks like Sasquatch from the Jack Links commercial.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO, AI Expert at October 03, 2024 08:00 PM (3bS+W)

22 13
Nice docks ya got here.

Be a shame if ya voted wrong...
Posted by: Auspex at October 03, 2024 07:57 PM (j4U/Z)

You think it's blackmail? Vote Kamala or your Chinese goods don't show?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 03, 2024 08:00 PM (aPY1X)

23 tribute to Che Guevara.

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Guy Fawkes.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 03, 2024 08:01 PM (L/fGl)

24 Is this the missing Global Warming one??

Science girl @gunsnrosesgirl3 3h
That time protective films on vehicles inflated in a heat wave in China

https://tinyurl.com/2rwajmkp
10 seconds

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 03, 2024 08:01 PM (CEzQx)

25 @23
Salvador Dali

Posted by: Chairman LMAO, AI Expert at October 03, 2024 08:02 PM (3bS+W)

26 NOTHING matters in this show. There are no stakes. No consequences.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 03, 2024 07:59 PM (BpYfr)

Talking about a TV show or government in general...I know embrace the and

Posted by: A dude in MI at October 03, 2024 08:02 PM (/6GbT)

27 You think it's blackmail? Vote Kamala or your Chinese goods don't show?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 03, 2024 08:00 PM (aPY1X)

It's real power doing what real power can do. We'll probably never even know who did it.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 03, 2024 08:03 PM (b4o9z)

28 24 Is this the missing Global Warming one??

Science girl @gunsnrosesgirl3 3h
That time protective films on vehicles inflated in a heat wave in China

https://tinyurl.com/2rwajmkp
10 seconds
Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 03, 2024 08:01 PM (CEzQx

Big Pimple

Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 03, 2024 08:03 PM (aPY1X)

29 https://tinyurl.com/2rwajmkp

Chinee cars gots teh monkey pox.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at October 03, 2024 08:04 PM (RqFwS)

30 yes that was it andycanuck, thanks.

Posted by: ace at October 03, 2024 08:04 PM (KRtlO)

31 nd, amazingly, the strike is postponed until January. Well after the election. Isn't that amazing?

Kamala is the obvious choice for dealing with heads of state.

Posted by: t-bird at October 03, 2024 08:05 PM (c5wrR)

32 Yes, publius, I see that Jones Farm Station is back broadcasting. Very good.

Posted by: Under the Weather at October 03, 2024 08:05 PM (CV8a5)

33 It's from China, home of the fake videos of people dropping dead in the a street of the 'Rona and inumerable fake amazing videos on my instagram feed.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO, AI Expert at October 03, 2024 08:05 PM (3bS+W)

34 I have an important announcement regarding Flood relief for Georgia, North Carolina, and Florida. Gov. Walz has activated the Minnesota Air National Guard and will be airlifting 50 Pallets of Tampons to the affected region.

Posted by: Kamal Harris at October 03, 2024 08:05 PM (Qfk4E)

35 The anteaters are working on their circus act.

Posted by: huerfano at October 03, 2024 08:06 PM (VGOMa)

36 @33 24 Is this the missing Global Warming one??

Science girl @gunsnrosesgirl3 3h
That time protective films on vehicles inflated in a heat wave in China

https://tinyurl.com/2rwajmkp
10 seconds
Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 03, 2024 08:01 PM (CEzQx)

Posted by: Chairman LMAO, AI Expert at October 03, 2024 08:06 PM (3bS+W)

37 Y’all seen the new James O’Keefe?

Lmfao he’s got some producer from MSNBC on tape saying MSNBC viewers are more stupid because of them and the network is nothing more than an arm of the DNC with the aim of getting Kamala elected by any means necessary.

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at October 03, 2024 08:06 PM (eZwyX)

38 Slow and steady wins the race. Even with the impediment of a falling wall.

Big hare was really trying secure a win in that race.

Posted by: She Hobbit at October 03, 2024 08:06 PM (ftFVW)

39 Hello! The puppies and kittens were great.

Posted by: Piper at October 03, 2024 08:06 PM (pRpzT)

40 37 Y’all seen the new James O’Keefe?

Lmfao he’s got some producer from MSNBC on tape saying MSNBC viewers are more stupid because of them and the network is nothing more than an arm of the DNC with the aim of getting Kamala elected by any means necessary.
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at October 03, 2024 08:06 PM (eZwyX)

Somehow, I doubt MSNBC viewers will get it.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 03, 2024 08:07 PM (aPY1X)

41 Also, why is my hash different!

Posted by: Piper at October 03, 2024 08:07 PM (pRpzT)

42 41 Also, why is my hash different!
Posted by: Piper at October 03, 2024 08:07 PM (pRpzT)
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I think Hurricane Helene changed my hash.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO, AI Expert at October 03, 2024 08:08 PM (3bS+W)

43 41 Also, why is my hash different!
Posted by: Piper at October 03, 2024 08:07 PM (pRpzT)

You've been replaced by an android.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 03, 2024 08:08 PM (aPY1X)

44
Data is messed up on Wunderground for the station there for a while, and I was afraid it had lost the Friday morning data it sent up to the power loss.

But it seems to have reappeared.

It's last transmission to Wunderground was around 6AM, about an hour before the Two Hours of Terror here began.

Console shows a lowest pressure of 29.91" before it went off line. Last Wunderground low was 29.92".

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 03, 2024 08:09 PM (w6EFb)

45 @43 She failed the captcha!

Posted by: Chairman LMAO, AI Expert at October 03, 2024 08:10 PM (3bS+W)

46 You've been replaced by an android.
Posted by: AlaBAMA

Better than a replicant.

Posted by: She Hobbit at October 03, 2024 08:10 PM (ftFVW)

47
Over a week, and the hash for Charter here didn't change. I assume that was because the whole local systems were down.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 03, 2024 08:10 PM (w6EFb)

48 43 41 Also, why is my hash different!
Posted by: Piper at October 03, 2024 08:07 PM (pRpzT)

You've been replaced by an android.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 03, 2024

I hope android me is more efficient.

Posted by: Piper at October 03, 2024 08:11 PM (pRpzT)

49
Graph data is still messed up, but I see a pressure low of 29.22" showed up for the Sept 27th day data.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 03, 2024 08:12 PM (w6EFb)

50 I hope android me is more efficient.
Posted by: Piper

Is she fully functional?

Posted by: Data is at October 03, 2024 08:13 PM (ftFVW)

51 Oh, it seemed like a holy place, protected by amazing grace
And we would sing right out loud, the things we could not say
We thought we could change this world with words like "love" and "freedom"
We were part of the lonely crowd inside the Sad Café

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 03, 2024 08:13 PM (gbOdA)

52 yes that was it andycanuck, thanks.
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That was weird.

That "can't find" [whatever] popup usually happens with deleted tweets but she still had it but with a different URL.

Maybe she made a typo in the first one and deleted it??

She's got some interesting tweets there. Interesting account.

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 03, 2024 08:13 PM (CEzQx)

53 Somehow, I doubt MSNBC viewers will get it.
Posted by: AlaBAMA
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I DON'T GET IT!!!

Posted by: MSNBC Viewers, huffing glue at October 03, 2024 08:14 PM (/Djer)

54
GSP recorded a low pressure of 28.99 or 28.98" I believe. I'll confirm the real low from my cousin.

We had some possible spin-ups here or possibly microbursts, if not "nano bursts" and cousin is discussing all that with his former colleagues at GSP.

They're overwhelmed, but say the saw data that can't rule out those spin ups here.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 03, 2024 08:14 PM (w6EFb)

55
There were spots around here, narrow path, short distances where trees were just shredded. Adjacent trees were relatively unscathed.

If a house had been under those spots, it would've been shredded too.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 03, 2024 08:15 PM (w6EFb)

56 Willowed

I fully expect FEMA to start shutting down churches and other faith-based charities in the NC region and seizing all the resources/assets so that FEMA can "manage" them on behalf of the hurricane victims.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 03, 2024 07:30 PM (BpYfr)

——————

They said all volunteers have to get “training” from the United Way. What’s the probability that the training mostly consists of DEI woke shit.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at October 03, 2024 08:15 PM (oGopG)

57 The wine-dark sea. Nice photo up top.

Posted by: Tuna at October 03, 2024 08:16 PM (oaGWv)

58 Evening, Ace and Cafe patrons.

And, curiously enough, the proposed solution to prevent the coming Ice Age in the last picture was to stop using petroleum fuels.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 03, 2024 08:18 PM (p7LNr)

59 Walz has activated the Minnesota Air National Guard and will be airlifting 50 Pallets of Tampons to the affected region.
Posted by: Kamal Harris at October 03, 2024 08:05 PM (Qfk4E)

Well, maybe it will soak up some of the water, anyway.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! Catz for Trump! at October 03, 2024 08:18 PM (OX9vb)

60 RE: That magazine cover with the ice cap.

Has anyone considered that global warming was initiated to *prevent* that future? Maybe we just got a bit carried away...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 03, 2024 08:19 PM (BpYfr)

61 The wine-dark sea. Nice photo up top.
Posted by: Tuna

Looks more like purple drank to me.

Posted by: She Hobbit at October 03, 2024 08:19 PM (ftFVW)

62 Disaster recovery is big business, can't have people without govt connections just running around helping people.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 03, 2024 08:19 PM (b4o9z)

63 So dock workers have reached a tentative deal and Go back to work on Friday.

Posted by: WisRich at October 03, 2024 08:20 PM (Qgr0I)

64 Is this the missing Global Warming one??

Science girl @gunsnrosesgirl3 3h
That time protective films on vehicles inflated in a heat wave in China

https://tinyurl.com/2rwajmkp
10 seconds
Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 03, 2024 08:01 PM (CEzQx)

More likely a leaky pressure vessel at the nearby Viagra plant.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 03, 2024 08:20 PM (p7LNr)

65 I DON'T GET IT!!!

Posted by: MSNBC Viewers, huffing glue at October 03, 2024 08:14 PM (/Djer)
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Try model airplane glue instead of Elmer's...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 03, 2024 08:21 PM (BpYfr)

66 They're overwhelmed, but say the saw data that can't rule out those spin ups here.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 03, 2024 08:14 PM (w6EFb)

by spin ups, you mean catspaws for possible tornadoes?

Posted by: Kindltot at October 03, 2024 08:21 PM (D7oie)

67 I proud to announce thats the Brattlebro Womins Reproductive HeLTH Clinic is be putting twogether a Flood Relief fonf to help all Gays and Transgrrenders afflected by the Global Warmin Hericane . What has you community done to helps these poor peeple suffering from Trump's globill warming polioces ???

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro,Vt at October 03, 2024 08:21 PM (BSF0H)

68 And, curiously enough, the proposed solution to prevent the coming Ice Age in the last picture was to stop using petroleum fuels.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 03, 2024 08:18 PM (p7LNr)

socialism cures everything. Just ask t he Cambodians.

(I worked with two Cambodians, they had terrible eyesight, and they refused to wear glasses for some reason)

Posted by: Kindltot at October 03, 2024 08:22 PM (D7oie)

69 So dock workers have reached a tentative deal and Go back to work on Friday.

The toilet paper is on its way!

Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 03, 2024 08:23 PM (mH6SG)

70 What has you community done to helps these poor peeple suffering from Trump's globill warming polioces ???
Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro,Vt

Did y'all forget the portable abortion clinic? Get your priorities straight, Mary.

Posted by: She Hobbit at October 03, 2024 08:23 PM (ftFVW)

71 I love how the average Americans first thought in a crisis is, "How will I wipe my ass?"

We really do have it easy.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 03, 2024 08:25 PM (b4o9z)

72 A little MoMe housekeeping. Cut off date for the room rate is coming up. If you said you were coming and haven't gotten the address please let me know.

If you thought about coming, it is not too late.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 03, 2024 08:26 PM (I1GXe)

73 I love how the average Americans first thought in a crisis is, "How will I wipe my ass?"

We really do have it easy.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 03, 2024 08:25 PM (b4o9z)

Bear asks rabbit, "Does shit stick to your fur?"

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 03, 2024 08:27 PM (p7LNr)

74 I love how the average Americans first thought in a crisis is, "How will I wipe my ass?"

May we offer some helpful hints?

Posted by: The NYT and USA Today at October 03, 2024 08:27 PM (mH6SG)

75 71 I love how the average Americans first thought in a crisis is, "How will I wipe my ass?"

We really do have it easy.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 03, 2024 08:25 PM (b4o9z

My first thought was how do I defend my TP supply from hoarders.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 03, 2024 08:27 PM (aPY1X)

76 >> by spin ups, you mean catspaws for possible tornadoes?

They use "spin up" to describe this short lived vortex (but can be strong) that can happen in these storms. It's not a tornado proper such as they define it.

"Gustnado" is sometimes used when this happens with big tunderstorms. Downdraft gets to spinning.

These are very difficult to spot on radar.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 03, 2024 08:28 PM (w6EFb)

77 It was at that point that I realized, this is ALL ABOUT MONEY.

These ‘preferred vendors” are getting part of the money being released by the state and federal govt for each disaster. In turn, some of the “vendors” make it on the list because a friend gets them on the list, and in return for getting ridiculously outlandish amounts of compensation for the services they render, they give kickbacks.

So accepting outside donations, even though they are on location and can help people NOW, they would rather let people suffer so they can get their kickbacks.

https://x.com/ryantyre/status/1841583311782568064

Posted by: SMOD at October 03, 2024 08:28 PM (GITLP)

78 Hola, Hall!

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 03, 2024 08:28 PM (v6JzV)

79 BH, what is the cutoff date, please?

Posted by: RI Red at October 03, 2024 08:29 PM (OKniM)

80
My first thought was how do I defend my TP supply from hoarders.
Posted by: AlaBAMA

There's a 'pew pew' joke in there somewhere. . .

Posted by: Tonypete at October 03, 2024 08:29 PM (WXNFJ)

81 Rev reporting from Costco: Toilet paper is sold out. No more until Wednesday.

Posted by: Grammie's phone at October 03, 2024 08:29 PM (SfhV1)

82 RI Red, I will email you that information.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 03, 2024 08:30 PM (I1GXe)

83 Thx, BH.

Posted by: RI Red at October 03, 2024 08:31 PM (OKniM)

84 Someone ought to write a tongue and check apocalypse novel about man's hunt for toilet paper and chicken nuggets

Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 03, 2024 08:31 PM (aPY1X)

85 #twoweeks, Ben Had!

Posted by: She Hobbit at October 03, 2024 08:32 PM (ftFVW)

86 A little MoMe housekeeping. Cut off date for the room rate is coming up.

To her credit, the nice lady who answered the phone didn't even flinch when I said the magic password.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 03, 2024 08:32 PM (/y8xj)

87 Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro,Vt at October 03, 2024 08:21 PM (BSF0H)

How's Dorcus doing these days? Haven't seen him post forever. He didn't suck down too much soy did he?

Posted by: e jean carol at October 03, 2024 08:33 PM (89Sog)

88 Oddbob, hahahaha. They figured out that the Horde is a great group.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 03, 2024 08:34 PM (I1GXe)

89 How's Dorcus doing these days? Haven't seen him post forever.

Not that it matters these days but Dorcus is a feminine name.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 03, 2024 08:35 PM (/y8xj)

90 Off bad sock...

Posted by: I'll choose a new nick later-Certified Dangerous Radical at October 03, 2024 08:35 PM (89Sog)

91 Trafalgar has Trump leading Michigan 47-45

Let's hope this trend continues.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 03, 2024 08:35 PM (aPY1X)

92 She Hobbit, I am so ready to PARTY!!!

Posted by: Ben Had at October 03, 2024 08:35 PM (I1GXe)

93 Not that it matters these days but Dorcus is a feminine name.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 03, 2024 08:35 PM (/y8xj)

I know that but Dorcus Blimline was allegedly a male.

Posted by: I'll choose a new nick later-Certified Dangerous Radical at October 03, 2024 08:35 PM (89Sog)

94
Cousin is forwarding me some of their discussions about these possible spin-ups. He's talking to the guy who used to his #2, and took over after my cousin retired.

I don't understand the jargon enough to know, but here's what was last said:

There wasn't anything suspicious on radar...although to be fair dealiasing errors were (understandably) bad. ACARS soundings showed 100 kt winds just off the surface, and there were a number of small scale convective elements within the broader rain band/remnant eyewall as it surged through between 10-13Z. So...we're leaning toward convective mixing of that higher momentum air. But, we're still trying to piece everything together. (Not to mention that we did have several tornadoes the previous day that we haven't had time to survey.) It's a mess.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 03, 2024 08:36 PM (w6EFb)

95 I think the correct spelling is “Dorcas.”

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 03, 2024 08:36 PM (v6JzV)

96 I know that but Dorcus Blimline was allegedly a male.
Posted by: I'll choose a new nick later-Certified Dangerous Radical

Is his middle name Malorcus? That really makes all the difference.

Posted by: She Hobbit at October 03, 2024 08:37 PM (ftFVW)

97 81 Rev reporting from Costco: Toilet paper is sold out. No more until Wednesday.
Posted by: Grammie's phone

I'll survive, though I'm down to using the packing peanuts from my Amazon boxes.

Posted by: Fudgie the Whale at October 03, 2024 08:39 PM (CV8a5)

98 I think the correct spelling is “Dorcas.”
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 03, 2024 08:36 PM (v6JzV)

It may have been spelled that way but its been some time...

Posted by: I'll choose a new nick later-Certified Dangerous Radical at October 03, 2024 08:39 PM (89Sog)

99
If I can hazard a dumb guess about what that means.... Very high wind speeds, 100 knots, higher up, but still close to surface. Some "convective driven mixing" occured which drove that high speed air down to the surface.

It had enough momentum to keep speed up.

So, small pockets of high speed air hit the surface, rather than spin-ups.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 03, 2024 08:39 PM (w6EFb)

100 I feel bad for anyone desperate enough to buy Angel Soft tp. It's just crap...on your hands.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 03, 2024 08:46 PM (+H2BX)

101 "Gustnado" is sometimes used when this happens with big tunderstorms. Downdraft gets to spinning.

These are very difficult to spot on radar.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 03, 2024 08:28 PM (w6EFb)

We had some heavy weather several years ago, and had a couple of events like that locally, blew down some trees in spots but didn't bother anything else. "we don't get tornadoes in Oregon, and the ones we get are the less violent sort"
Glad to see you by the way

Posted by: Kindltot at October 03, 2024 08:46 PM (D7oie)

102 You don't need to hoard toilet paper, just run the garden hose into the bathroom.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 03, 2024 08:46 PM (b4o9z)

103 “ Rev reporting from Costco: Toilet paper is sold out. No more until Wednesday.”

The strike has been settled. Save your money. But next week if you can wait, that is.

Posted by: Truthbomb at October 03, 2024 08:47 PM (GmDse)

104 Someone ought to write a tongue and check apocalypse novel about man's hunt for toilet paper and chicken nuggets
Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 03, 2024 08:31 PM (aPY1X)

The Load, by Cormac MacWhirter

Posted by: Kindltot at October 03, 2024 08:47 PM (D7oie)

105 Greek church is impressive, but what's a Grecian urn?
Posted by: Practical Pat at October 03, 2024 07:52 PM (CV8a5)

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Twenty bucks. Same as in town.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 03, 2024 07:58 PM (2UnvF)
***

20 Drachmas, same as behind the Acropolis.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 03, 2024 08:48 PM (W/lyH)

106
Those spots were absolutely shredded. Trees just snapped, ripped out of the ground and shredded. Foliage completely gone.

In small spots. It was some very high speed wind, whatever it actually was.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 03, 2024 08:48 PM (w6EFb)

107 Garth Brooks is accused of rape... by a woman?

Nah, that I can't believe.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 03, 2024 08:52 PM (R2uDs)

108 Been through many hurricane/tropical storms here over the years in Currituck County, NC. About 20 years ago, we were experiencing a minor hurricane, which by the time it arrived here, was down to about 72 MPH. So we were breathing a sigh of relief. Knew we could still lose power, but it wouldn't rip the siding off the house. My son went outside to watch the storm on the back steps under the overhang. Sudden big roar of wind. A large maple branch shears off and hots the power line, pole, then overhang. He comes flying in the door like a shot. Didn't rip out power line, but cracked pole and knocked overhang askew. That wind was clocked at 105 MPH by the county airport. Straight line winds can spin up quickly.

Posted by: Old Man Adams at October 03, 2024 08:53 PM (CV8a5)

109 97 81 Rev reporting from Costco: Toilet paper is sold out. No more until Wednesday.
Posted by: Grammie's phone
-----------------------------------

Glad to see Rev is up and around. Good days.

Posted by: Braenyard at October 03, 2024 08:54 PM (QP3yt)

110 You don't need to hoard toilet paper, just run the garden hose into the bathroom.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 03, 2024 08:46 PM (b4o9z)

Stop. Pooping.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 03, 2024 08:54 PM (R2uDs)

111 Walz Polling Strong Among Men Who Choose Middle Urinal

- Babylon Bee

Posted by: Eeyore at October 03, 2024 08:55 PM (1bNHn)

112 "It's definitely a face and it's freaking me out."

You ain't the only one.

Posted by: javems at October 03, 2024 08:55 PM (8I4hW)

113 Anyone on the Eastern Shore of Alabama want to be a surrogate dad and build a pinewood derby car? Except you, Ace. If you even live here. No offense.

Posted by: Piper at October 03, 2024 08:58 PM (QzINz)

114 Dorcus is a madeup name, like Silius Soddus.

Posted by: gKWVE at October 03, 2024 08:59 PM (gKWVE)

115 Anyone on the Eastern Shore of Alabama want to be a surrogate dad and build a pinewood derby car? Except you, Ace. If you even live here. No offense.

But... but... the whole point of a pinewood derby car is to fall down, innit?

Posted by: Oddbob at October 03, 2024 08:59 PM (/y8xj)

116 102 You don't need to hoard toilet paper, just run the garden hose into the bathroom.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 03, 2024 08:46 PM (b4o9z)

Allied risoners of the Japanese during WW II carried a bottle of water tied around their neck with a string. They poured water on their hand ad wiped their asses. Just like muslims except muslims used no water. In fact mohamat reccomended pebbles. I guess no seashells were available back then.

Posted by: Eromero at October 03, 2024 09:00 PM (LHPAg)

117 I'd like everyone to listen to me ... as painful as that is for some ... for just a second.

I'd like you to think about - toilet paper. And the shipping of such a commodity. It's light as a feather - but it also takes up a fair amount of volume. It's the spun sugar of paper goods.

And then I'd like you to consider - for just a brief moment ... THAT THERE IS NOT FUCKING LINES OF CARGO SHIPS BRINGING IN TOILET PAPER FROM CHINA !!! That shit is all made here ... because its such a cheap damn thing - even by our standards ... that it costs too much to ship here.

And then I'd like you to take a good, hard look at those hording it. Because they are fucking idiots.

Posted by: Taking Notes at October 03, 2024 09:00 PM (vsHcY)

118 Piper, you need to talk to fd.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 03, 2024 09:00 PM (I1GXe)

119 118 Piper, you need to talk to fd.
Posted by: Ben Had at October

Does he have a pinewood derby car we could buy and pretend we made it? 😂

Posted by: Piper at October 03, 2024 09:03 PM (QzINz)

120 And, curiously enough, the proposed solution to prevent the coming Ice Age in the last picture was to stop using petroleum fuels.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 03, 2024 08:18 PM (p7LNr)

socialism cures everything. Just ask t he Cambodians.

(I worked with two Cambodians, they had terrible eyesight, and they refused to wear glasses for some reason)
Posted by: Kindltot at October 03, 2024 08:22 PM (D7oie)

I think the Khmer Rouge used to call anyone with glasses a traitor to the peasant class and execute them. See the time when they decided everyone in the city needed to get out to see farm life and marched them all out to the paddys where they starved since there were no supplies out there for them.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 03, 2024 09:03 PM (n7h9X)

121 56 Willowed

I fully expect FEMA to start shutting down churches and other faith-based charities in the NC region and seizing all the resources/assets so that FEMA can "manage" them on behalf of the hurricane victims.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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Waiting for those hillbillies to live up to their reputation.

Posted by: Braenyard at October 03, 2024 09:04 PM (QP3yt)

122 110 You don't need to hoard toilet paper, just run the garden hose into the bathroom.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 03, 2024 08:46 PM (b4o9z)

Stop. Pooping.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 03, 2024 08:54 PM (R2uDs)

But how will the neighbors know where my territory is?

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at October 03, 2024 09:05 PM (pIfcn)

123 My has keeps changing. It was pZoed forever, unless I was at the studio. Bob, what gives?

Posted by: Piper at October 03, 2024 09:05 PM (QzINz)

124 I fully expect FEMA to start shutting down churches and other faith-based charities in the NC region and seizing all the resources/assets so that FEMA can "manage" them on behalf of the hurricane victims.

Whenever anything happens ... and the police show up ? Federal, State, Local - it doesn't matter.

Job Number One for those of that mindset isn't to "fix the problem". It's to establish their authority - problem be damned.

Posted by: Taking Notes at October 03, 2024 09:06 PM (vsHcY)

125 "Lying" is "just speaking passionately" -- when a Marxist does it." Ace from a thread below.

I'm from Brooklyn. I speak plainly." Chuck Schumer from a few years ago when he stepped on his whatever.

Always an excuse. It's good to be a Democrat.

Posted by: RM at October 03, 2024 09:10 PM (WXucK)

126 I love how the "Ice Age" cover illustration has the UK buried but leaves France unscathed.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 03, 2024 09:11 PM (FnneF)

127 Apropos of nothing - I just came across a newswoman out of WKYT (Lexington) who is named:

Amber Philpott.

hehehehehe

Posted by: Tonypete at October 03, 2024 09:11 PM (WXNFJ)

128 I have plenty of TP. If you do not, I am willing to discuss easy payment options.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 03, 2024 09:12 PM (xCA6C)

129 Laura Loomer
@LauraLoomer
Source tells me that there are currently 12 FEMA medevac birds that have been stationary since Sunday in Greenville, South Carolina which have been ordered to stay grounded and not assist with search and rescue and recovery efforts in North Carolina in anyway.

This is outrageous.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 03, 2024 09:12 PM (TGPs7)

130 To be more like Beta-Male and get in touch with my feminine binary side.... I sit down in the Men's room to pee........

Posted by: Tim Walz at October 03, 2024 09:13 PM (/1UO6)

131 I love how the "Ice Age" cover illustration has the UK buried but leaves France unscathed.

They're big garlic eaters, so there's plenty of methane overhead to cause global warming.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 03, 2024 09:13 PM (xCA6C)

132 So accepting outside donations, even though they are on location and can help people NOW, they would rather let people suffer so they can get their kickbacks.

https://x.com/ryantyre/status/1841583311782568064
Posted by: SMOD at October 03, 2024 08:28 PM (GITLP)

I don't know if that's gouging, but it sounds sort of like price gouging. Kamala will not pleased.

I mean bothered, Kamala can't be bothered.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at October 03, 2024 09:13 PM (pIfcn)

133 129 Laura Loomer
@LauraLoomer
Source tells me that there are currently 12 FEMA medevac birds that have been stationary since Sunday in Greenville, South Carolina which have been ordered to stay grounded and not assist with search and rescue and recovery efforts in North Carolina in anyway.

This is outrageous.
Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 03, 2024 09:12 PM (TGPs7)

Outrageous doesn't even come close to what this is.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 03, 2024 09:14 PM (aPY1X)

134 I just ready the Daily Mail story on Doug Emhoff slapping his date at Cannes Several of the details definitely ring true about Doug, including that they met on a dating sight(he told me he also met kamalla on Match.com) , that his date was a successful lawyer, and that she invited him to the event. But mainly it was the odd comment about tennis --Id forgotten, but Doug was a big tennis fan Id rate the story as probably true

Posted by: LASue at October 03, 2024 09:14 PM (lCppi)

135 Former British PM Boris Johnson Claims Benjamin Netanyahu Bugged His Private Bathroom

Posted by: SMOD at October 03, 2024 09:14 PM (GITLP)

136 And then I'd like you to take a good, hard look at those hording it. Because they are fucking idiots.
Posted by: Taking Notes at October 03, 2024 09:00 PM (vsHcY)

the world is falling apart, again. People are doing what they think they should have done last time. They may be idiots, but they are idiots who learned from the past, at least.
If you don't have 25 lbs of rice, same of beans, and noodles and oatmeal then stop saying other people are idiots. And get something to cook with when the power goes out.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 03, 2024 09:15 PM (D7oie)

137 LauraLoomer
Source tells me that there are currently 12 FEMA medevac birds that have been stationary since Sunday in Greenville, South Carolina which have been ordered to stay grounded and not assist with search and rescue and recovery efforts in North Carolina in anyway.

This is outrageous.
Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 03, 2024 09:12 PM (TGPs7)

This stuff needs to be documented. Photos, orders, etc.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 03, 2024 09:17 PM (W/lyH)

138 Former British PM Boris Johnson Claims Benjamin Netanyahu Bugged His Private Bathroom

The bug was in the tampon dispenser.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 03, 2024 09:17 PM (mH6SG)

139 Dorcus is a madeup name, like Silius Soddus.
Posted by: gKWVE at October 03, 2024 08:59 PM (gKWVE)

The Bible and 7 Brides for 7 Brothers respectfully disagree

Posted by: LASue at October 03, 2024 09:17 PM (lCppi)

140 FEMA means..............

F ck You

E mergency

M oney

A llocated to Illegal Immigrants

Posted by: Tim Walz at October 03, 2024 09:18 PM (/1UO6)

141 84 Someone ought to write a tongue and check apocalypse novel about man's hunt for toilet paper and chicken nuggets

Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 03, 2024 08:31 PM (aPY1X)
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Title has been done: "The Yellow Trail" by Dick Diarrhea

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, il gabinetto era sporco at October 03, 2024 09:18 PM (qfLjt)

142 134 I just ready the Daily Mail story on Doug Emhoff slapping his date at Cannes Several of the details definitely ring true about Doug, including that they met on a dating sight(he told me he also met kamalla on Match.com) , that his date was a successful lawyer, and that she invited him to the event. But mainly it was the odd comment about tennis --Id forgotten, but Doug was a big tennis fan Id rate the story as probably true
Posted by: LASue at October

I forgot you knew him. I remembered I read somewhere he met her on match.com, but then we heard the ABC chick introduced them. Most likely a lie. It must have been from you I learned it was match.com.

Posted by: Piper at October 03, 2024 09:19 PM (pZEOD)

143 According to Wikipedia Dorcus means:

Dorcus is a genus of beetles in the stag beetle family Lucanidae. Of the over 100 species, most occur in Asia and India; two are found in southern Europe, and two species are from North America. Previously, specimens with serriform teeth on the mandibles and sable pigment were called Serrognathus whereas specimens with but a singular or multiple bulky notches on the mandibles and lustrous sable pigmentation were called Dorcus

Posted by: Ferd Berfall at October 03, 2024 09:20 PM (15lwl)

144 Nothing at all suspicious about that. One day, these terrorist states of Globalism will admit to weather manipulation and storm steering too...

JD Sharp
@imjdsharp
The Hurricane was supposed to hit FL, turned to an important part of NC, took out a dam protecting rare quartz and lithium mines and now FEMA is stealing donations, rescue teams are being denied access, drones aren’t allowed to fly over, and the $ residents get went to illegals.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 03, 2024 09:20 PM (TGPs7)

145 But how will the neighbors know where my territory is?
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at October 03, 2024 09:05 PM (pIfcn)

You don't have a claymore perimeter? You gotta get you a claymore perimeter.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 03, 2024 09:23 PM (79KZ8)

146 When I saw this graph, coupled with CO2, a weak greenhouse gas, at more or less at 400 parts per million of the atmosphere, being the driver of global warming, it took me about 10 seconds to see through the whole con.

Data from European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica (EPICA)

https://tinyurl.com/3un6793t

Posted by: javems at October 03, 2024 09:23 PM (8I4hW)

147 Who is John Galt ?

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at October 03, 2024 09:23 PM (9X60i)

148
JewFro 🇮🇱
@RareCoinsFTW
If I was a North Carolina resident who lost it all I would take the 750 and buy a ticket to Mexico and come back as an illegal

Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 03, 2024 09:23 PM (TGPs7)

149 The Hurricane was supposed to hit FL, turned to an important part of NC, took out a dam protecting rare quartz and lithium mines and now FEMA is stealing donations, rescue teams are being denied access, drones aren’t allowed to fly over, and the $ residents get went to illegals.
Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 03, 2024 09:20 PM (TGPs7)

Fuck the quartz and lithium. Both exist in vast quantities all over the damned world.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 03, 2024 09:24 PM (p7LNr)

150 Dorcus is a madeup name, like Silius Soddus.
Posted by: gKWVE at October 03, 2024 08:59 PM (gKWVE)

The Bible and 7 Brides for 7 Brothers respectfully disagree
Posted by: LASue at October 03, 2024 09:17 PM (lCppi)

I knew a Dorcus. She was hawt.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 03, 2024 09:24 PM (W/lyH)

151 We had a storm like that hit when I lived in the Cascades. It's like the trees are twisted till they shatter. There were Doug Fir branches covering the highway but only one tree across the road. It was small and high enough up I could drive under it. Just hit a small stretch along the Wind River. Really glad it was over when I was headed home

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 03, 2024 09:24 PM (MpVUb)

152 Watching The Diplomat on Amazon.

Minor woke bullshit aside, it is entertaining, and this Laia Costa chick is hot. She plays the evil lawyer.

They make Barcelona look very nice. Don't know what it looks like IRL.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at October 03, 2024 09:26 PM (ufFY8)

153 Jessie Waters absolutely crushed Kamala tonight. Her Katrina indeed.

Link goes to X.

https://tinyurl.com/mtkwkmkv

Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 03, 2024 09:27 PM (aPY1X)

154 You don't have a claymore perimeter? You gotta get you a claymore perimeter.

Just make sure you have the correct side pointed toward the enemy. A minor detail.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 03, 2024 09:27 PM (mH6SG)

155 Founding families in Corsicana boasted Dorcas's and Bascomb's

Posted by: Ben Had at October 03, 2024 09:28 PM (I1GXe)

156 Fuck the quartz and lithium. Both exist in vast quantities all over the damned world.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 03, 2024 09:24 PM (p7LNr)

Sand is basically quartz fragments.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 03, 2024 09:28 PM (n7h9X)

157 I really hope there are folks documenting every day. Keeping a journal. When did the water run out? The food? When did help finally arrive? Etc.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 03, 2024 09:28 PM (W/lyH)

158 135 Former British PM Boris Johnson Claims Benjamin Netanyahu Bugged His Private Bathroom
Posted by: SMOD
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As long as he didn't bugger it.

Posted by: Braenyard at October 03, 2024 09:28 PM (QP3yt)

159 We had a storm like that hit when I lived in the Cascades. It's like the trees are twisted till they shatter. There were Doug Fir branches covering the highway but only one tree across the road. It was small and high enough up I could drive under it. Just hit a small stretch along the Wind River. Really glad it was over when I was headed home
Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 03, 2024 09:24 PM (MpVUb)

WIND River. Can't say they didn't warn you ahead of time.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 03, 2024 09:29 PM (n7h9X)

160 I was thinking about Ol' Remus from Woodpile Report today. He was about as well prepared as one could be, even had food caches on his property. But in some areas, this took the soil down five feet! People had their houses float away and break apart. It's hard to see how you prep for that. When you think of floods, you like you'd be safe in high places. But slides took out the mountainsides. If you were lucky, you might have a bug out bag.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 03, 2024 09:30 PM (MpVUb)

161 Highlights? FEMA workers are taking all the hotels.

There is no where to put people who are newly homeless

They won't let Drone operators search for people. They won't let helicopter pilots rescue people.
They won't let people deliver aid.
Many communities have seen no help whatsoever and remain stuck in destroyed communities. No FEMA. No Red Cross. No one is coming except news crews.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 03, 2024 09:30 PM (aPY1X)

162 Collin Rugg
@CollinRugg
NEW: Fox weather anchor starts crying on live air as a mother describes the final moments of her son's life before he was swept away by flooding from hurricane Helene.

The mother said her son's last words on Earth were him crying out for Jesus.

7-year-old Micah was sitting on the roof of their home in Asheville, North Carolina when he and his grandparents were swept away by the raging flood.

"I'm so proud of my son because, in his last moments, he wasn't screaming for me. He was screaming, 'Jesus, Jesus, save me. Jesus. I hear you. Jesus. I'm calling upon you.'"

"He wanted to be a superhero. And that was his goal in life. And instead, he's my hero. He was the smartest, bravest, hopeful, great friend, great son."

"I couldn't have asked for a better son. And he was so happy up until the very end when he was screaming for Jesus. And in that moment, I think he found joy."

Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 03, 2024 09:31 PM (TGPs7)

163 You don't have a claymore perimeter? You gotta get you a claymore perimeter.
-------
Just make sure you have the correct side pointed toward the enemy. A minor detail.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 03, 2024 09:27 PM (mH6SG)

It's the little things in life, you know?

Posted by: BurtTC at October 03, 2024 09:32 PM (79KZ8)

164 Years ago in family practice, I had a patient named Dorcas. She was kind and thoughtful and a pleasure to help.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 03, 2024 09:33 PM (WtkHN)

165 It's the little things in life, you know?

Indeed.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 03, 2024 09:33 PM (mH6SG)

166 Highlights? FEMA workers are taking all the hotels.

There is no where to put people who are newly homeless

They won't let Drone operators search for people. They won't let helicopter pilots rescue people.
They won't let people deliver aid.
Many communities have seen no help whatsoever and remain stuck in destroyed communities. No FEMA. No Red Cross. No one is coming except news crews.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 03, 2024 09:30 PM (aPY1X)

Sounds like the kind of thing Trump should be shouting about, 24/7.

Get it done, not even for electoral puproses, but because you are Don Trump, and your voice carries, dude.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 03, 2024 09:34 PM (79KZ8)

167
Hung Cao vs. Tom Caine last night:

"There’s two truths in the world, okay: Never walk in a Target store wearing a red shirt and never go against an Asian when it comes to math,” Cao said."

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 03, 2024 09:34 PM (dg+HA)

168 Sorry, Kaine.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 03, 2024 09:35 PM (dg+HA)

169 162 Collin Rugg
@CollinRugg
NEW: Fox weather anchor starts crying on live air as a mother describes the final moments of her son's life before he was swept away by flooding from hurricane Helene.

The mother said her son's last words on Earth were him crying out for Jesus.

7-year-old Micah was sitting on the roof of their home in Asheville, North Carolina when he and his grandparents were swept away by the raging flood.

"I'm so proud of my son because, in his last moments, he wasn't screaming for me. He was screaming, 'Jesus, Jesus, save me. Jesus. I hear you. Jesus. I'm calling upon you.'"

"He wanted to be a superhero. And that was his goal in life. And instead, he's my hero. He was the smartest, bravest, hopeful, great friend, great son."

"I couldn't have asked for a better son. And he was so happy up until the very end when he was screaming for Jesus. And in that moment, I think he found joy."
Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 03, 2024 09:31 PM (TGPs7)

Oh my heart. I know Jesus did save him, but this hurts.

Posted by: Piper at October 03, 2024 09:35 PM (pZEOD)

170 Former British PM Boris Johnson Claims Benjamin Netanyahu Bugged His Private Bathroom
Posted by: SMOD
-----------

As long as he didn't bugger it.
Posted by: Braenyard at October 03, 2024 09:28 PM (QP3yt)

First thing I think of now when I hear the name Boris Johnson is how he buggered the possible peace deal between Russia and Ukraine, early on.

Nato and the war machine didn't want it over. They wanted it to go on and on, no matter how many hundreds of thousand of Ukrainians were killed.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 03, 2024 09:36 PM (79KZ8)

171 Also, why is my hash different!
Posted by: Piper

You've been replaced by an android.
Posted by: AlaBAMA

I hope android me is more efficient.
Posted by: Piper

If you're having trouble adjusting to your new android life, I'm sure Anna Puma would be willing to help.

Posted by: mikeski at October 03, 2024 09:37 PM (DgGvY)

172 Suspect the inaction by the Feds is so they can say NC and other election results aren’t valid and have some kind of game planned in November/December.

Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at October 03, 2024 09:37 PM (ZTJjv)

173 Hung Cao vs. Tom Caine last night:

"There’s two truths in the world, okay: Never walk in a Target store wearing a red shirt and never go against an Asian when it comes to math,” Cao said."
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 03, 2024 09:34 PM (dg+HA)

Wife, son and I were in the target electronics department. A guy walks up to son and starts asking him questions. Son looks down at his attire: red button shirt and khaki slacks. He mutters, "aw shit."

but then he proceeded to help the guy find what he was looking for.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 03, 2024 09:38 PM (Ad8y9)

174
Oh my heart. I know Jesus did save him, but this hurts.
Posted by: Piper at October 03, 2024 09:35 PM (pZEOD

I'm so grateful that child knew Christ and called on Him for comfort in that moment.

There are just no words for this.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 03, 2024 09:38 PM (aPY1X)

175 >>> 160 I was thinking about Ol' Remus from Woodpile Report today. He was about as well prepared as one could be, even had food caches on his property. But in some areas, this took the soil down five feet! People had their houses float away and break apart. It's hard to see how you prep for that. When you think of floods, you like you'd be safe in high places. But slides took out the mountainsides. If you were lucky, you might have a bug out bag.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 03, 2024 09:30 PM (MpVUb)

I don't think many people grasp just how destructive this was. Jim SND called it "instant glaciation" the other day.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 03, 2024 09:39 PM (FnneF)

176 FEMA is trying to "secure the area". They don't care who dies while that happens. FEMA is most concerned with establishing control.
Posted by: Taking Notes at October 03, 2024 09:36 PM (0Ihcc)

The ONLY legitimate role of government is to protect people wherever necessary.

Control isn't in the contract.

Time to abolish FEMA.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 03, 2024 09:39 PM (79KZ8)

177 Guess we're seeing our gub'mint in its finest hour down South. What an utterly despicable and disgraceful response. I'd say more but it probably wouldn't be prudent.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 03, 2024 09:40 PM (mH6SG)

178 Twice today I've seen comments vanish very quickly. Ace and/or CBD are actively patrolling the perimeter today.

Posted by: Gref at October 03, 2024 09:41 PM (aBgBM)

179 >>> 176
==
Time to abolish ~~FEMA~~ any agency not explicitly listed in the Constitution.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 03, 2024 09:39 PM (79KZ

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 03, 2024 09:41 PM (FnneF)

180 Does he have a pinewood derby car we could buy and pretend we made it? 😂
Posted by: Piper at October 03, 2024 09:03 PM (QzINz)

Have you looked in the yellow pages for "CNC Milling" or the classifieds for "For Sale, Draw Knives"?

Posted by: Kindltot at October 03, 2024 09:42 PM (D7oie)

181 They've had caskets floating in the rivers. I've seen the pictures. And this isn't New Orleans where the tombs are above ground. It washed out enough dirt to uncover them.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 03, 2024 09:46 PM (MpVUb)

182 I think I had my first type delete set my iPad down drink a sip of lavender chamomile tea moment. Now I am taking deep breaths.

Posted by: Piper at October 03, 2024 09:47 PM (pZEOD)

183 I guess FEMA has to "secure the area" so that the stream of celebrities can start flowing in for their photo ops.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 03, 2024 09:47 PM (W/lyH)

184 >>> 182 I think I had my first type delete set my iPad down drink a sip of lavender chamomile tea moment. Now I am taking deep breaths.
Posted by: Piper at October 03, 2024 09:47 PM (pZEOD)

*hugs*

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 03, 2024 09:47 PM (FnneF)

185 Oh my heart. I know Jesus did save him, but this hurts.
Posted by: Piper at October 03, 2024 09:35 PM (pZEOD)

Ok, time for an oldie: Man living in a flood zone, rains start to fall, creek starts to rise. Sheriff comes by, says "come on, Cletus, get in the car, water's rising all around you."

Cletus says "It's alright sheriff, you know I'm a pious man, the Lord will provide." Reluctantly the sheriff drives on.

The rains continue to fall, now the flood waters are up to his front door, high enough that the National Guard show up in bass boats, saying "Sir, get in the boat, the water's still rising."

Cletus says, "no thank you, son, I am a pious man, I believe the Lord will provide."

Rains continue to fall, now the water is up to his roof, and he's sitting there, with the swirling tempest raging around him, and the Coast Guard shows up with a helicopter. They shout over the speaker "Sir, please put the harness around you, we will pull you up to safety."

Cletus shouts back up, "I am a pious man, I believe the Lord will provide." The chopper can't remain in the storm, so they turn and take off to safety, without him.

(Continued)

Posted by: BurtTC at October 03, 2024 09:47 PM (xtVzs)

186 Thank you, COBs. Speedy on the draw.

Posted by: Piper at October 03, 2024 09:47 PM (pZEOD)

187 I saw part of that interview this morning and just couldn't watch the rest. It just hurt too much.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 03, 2024 09:49 PM (MpVUb)

188 The rains continue, the water reaches his knees, his waist, his chest, his chin... finally he drowns.

Cletus is then standing at the Pearly Gates, when he encounters God for the first time in person. God says "What troubles you, my son."

Cletus replies: "Lord, you know I have been your loyal servant, a man of faith and piety my whole life, and in my time of need, you were not there."

God replies: "I sent you a sheriff's squad car, a National Guard boat, and a Coast Guard helicopter."

Posted by: BurtTC at October 03, 2024 09:50 PM (xtVzs)

189 184. *hugs*
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

Thank you. Hugs right back. Some people just don’t have the sense God gave geese. But they were sent to the hinterlands quickly!

Posted by: Piper at October 03, 2024 09:50 PM (pZEOD)

190 I love Russians... And did I say flamethrower and bears involved?
Well, maybe not bears.

http://tiny.cc/rclozz

Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 03, 2024 09:51 PM (TGPs7)

191 181 They've had caskets floating in the rivers. I've seen the pictures. And this isn't New Orleans where the tombs are above ground. It washed out enough dirt to uncover them.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 03, 2024 09:46 PM (MpVUb)

Probably empty caskets from a swept-away casket warehouse or funeral home. Can't be proven one way or another based only on photos of closed caskets in a stream or river. I think we should stop the Biblical catastrophe speculation. It's not doing anyone any good.

Posted by: Gref at October 03, 2024 09:52 PM (aBgBM)

192 German Shepherds teaching dachshunds to overcome fences is not how peace comes to the world. It's the opposite of that.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 03, 2024 09:53 PM (CHHv1)

193 German Shepherds teaching dachshunds to overcome fences is not how peace comes to the world. It's the opposite of that.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 03, 2024 09:53 PM (CHHv1)

The Shepherds will get the Dachsies trapped between the pickets on a fence, and then go to town on them.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 03, 2024 09:55 PM (m2qNJ)

194
Probably empty caskets from a swept-away casket warehouse or funeral home. Can't be proven one way or another based only on photos of closed caskets in a stream or river. I think we should stop the Biblical catastrophe speculation. It's not doing anyone any good.
Posted by: Gref at October

There are bodies in trees, Gref. Babies died while their mamas had to see. It’s biblical. We have family there. It’s not good.

Posted by: Piper at October 03, 2024 09:55 PM (pZEOD)

195
John Rich🇺🇸
@johnrich
Just spoke to a friend of mine in law enforcement in NC...he said that they have, and I quote: "Already used over 500 body bags, and there are bodies in trees, mud, cars, houses, everywhere...No Fed support whatsoever."

Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 03, 2024 09:55 PM (TGPs7)

196 We don't know if the details from all the various rumors are true; however, I seriously doubt network teewee is telling us the worst of what's happened.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 03, 2024 09:58 PM (FnneF)

197 @194 - I love dogs, and I love dachshunds. But they are very much "Ah yes, you would like to pet me. Good, good. May I see your papers, please? Ahem. If you cannot produce your papers, I may have no choice but to savage you, and I think we would not want that. Come on, come on, your papers. Sir. Your papers. I am becoming impatient."

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 03, 2024 09:59 PM (CHHv1)

198 ... and what video there *is*, is pretty fcking bad.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 03, 2024 09:59 PM (FnneF)

199 Have you been looking at the pictures coming out of this? It is Biblical destruction. There are towns completely wiped out. Not every place is like that, of course.

We had a 100 year flood in the PNW. Saturated ground, heavy snow pack and a Chinook wind that melted it quickly. There were a few houses that were flooded out. We had a friend with a place he can't get to any more. The road washed out and was never replaced. It was nothing like what this storm did. Don't know if the caskets were empty or full. There are still places where the ground was washed away that deep

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 03, 2024 10:00 PM (MpVUb)

200 nood

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Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 03, 2024 10:01 PM (FnneF)

201 They're not letting people in because they don't want word to get out.

Posted by: davidt at October 03, 2024 10:01 PM (i0F8b)

202 Mets win.

Posted by: IrishEi at October 03, 2024 10:02 PM (3ImbR)

203 Folks ... and anyone with any interaction with FEMA should know this ... they are Triaging the Carolinas. They shouldn't be - but that's what is happening.

Posted by: Taking Notes at October 03, 2024 09:59 PM (qr2Yu)

What would you do differently?

Posted by: Gref at October 03, 2024 10:02 PM (aBgBM)

204 Posted by: Gref at October 03, 2024 09:52 PM (aBgBM)

I don't doubt that there are plenty of " they're eating each other in the Super Bowl" type things going around, but it's not uncommon in mountainous areas for this to happen after heavy rains.

Saw it happen myself in Wiliamson West Virginia when I was a kid. Lots of small country cemeteries on steep hillsides absolutely had caskets unearthed and carried down the holler.

Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at October 03, 2024 10:10 PM (Vvh2V)

205 Let the government handle rebuilding roads, power plants, infrastructure. Let individuals coordinate getting aid to people

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 03, 2024 10:11 PM (MpVUb)

206 Read up about the great Saints that were killed under Diocletian. St. Agnes, others. Such faith.

This life is nothing compared to eternal bliss.

The old couple dying in each other's arms? What love.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 03, 2024 10:12 PM (+H2BX)

207 What would you do differently?

Posted by: Gref at October 03, 2024 10:02 PM (aBgBM)

The exact opposite of Triage.

You can't do the "make a big pipeline, flood supplies in" military thing. This will have to be more like capillaries. Relief will have to work its way in - not unlike 'Nam except not under fire - and bring the infrastructure behind it.

And instead of discouraging the probably wasted efforts trying to race ahead ? You let 'em - under then clear agreement that they are on their own. No help is coming if they're help turns out poorly.

So - of course - that's not what FEMA is going to do. Seriously - look at it. FEMA - right now - is most concerned with building a fence around the area. Why ? They're most concerned with "containment".

And that's not just human containment. Information containment. They're running the entire playbook - as if the Carolinas got hit by a nuke.

Posted by: Paying Attention at October 03, 2024 10:19 PM (mner0)

208 I've had to replace my tower on the ol' PC...

Let's see how this works.

Posted by: Nightwatch at October 03, 2024 10:23 PM (TDvv2)

209 "Called the riff-raff. "

Please. It's Mr. Raff, if you don't mind.

Posted by: boynsea at October 03, 2024 11:36 PM (cx155)

210 Yeah, the 1974 global Cooling/Ice Age scare.

Didn't buy it then, ain't buying the new version. THEY need to make up their minds.

Posted by: boynsea at October 03, 2024 11:39 PM (cx155)

211 I've not heard that silly story in decades. I remember Poppop telling us that the very first time I heard it, I must have been 5 years old. Loved that man

Posted by: akronin at October 04, 2024 10:47 AM (hVMUD)

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