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[greenmark]

Just four deaths reported in Florida. I say just, but I was expecting many more than that.

What amazes me is that they have buildings designed to withstand a category 5 hurricane!
What would you do if you didn't have one. Leg it up the road with a million others looking for a hotel for a few days and then return to carnage. It boggles my mind.
They really do have a pioneer mentailty.

I doubt everyone can afford a state-of-the-art home, but the advice was to leave town.

There was a stark warning from a top official: people ignoring the warning to leave home in one of the critical areas are in their coffin and should write the name on their arm, so emergency workers will know where to return their bodies!

Seems to me that any ordinary folk that elected to stay put and board their windows, or put down sandbags, were taking a big gamble. Detritus at over 100mph is a very destructive object. Let's hope the damage isn't too great. Seems they're quite good at rebuilding from these events.
I genuinely wish them well.

[Archery1969]

What amazes me is that they have buildings designed to withstand a category 5 hurricane!
What would you do if you didn't have one. Leg it up the road with a million others looking for a hotel for a few days and then return to carnage. It boggles my mind.
They really do have a pioneer mentailty.

I doubt everyone can afford a state-of-the-art home, but the advice was to leave town.

There was a stark warning from a top official: people ignoring the warning to leave home in one of the critical areas are in their coffin and should write the name on their arm, so emergency workers will know where to return their bodies!

Seems to me that any ordinary folk that elected to stay put and board their windows, or put down sandbags, were taking a big gamble. Detritus at over 100mph is a very destructive object. Let's hope the damage isn't too great. Seems they're quite good at rebuilding from these events.
I genuinely wish them well.

I watched one woman on the news who stayed put as her builders assured her the structure and windows would be fine. They were but she did say at one point the main living room window bowed inwards and she thought it was disaster day. Apparently those special windows are designed to do that at excessive angles before they rupture etc.

Bloody good design, manufacturing, installation and builders involved , thank god.

[Archery1969]

I’m not convinced only 4 people died. Apparently many homeless people either couldn’t leave or were denied transportation to safety. I guess time will tell once the clean up operation is over. Problem in Florida is alligators and they may be having a good feed on one or more individuals.

[Derek27]

I’m not convinced only 4 people died. Apparently many homeless people either couldn’t leave or were denied transportation to safety. I guess time will tell once the clean up operation is over. Problem in Florida is alligators and they may be having a good feed on one or more individuals.

It's 4 "reported" deaths. The death toll always rises as they find other victims of the storm. Let's just hope there aren't too many.

[Archery1969]

I’m not convinced only 4 people died. Apparently many homeless people either couldn’t leave or were denied transportation to safety. I guess time will tell once the clean up operation is over. Problem in Florida is alligators and they may be having a good feed on one or more individuals.

It's 4 "reported" deaths. The death toll always rises as they find other victims of the storm. Let's just hope there aren't too many.

With 1.2 million alligators living in the state of Florida, you may never find out the true death toll unless people are reported missing. Unless of course your going to kill every alligator and open up their stomach contents.

[Derek27]

Not sure if the guy heading the NTSB press conference is up to the job. Getting emotional and irritable, almost in tears, the guy looks as if he's cracking up!!

[Kai]

Not sure if the guy heading the NTSB press conference is up to the job. Getting emotional and irritable, almost in tears, the guy looks as if he's cracking up!!

It's a woman actually Derek

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJyk7ZpmA_Q

[Michael5482]

Not sure if the guy heading the NTSB press conference is up to the job. Getting emotional and irritable, almost in tears, the guy looks as if he's cracking up!!

It's a woman actually Derek

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJyk7ZpmA_Q

It's a man actually Derek

https://www.facebook.com/AtTheRaces/vid ... 735030994/

[Derek27]

Not sure if the guy heading the NTSB press conference is up to the job. Getting emotional and irritable, almost in tears, the guy looks as if he's cracking up!!

It's a woman actually Derek

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJyk7ZpmA_Q

This is the guy I'm talking about.

https://www.reddit.com/r/aviation/comme ... ?rdt=38007

[Kai]

Not sure if the guy heading the NTSB press conference is up to the job. Getting emotional and irritable, almost in tears, the guy looks as if he's cracking up!!

It's a woman actually Derek

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJyk7ZpmA_Q

This is the guy I'm talking about.

https://www.reddit.com/r/aviation/comme ... ?rdt=38007

Ah okay, didn't catch that part

But maybe that makes him ideal for the position, I'd rather hear a genuine response like that than a rehearsed emotionless one

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