Hurricane Irene... perfect storm?
 

Some people are calling the upcoming Hurricane Irene the perfect storm... other comments include a hurricane of a lifetime.... American's 10th billion dollar disaster?!
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it's only a Cat 3 and its expected to become a Cat1 when it hits florida according to CNN

who cares?

Just another reason to raise oil prices. :mad:

totally. my parents are in ny and it is NOT in panic mode like the media here likes to make it. her first reaction was "i bet in canada theyrr freaking out". same with thr earthquake...it was barely noticeable. and the traders even kept trading lol
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There's fucking SHARKS in the streets of Puerto Rico cause of the hurricane

http://i.imgur.com/HiPkB.jpg

^ apparently that photo is a hoax. Some people think the shark has been ps'd in using this famous photo: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-canoeist.html

Its shark fin soup anyways!
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If you guys were paying attention, everybody was posting up pictures like these and laughing at the earthquake

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-i..._4790162_n.jpg




simply put, Mother Nature got pissed.
http://i.qkme.me/7aty.jpg

cat 3?

http://www.puppetgov.com/wp-content/...9/11/3cats.jpg


cat 1?
http://www.neighborhoodcats.org/uplo...20site%201.jpg

This thread is now officially about CAT 3 photos:

http://www.mediaite.com/wp-content/u...s_laughing.jpg

that sounds like a plan

http://www.glogster.com/media/4/33/35/56/33355688.jpg

http://i01.i.aliimg.com/photo/v0/256...phone_Drop.jpg
did someone say cat3?

Why are hurricanes usually named after women? Because when they arrive they're wet and wild, but when they go they take your house and car.

:lol i like how this thread completely shifted topic now.

^
Haha agreed!

Al Roker looks weird as a skinny person ie - the OP's news link. He needs to gain it all back

http://funnydaze.net/wp-content/uplo...20dogs%20funny

^ :haha:
To get back on topic...

Evacuation orders covered 1 million people in New Jersey, 550,000 in New York, 315,000 in Maryland, 300,000 in North Carolina, 200,000 in Virginia and 100,000 in Delaware.

"This is probably the largest number of people that have been threatened by a single hurricane in the United States," said Jay Baker, a geography professor at Florida State University.
2.5 million people ordered out as Irene nears - Weather - msnbc.com

President Barack Obama has warned people on the east coast of America to "be prepared for the worst", as what promises to be a "historic hurricane" is poised to wreak havoc throughout the weekend.
Hurricane Irene: Barack Obama warns Americans 'to prepare for the worst' - Telegraph

Looks like they are very well prepared for it.... Lets see what happens this weekend.