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Postby Clew In » Tue Sep 11, 2018 2:09 am
Looks like NC is the main target for Hurricane Florence. Stay safe out there and take care............
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Postby matth » Tue Sep 11, 2018 2:40 am
Mother nature really hates America...Hurricanes, tornados, fires , floods , earthquakes, volcanos.
Stay safe, they are saying category 4, which is 150mph sustained...
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Postby apollo4000 » Tue Sep 11, 2018 1:01 pm
Maybe a 1cm kite?
Good luck, stay safe.
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Postby Beardytello » Tue Sep 11, 2018 3:11 pm
apollo4000 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 11, 2018 1:01 pm
Maybe a 1cm kite?
Good luck, stay safe.
We caught the tail end of a cat 1 hurricane last year, I was down at the beach just taking it in and a guy was trying to kite it, I think he was on a 5m and massively overpowered. He ended up being dragged down the beach after ejecting as the kite wouldn't land and his mate jumped on the kite.
He knew he was being daft, but wanted to try it.
I was happy with no kiting that weekend!
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Postby RickI » Tue Sep 11, 2018 5:14 pm
More like the World. Have you seen the news this year?
matth wrote: ↑Tue Sep 11, 2018 2:40 am
Mother nature really hates America...Hurricanes, tornados, fires , floods , earthquakes, volcanos.
Stay safe, they are saying category 4, which is 150mph sustained...
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Postby Laughingman » Tue Sep 11, 2018 5:33 pm
matth wrote: ↑Tue Sep 11, 2018 2:40 am
Mother nature really hates America...Hurricanes, tornados, fires , floods , earthquakes, volcanos.
Stay safe, they are saying category 4, which is 150mph sustained...
My dad (RIP) immigrated from Lithuania way back during the WWs, he choose Canada as his new home, when ever we would talk about why he choose Canada when the rest of his family choose the USA he always said that the USA was a country of natural disasters ... I always think of that when you hear of these things
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Postby RickI » Tue Sep 11, 2018 6:12 pm
Risk of natural disaster, the US is 45th out of 173 countries. Fact vs. perception or perhaps news coverage?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_c ... aster_risk
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Postby matth » Tue Sep 11, 2018 6:49 pm
Laughingman wrote: ↑Tue Sep 11, 2018 5:33 pm
matth wrote: ↑Tue Sep 11, 2018 2:40 am
Mother nature really hates America...Hurricanes, tornados, fires , floods , earthquakes, volcanos.
Stay safe, they are saying category 4, which is 150mph sustained...
My dad (RIP) immigrated from Lithuania way back during the WWs, he choose Canada as his new home, when ever we would talk about why he choose Canada when the rest of his family choose the USA he always said that the USA was a country of natural disasters ... I always think of that when you hear of these things
Between the Tornados and Hurricans no other country even comes close. We just have a unique geographical situation like no other.
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Postby Laughingman » Tue Sep 11, 2018 7:41 pm
I think you can make data look any way you want... I think its important to note the wiki page states
"the risk of becoming a victim of a disaster as a result of vulnerability"
This could include infrastructure... for example the Haiti earthquake while devastating there would probably not have such an extreme effect if it was in the USA or any other country that has building codes, emergency services etc... so the risk of being a victim is less in the USA but that may not mean there are fewer natural disasters... just the risk of becoming a victim is less
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Postby matth » Tue Sep 11, 2018 9:04 pm
Laughingman wrote: ↑Tue Sep 11, 2018 7:41 pm
I think you can make data look any way you want... I think its important to note the wiki page states
"the risk of becoming a victim of a disaster as a result of vulnerability"
This could include infrastructure... for example the Haiti earthquake while devastating there would probably not have such an extreme effect if it was in the USA or any other country that has building codes, emergency services etc... so the risk of being a victim is less in the USA but that may not mean there are fewer natural disasters... just the risk of becoming a victim is less
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