Shepard Smith Freaks Everybody Out With Hurricane Matthew Report
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Did anyone get 'freaked out?' I think we're all accustomed too the hype by now.
http://whatstrending.com/trending-no...tthew-coverage
http://whatstrending.com/trending-no...tthew-coverage
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Agreed. I noticed Cantore showed up in a flooded city here interviewing flood victims as they came out on stretchers.
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any half wit can figure out the severity of a storm by the blitz of information available,if you've accumulated enough money to have purchased a waterfront home or even one within a flood zone, and with the 48hr forecast ability, don't leave the area...your doing society a favor by removing said dimwit from society. gene pool needs skimming every once in a while.
jim was local some years back, chatted briefly with him in convenience store..he's a tool. class A.
jim was local some years back, chatted briefly with him in convenience store..he's a tool. class A.
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Well 20 people have been reported dead so I guess he was correct. Maybe his candid warning made some people actually think and go to higher ground. Every time there is a major storm people who think they can ride it out die.
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There were a lot of people that didn't evacuate when they were told to when Katrina hit, were they the "smart ones" for ignoring the hype?
They are still rebuilding here from Sandy, do what you want, if they tell me to go....I'm gone.
Most of you guys got VERY lucky with this one, a few miles west and this thread would have a completely different flavor.
They are still rebuilding here from Sandy, do what you want, if they tell me to go....I'm gone.
Most of you guys got VERY lucky with this one, a few miles west and this thread would have a completely different flavor.
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There were a lot of people that didn't evacuate when they were told to when Katrina hit, were they the "smart ones" for ignoring the hype?
They are still rebuilding here from Sandy, do what you want, if they tell me to go....I'm gone.
Most of you guys got VERY lucky with this one, a few miles west and this thread would have a completely different flavor.
They are still rebuilding here from Sandy, do what you want, if they tell me to go....I'm gone.
Most of you guys got VERY lucky with this one, a few miles west and this thread would have a completely different flavor.
People who want to take the risk is fine with me. Lived in Florida all my life and will promise you I'm am going to get my family far gone from anything Cat 2 or stronger. All it takes is one gust or one of the many tornadoes that spin up to drop a big tree on your house and hurt someone bad and you have no way to get medical assistance, then what.
Yea sure, they hype it up a bit. They need to, to get people that have never experienced a big storm to get out of harms way. For those that live in flood prone areas you only need to see how fast that storm surge can come one time to get your ass away from that.
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You don't know what your talking about. The name has nothing to do with the deductible its how they become classified and if the National Weather Service issues certain warnings for the state or states.
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So when your policy states a different deductible for a "named storm" it only pertains to the classification? Seems that how it should be worded.