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ericadawn16) wrote2022-11-10 09:28 pm
ericadawn16) wrote2022-11-10 09:28 pm
Nicole
"In the eye of a hurricane, there is quiet"
Well, there was until Nicole's eye disintegrated into a red band of mega-rain. The lack of pelting rain and banshee winds made me wake up, lol. Then, it all started again.
So, as you know, Facebook has a feature to Mark Yourself Safe from various dangerous events so not only close friends, neighbors, family knows, but people in other states and countries that care about your well-being. Today's event was called "Hurricane Nicole in Eastern Florida".
It became a thing, a thing of drama. Yes, if we're being precise, it wasn't a hurricane by the time it reached Pasco or even most or all of Polk County. Yes, Polk and Pasco aren't "Eastern Florida" but that was the only option, Mark Yourself Safe the way it was listed or not at all. It seemed better to twist the truth a little...
Well, that didn't work for some people. There were legitimate complaints about people nowhere close to the eye, and most destructive areas of her path, but there were also people complaining that a Tropical Storm didn't people freaking out or closures, just a normal day like it used to be.
That pisses me off. In the old days, we also played with mercury and ate with lead plates. Now, we know that shit was stupid, just like not using modern meteorological technology to prevent unnecessary deaths is also stupid. First of all, people drive horribly, and they do that when the weather is NICE! Add in rain and I have to be on constant guard to suddenly stop or have to swerve from a hydroplaning car like last night. The vehicles are different than they used to be, too. We used to have heavy metal cars that could double as tanks or demolition derby entries. Now, they're plastic/fiberglass/aluminum...lightweight and aerodynamic for better gas mileage, but also perfect for lifting up, being pushed over, etc. Apparently, there was even a bus crash around 1992 from high winds...which is about the time that the Crystal Springs bus crashed, but I can't remember exactly when that was or what caused it.
There's also the flooding issue. Of course, sources claim East Pasco's original name, Toadhaka, actually meant "muddy water" because of all the swamp. In times like these with a lot of rain, it even had a clear river of grass, going for miles to the Hillsborough River, but we fucked all that up. Now, there's flooding even in places they don't recall flooding before because the all the construction messed things up. I stayed home, but a friend confirmed rampant street flooding, like always.
The schools were closed, the government buildings closed, Universal Studios closed unless you were a hotel guest...
But I had to ask to be left off early last night so I could leave before the high winds started in. I wasn't scheduled today, but they were having a conference call at 8 am, but they wanted to open at 9:30 AM and it turns out Village Inn was open since 6 am...
Whatever, I really hate...I went through it and survived so everyone should have to, too...
Well, there was until Nicole's eye disintegrated into a red band of mega-rain. The lack of pelting rain and banshee winds made me wake up, lol. Then, it all started again.
So, as you know, Facebook has a feature to Mark Yourself Safe from various dangerous events so not only close friends, neighbors, family knows, but people in other states and countries that care about your well-being. Today's event was called "Hurricane Nicole in Eastern Florida".
It became a thing, a thing of drama. Yes, if we're being precise, it wasn't a hurricane by the time it reached Pasco or even most or all of Polk County. Yes, Polk and Pasco aren't "Eastern Florida" but that was the only option, Mark Yourself Safe the way it was listed or not at all. It seemed better to twist the truth a little...
Well, that didn't work for some people. There were legitimate complaints about people nowhere close to the eye, and most destructive areas of her path, but there were also people complaining that a Tropical Storm didn't people freaking out or closures, just a normal day like it used to be.
That pisses me off. In the old days, we also played with mercury and ate with lead plates. Now, we know that shit was stupid, just like not using modern meteorological technology to prevent unnecessary deaths is also stupid. First of all, people drive horribly, and they do that when the weather is NICE! Add in rain and I have to be on constant guard to suddenly stop or have to swerve from a hydroplaning car like last night. The vehicles are different than they used to be, too. We used to have heavy metal cars that could double as tanks or demolition derby entries. Now, they're plastic/fiberglass/aluminum...lightweight and aerodynamic for better gas mileage, but also perfect for lifting up, being pushed over, etc. Apparently, there was even a bus crash around 1992 from high winds...which is about the time that the Crystal Springs bus crashed, but I can't remember exactly when that was or what caused it.
There's also the flooding issue. Of course, sources claim East Pasco's original name, Toadhaka, actually meant "muddy water" because of all the swamp. In times like these with a lot of rain, it even had a clear river of grass, going for miles to the Hillsborough River, but we fucked all that up. Now, there's flooding even in places they don't recall flooding before because the all the construction messed things up. I stayed home, but a friend confirmed rampant street flooding, like always.
The schools were closed, the government buildings closed, Universal Studios closed unless you were a hotel guest...
But I had to ask to be left off early last night so I could leave before the high winds started in. I wasn't scheduled today, but they were having a conference call at 8 am, but they wanted to open at 9:30 AM and it turns out Village Inn was open since 6 am...
Whatever, I really hate...I went through it and survived so everyone should have to, too...