Comments on: Tropical Update http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/08/30/tropical-update/ On-line Opinion Magazine...OK, it's a blog Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:38:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Bryan http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/08/30/tropical-update/comment-page-1/#comment-29033 Bryan Sat, 01 Sep 2007 16:22:51 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/08/30/tropical-update/#comment-29033 The Katrina cottage designs are so much better than "manufactured houses" that it is a waste to buy the tacked together "double-wides". The other problem with trailers is the overuse of formaldehyde resins that aren't properly sealed. Not as bad as travel trailers, but still there. The Katrina cottage designs are so much better than “manufactured houses” that it is a waste to buy the tacked together “double-wides”. The other problem with trailers is the overuse of formaldehyde resins that aren’t properly sealed. Not as bad as travel trailers, but still there.

]]> By: hipparchia http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/08/30/tropical-update/comment-page-1/#comment-29032 hipparchia Sat, 01 Sep 2007 15:18:13 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/08/30/tropical-update/#comment-29032 yabbut, for the same money, you can get either a smaller, well-built house or a larger, tacked-together trailer. <i>i'd</i> prefer smaller and better-made, but that doesn't seem to be the norm in the population at large. <i>supersize me</i> has been the norm for a long time now, in just about everything. yabbut, for the same money, you can get either a smaller, well-built house or a larger, tacked-together trailer. i’d prefer smaller and better-made, but that doesn’t seem to be the norm in the population at large. supersize me has been the norm for a long time now, in just about everything.

]]> By: Bryan http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/08/30/tropical-update/comment-page-1/#comment-29026 Bryan Sat, 01 Sep 2007 05:09:35 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/08/30/tropical-update/#comment-29026 Trailers are the worse concept there is for a hurricane zone. They should be banned. There are small houses that can fill the same niche, and are much stronger. Trailers are the worse concept there is for a hurricane zone. They should be banned. There are small houses that can fill the same niche, and are much stronger.

]]> By: hipparchia http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/08/30/tropical-update/comment-page-1/#comment-29021 hipparchia Sat, 01 Sep 2007 00:44:58 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/08/30/tropical-update/#comment-29021 i have to admit to a certain amount of fellow feeling here: <i>And mobile homes are smotherin' my Keys I hate those bastards so much I wish a summer squall would blow them all The way up to fantasy land Yeah they're ugly and square, they don't belong here They looked a lot better as beer cans</i> i have to admit to a certain amount of fellow feeling here:

And mobile homes are smotherin’ my Keys
I hate those bastards so much
I wish a summer squall would blow them all
The way up to fantasy land
Yeah they’re ugly and square, they don’t belong here
They looked a lot better as beer cans

]]> By: Bryan http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/08/30/tropical-update/comment-page-1/#comment-29014 Bryan Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:43:42 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/08/30/tropical-update/#comment-29014 There are times over there when I get the impression they are rooting for the hurricanes. There are times over there when I get the impression they are rooting for the hurricanes.

]]> By: Steve Bates http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/08/30/tropical-update/comment-page-1/#comment-29012 Steve Bates Fri, 31 Aug 2007 19:02:22 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/08/30/tropical-update/#comment-29012 What I learned today <strike>in school</strike> on the WU site: "favorable wind shear" is one of those phrases like "HIV positive"; one has to wonder... "favorable" or "positive" for whom? :) What I learned today in school on the WU site: “favorable wind shear” is one of those phrases like “HIV positive”; one has to wonder… “favorable” or “positive” for whom? :)

]]> By: Bryan http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/08/30/tropical-update/comment-page-1/#comment-28994 Bryan Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:01:34 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/08/30/tropical-update/#comment-28994 <p>The letter indicates the ocean: L = AtLantic, E = Eastern Pacific, W = Western Pacific.</p> <p>They have a habit of dropping the L because it is the main concern for the US.</p> updated: oh, yeah, it is prime time now, and these suckers can just leap up in a couple of hours, especially around the Yucatan. The letter indicates the ocean: L = AtLantic, E = Eastern Pacific, W = Western Pacific.

They have a habit of dropping the L because it is the main concern for the US.

updated: oh, yeah, it is prime time now, and these suckers can just leap up in a couple of hours, especially around the Yucatan.

]]> By: Steve Bates http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/08/30/tropical-update/comment-page-1/#comment-28992 Steve Bates Thu, 30 Aug 2007 19:18:53 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/08/30/tropical-update/#comment-28992 Wow. Two of the four came up on the WU site since I last looked, which was some time yesterday. I guess I'll have to go to twice a day, or even more often. A dumb question: why do some Invests have an L after the number and some don't? Wow. Two of the four came up on the WU site since I last looked, which was some time yesterday. I guess I’ll have to go to twice a day, or even more often.

A dumb question: why do some Invests have an L after the number and some don’t?

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