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Comments on: Homeland Security? https://whynow.dumka.us/2007/05/07/homeland-security-2/ On-line Opinion Magazine...OK, it's a blog Tue, 08 May 2007 17:39:25 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Bryan https://whynow.dumka.us/2007/05/07/homeland-security-2/comment-page-1/#comment-26130 Tue, 08 May 2007 17:39:25 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/05/07/homeland-security-2/#comment-26130 Tornadoes are the worst of both – the unexpectedness of an earthquake with the fury of a hurricane. Just like earthquakes you know where they are apt to be, but you can predict when.

I did a 6+ in San Diego – no thank you. I can deal with a few days notice.

Thanks for the link.

]]> By: ellroon https://whynow.dumka.us/2007/05/07/homeland-security-2/comment-page-1/#comment-26129 Tue, 08 May 2007 17:30:48 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/05/07/homeland-security-2/#comment-26129 Used your links but gave you credit, Bryan. Those photos are devastating.

People ask us why we live in earthquake country…. We’ve been through several, only one which caused some light damage. Tornadoes and hurricanes? You guys have SEASONS for them for gosh sakes!

I think I’ll stay here in Southern California where the Big One hasn’t happened yet (knock on wood).

(/Rumble rumble…)

]]> By: Bryan https://whynow.dumka.us/2007/05/07/homeland-security-2/comment-page-1/#comment-26105 Tue, 08 May 2007 00:03:55 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/05/07/homeland-security-2/#comment-26105 It’s intense stuff, even after seeing what Camille did along the coast back in 1969, but it does eliminate any questions about how bad it was.

]]> By: hipparchia https://whynow.dumka.us/2007/05/07/homeland-security-2/comment-page-1/#comment-26104 Mon, 07 May 2007 23:57:28 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/05/07/homeland-security-2/#comment-26104 i had to quit looking at about photo 12 or 13. but thanks for providing the link anyway.

when my various cousins and such ask me, after every ivan, opal, erin, frederic, etc, “why do you still live in hurricane alley?” i usually respond with “why do you still live in tornado alley?” i’ve always had a soft spot for gallows humor, but i may have to drop that particular line after this.

and thanks for the reminder. time to go hunting for all my hurricane tracking bookmarks again.

]]> By: Bryan https://whynow.dumka.us/2007/05/07/homeland-security-2/comment-page-1/#comment-26100 Mon, 07 May 2007 22:08:53 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/05/07/homeland-security-2/#comment-26100 Everything that is loose becomes a 200mph projectile. I’ve seen straw and fiberglass insulation driven into light poles in Wichita Falls, Texas. Garden furniture becomes artillery shells.

It is a terrible experience, even if you know it’s coming and you have a basement to hide in.

]]> By: Steve Bates https://whynow.dumka.us/2007/05/07/homeland-security-2/comment-page-1/#comment-26099 Mon, 07 May 2007 20:45:02 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/05/07/homeland-security-2/#comment-26099 Those are scary photos. I thought nothing could surprise me after Katrina, but the devastation here is just as great. Heaven help us all; I hope nobody else has to see the likes of that this year, on the coast or in the plains.

]]> By: Bryan https://whynow.dumka.us/2007/05/07/homeland-security-2/comment-page-1/#comment-26096 Mon, 07 May 2007 19:48:19 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/05/07/homeland-security-2/#comment-26096 When you think about it, it is a Katrina at its strongest, compressed in a half-mile path.

]]> By: Jim https://whynow.dumka.us/2007/05/07/homeland-security-2/comment-page-1/#comment-26095 Mon, 07 May 2007 19:38:40 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/05/07/homeland-security-2/#comment-26095 I just looked at the aerial photos.

Oh. My. God.

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