byjove
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Post by byjove on May 17, 2024 15:52:35 GMT -6
Join me in a laugh this afternoon. This thread is amazing. I love him (Derek, not Ben Shapiro, not that anyone should get that confused. At least I hope not!) Totally a fave!!
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Post by origami on May 17, 2024 16:42:57 GMT -6
Join me in a laugh this afternoon. This thread is amazing. I love him (Derek, not Ben Shapiro, not that anyone should get that confused. At least I hope not!) Don’t worry, I think if anyone here was expressing admiration for Ben Shapiro the rest would be staging an intervention.
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elle
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Post by elle on May 17, 2024 17:09:12 GMT -6
This thread is amazing. I love him (Derek, not Ben Shapiro, not that anyone should get that confused. At least I hope not!) Don’t worry, I think if anyone here was expressing admiration for Ben Shapiro the rest would be staging an intervention. Ha, I would hope so! It would definitely indicate that I've been hacked or bodysnatched or something. 😆
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elle
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Post by elle on May 17, 2024 17:48:11 GMT -6
This is beyond messed up.
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Post by goldenbird on May 17, 2024 17:56:13 GMT -6
Jesus fucking Christ.
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Post by goldenbird on May 17, 2024 17:57:58 GMT -6
These ducking assholes want babies to be born for no actual fucking reason. Just be born. That's it. Fuck em after they come out, but they have to be born. Fuck.
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Post by SweetPotato on May 17, 2024 19:47:48 GMT -6
Texas folks, are you all ok?? We lost another tree but at least it didn’t hit the house this time. Silver lining? That storm was wild. I know lots with damage and no power. 😞 Yeah I don’t expect to have power for a while. No major damage at my house but the neighborhood is trashed. Huge trees down on houses, cars, fences, etc.
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Post by jaygee on May 17, 2024 21:40:28 GMT -6
We lost another tree but at least it didn’t hit the house this time. Silver lining? That storm was wild. I know lots with damage and no power. 😞 Yeah I don’t expect to have power for a while. No major damage at my house but the neighborhood is trashed. Huge trees down on houses, cars, fences, etc. Oh no! I’m sorry. What a bummer. Sorry also about your tree overboard.
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Post by enchanted on May 17, 2024 21:52:59 GMT -6
I'm glad you guys are safe, but so sorry you're dealing with this.
I've said before that Mother Earth is pissed off at humans. It's sadly going to keep getting worse.
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elle
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Post by elle on May 18, 2024 12:45:42 GMT -6
Does he think this makes it better or okay? Because it really doesn't.
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elle
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Post by elle on May 18, 2024 12:49:33 GMT -6
Also, someone brought up that schools in his district/area were closed* in Jan of 2021 due to Covid but I don't know if that's accurate or not. So it's possible her excuse of having a "won't someone please think of the children" fit is also untrue.
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elle
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Post by elle on May 18, 2024 12:53:12 GMT -6
Glad to hear our Texas members didn't have any major damage. I hope the weather cooperates and it doesn't get too hot there, especially for those without power like SweetPotato. Being without power, especially for an indeterminate amount of time is the absolute pits.
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leahcar
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Post by leahcar on May 18, 2024 15:00:34 GMT -6
Finally checking in from TX. We had enough of no power and decamped to a hotel on the opposite side of the city this afternoon. The tornado was in our part of town and hit a power transmission station. So I suspect we have a ways to go before power is restored.
DD1’s senior prom was supposed to be tonight. The building sustained damage so it’s postponed a week. Our district only does senior prom (no junior) so I really hope this happens for them.
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elle
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Post by elle on May 18, 2024 16:12:21 GMT -6
Oh no, I'm so sorry leahcar. Hopefully power will be restored sooner rather than later. And I hope they're able to hold prom either next week or at a later date.
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Post by abs on May 18, 2024 21:18:24 GMT -6
I guess the storm that came through has been classified as a derecho. So that’s a new one and one I’d like to never repeat. Craziest storm ever. We just got our power back and it sounds like they are making good progress. Hope our other Houston posters get power very soon. Its too hot for this!!
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Post by blurnette989 on May 19, 2024 5:55:36 GMT -6
Last night in Portugal a meteorite crossed the sky and was captured on lots of people's phone cameras (it's festa season, so lots of people out and about). I didn't see it, but the videos are crazy cool. Eta heres a great one from a wedding in Portugal! So cool! vm.tiktok.com/ZGeXBs5Em/
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elle
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Post by elle on May 19, 2024 9:36:33 GMT -6
This is wild.
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elle
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Post by elle on May 19, 2024 9:37:02 GMT -6
Last night in Portugal a meteorite crossed the sky and was captured on lots of people's phone cameras (it's festa season, so lots of people out and about). I didn't see it, but the videos are crazy cool. Eta heres a great one from a wedding in Portugal! So cool! vm.tiktok.com/ZGeXBs5Em/The videos are just incredible. What an experience.
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byjove
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Post by byjove on May 19, 2024 10:06:16 GMT -6
I guess the storm that came through has been classified as a derecho. So that’s a new one and one I’d like to never repeat. Craziest storm ever. We just got our power back and it sounds like they are making good progress. Hope our other Houston posters get power very soon. Its too hot for this!! The DC area infamously had a derecho about 12 years ago and I think it just about traumatized everyone. Every big storm complex people start freaking out about the “d” word. leahcar I hope they can figure something out about prom. Sorry to hear it!! Hope you get your power back soon. We had severe straight line winds from a storm last summer, so more spontaneous, and it hit my neighborhood so hard.
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Post by SweetPotato on May 19, 2024 12:17:46 GMT -6
I guess the storm that came through has been classified as a derecho. So that’s a new one and one I’d like to never repeat. Craziest storm ever. We just got our power back and it sounds like they are making good progress. Hope our other Houston posters get power very soon. Its too hot for this!! There’s already a wiki page lol en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Houston_derechoWe have somewhere else to stay thank goodness but still no power at home. Or my kid’s school.
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abs
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Post by abs on May 19, 2024 13:31:51 GMT -6
I guess the storm that came through has been classified as a derecho. So that’s a new one and one I’d like to never repeat. Craziest storm ever. We just got our power back and it sounds like they are making good progress. Hope our other Houston posters get power very soon. It’s too hot for this!! There’s already a wiki page lol en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Houston_derechoWe have somewhere else to stay thank goodness but still no power at home. Or my kid’s school. Ugh. I’m so sorry. So tired of these yearly 500 year weather events. I’m glad you have somewhere to go. Can help if you need anything!! We are researching generator options today. So glad hurricane season starts soon. 🙄
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Post by SweetPotato on May 19, 2024 14:06:05 GMT -6
Ugh. I’m so sorry. So tired of these yearly 500 year weather events. I’m glad you have somewhere to go. Can help if you need anything!! We are researching generator options today. So glad hurricane season starts soon. 🙄 I know I’m terrified for this summer after the past two weeks.
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Post by blurnette989 on May 19, 2024 15:09:10 GMT -6
I guess the storm that came through has been classified as a derecho. So that’s a new one and one I’d like to never repeat. Craziest storm ever. We just got our power back and it sounds like they are making good progress. Hope our other Houston posters get power very soon. Its too hot for this!! The DC area infamously had a derecho about 12 years ago and I think it just about traumatized everyone. Every big storm complex people start freaking out about the “d” word. leahcar I hope they can figure something out about prom. Sorry to hear it!! Hope you get your power back soon. We had severe straight line winds from a storm last summer, so more spontaneous, and it hit my neighborhood so hard. omg yes, I was at the natural bridge hotel for a wedding the next day . The hotel lost power and that meant there was no water because of its systems. The next morning we spent the time finding a new venue, caterer, etc last minute because the power outages closed so many places. It was crazy. My job was moving all the table decor from the original reception hall to the new venue once found. Then calling everyone on the guest list to update.
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Post by blurnette989 on May 19, 2024 15:46:51 GMT -6
The president of Iran has been in a helicopter crash and rescuers have yet to find the crash site due to weather conditions.
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Post by athn64 on May 19, 2024 15:49:19 GMT -6
I guess the storm that came through has been classified as a derecho. So that’s a new one and one I’d like to never repeat. Craziest storm ever. We just got our power back and it sounds like they are making good progress. Hope our other Houston posters get power very soon. Its too hot for this!! The DC area infamously had a derecho about 12 years ago and I think it just about traumatized everyone. Every big storm complex people start freaking out about the “d” word. leahcar I hope they can figure something out about prom. Sorry to hear it!! Hope you get your power back soon. We had severe straight line winds from a storm last summer, so more spontaneous, and it hit my neighborhood so hard. One came through our area last year. I was out of town, but got to see the damage. They actually closed the roads so H couldn't get to work.
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Post by leahcar on May 19, 2024 19:04:12 GMT -6
Power restored! Have never been so happy to just be at home.
I stopped at the store just for sandwich stuff and breakfast food. Since we have no…anything…it was a far more expensive event than planned. Granted, I buy gluten free- but just sandwich stuff, milk, half and half, and breakfast food was $78. Ouch.
In addition to annoying, this derecho is EXPENSIVE. All “out” meals for three days, one night of hotel, replacing everything in our fridge/freezer (eventually)…
So I’m researching generators and solar/power banks because this is bullshit.
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Post by enchanted on May 19, 2024 21:05:43 GMT -6
The president of Iran has been in a helicopter crash and rescuers have yet to find the crash site due to weather conditions. BBC reported a bit ago that the helicopter has been "sighted." I'm assuming that means from the air and no one has physically gotten to the actual wreckage yet.
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Post by trueblue on May 20, 2024 4:55:42 GMT -6
The president of Iran has been in a helicopter crash and rescuers have yet to find the crash site due to weather conditions. BBC reported a bit ago that the helicopter has been "sighted." I'm assuming that means from the air and no one has physically gotten to the actual wreckage yet. I woke up to a news alert that he did not survive.
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Post by downwarddog on May 20, 2024 7:10:23 GMT -6
I guess the storm that came through has been classified as a derecho. So that’s a new one and one I’d like to never repeat. Craziest storm ever. We just got our power back and it sounds like they are making good progress. Hope our other Houston posters get power very soon. Its too hot for this!! The DC area infamously had a derecho about 12 years ago and I think it just about traumatized everyone. Every big storm complex people start freaking out about the “d” word. leahcar I hope they can figure something out about prom. Sorry to hear it!! Hope you get your power back soon. We had severe straight line winds from a storm last summer, so more spontaneous, and it hit my neighborhood so hard. Oh yes! I was working in a hospital lab at the time and I remember the exterior doors to the lab getting blown open. We (2 hours from DC) had tornado level damage and no power for a week. I'm glad our TX posters are okay.
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Post by cakewench on May 20, 2024 7:20:16 GMT -6
The DC area infamously had a derecho about 12 years ago and I think it just about traumatized everyone. Every big storm complex people start freaking out about the “d” word. leahcar I hope they can figure something out about prom. Sorry to hear it!! Hope you get your power back soon. We had severe straight line winds from a storm last summer, so more spontaneous, and it hit my neighborhood so hard. Oh yes! I was working in a hospital lab at the time and I remember the exterior doors to the lab getting blown open. We (2 hours from DC) had tornado level damage and no power for a week. I'm glad our TX posters are okay. I had met H at a bar near his work since we were sharing a car, so we had some dinner and thinking it was easing up, drove home. Literally the most terrifying drive of my life.
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