To those in the path of Irma...

That time of the year my friends.

Hurricane season is upon us. An Mother Nature is showing, despite the ability to be beautiful, she is also capable of being quiet violent and deadly. Irma is baring down on Florida and the south east. Harvey walloped Texas. Which...allow me to divert for a moment and say, to any of our members in Texas, Houston, etc, or with family/friends/etc there..I hope you are well an your loved ones are also, an you came through safe and whole. Stay strong..cliche...but a good saying for such an event.

Back to my post..



As I was saying above, it's that time of the year again. Hurricane season. An it's starting rather rough. Mother Nature is bringing her A game this year. My point? Heed the safety warnings, stay up to date on the storm if your in it's path, or predicated path. An for the love of god, if your told to leave...do so my friends. You can rebuild, you can replace THINGS. You can't replace yourself or your loved ones, or your pets, or anything else you love an hold dear. I don't say this as someone who doesn't know what life is like in a hurricane zone. Been there done that, an I assure you, if a storm came my way anywhere near the power of these last two, I'd be half way to Arizona in a heart beat an hanging out with Hobo til it passed.

If your not keeping up with the storm here's where we stand...

Florida appears so far to be it's target. As of last I checked(couple minutes before this post) it was up to 185mph sustained winds(1 minute) and gusts of up to 200mph. It's a category 5. The highest rating for a hurricane. I'll save you the copy/paste of what such a storm can do. Plenty of news, weather and private sites will be happy to share that info with you. To put this in perspective...the strongest storm recorded is Hurricane/Tropical Cyclone Patricia with sustained speeds of 215 mph.


TL: DR - Stay safe, don't be stupid. Flee if need be. You can rebuild, you can't replace life, or loved ones. Yes, leave the cooler if need be...I'll be sad, but I'd rather your alive.


If your in the path, be safe an be sure to let us know you made it through. Sending positive thoughts, an the like ahead of time, I anticipate the lines being busy in the future.

Sirscrapalot - It pained me to write that part about the cooler just so you all know.

PS - Hope for the best, plan for the worst. - Someone that wasn't me.