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1 posted on 09/05/2017 11:50:23 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

He’s right. You will have plenty of time to get out.


2 posted on 09/05/2017 11:53:23 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
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To: Kaslin
Speaking of bottled water—— The Nestle branded 16.9 oz bottles, 35 to the shrink-wrap are $3.50 per package at the Mid Michigan Walmarts. The house brand is $3.33 for 35 bottles as well.

The daughter tells me that Walmart is selling water at not more than 1 cent per oz deep in the heart of Texas.

3 posted on 09/05/2017 11:58:24 AM PDT by garyb (What if you can't trust the voice in your head?)
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My daughter lived in Toledo, Ohio when some sort of algae bloom shut down the city water plant. Same thing happened. Prices shot through the roof and then none to be found. She came back to Pittsburgh and loaded-up.


4 posted on 09/05/2017 12:00:22 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Kaslin
people have been conditioned to believe that tap water is dirty, is dangerous, and might cause them to get sick. So they avoid it.

Tell ya whut, get two glasses, fill one with tap, the other with filtered/bottled. See which one for yourself tastes better/cleaner!

5 posted on 09/05/2017 12:03:44 PM PDT by rawcatslyentist (TETELESTI Read em and weep Lucy! Yer times almost up.)
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Its a hurricane. That means LOTS OF RAIN. That’s water, lots of it.
I like putting pans out to collect rain, then run it thru a paper coffee filter. Good clean stuff, free, distilled.

Kinda dumb to fuss about lacking water precisely because there’s so much of it falling from the sky.


6 posted on 09/05/2017 12:03:57 PM PDT by ctdonath2 (It's not "white privilege", it's "Puritan work ethic". Behavior begets consequences.)
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Rush had a really novel idea today. Drink your bottled water and don’t throw away the cap. Then go to the sink and find the thing called the “faucet”. Put the empty bottle under the faucet thing and fill the bottle with water. Put the cap back on.


7 posted on 09/05/2017 12:07:10 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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Rush was being foolish today. Millions of people will be without tap water for a week at minimum. It’s 90 degrees with no air conditioning. A gallon per day per person, which in my opinion is low, for 7 days, for ~5.5 million people in Miami-Ddate, Broward, and Palm Beach counties, would be more than 38 million gallons. That’s the shortfall that must be stored ahead of time. Rush will get on his Gulfstream and leave the area. He has no idea what he’s talking about.


10 posted on 09/05/2017 12:20:51 PM PDT by Ray76 (Republicans are a Democrat party front group.)
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The same thing happens in my neck of the woods every time there is a prediction for a snowstorm that could amount to more than a dusting. The grocery stores parking lots fill up and the shelves are stripped bare of necessities. Funny thing is, there hasn't been a snowstorm since the 1970’s where the roads weren't passable within a couple days. The road crews are so good these days, that we got 20 inches a couple years ago and all the main roads were clear by the following afternoon. But for some reason there is large segment of the population the believes this time will be different, and all of sudden we will revert to 1850 and be snowed into the old homestead for six weeks.
12 posted on 09/05/2017 12:27:19 PM PDT by apillar
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To: Kaslin; Tilted Irish Kilt

Better that people prepare BEFORE HAND.

If they all waited until the hurricane hit,people would die from more than the storm itself.

The panic buying would become a nightmare.

I know what it’s like even around here when a nor’easter is on its way. We’re in the teeth of the blizzard and idiots are out trying to stock up at the last minute, causing traffic jams and accidents everywhere.

Prep early and sit back out of harms way.


13 posted on 09/05/2017 12:27:58 PM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith..)
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It's easy to take a what me worry? attitude if you can hop on your personal jet and get out on short notice.

Sure, the alarmists will milk this storm for all it's worth, but it is still a bad @$$ storm.

16 posted on 09/05/2017 12:32:47 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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Rush is quite the @$$-h@t. He often Spews for 15 minutes what could be said in 2 or 3.
Orlando had 3 consecutive hurricanes in about 25 days in 2005. When you consider how far inland Orlando is Hurricane Charlie was still packing a strong punch. Of course if you are 15 or 20 miles from the major damage you can squawk all day about how it was no big deal.
Bottom line is that everyone is responsible for their own safety, and it is prudent to prepare early.
As for Mr. Limbaugh - he could help by being less of a mocker when the possibility of a crisis is so real and so near.


18 posted on 09/05/2017 12:46:31 PM PDT by Honest Nigerian
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To: Kaslin

Rush is quite the @$$-h@t. He often Spews for 15 minutes what could be said in 2 or 3.
Orlando had 3 consecutive hurricanes in about 25 days in 2005. When you consider how far inland Orlando is Hurricane Charlie was still packing a strong punch. Of course if you are 15 or 20 miles from the major damage you can squawk all day about how it was no big deal.
Bottom line is that everyone is responsible for their own safety, and it is prudent to prepare early.
As for Mr. Limbaugh - he could help by being less of a mocker when the possibility of a crisis is so real and so near.


19 posted on 09/05/2017 12:46:37 PM PDT by Honest Nigerian
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Here in Florida it’s so flat that the water treatment plants flood when we get a hurricane. You get runoff from septic systems in the drinking water and it’s not safe to drink. I plan on filling as many containers as I can with tap water before the storm hits.


20 posted on 09/05/2017 12:47:28 PM PDT by mbynack (Retired USAF SMSgt)
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Rush sounds like the drilling I got from my brother last night.....pretty much said the same thing. He lives in Florida and explained about the eye wall and where the force is....how all the variables affect the strength ...and how land affects it etc. etc. etc.

They know they live in an area where Hurricanes can land...they prepare every year for the possibility, have back up plans in worst case...but get on with life even when the threat is as Irma now.


34 posted on 09/05/2017 1:19:23 PM PDT by caww
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If i had a ranch house in Florida i would use my big forklift to move my cache of connex containers to surround my house, even if i had to double stack a few, chain them together.

Seal the bottom ones and flood them with a couple thousand gallons of water for weight.


36 posted on 09/05/2017 1:22:09 PM PDT by Daniel Ramsey (Thank YOU President Trump, finally we can do what America does best, to be the best)
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To: Kaslin
I’d be so jealous of the Big Water guys.

LOL!

38 posted on 09/05/2017 1:23:23 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (We're right, you're wrong - that's the end of the argument.)
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What Rush Limbaugh describes is similar to the way the military industrial complex creates and manipulates fear to increase profits of war-related businesses.
40 posted on 09/05/2017 1:26:27 PM PDT by Colonel Kangaroo
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Rush is painfully off-base here. The need for bottled water is in case tap water systems become contaminated or stop working. Ask folks in Beaumont, TX if they can drink tap water after Harvey’s flooding. Also, if you wait until you know for sure where a hurricane is going to hit, it’s usually too late.


50 posted on 09/05/2017 2:17:59 PM PDT by dirtboy
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To: Kaslin

near Ft Worth Texas

bottled water costs me
35 cents a gallon,
and I like it a lot better
than the tap water in my house.

why do others pay more?


51 posted on 09/05/2017 2:19:27 PM PDT by RockyTx
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Politicians saw people spending big bucks for water that used to be almost free from the tap.

They figured - “hey, maybe we can get them to pay for air. I know, call it “climate change” and tax them for it.”


64 posted on 09/05/2017 9:46:23 PM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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