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#81 Postby Audrey2Katrina » Sun Aug 20, 2006 3:30 pm

Will, I want to see your reaction when a major hurricane's bearing down on the U.S. Patience is a virtue, you'll get your hurricane to track. Stay cool buddy.



I understand the exuberance of youth; but this is sooooo potentialy incendiary. "A major bearing down on the US" will bring death, destruction, and tragedy to countless people and an economic disaster--hardly something to be "anxious" to see. Hey, I'm NOT trying to be a Grinch here, as I fully understand the excitement these monsters are for the young; but having gone through literally dozens of hurricanes and tropical storms... it's just hard for me to read the excitement some display for these harbingers of calamity. That said, I do understand the youthful fascination--been there, done that--but also have seen the flip side of the coin and it ain't very pretty.

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#82 Postby dixiebreeze » Sun Aug 20, 2006 3:35 pm

Will, what grade are you in?
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#83 Postby WeatherEmperor » Sun Aug 20, 2006 3:41 pm

dixiebreeze wrote:Will, what grade are you in?


Hey dixie check your PM. I left you a message.

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#84 Postby dixiebreeze » Sun Aug 20, 2006 3:45 pm

WeatherEmperor wrote:
dixiebreeze wrote:Will, what grade are you in?


Hey dixie check your PM. I left you a message.

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Thank you, I sent a reply.
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#85 Postby bob rulz » Sun Aug 20, 2006 3:48 pm

wxman57 wrote:
Lindaloo wrote:I do not believe will is suggesting that he wants a hurricane to hit anywhere. He has a passion for them and wants to track them like everyone else.


If that were actually true (not just of Will, but many others here), then why would tracking a typhoon in the west Pacific (or east Pac / south Pac) not be as exciting to them? I think that the excitement for some comes from the threat that hurricanes pose to land (U.S., Caribbean), not just the fact that they've developed "somewhere". Otherwise, those who are "sad" would not be discussing the lack of activity in the Atlantic Basin.


I agree...to an extent. However, I think it also has to do with the fact that they get tons more coverage, you hear about them more...there's more "rush" and "excitement" that surrounds them. If a Katrina-type storm heading for China or the Philippines got just as much coverage as Katrina did, people would be almost as "excited" so to speak about it as they would the real Katrina. Location still has a lot to do with it, since we're more familiar with the places to be potentially impacted, but it has a lot to do with media coverage, and media is naturally going to cover the local events more.
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#86 Postby redmosquito » Sun Aug 20, 2006 3:49 pm

wxman57 wrote:
Lindaloo wrote:I do not believe will is suggesting that he wants a hurricane to hit anywhere. He has a passion for them and wants to track them like everyone else.


If that were actually true (not just of Will, but many others here), then why would tracking a typhoon in the west Pacific (or east Pac / south Pac) not be as exciting to them? I think that the excitement for some comes from the threat that hurricanes pose to land (U.S., Caribbean), not just the fact that they've developed "somewhere". Otherwise, those who are "sad" would not be discussing the lack of activity in the Atlantic Basin.


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#87 Postby Big_Steve » Sun Aug 20, 2006 4:01 pm

I understand the exuberance of youth; but this is sooooo potentialy incendiary. "A major bearing down on the US" will bring death, destruction, and tragedy to countless people and an economic disaster--hardly something to be "anxious" to see. Hey, I'm NOT trying to be a Grinch here, as I fully understand the excitement these monsters are for the young; but having gone through literally dozens of hurricanes and tropical storms... it's just hard for me to read the excitement some display for these harbingers of calamity. That said, I do understand the youthful fascination--been there, done that--but also have seen the flip side of the coin and it ain't very pretty.

A2K[/quote]


I totally agree with your comments. I posted similar comments in this thread but apparently a certain MOD considered my comments to be too strong for little Will to read so poof when my post.


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#88 Postby sma10 » Sun Aug 20, 2006 5:16 pm

Just an innocent question....

I'm not a hardcore S2K'er (I usually come by once every couple of days and go through all of the most recent threads.) Is there something I'm missing? It seems that periodically when someone replies to "willjnewton", it is immediately followed by a private message from the moderator. Is this a special new contest that S2K is running?
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#89 Postby kevin » Sun Aug 20, 2006 5:17 pm

No, you'll get a private message I'm sure. I have no idea why its being done this way, but so it goes.
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#90 Postby skysummit » Sun Aug 20, 2006 5:18 pm

Has anyone noticed Will has not posted again in this thread? ...yet the discussion continues? :think:
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#91 Postby Lindaloo » Sun Aug 20, 2006 6:06 pm

sma10 wrote:Just an innocent question....

I'm not a hardcore S2K'er (I usually come by once every couple of days and go through all of the most recent threads.) Is there something I'm missing? It seems that periodically when someone replies to "willjnewton", it is immediately followed by a private message from the moderator. Is this a special new contest that S2K is running?


Then why don't you contact an Admin with your curiosity?
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