Sitting in sbux right now and it is getting downright chilly. 
And the young’uns are starting to come in. 
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Stupid people.
Also: people with as much of a sense of humor as a nun in a Catholic grade school.
Still organizing my trip in two weeks with 20 students to the way up north, for fishing and camping. It’s like herding cats.
One student posted on discord that they can’t make it. Which I already knew. Another student posts to let me know that they’ve just invited someone else to fill that spot. Uh, hello? I’m getting 20 students 9 hour drive north with tents, food, canoes etc. And you just dropped another one on me?
I have exactly enough life jackets, paddles, canoes, camp chairs, fishing rods, bait buckets, for exactly the people that are coming. One more person means I need another camp chair, which I don’t have. And another life jacket, that I don’t have. And another fishing rod that I don’t have. And I need another canoe, because all the canoes are 100% full, and I don’t have another canoe. I also don’t have any way to transport another canoe up north. And I don’t have tent space, we’re already overpacked, and I don’t have another tent.
Like, it’s not as easy as just throw another person in the car and come with lol.
Unfortunately they won’t be coming along.
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And yes, one does not normally have 20 fishing rods, life jackets, tents, camp chairs and bait buckets just lying around. I’m having to get innovative, plus buy some equipment. Which is a pita because I like keeping these trips low cost for me, and then I have to store the damn stuff. Used to be nice, I had four fishing rods. Now I have four trolling rods, probably 8-10 ice fishing rods, and probably a dozen regular fishing rods.
I also have three bait buckets, though who even needs more than one? Well, I got three. But I need eight lol.
Tornado sirens going off around, phone just started shrieking with a warning too. In effect until 11:30.
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It’s a twister! Get Toto!
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Man, I miss living in Colorado every tornado season (and for many other reasons, lol). We had some pretty strong storms a couple days ago and a tornado watch, last week we had a tornado warning and sirens.
Do you have a basement for shelter?
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We do, thankfully. I would estimate that most single family homes in our city have basements.
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Same here, every home we looked at had a basement. I know some of the cheaper homes here don’t, however - they are sometimes just built on slabs.
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As a canadian, crazy to think of no basement. here every house has a basement. Some are just crawlspaces, but still, a basement.
I think some of it is just cost, the cheaper homes here sometimes don’t. And when you get to places like Houston, you just can’t do a basement because the water table is too high and it would just be a swimming pool.
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I grew up in New Jersey and everyone i knew had a basement. I moved to California and I don’t know hardly anyone with a basement.
NYer, used to basements, until I moved to the beach.
Here many of the houses are raised
I developed a sore throat last night. So far, no other symptoms. Puts a damper on my beach trip.
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I guess there must be some houses that are both in a flood zone and a tornado zone. Raised, but with a basement?
have had tornados, but really a once every ten year event and one home rather than a swath of damage.
Raised houses only have garages at best, plus can’t dig down here.
Better than Raised than Razed
I pulled the Flonase out of my nostril too fast when I was spraying it and got it in my eye instead.
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You can design a hurricane resistant house that has elevated living area with a tornado safe room, although you may be able to put one on the ground. Of course if you are in danger of flood, you’d probably want it above ground too.
Hurricanes can spawn tornadoes.
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Basements are rarer in areas with more earthquakes. I assume the earthquakes increase the likelihood of them springing leaks.
Charleston SC gets floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, and tornadoes
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