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Subscribe to RSSTampa, Fla., the site of the Republican National Convention, remains vulnerable in the event of a storm surge, bound by water to the south and west that could put much of the city under water. NBC's Kerry Sanders reports.
Updated at 1:15 a.m. ET: Tropical Storm Isaac brought rain and gusty winds to Puerto Rico on Thursday as it passed south of the U.S. territory. It is forecast to remain a tropical storm after crossing into the Dominican Republic and Haiti and then passing over Cuba into the Florida Straits, the National Hurricane Center said.
Forecasters said it was too soon to gauge Isaac's potential impact on Tampa on Florida's Gulf Coast, where the Republican National Convention is to run from Monday through Thursday.
Related: Track Tropical Storm Isaac
Some computer models showed Isaac shifting slightly to the west and eventually moving parallel to Florida's western coastline. Others forecast the storm to make landfall in South Florida and then move inland.
Isaac was centered late Thursday evening about 145 miles southwest of the Dominican Republic's capital of Santo Domingo, the National Hurricane Center said. The storm had top sustained winds of 45 miles per hour.
The storm is expected to dump between 8 and 12 inches of rain over parts of Hispaniola, with total accumulations up to 20 inches in some areas, the Hurricane Center said.
The Bahamas issued tropical storm warnings for its southeastern areas; Cuba issued tropical storm warnings for several provinces, including Guantanamo.
The largest threat was the potential for extremely heavy rainfall over the islands near Isaac's path, weather.com reported.
The Red Cross was ready in Haiti to help evacuate people to shelters and camps but was in a "wait and see" mode, Jerry Anderson, senior director of international services, told NBC News.
Residents and visitors of the northern Caribbean, Yucatan Peninsula, southeastern United States and the central/eastern Gulf Coast should watch the progress of Isaac closely over the next week or more, weather.com reported.
With nearly 400,000 people still living in evacuation tents, a hurricane or even a tropical storm could lead to deaths and more damage to the already fragile country. NBC's Mark Potter reports.
Get the latest on this story from weather.com
As the storm approached, Puerto Rico Governor Luis Fortuno declared a state of emergency, canceled classes, closed government agencies and activated the National Guard.
The government also froze prices on basic necessities such as food, batteries and other supplies and prepared emergency shelters at schools and other facilities.
Heavy rainfall, flooding and mudslides will be threats in all of the northern Caribbean islands regardless of how strong the system becomes, weather.com reported.
Isaac may also threaten U.S. energy interests in the Gulf of Mexico, weather experts said.
From weather.com: Isaac's looming US threat
At the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in southeast Cuba on Wednesday, authorities said Isaac forced the postponement of pretrial hearings that were to begin on Thursday for five prisoners accused of plotting the Sept. 11 attacks.
The U.S. military was preparing flights to evacuate the base of lawyers, paralegals, interpreters, journalists, rights monitors and family members of 9/11 victims who had traveled there for the hearings.
In Key West, Fla., Mayor Craig Cates told NBC News that officials were monitoring Isaac but hadn't made any decisions about evacuating because the storm hadn't yet strengthened. All agencies were preparing in case an evacuation would be needed if the storm gets strong, he said.
The tropical storm may also cause damage in Tampa, Fla., where the GOP convention will take place. Weather Channel meteorologist Jim Cantore reports.
From weather.com: Track Isaac's path
Coordinating Meteorologist Tom Moore at The Weather Channel said it was difficult to predict how Isaac would affect Tampa when the Republican National Convention to nominate Mitt Romney gets under way on Monday.
Because the storm was tracking farther south than earlier predictions, it could track to the west side of the Gulf of Mexico over the weekend, he said. That would leave Tampa facing rain and thunderstorms with20-30 mph winds gusting up to 40 mph on Monday.
Tropical Storm Isaac churns over Caribbean, could threaten GOP convention
Orange juice prices rise
Florida has not been hit by a major hurricane since 2005 and forecasts showed Isaac was not expected to strengthen beyond a weak Category 1, with top sustained wind speeds of about 80 mph.
The threat to Florida triggered a nearly 6 percent jump in orange juice prices on Wednesday as they surged to a six-week high in trading in New York.
Florida produces more than 75 percent of the U.S. orange crop and accounts for about 40 percent of the world's orange juice supply.
Lurking behind Isaac, the hurricane center said Thursday another tropical depression grew into Tropical Storm Joyce, the 10th named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season.
Located about 1,280 miles east of the Leeward Islands, it was packing winds of 40 mph and was moving northwest at 14 mph on Thursday afternoon.
Forecasts predicted it will eventually veer toward the open Atlantic and away from the Caribbean. No coastal watches or warnings were in effect for Joyce.
Reuters and weather.com contributed to this report.
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issac dont touch pensacola
After Cuba it becomes a herkin.
shoot with all the rain and storms since either the end on june or beginning of july all we really have to worry about is all the trees coming down since all of the ground is saturated.
Went through Erin and Opal in Pensacola, now down by Orlando. Time to clear off the porch!
negrojoe you sound like a man of experience in that subject.
NegraJoe: get some video and post it.
Orange Juice prices up???? Now THAT upsets me!!
Maybe we might get lucky and the storm will wash out all the Republicans out to sea.
Next weeks bluster out of FL will make Issac look like a feather duster.
So I suppose this is the DNC's and Obama's fault, too?
Could it be that the Almighty is up for making a political statement next week, hmmmm???....maybe it'll rain toads and frogs on all the untruthful haters of the middle class, and women, and the planet, and of the rest of the countries in the world, and of diversity, and of reality as they gather in Tampa, (or perhaps a bunch of spilled oil from our friends at BP), or maybe a pox of boils?
Gotta love the timing, I wonder what nitwit is in charge of picking convention cities?!
The Revelations 2:9 pimps of the beast that will meet in Florida are not republicans. Abraham Lincoln was a republican as was Eisenhower who spoke against the military industrial complex war profiteers and Lincoln printed green backs independent of the international bankster war profiteering spawn. If the hurricane could take out just the RNC convention and spare the people of Florida, that would be about the only thing that could convince me there really is a god.
I hear Fox news is blaming the hurricane on Obama
If Isaac misses the Republican convention, then we know that God polls better than Obama.
The real test of whose side God is on will be determined not only by what Isaac does in Tampa, but also by whatever happens to the Dems in NC later on.
Upsetting how many people actually gave Joe's comment a thumbs up- how very classy. I believe in Karma, what horrible things you wish on others you wish on yourself-
Guess God didn't like Akin's comments either.
Actually Rush did lay the blame on Obama. Since it appears the only thing he is in control of is the weather service, this is just a plot by Obama to keep the republicans away and scare them. He says they don't need hurricane warnings anyway in Florida. They know without having to be told! What an idiot, the trash never stops!
Ron Paul
Negrajoe - as long as the rapes do not result in unwanted pregnancies, the Republicans are OK with it.
....cuz, ya know...the anus has a way of...ya know...a way of just shuttin' down when things like that happen...
Like I could give a damn about Hati.
Mary Jones, that is a sad thing you said. You should care about Haiti because we never know when one day it will be US that needs help. We never know when we will have a hurricane, earthquake, tornado, nuclear war or anything else that could cause a major part of the population to need help. I have been to Haiti three times as well as to many countries around the world and I have never met a more kind and loving people than the Haitians. They are just people who want to live in peace and raise their families just like Americans. Only they are trying to do it with a corrupt government, 90% unemployment, and a major earthquake. Try to be a little more kind. You would want people to be kind to you if and when you ever need help.
Fear not lefties. There is still plenty of time for the gigantic vacuum that is D.C. to draw the storm away from Florida and flatten D.C. for no net lose to the nation. Everyone and everything in D.C. costs those of us who work a ton of money, so the sooner it levels D.C. the better, with all the current idiotic tax payer funded fools. They all suck, they all lie, they all steal, party means nothing. Take off the blinders. Remember these are the same people who put Madoff in prison for running Ponzi scheme, now THAT'S hypocrisy at it's absolute zenith.
Cracks me up Gtmo is evacuating people with an 80 MPH hurricane!
Having gone through a Cat 4 Hurricane (Flora Sept, 1963) that had gusts to 185 mph (constant 140 mph) it stalled over our heads for 5 days and no one was evacuated. Whole bunch of small boys - Destroyers and the carrier Lake Champlain dragged their anchors for quite some distance.
Wusses!
Actually, it is Obama's fault. On his first day in office, President Obama, by secret executive order, commissioned the construction of an aircraft carrier mounted hurricane making device for the sole purpose of sending a hurricane to take out the 2012 GOP convention. It'a called "Project Blowhard."
Obama even ordered the National Weather service to name the storm "Isaac" to symbolize the sacrificing of the GOP elite.
So if it hits the Grover Or Perish convention, will it be a sign from god that the GOP is on his displeasure list?
@Mary Jones,
You are a real piece of "Work" :(
Do you have any heart at all?
S.E. Cupp you drive every man wild regardless of your left-brained political views. But I did catch you about to say Car-RIB'-e-un instead of Car-ri-BEE'-un. What would your conservative friends have thought if you'd let that gem slip out, you little snob. Still you're goddamned adorable while you crazy piss me off and I'm glad to see you working everywhere. Go girl.
Look out Repugnants, Isaac is comin for your a$$es, Isaac hates all cheatin lyin dogs from hell.
Hatefull liberal demorat.
@aholee (fitting name)
YOU ARE A JACKA$$ !!! Trolls like you are the ones that give democrats a bad name.
@rgculver,
"Hatefull liberal demorat"
I have to say that I agree with you in this instance :)
Anyone that wishes a storm would hit the Tampa Bay area does not care about democrats, republicans, independents, etc. in this area. The convention has brought extra business and jobs to this area. Many people will arrive here, some for the first time and may think they would like to take their family here on a vacation someday thus hopefully improving the economy even more. Anyone that would hope for a storm to hit is hoping for the economy in the Tampa Bay area to potentially sink down deeper in a recession than it already is.
Is Gov Rick Perry gonna pray this storm away?
rgculver;
And this you say coming from a party that likes to lie?
Oh me oh my, a hater. Must be a leftie.
Mari, You've noticed that, too, huh? No rightie has ever expressed anything but love for Obama.
I'm a Democrat and I thought it was kinda funny.
Bah ha ah ah, God works in mysterious ways....
I've got friends and extended family down through that region, but regardless, hope the folks there are spared a whopper, and stay safe. Still, though, between this storm/hurricane's timing, largest outbreak of West Nile in Texas, and the record setting heat, particularly in the South, I wonder if anyone in those Red states might be wondering if God is trying to drop them a hint.
rgculver and howard - aholee's comment seems pretty tame compared to Pat Robertson blaming Katrina on Ellen Degenress. Dems say it and it's hateful...Pat Robertson says worse and it's the voice of god.
@shockedanddisgusted,
RE: "aholee's comment seems pretty tame compared to Pat Robertson blaming Katrina on Ellen Degenress. Dems say it and it's hateful...Pat Robertson says worse and it's the voice of god."
Oh......well that just makes it OK then;) Right?
I'm not a member of the Right nor the Left. I'm conservative in some areas but mostly moderate and even down right liberal in others. As for Pat Robertson and the other wortless POS's like at the Westboro Baptist Church don't even get me started as my previous posts are quite clear regarding trash. People like that talking about a God? B.S. they are just Frauds, Charlatans, and Phonies or as my Southern Baptist Grandfather would say False Witnesses.
My original comment and my probable right wing counterpart Rgculver's ( bi-partisan ?) are both "Tame" compared to yours and ahole's.
As I've seen quite a few of your other posts my questions for you are.........Do you ever have anything positive to say or add to a discussion ( I haven't seen even ONE from you). If someone is a member of the Right do you automatically condemn them? If they are from the Left do you automatically go along with them? Are you experiencing feelings of negativity, sadness, and despair? If so are you just having teen angst or do you need profesional help ("Its Medication Time" - Jack Nicholson ).
If you can answer yes to any of these there is a good chance that you are a part of the current political miasma that is a plague to this country.
@sullyness - So god is intent on dealing death and destruction? Red or Blue, I don't think any god is taking sides in this election. People like you thinking their god is involved directly in such events is part of the worldwide problem.
a hole e
your selection of politics profanity is repugnant in that any TS or Hurricane does not sets its sights on particular demographics and all you have done is initiate inflammatory remarks that will only take away the effect this story was designed for - A Warning to ALL people that could be affected by the storm potential - Perhaps you are a Troll designed to initiate first contact? If so, either apologize or get off the thread please.
According to some of the biggest supporers of the GOP, G-d does set his sights on particular demographics, I mean just look at some of the things Jerry Falwell said and Pat Robertson is saying. It is to pay for our sinful ways. What a bunch of garbage. And now Rush is saying this is all being thrown out by Obama, since he does control the weather service, to keep people away from the convention. What a douchebag!
Jack- Lighten up. People are having fun. You don't have to take everything literally. Unless you are the "Christian right." Then you do.
I married into a Republican family in 1971. But when my Mother in-law said that she was glad John Lennon was killed, that killed that mariage.
I married into a Democrate family in 1984, two more yrs. will be 30 yrs.!
1959 #1 Meltdown has to with the first U.S meltdown in the San Fernando Valley, CA., Where I grew up and was exposed to it. Google it.
My Obama/Binden tee was made here in the U.S.A.
1959 #1 meltdown - I'm sure there must have been a lot more problems in your marriage than your M-I-L stating she was glad John Lennon was killed. That seems an awfully silly reason for a marriage to end.
Samantha, I was unable to talk to her (m-i-l) for a couple of years and "gOd" got in my ex's head. we get along now, and she is stuck with this guy that is worse about god than she ever was. She is one very unhappy lady now.
I am very happy for her, she got what she wanted.
Jack,
If Pat Robertson and other republican affiliated evangelical pastors can say hurricanes are the wrath of God visited upon us for tolerating homosexuality, then why shouldn't we point out that one is coming their way?
Steve
I see the CIB, and as another military combat vet - RVN DS I, Grenada & Panama, I did not point out anything referring to God, Pat Robertson, et alia. I pointed out to a hole e that the purpose of this thread was to establish, as best as possible, the direction and warnings for all personnel in its path - it was not here for a Repub/Demo/Inde "shootout". The idea of argument and debate of politics is a sacred American tradition, however, some of the posters apply their lack of intelligence and act exactly like the trolls under a bridge. I hope you can see what I was referring to. If not, that is what debate is all about. By the way, I am registered as a Republican but I have voted my conscience ever since the first day I could vote and it was not always Republican! Have a nice day and I hope you are not in the "eye" of the storm.
Evacuate all non military personel from Cuba, but leave the Lawyers LOL! Hope this turns to a tropical breeze and we all get to sit out side and have a beer, and watch the Republican debates with great hope:)
Somebody sounds like one of Todd Akin's rapists, poke and hope at the Republican National Convention. Maybe a hurricane can be focused like a laser and blow the fake republican neo-fascists all the way to China where they sent our jobs and leave the rest of Florida intact? Oops, that would take an act of the mythical Jewdeo-Christo-Islamic anthropomorphic patriarchal dude god I suppose. That would cost a hole 'ell of a lot of Federal Reserve FIAT paper with "In God We Trust" printed on it.
Thanks to the advance warning by satellite the RNC will have plenty of time to make a decision to go ahead or cancel their show. On the other hand, in the last month there have been 3 earthquakes along the fault that runs from Charleston SC (directly through Charlotte) to the Washington DC area.
Unless there has a breakthrough, no one can predict a earthquake. So opposite to what you say maybe god is giving the republicans time to get out of town and planning a little seismic fun for the democrats.
bearl - Hope for what...that they will find a real live candidate?
take a good look at the picture, you can see isaac forehead, 2 eyes and nose
Judgement Day-2252010- You are going to Hell. Repent now before it is too late. I prayed about you, and God the Father has told me that you have an inoperable cancer brewing inside of you that will kill you soon. It is true. You have been warned.
ummm, Judgment Day, I live in Charleston and the fault line does not go thru to Charlotte. Maybe, a tornado or nasty thunderstorm, but no earth quake. Unless you are of the "left behind" fans and believe that sort of "stuff".
orange juice prices went up on partial speculation,they should all be put in a dingy and see if they survive.
Yeah, orange futures went up 5% but there are no oranges on the trees this time of year. They don't mature until December /Jan. Typical wallstreet manipulation just like gas prices. I hope they all lose their shirts AND underwear.
IXLR8, way too typical. If "paper traders" were made to take delivery on what they bought and sold it wouldn't last very long. No oranges on the trees..... Doesn't matter to them does it.
i dont think that hiking up the prices on speculation is a moral thing to do... but... isn't the point of the trees having fruit... moot?
if the trees get destroyed.... then it's pretty much a different way to cause the same problem.
IX LR8... don't know if you a dem or repub but either way you're typical... 'therre can only ever be ONE cause to any one problem....
F Politics, it is not a political story. I grew up in Florida, orange trees are in Florida for a reason, not may hurricanes can take them down with the root system. They take 20 years to mature as full grown tree. So if you go to Disney World count the Orange trees and you have your answer if you can count.
I bet you ARE a Republican as you have to manipulate a simple topic to your own ego mind.
It's OK. I will just mix my vodka with cranberry juice. Just as good.
Yes, there ARE oranges on the trees. The blossoms bloomed in the spring and now there are small green colored oranges growing. If they blow off in the hurricane or get damaged by any hail, that will afect this year's crop. However, there is no reason that should affect this year's current orange juice price since the orange juice currently on the market is from last December/January. They will look for any excuse to raise prices.
why is the republicians bashin the democrats over the economy and jobs. well, the 07.3% of us thats employeed are MUCH better financially and much more secure from terroists than we were four years ago. if the republicans can come up with a platform to run on they still would not win the election. people like Aiken is typical in the Tea Party.
the only terrorists we should be worried about are those in washington that are in congress.
One of my GOP friends remarked last night, that Mother nature seems to be against them due to the fall out from Todd. She went of further to say that Issac threatening clouds will not dampen their spirit but could be future warning to resist extreme plans and policies that can hurt people . I concurred, and that it is time to be more civil and work with the administration. Lets see what happens in November as , lies and toxic fumes are floating all around us. Are the independents taking notice?
well tell your republican friend she is a idiot.
Dark clouds are harbingers of doom? Come on, is this the Dark Ages? Good way to make the GOP look like a bunch of superstitious idiots.
You read it hear first! Isaac will not hit Florida contrary to the experts' predictions! It's already turning southwest. Since 1851, only three Hurricanes on Isaac's current path have hit Florida. Only one brushed by Tampa. Isaac is a non-event for the Republican convention! Isaac will head most likely towards the Yucatan peninsula - maybe Texas through Alabama.
I'm not using computer-modeling, I'm using tracking analysis and historical analysis.
are you a weather man???? if not then dont say this!!!
Kirt, I sure hope you are correct...although I'm nervous because we haven't had a 'Cane since Wilma in 2005, in October. Would be great if Isaac just meandered off and gave some much needed rain to TX.
History repeats itself. Don't wish harm to anyone, but I wish it would come up through Louisiana somewhere between Baton Rouge and Baytown Tx. and rain like he!! in the midwest for about a week.
It only takes one and then there will be four. Wow, it can happen, but thanks for your weather report.
Hopefully it will swing up through texas and around through the midwest. We really could use a week of drenching rain!!! (not holding my breath though, Isaac may decide crashing the repub's party is more important).
who cares??? these weather man cant predict weather from 1 day to the next!!!!!
zoot - because there are lots of preparations to protect your home from a storm like this....we're older and I'm debating if we need to put up hurricane shutters...it's a difficult job and takes us a few days....so that is why this news matters to alot of people in FL....we HAVE to prepare for the worst and hope for the best.
As the repubs platform - all wet! For the people of Florida, I hope the storm misses you!
Don't say weather"man". The women at Augusta will pitch a hissy fit.
I don't understand why the GOP decided to have their convention in Florida during hurricane season. Was somebody not paying attention?
Do they ever really pay attention to anything?
@Pat, well, they are not worried, after all God is on their side or so they say, and Rick Perry can pray it away.
Tampa was chosen as it's big draw not advertised are the Strip Clubs that rival Vegas!! Why do you think the Superbowl is played their frequently? The players love this entertainment. The Repubs won't care if it rains, all the Repub Man Whores will be trolling Dale Mabry Highway to practice their version of womens rights.
...and Michele Bachmann will join hands with him as the Christian Teabaggers call upon God to smite His enemies. They had better run for cover.
Mons Venus, Dale mabry /275, it should not be legal but it is.....
Four years ago republicans prayed for rain on the day the Dems held their convention outside. How ironic
I believe the GOP was planning on the Storm to hit!
That would give them more time to "WORK" on a platform!
Romney bet Ryan $10,000 that would hit, they should have "prayed" to the gODs instead.
BTW, my Obama/Binden tee shirt was made in the U.S.A.
Along with the increase in orange juice prices we need to immediately jackup the gas prices 1 dollar a gallon !
Looks like God is going to lay waste to the psudoChristian, woman hating, ultra rich loving, war mongering, GOP via a hurricane........., AWESOME!
Isn't it amazing how some libs want to take God out of everything...until He fits into their plans of bashing conservatives?
Please Bail: I'll second that!
Ha Ha this looks like a "Pat Robinson" decree ' God is punishing the GOP for their anti "everything but rich white men". Ha Ha
jaydog
Isn't it amazing how many conservatives believe that just because a person has a liberal point of view that they somehow are not Christians? Now I ask you....Knowing what you know about Jesus and how he lived his life, do you think he was a conservative or a liberal....let's see: feeding the hungry, helping the poor, showing compassion to sinners, and living a life a poverty.....sounds like Jesus might not be very happy with Conservatives right now.
Personally...I hope the storm stays a tropical depression and does make a northwest turn toward texas and brings much needed rain to texas and the plains as stated above. As much as I would love to see the GOP convention stalled, I would not wish the destruction of a Hurricane on anyone.
I don't wish anyone to get hurt or property destroyed......but if the GOP convention is interrupted well I won't lose any sleep over that.
Never fear...Romney vows to assure his party goers that no federal assistance is needed. Many KOA's and homeless shelters are being constructed to house the participants. Romney makes his assessment that personal responsibility is all thats needed to shoo away a hurricane
Yay!!! Speculation of where it might hit is already driving prices up. Energy concerns and orange juice problems..... And probably not a drop of rain has hit the ground/platforms.
This gives new meaning to republicans breaking wind next week
It's a mockery of journalism that you try to make a potential hurricane political which could affect hundreds of thousands of lives, homes and business. Doesn't your network do enough to forward its own political views and agenda under the guise of news?
Hey those of us who live along the Gulf coast are use to temper of weather and we prepare for it. We knew the risks when we moved here and it is the worth the risk to live in such a beautiful place. Anyone who does not prepare properly and make sure they have the proper insurance, well they should live some where else.
The article makes it seem like we've been hit hard. Isaac is passing under us (the Island) as a weak storm and we wont feel any wind, which will be weak anyway, until tonight. Rain, it will leave much. But then, this is the tropics so there doesn't have to be a storm for rain. The Leeward Islands diverted the storm southward, a favor to us no less!
By the way, the Democrats should not be made responsible for this storm!
It's Bush's fault.
It's more like all Republicans that don't believe in any type of climate change.
I find it VERY ironic that, after some religious right fanatics blamed President Obama for the drought while some even said God was punishing the mid-west for their sins, a Hurricane is approaching Fla. where thousands of the GOPers will be gathering to plan the destruction of the USA! Maybe there's something to that 'punishing' BS!
LOL
OK, So getting back to the SUBJECT here has anyone noticed that all of these storms have been forming right by the US instead of them forming off of Africa's coast????? Wonder why this is happening all of the sudden. Most of the storms start or form off the African coastline and move across the Atlantic gaining strength. I guess the only saving grace is that with them forming right here there is really not much time to become a very strong or major hurricane.
USA is great
Actually, the past storms have formed into Tropical Storms East of the Lesser Antilles/Barbados/St Lucia - well over 1500 miles East of USA. The systems always start as a Low, then tropical depression (Isaac was TD 9 and 94 L) just off the western African coast before it was named a Tropical Storm while still East of Martinique
it's all the "hot air" forming around that gop "platform" whatever that may be.
btw, my obama/binden tee shirt was made here in the u.s.a.
Go ahead and take Florida, AND the Republicans, AND the Democrats, Isaac... keep thinning the herd... Mother Nature does not give a hoot and does not discriminate when she does her work. She takes saints and sinners, mothers and fathers, the child and the elder. Overpopulation, Greed, Violence, War, Waste, Disrespect, Oppression... is taking the world and the human race down. It is the individual heart that matters, and that is influenced by what one believes. We're all gonna die... come hell or high water.
Chakracon:
You forgot Pedophiles.
OK you internet political trolls (you know who you are), there are as many Demos as Repubs in this hurricane path, and your political comments is alienating a lot of independents, so keep up the good work!
Chill out. Some people are making light of it as a release for their frustrations. You should try to lighten up a bit. You'll live longer.
Hey harbor;
I'm an Independent. I'm an EQUAL OPPORTUNITY CRITIC. This time it's the Republicans and their Convention. Then onto the Democratic Convention. INDEPENDENTS RULE.
I agree with rfrisch. Aside from destruction to the surrounding area and homes (and problems it would cause for the owners), that I don't wish for, I do wish there was a way this storm would swallow just the politicians, and far right loonies (koch brothers for instance), whole. Then have the same thing happen at the dem convention; storm, asteroid, earth opens up, whatever, yet again getting just the politicians and this time the far left loonies. Cleanse and rid us of all those good for nothing politicians and nut job supporters, and let us start over fresh. DC stinks and it is time for some serious house cleaning. Mother Nature, you get first shift.
It is time;
You said it better than I would have. I just hope that Mother Nature sends them to LaLaLand or the Land of OZ.
No prob. Just glad to see more and more people aren't buying the BS from either side anymore and seeing for what it is; same tool(s) just different packaging. Sooner the American public as a whole sees that, the better off we will all be.
With this tropical storm heading for Florida do you think that GOD is trying to tell the Republicans something?
You betcha
Yeah, that and West Nile cases hitting mostly Red states (and over half in Texas), and record heat/drought, particularly in the South, I'd say Somebody is trying to make a point.