The Gift That Keeps On Giving

"TheRealBicycleBuck" (therealbicyclebuck) 09/13/2020 at 06:02 • Filed to: None

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I awoke to this at 4:30 this morning. Not a great way to wake up.

Stay safe, LAOppos

pip bip - choose Corrour > TheRealBicycleBuck 09/13/2020 at 06:19

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i leave my phone switched off and sitting on the kitchen table.

so i’d never receive alerts like that.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > pip bip - choose Corrour 09/13/2020 at 06:34

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i leave mine on and near me so i can see the messages as they pop up

yesterday the neighbourlady asked if i could do some shopping for her

i should probably tell her i didnt have my phone on me some time this week

TheRealBicycleBuck > pip bip - choose Corrour 09/13/2020 at 06:51

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Mine is on silent and since I know that some things still come through (dang  advertisers), I keep the volume turned down to zero. My wife’s phone is another story....

facw > TheRealBicycleBuck 09/13/2020 at 09:15

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Good news, there are only three names still available (Teddy, Vicky, and Wilfred)! That means the Earth has to stop making these storms right?

Brickman > TheRealBicycleBuck 09/13/2020 at 09:16

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Nope nothing. Now its expected to be a cat 2.

TheRealBicycleBuck > Brickman 09/13/2020 at 10:36

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You can always run north if things get bad. We have very little prep to do. Get some gas. Make a run to the grocery store. Pick up the last of the limbs I cut yesterday. That’s about it for us!

VincentMalamute-Kim > facw 09/13/2020 at 11:15

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We don’t do U, X, Y, and Z?

facw > VincentMalamute-Kim 09/13/2020 at 11:42

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Nope:

There are six lists of names which rotate every six years and begin with the first letters A—W used, skipping Q and U, and alternating between male and female names.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_cyclone_naming#North_Atlantic_Ocean

I assume there are too few names with those letters for that to make sense, and historically, running out of names hasn’t been much of an issue