@Kcmatt7 It will, unfortunately, be longer than a year. This year, it started in July rather than the usual April/May time frame. This is because so much of it has to be filmed in winter. Next season, it will be later because even more of it is in winter. And those dragons and Army of the Dead folks require an amazing amount of lengthy post-shoot CG special effects work.
Also, next season is only 6 episodes, but they are all supposed to be 90 to 120 minutes, or so the rumors have it.
@Texas-Hawk-10 Yeah most of the models now show a northern veer. (Not the one in red, which has it much slower.) I saw a couple of analyses that question what would take Ike over the steering ridge. It is too far away for the models to be very predictive, but north is good.
I was referring to Ike's path when it first was growing into a tropical depression in about the same place Irma did (before either reached named status), between Africa and the islands.
Back then my wife and I were eagerly looking forward to our first timeshare vacation in the Bahamas. Our week was Labor Day week, and we had convinced friends to go with us. I started looking at the NHC maps several weeks before and saw the clouds growing off Africa about 3 weeks before our trip. As it grew, I kept calculating its potential arrival dates because we had about 4 grand riding on this, plus our friends had taken unpaid leave that couldn't be rescheduled or cancelled.
When Ike became a hurricane, Hanna was wandering around north of PR. We were more worried about Ike, but it suddenly went more south. Hanna then aimed straight at Nassau (77.5 W, 25 N) a couple days before our flights.
I called the resort, which said they were cancelling all reservations due to Hanna and some lingering uncertainty about Ike. They let us put our timeshare into the bank.
We ended up driving to Gatlinburg, Tenn, to stay at a friend's condo for the week. Mountains rather than ocean.
Hanna did a loop south and then went north, and missed Nassau by 100 miles or so. The airline would not refund $ since the airport was open, and gave us a credit minus $200 each. But the credit was only good for a year from our initial purchase (December 2007), so we had 3 months but no vacation time to use those tickets. So, they expired for all 4 of us.
I am a tad paranoid about Aug/Sept tropical weather since then. Trading to Hawaii this year took the stress level down a long ways!
Here is a NYT article with links to sites for local and national charities.
PLEASE NOTE: There was an post on our board today linking to an article that highlighted one new "charity" as a fraud. The article said "Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund" was a scam. Actually, the article is really about one called "Hurricane Harvey Community Relief Fund" and the author unfortunately omitted the word "Community."
This is important and distressing because in the NYT article that I am linking, there are 2 charities called "Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund". BOTH ARE LEGITIMATE. (I have visited and explored all 3 sites.) The two here are unrelated to the alleged scam. One has been set up by the mayor of Houston, the other by GlobalGiving, an international organization that has raised millions of dollars for localities needing help around the globe. THE ALLEGED BOGUS GROUP IS NOT IN THIS LIST.
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/08/28/us/donate-harvey-charities-scams.html ↗
Sorry about any duplication with @Texas-Hawk-10's post!
@BeddieKU23 I hope Vick would see that playing with (and practicing against) Zion would likely make Vick better--and bring a helluva lot more attention to the program and all the players.
@justanotherfan Most importantly, don't go to a website in an email sent to you. Google the charity, make sure you have located a genuine website (not a shadow or sister organization using the name), and link directly.
Let's try it out: "Well, put him in the softball HOF for that HR, but until he gets to .500 in the Elite 8 he can't be considered that good a coach."
Hmmm.....nope, that sentence is just stupid.
At least one ESPN announcer (former college champ and 5 year NFL) is backing up criticism with action, likely to cost him a lot of money. Resigning because of the unique danger of brain injuries.
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/08/30/sports/espn-ed-cunningham-football-concussions.html?referer= ↗
@Kcmatt7 Irma is now a Cat 2 hurricane, soon to be 3. The path looks generally like Ike so far, but it has developed faster and stronger further out, and the projected path is further south. I fear it could go south of the V Islands, hit Jamaica and then Yucatan, before fish hooking back up through the Gulf into Tx or La or Miss. Or it could turn NW and track Ike. If it was looking to go more north this far out, it could duplicate Matthew last year.
Whatever direction it goes, unless it veers north soon, I fear a really big one.
@kjayhawks I'm worried about the Night King, the White Walkers, and the Ice Dragon.
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And Cersei, of course. That hairstyle is no-nonsense.
@justanotherfan Don't get our prepper friends agitated, now.... Those UN helicopters are always hovering just on the edge of their imaginations.
@justanotherfan Oh, I wasn't too worried, especially because I think the stepdad is probably being quoted only in part. I do remember Wiggins and Jackson talking about defense, though. Obviously, when you are a force on offense as Zion probably is, the light on that facet is going to shine much brighter in the attention you get. And if you are quick, and strong, coaches usually have a good record teaching D.
Stepfather says every school interested in Zion will be listened to, big or small. Says recruiting analysts have no real info. Looking for best style of play for Zion to fit into. Only mentions offense--that's the mentality of would be stars out of HS, it seems. Says people may be shocked when Zion decides. Names 6 under consideration. UNC, UCLA, KU, Duke, Clemson, and S Carolina were named. No UK, but it was not presented as a final list--UK mentioned elsewhere.
@Kcmatt7 They all leave. It happens after Final 4 runs and titles.
@DoubleDD "I was trying to point out a organization that isn’t on the up and up. I was ridiculed and told to shut the fuck up. Not sure why."
I never insulted you, or told you to shut up. Quite the opposite: I asked for what language on the charity's mission statement was specifically objectionable to you. I explained my position, and in response you were the one who was rude, dismissive, and sarcastic. ("Okay, you donate to them. I care more about helping people." Was pretty much what you said.)
Your misunderstandings with others weren't my fault, but I tried to clear you up with @Texas-Hawk-10 about the Red Cross.
In response, more outrage and ranting from you. Still, not a civil word of discussion from you in this thread you started. It is mind-boggling.
Incidentally, I don't recall a single thread started in this category by anyone containing a link to the Democratic Underground or some other liberal site that bashes conservatives. (Links during discussions are a different matter.) You started this thread explicitly to link people to a nasty conservative site that bashes a lot of us for our political views, not just this charity you have such unexplained animosity for.
So, don't complain about liberals fighting back. Your incendiary initial post opened it, and you, up.
Please reread my first reply to you in this thread, and your responses. When was I offensive?
Edit: I have now researched the woman leading the charity. Seems like a questionable, shrill person I likely would have no use for--anyone accusing Jake Tapper of being "alt-right" might have at least one screw loose. Apparently the funds donated to her group will be distributed to other activist groups. It would be hard to vet each one, so anyone caring about the issues I discussed might want to consider groups more directly involved, like a Legal Services office. I will try to find some links and post those in the Houston aid thread.
@kjayhawks Seems like a big difference between targeting one group in order to disenfranchise them, compared to imposing regulations on everybody.
But it doesn't matter. No one is coming for your guns--or mine. Someone might advocate for it, but ain't happening. Any more than getting rid of the income tax, or making Mexico pay for a wall, or any other fringe ideas left or right.
@Texas-Hawk-10 Yeah, he is ok with Red Cross. He doesn't like the charity mentioned in his link to a conservative rag in the very first post because it is run by a liberal muslim who wants to help 500,000 poor and/or immigrants mobilize to make sure they aren't forgotten. I tried to explain why that might be useful, but he seems to think there is fine print somewhere that must say the charity will not help anyone.
I wish you well in your assistance efforts. Houston is going to need thousands more residents like you persevering through trials for years.
@jayballer54 Maybe, but possibly underdosed on the bp meds. Because their brains don't seem to be gettin' much blood.
@DoubleDD Still can't figure this out, can you?
@jayballer54 You know, if this guy was looking to get paid, he wouldn't commit after his first visit and cancel other schools! Can you say, "Bidding war!"?
Those UMd people are not taking any classes in logic, are they?
@DoubleDD I have read the fine print. So, what is objectionable?
@DoubleDD And yet I took the time and trouble to explain how what they are doing does help. If you don't think so, saying why doesn't seem like a big challenge. Just repeating yourself in the face of countering information just makes it look like you don't read that info.
I think you are stuck on this one because that article gave you no facts on which to base your agreement with it. All you say is Bad, bad, bad! But never why. And it is sort of silly.
@DoubleDD You still haven't pointed to any specific language in the statement that is objectionable, only that idiot article author's characterization. And you haven't written a syllable in reply to my lengthy analysis of why that assustance is necessary.
Your snideness and snippiness are way out of line.
@DoubleDD Yes that was stupid. Kind of like Fox pushing the murdered DNC staffer story. As I remember, you called out Hannity for doing that for literally months after LE agencies thoroughly debunked the story.
Oh wait, you didn't.
@DoubleDD I don't think you read it. Where is the agenda?
@DoubleDD Having watched the comparatively small scale recovery from our floods in October 2015 and Hurricane Matthew last year, I see a huge need for distressed people in disaster areas to have access to legal assistance. And an organized voice, too. The FEMA recovery programs and flood insurance/assistance programs present claimants with a byzantine maze of conditions, deadlines, regulations and communication difficulties.
Think about what might seem like just one little simple thing, registering or applying for help: scores of thousands won't be living in their homes for many months. They cannot receive mail. They usually have no important documents for insurance. Often no IDs. Often no means of obtaining information or forms needed to apply. Heck, these people might be many miles from any open church or library that could help them even begin. But those places will be overwhelmed, there is no centralized database, and they do not have the resources or expertise.
Having an organization step up for people with no resources seems perfectly legitimate. I assure you from trying to help just 2 people trying to deal with conflicting private/FEMA/county/city/state rules and programs, I would have been thrilled to know organizations existed and were figuring out ways to help from the start rather than weeks or months down the road.
It is axiomatic that the poor usually suffer the most in a disaster because they don't have reserves of assets to rebuild or replace. It is also likely that poor people will be able to get food, even emergency shelter. But they usually don't have flood insurance, are likely to have lost cars or jobs flooded out, and have little prospect of adequate child care while they seek access to assistance programs.
I watched the poorer flooded areas in this town remain devastated while wealthy areas rebuilt. I knew of many middle-class families who had access to attorneys get the help they needed for FEMA grants. I talked to a number of really poor people who had no idea they were eligible for those same grants. Multiply the 10,000 here by a factor of 30 and the need is clear for all types of extensive assistance designed to make sure that the poor aren't forgotten, aren't pushed to the back of the line--or left to blindly try to find a line they might not know exists.
Look, I know that to conservatives it seems like fighting words whenever a group raises issues like inequality, organizing the poor, immigrants, etc. But you have to realize that disaster assistance has to be long term, and include massive amounts of legal help, counseling, job assistance, child care, and transportation--the things needed after the blankets, water, and food.
KUSTEVE said:
@wissox He is actually related to Jon Phillip Sousa, so him and Billy Preston will lead us to a melody of wins.
Perhaps conduct the team to march into April for a second straight year.
@FarmerJayhawk I would just love it if one of these coaches would sue the hell out of the guys passing on the accusations of shadiness. On the other hand, . . . . .
BeddieKU23 said:
If you believe 80% of the angry Maryland board, we paid him to come here.
If we paid as many recruits as I State, UK, Fizzou, Md, and Mich State fans routinely say we do, we wouldn't be able to pay Bill and his staff so much!
Here is the NHC's latest graphic. TS Irma is getting ready to cross the Atlantic and will be a hurricane in a few days. Arrival in Caribbean in about 8 to 10 days.
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This is the kind of storm that if it develops a couple hundred miles north, often curves off to the north. But when it stays south, it gets into the warm water, picks up steam, and can blast the Antilles, Bahamas, and the SE. I remember Hanna and Ike in 2008. Hopefully, it turns north. (Wait for 2008 track image to load.)
However, going into the game they did have the longest American League streak in over 100 years. Since the St Louis Browns. You remember them! Again, from espn before the game:
Kansas City has now gone 43 consecutive innings without scoring a run, which is the longest streak of that kind in over 49 years, since the Cubs failed to score in 48 straight frames in June of 1968. The last American League team to go at least 43 consecutive innings without scoring a run was the St. Louis Browns in 1913 (43).
Mayjay again: You have to laugh because Tom Hanks made it illegal to cry.
Royals blew their chance for a record. Only had 45 innings without a run. 3 short of major league record. From espn.com:
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Whit Merrifield, Jorge Bonifacio and Eric Hosmer homered as the Kansas City Royals snapped a 45-inning scoreless streak on the way to a 6-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night.
Merrifield's 16th home run with two outs in the third ended the Royals' drought, three innings shy of the major league record. The 1906 Philadelphia Athletics and 1968 Chicago Cubs share the mark with 48 scoreless innings.
Hosmer's three-run homer, his 22nd, in the seventh off left-hander Dan Jennings gave the Royals a cushion.
Bonifacio homered with two outs in the sixth off Alex Cobb (9-9).
See my edit of the total rain volume for a massive correction.
Edit: the total rain volume of 16 trillion gals cited previously (from various news reports) must be high by a factor of as much as 16. Or maybe it represents all the entire storm dropped including over water.
Consider:
10,000 sq miles is what wikipedia says is the metro area, and I unthinkingly used that number, but on further reflection that is crazy. It would require an area 250 miles x40 miles. Even the LA Metro area isn't that big. Houston is 637 sq miles. Use that. Thx, wikipedia.
Each sq mi is 640 acres. 1 acre foot is the volume required to cover an acre of ground to a depth of 1 foot. So, 640 acre feet to do so in one sq mile. Each acre foot has some 325,000 gal of water. Assume it has rained an average of 36" or 3 ft in the Houston area. Some, more, some less. Average.
325,000 gal x 640 acrefeet x 637 sq mi x 3 feet = @488 billion gal of water.
The mayor said 1 trillion today. That might be true if you include the surrounding area.
Sorry for the misleading info.
@wrwlumpy The license thing shouldn't be too much of a biggie. She was driving without a valid license anyway.
@wissox Great work. What a nightmare.
And to think Houston's metro area has 7 times the population, and almost 100 times the geographic size. The logistics of this flood are overwhelming.
Nice graphic showing distribution of cumulative rainfall in southeast Texas. From NYT. (Ignore the "Heaviest rainfall" caption--that didn't capture.)
@JayHawkFanToo My specialty!
@dylans Good news and bad news:
4 Fri, 4 Sat, 12 Sun, 12 Mon = 32 is the bad news.
Uh, wait, there is only bad news....
@dylans Lost 32-0 over the last 4 games.
@Texas-Hawk-10 http://collegebasketball.nbcsports.com/2017/08/28/report-mitchell-robinson-now-expected-back-at-western-kentucky/ ↗
Good for him. Disappointing for Dwight, though.
@Crimsonorblue22 I like how the article talks about how the new free tuition program is like the one at Harvard. Yep, that is probably about the only comparable school.
@DoubleDD Loving the Royals doesn't prevent me from being a knowledgeable fan. They are toast in the playoffs race. Did I say I would stop following or cheering them? I just won't do it with any anxiety henceforth.
@KUSTEVE Some of my best thoughts are expressed as psychos--I mean typos.
@Texas-Hawk-10 Sounds like you are lucky. What about work, and getting around? Family? What a mess!
@Texas-Hawk-10 You still above water?
@Kcmatt7 I guess it is me, not you, not being clear. And there is no reason to threaten incivility. What I am sincerely asking, accepting the existence of all the problems that you cite stemming from our system, is this: What would you replace it with, and how do you get divided America to agree to do it that way? What? And, how? The questions facing the founders after the Articles of Confederation failed.
What else can you call it when you have a crucial late season series against a team you have to beat, and don't score even a single run in 3 games?
And so, sniff...... RIP, 2017 Royals.....
HighEliteMajor said:
Skip adidas .. go Under Armour.
I think UCLA might be the last big college contract for UA. Their stock is tanking, they are in a 2 year sales decline, they are laying off 300 employees, and they are undertaking a major restructuring announced at the beginning of August. That seems likely to eat up any cash they otherwise might have available.
Some analysts say that UA's hopes for future growth lie in overseas markets. I would think that limits the value of investing in colleges here. Then again, I never would have thought any of these companies can make money on those deals--all are struggling, from what I hear.
@wissox Quick quiz: How many teams have retired the jersey number of a player who was suspended for a year for violating the NFL's rule against gambling on games?
@approxinfinity Fortunately, all my doctors have us inundated with HGTV.