NationStates Jolt Archive


Im going to get hit by a hurricane!

Dontgonearthere
01-10-2005, 02:21
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_ep5+shtml/204543.shtml?5day

The funny thing is, I live in the middle of a desert ;)

Anyway, it will be a depression by the time it gets to Arizona, we will still get lots of rain though.
Hooray! Lots of rain!
Keruvalia
01-10-2005, 02:34
Otis .... OTIS?!

What a stupid name for a hurricane. Can you imagine Otis ... OTIS ... coming in and wiping out a major city? Otis sounds like he should be sittin' barefoot on the porch, pickin' a banjo.

Otis ....

We really need a better naming system.

Like ... Gorlak, Destroyer of Men ... or Merthanlia, Flooder of Streets ....

Otis ...

*shakes head*
Dontgonearthere
01-10-2005, 02:48
They should name hurricanes after famous historical figures.
Alas for politcal correctness, Attila the Hurricane will never wreak havoc on California. Although they could include Gorlak, as long as Cohen gets in as well.
I can see it now...
Weatherman: And off the west coast HURRICANE GORLAK, DESTROYER OF MEN AND DEVOURER OF CIVILZATION! is moving in a direct path towards Florida...
Lord-General Drache
01-10-2005, 07:45
Otis .... OTIS?!

What a stupid name for a hurricane. Can you imagine Otis ... OTIS ... coming in and wiping out a major city? Otis sounds like he should be sittin' barefoot on the porch, pickin' a banjo.

Otis ....

We really need a better naming system.

Like ... Gorlak, Destroyer of Men ... or Merthanlia, Flooder of Streets ....

Otis ...

*shakes head*
Agreed. But..We got hit by Rita, man. Bloody gods awful name, that. Rita.

When's the last time your desert got lots of rain? And did anything float away? If so, buy a boat. You may look the fool now, but you'll feel great as you float on by!
BistroLand
01-10-2005, 07:53
Otis?

What is that an African American hurricane?
Itinerate Tree Dweller
01-10-2005, 07:58
Hmm, maybe by the time it reaches you it will just be a medium storm.

:) God is angry with you!!!111 :)
BistroLand
01-10-2005, 08:03
It will only be rain in Arizona, you will live. Arizona needs rain, it just a dry desert.
Dontgonearthere
01-10-2005, 16:45
Agreed. But..We got hit by Rita, man. Bloody gods awful name, that. Rita.

When's the last time your desert got lots of rain? And did anything float away? If so, buy a boat. You may look the fool now, but you'll feel great as you float on by!
Actually, we have this thing called a 'monsoon', where it rains quite alot for about a quarter of the year, where do you think cacti come from? They just suck water out of the ground?
Considering our water table is somehwere around 200 feet underground, I dont think so ;)

You would be suprised, Arizona was (about thirty years ago) not so deserty, there was an earthquake at some point and that apparently messed the bedrock up resulting in our groundwater going bye-bye.
I mean, think about it, this is cattle country. Cows dont like cactus or mesquite very much, and thats just about all that grows here.
The Island of Rose
01-10-2005, 16:57
That's right, get hit by a Hurricane! It's not fun getting hit by them over and over and over and over and over and over and over. Bah, anyway, at least it'll be rain. So you're blessed for that :P
Druidville
01-10-2005, 17:42
Otis, huh?

Check your roof. That's a good place to start. :)