Every model out there for Hurricane Ian shows it will likely strike in or around Tampa as a Category 3 with accompanying tornadoes and flooding. Could be media hype and forecasts do change, but based on how warm the Gulf waters are, which fuel hurricane intensity, I expect a very interesting Wednesday. I wouldn’t be surprised if it briefly jumps back to a Category 4, but we’ll see.
Hurricanes are why I don't fuck with Florida. I'd otherwise be very tempted to move there due to their impressive adherence to science throughout the pandemic. Actually, scratch that. They don't have mountains to hike and that’s essential in my book. Beautiful beaches though, especially the white velvet-like sands in Clearwater.
In California, at least wildfires can be easily avoided (ie, don't live near a drought-stricken forest). Earthquakes are rarely noticeable and even when the dreaded "Big One" hits, only 1,000 direct deaths are projected for the entirety of Los Angeles County. Out of 10 million people.
Sure, that doesn’t account for the fallout (loss of electricity and 80% of all food relies on refrigeration, for example), but still. For being the most nightmare earthquake scenario a 99.99% survival rate is pretty damn good.
The ground may shake beneath us and the mountains may burn, but a hurricane can tear the roof off your f'n house. The tornadoes that often come with it crush anything and everything in their path. And flooding can put entire cities underwater.
FUCK THAT
The downside is I'm stuck with Governor Newsom (for now). But when are the totalitarian lockdowns, vaccine passports, and vaccine mandates really coming back? Not anytime soon. People have wised up to the bullshit. Yes, even here, slowly but surely.
A majority of Californians would not tolerate lockdowns again and those who were foolish enough to vaccinate have been infected as many times on average as they’ve been jabbed. They learned the hard way, but they learned. Sure, some are still wearing masks outdoors like ignorant f'n dipshits (airborne viruses don’t transmit outdoors, people!!) but, hey… most people are dipshits, right?
Which is why I don't fuck with (most) humans either.