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Topic: Disaster Area Declaration |
Troyboy1208
Replies: 6
Views: 378
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Forum: Geopolitics Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 6:04 pm Subject: Re: Disaster Area Declaration |
| I have to take a few moments and defend my native state. The "disaster" of Florida is the result of poor planning. I have lived here my whole life and have never filed a claim for anything. Even th ... |
Topic: Report: world throws away 50% of all food |
Troyboy1208
Replies: 24
Views: 871
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 7:16 am Subject: Re: Report: world throws away 50% of all food |
| I used to work for a grocery food chain. In the meat dept we threw away stuff that had "expired". There was nothing wrong with the meat. However management didn't want any issues about consumers ge ... |
Topic: 2008 Hurricane / Typhoon / Cyclone Season |
Troyboy1208
Replies: 401
Views: 3796
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 11:00 am Subject: Re: 2008 Hurricane/Typhoon/Cyclone Season |
| The St. Johns River is flooding. I live a mile from there. We got 12 inches of rain yesterday and six the day before. Fortunately I am 66 feet above sea level so I wont have to worry about alligato ... |
Topic: Record Ice Loss in Arctic 2008 |
Troyboy1208
Replies: 259
Views: 17927
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Forum: Environment Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 6:01 pm Subject: Re: Record Ice Loss in Arctic 2008 |
| This is all astounding and overwhelming at the same time. Right now I am sitting in the middle of a tropical storm that actually got stronger as it moved over land! The NHS is baffled to be sure. S ... |
Topic: 2008 Hurricane / Typhoon / Cyclone Season |
Troyboy1208
Replies: 401
Views: 3796
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 8:59 am Subject: Re: 2008 Hurricane/Typhoon/Cyclone Season |
| Im sick of it actually. Real hard rain and winds hammered us all last night. as soon as it clears I have to go find a leak in my roof. I heard the dreaded "drip....drip". I think the wind may have ... |
Topic: LEH deathwatch...T minus 10 and counting... |
Troyboy1208
Replies: 21
Views: 1341
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 7:52 am Subject: Re: LEH deathwatch...T minus 10 and counting... |
| What is LEH? |
Topic: 2008 Hurricane / Typhoon / Cyclone Season |
Troyboy1208
Replies: 401
Views: 3796
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 4:48 pm Subject: Re: 2008 Hurricane/Typhoon/Cyclone Season |
| Good to hear your ok cloud 9. I am north of Orlando in DeLand and must say it has been very quiet. We had alot more rain yesterday than today. I even took a bike ride this afternoon. Light winds a ... |
Topic: Weekly US Petroleum and NG Supply Reports (Current) |
Troyboy1208
Replies: 498
Views: 40466
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 4:50 pm Subject: Re: Weekly US Petroleum and NG Supply Reports (Current) |
| Not sure how this is going to affect things, but here in Florida we have drained the pumps of gas because of the approaching storm. I had to fill up with 93 octane because it was the only thing left! ... |
Topic: 2008 Hurricane / Typhoon / Cyclone Season |
Troyboy1208
Replies: 401
Views: 3796
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 9:55 pm Subject: Re: 2008 Hurricane/Typhoon/Cyclone Season |
| got a full propane tank so I can cook for a long time. Going to gas up the car while all the rednecks are gassing up their boats and ATVs |
Topic: 2008 Hurricane / Typhoon / Cyclone Season |
Troyboy1208
Replies: 401
Views: 3796
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 7:10 pm Subject: Re: 2008 Hurricane/Typhoon/Cyclone Season |
| yea well im a little wary to say the least...four years ago I got hit with three hurricanes in like 2 months |
Topic: 2008 Hurricane / Typhoon / Cyclone Season |
Troyboy1208
Replies: 401
Views: 3796
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 1:20 pm Subject: Re: 2008 Hurricane/Typhoon/Cyclone Season |
| As soon as I say that the forecast keeps pushing it west it moves east. As of the 11am update its now forecast to be right on top of florida. I start school on monday. It will be an interesting 24 ... |
Topic: Record Ice Growth in Antarctic |
Troyboy1208
Replies: 47
Views: 7245
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Forum: Environment Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 6:11 am Subject: Re: Record Ice Growth in Antarctic |
| I have been watching that phenomenon in our southern hemisphere all year. No one can seem to explain it. Whats even more amazing is that I have seen articles about the ice shelves still losing ice e ... |
Topic: 2008 Hurricane / Typhoon / Cyclone Season |
Troyboy1208
Replies: 401
Views: 3796
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 6:06 am Subject: Re: 2008 Hurricane/Typhoon/Cyclone Season |
| From what I can tell it seems that forecast turn will be pushed a little further west each update. |
Topic: The Spreading World Food Crisis (2) |
Troyboy1208
Replies: 45
Views: 2575
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 9:03 am Subject: Re: The Spreading World Food Crisis (2) |
| Interesting attempt to find parallels between hydrocarbon depletion and agricultural resource depletion (water, soil nutrients, soil structure, etc...). I think the parallels are valid. E.g. Hydrocarb ... |
Topic: The Spreading Food Crisis Thread (U.S. & World) |
Troyboy1208
Replies: 1516
Views: 69639
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 10:29 pm Subject: Re: The Spreading Food Crisis Thread (U.S. & World) |
Corn and soybean prices plunged today.
--> BloombergSoybeans, Corn Plunge as Wet, Cool Weather Boosts U.S. Crops
By Jeff Wilson
Aug. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Soybeans plunged the maximum allowed by ... |
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