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Hank Rogers[_2_]

jmcquown wrote:
> On 8/26/2018 7:10 PM, wrote:
>>
>> A basement can save you during hurricane season too and there
>> are lots of hurricanes in Florida.
>>
> BZZZZZT! It's a really bad idea to go into a basement during a
> hurricane. Not if you have common sense.
>
> Hurricanes involve torrential rain, high winds and potenial flooding.
>
> More than one person thought seeking shelter in a basement was a good
> idea during Hurricane Sandy in 2012. It made landfall in the Northeast.
> It was called a "Superstorm". It hit Coastal NY, NYC boroughs, NJ.
> Drenching rain, damaging winds. And flooding. Many people who went
> into basements during Sandy were trapped and drowned in their own homes.
>
> When you're dealing with lots of water, you don't go *downstairs*.
>
> Jill

Doesn't apply to Popeye. Sailors aren't afraid of a little water.