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I hope that you're right globaldoc2001. I'm not as optimistic as you, but I still really hope you are right.
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I think the US is not in total trouble yet, as I believe that God is still taking care of the US.
Have you heard that story of the guy trapped on top of his house as flood waters kept rising? A man comes in a raft and says come aboard, and the guy on the roof says, 'God will save me' as the water rises. Then, a speedboat comes and offers to help, and the guy says 'God will save me' and the water rises more. Then the national guard comes, and he still declines and says 'God will save me'. Then he drowns.
In heaven, he asks God why He didn't save him, and God say, 'Hell, I sent you a raft, a speedboat, and the national guard, didn't I?'
My point being, God will always be there to help us, but what are you doing to help yourself?
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LMAO samurai.
That really did make me laugh, but also a very thought provoking response as well. I really enjoyed reading that.
Thanks. 
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I am just so glad that our country has been spared from such kind of devastation...for now.
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i think there will be long term consequences like katrina. we just havent seen them yet.
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i think there will be long term consequences like katrina. we just havent seen them yet.
I think we're seeing some already. There is some devestating flooding in the North East caused by Irene and Lee.
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I did a little research.
The Ten Stongest Hurricanes
The Ten Worst Hurricanes As Measured By Intensity
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The Great Labor Day Storm
September 2, 1935
Florida
One of just three Category 5 Hurricanes to make landfall in the US, the Great Labor Day Storm had a minimum pressure of 892 millibars (26.35 inches). It caused 423 deaths in Florida. It also was notable for providing the setting for the Humphrey Bogart - Lauren Bacall movie, Key Largo.
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Hurricane Katrina
August, 2005
Louisiana and Mississippi
Katrina had a minimum pressure of 904 millibars (26.64 inches), making it the second most intense storm to hit the US, as well as the most costly, and the third dealiest.
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Hurricane Camille
August 17 - 22, 1969
Mississippi, SE Louisiana, Virginia
Camille, a Category 5, was the second most intense Hurricane ever to hit the United States, with a minimum pressure of 909 millibars (26.84 inches). The final windspeed will never be known because all measuring devices were destroyed, but it is thought to exceed 200 mph.
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Hurricane Andrew
August 24 - 28, 1992
Florida and Louisiana
A Category 4 when it hit Florida, Hurricane Andrew hit Louisiana as a Category 3. At its peak, Andrew had a minimum pressure of 922 millibars (27.23 inches).
5.
Unnamed Hurricane
August 29, 1886
Indianola, Texas
This Category 4 Hurricane turned Indianola into a Ghost Town. Today, the Court House lies 300 feet out in Matagorda Bay. The storm had a recorded minimum pressure of 925 millibars (27.31 inches).
6.
The Atlantic-Gulf Hurricane
Florida, Texas
September 10 - 14, 1919
This hurricane struck the Keys as a Category 4, and Texas as a Category 3. At its peak, it had a minimum pressure of 927 millibars (27.37 inches).
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San Felipe-Okeechobee Hurricane
September 16 - 17, 1928
Florida
The fourth strongest Hurricane to hit the US mainland caused a lake surge on the inland Lake Okeechobee in Florida that rose as high as nine feet, flooding nearby towns. A Category 4, it had a minimum pressure of 929 millibars (27.43 inches)
8.
Hurricane Donna
September 8 - 13, 1960
Florida to New England
Donna is the only hurricane known to have produce hurricane-force winds in Florida, the Mid-Atlantic states, and New England. At its peak, it had a minimum pressure of 930 milibars (27.46 inches).
9.
Unnamed Storm
September 30, 1915
New Orleans, Louisiana
This unnamed Category 4 Storm reached a minimum pressure of 931 millibars (27.49 inches). It flooded Lake Pontchartrain, causing it to overflow its banks and killing 275 people.
10.
Hurricane Carla
September 11, 1961
Texas
A Category 4, Carla had a minimum pressure of 931 millibars (27.49 inches), tying it with the 1915 Louisiana storm.
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Thanks for doing that research .... that was most interesting!!.
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You're welcome coaster. I also thought the list was very interesting. And interesting to see that Hurricanes were not really named in the 1920's and 1930's and before then as well.
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Do you happen to know off-hand when they started giving them alternate boy-girl names? They used to be all girls. (I suppose I'm a sexist pig if I say something like "for obvious reasons", so I guess I'd better not say that) 
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I had absolutely no idea, but you got me really curious:
http://miami.about.com/od/weather/a/hurricanenames.htm
In 1953, the National Weather Service picked up on the habit of Naval meteorologists of naming the storms after women. Ships were always referred to as female, and were often given women's names. The storms' temperament certainly seemed female enough, shifting directions at a whim on a moment's notice. In 1979, male names were inserted to alternate with the female names,to the delight of women's-libbers everywhere.
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Thanks.....I remember it being done; I just don't remember when. When you get to be a certain age you find that things you remember happened a lot longer ago than it seems.
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I guess these hurricanes are results of global warming. Well, despite these hurricanes, the US survived. There have been so many instances where the US survived after disasters, and they came out standing. In fact, I am actually anticipating the same thing from Japan to rise up after a disaster. When they come out standing, just simply watch their market skyrocket to the moon.
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globaldoc2001,
I'd like to see both Japan's market and the USA's skyrocket again.
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