Why are newscasters using the death count in third world Haiti as a cautionary example for us? 

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Is that the imperial or Kardashian scale?

Imperial. I don't deal in Kardashian.

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Yeah, my oldest daughter. I don't understand how someone doesn't know what this means. Hunker down: shelter in place and ride it out. Does no one use this term anymore?

 

That sounds a lot like "stay inside" or "don't go outside".  

 

I'm just glad it doesn't involve manual labor.

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They just said the expected storm surge for Jacksonville to be 6 to 9 feet with "wave activity on top of the surges."

That's what a lot of people seem to be missing. It's not just about the storm surge. 

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Imperial. I don't deal in Kardashian.

 

Between our presidential candidates and the wealth and fame of the Kardashians, I truly worry for the future of our country. Idiocrasy is real.

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There is a butt ton of linemen with their trucks staged at the Columbia County Fairgrounds waiting to be dispatched when necessary to help with power outages. My cousin in Lake City posted the link from News4Jax on Facebook but I couldn't find it on their site. 

 

Gov. Scott said Camp Blanding will be the NE Florida staging area for utility personnel and equipment.

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If something can corrupt you, you're corrupted already.
- Bob Marley


 

That sounds a lot like "stay inside" or "don't go outside".  

 

I'm just glad it doesn't involve manual labor.

 

Now, had they said to stay inside and hunker...

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Earlier in the thread,  there was mention about generators.   The following caught my attention.   There's so much one can learn from a situation like this.   The link will take you to the specific information:

 

https://twitter.com/TenikkaANjax/status/...6127667204

 


<div><a class="" href='https://twitter.com/TenikkaANjax'>Tenikka Smith Hughes‏@<b>TenikkaANjax</b> </a> <a class="" href='https://twitter.com/TenikkaANjax/status/784420466127667204' title="8:49 AM - 7 Oct 2016">23m23 minutes ago</a>
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<p class="">IMPORTANT info from <a class="" href='https://twitter.com/hashtag/JEA?src=hash'>#<b>JEA</b></a> about what NOT to do when using generators if you lose power. <a class="" href='https://twitter.com/WOKVNews'>@<b>WOKVNews</b></a> <a class="" href='https://twitter.com/ActionNewsJax'>@<b>ActionNewsJax</b></a>

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Last night I sneaked over and plugged a long extension cord into my neighbor's generator. I'm prepared.

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Yeah, my oldest daughter. I don't understand how someone doesn't know what this means. Hunker down: shelter in place and ride it out. Does no one use this term anymore?

 

It's one of those terms that I've heard for so long, I don't even know a proper definition of it. "Hunker down" means... well... hunker down.

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I'm trying to make myself more informed and less opinionated.

Stop saying whatever stupid thing you're talking about and pay attention to all the interesting things I have to say!

Hunker down?  I can't be the only one who has no idea what this means.

 

 

Yeah, my oldest daughter. I don't understand how someone doesn't know what this means. Hunker down: shelter in place and ride it out. Does no one use this term anymore?

 

 

<a class="" href='http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hunker+down&defid=6039257'>hunker down</a>
 
Hunker Down game is a game played at hurricane parties. You watch the weather report and everytime the weatherman or news guy says "hunker down" you take a shot. By the time the electricity is out, you don't even care any more.
 
During Hurricane Ike, i got so smashed playing Hunker Down that I missed the storm!
 
#hurricane #drinking games #houston #shots #weatherman
by <a class="" href='http://www.urbandictionary.com/author.php?author=kixette'>kixette</a> August 24, 2011

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It's one of those terms that I've heard for so long, I don't even know a proper definition of it. "Hunker down" means... well... hunker down.

It's one of those self explanatory kinda things...if you've heard it your whole life. Lol

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What in the Wide Wide World of Sports is agoin' on here???

<a class="bbc_url" href='http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hunker+down&defid=6039257'>hunker down</a>

 

Hunker Down game is a game played at hurricane parties. You watch the weather report and everytime the weatherman or news guy says "hunker down" you take a shot. By the time the electricity is out, you don't even care any more.

 
During Hurricane Ike, i got so smashed playing Hunker Down that I missed the storm!

 
<a class="bbc_url" href='http://www.urbandictionary.com/tags.php?tag=hurricane'>#hurricane</a> <a class="bbc_url" href='http://www.urbandictionary.com/tags.php?tag=drinking+games'>#drinking games</a> <a class="bbc_url" href='http://www.urbandictionary.com/tags.php?tag=houston'>#houston</a> <a class="bbc_url" href='http://www.urbandictionary.com/tags.php?tag=shots'>#shots</a> <a class="bbc_url" href='http://www.urbandictionary.com/tags.php?tag=weatherman'>#weatherman</a>

by <a class="bbc_url" href='http://www.urbandictionary.com/author.php?author=kixette'>kixette</a> August 24, 2011

Someone needs to stay off of urban dictionary...lol

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What in the Wide Wide World of Sports is agoin' on here???

It's one of those self explanatory kinda things...if you've heard it your whole life. Lol

 

Growing up in a wayyyyy too close proximity to 103rd Street, I'd have to agree with you!

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I'm trying to make myself more informed and less opinionated.

Stop saying whatever stupid thing you're talking about and pay attention to all the interesting things I have to say!

Imperial. I don't deal in Kardashian.

Yeah, that one is inflated to the point of worthlessness.

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“An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.”. - Plato

Growing up in a wayyyyy too close proximity to 103rd Street, I'd have to agree with you!

Exactly!!

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What in the Wide Wide World of Sports is agoin' on here???

Yeah, that one is inflated to the point of worthlessness.

Makes for a good dingy.

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It's one of those terms that I've heard for so long, I don't even know a proper definition of it. "Hunker down" means... well... hunker down.

 

It basically means sticking to a decision despite any pressure to change, even to one's detriment. Google told me it was originally used to describe escaped convicts hiding in caves, refusing to surrender.

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If something can corrupt you, you're corrupted already.
- Bob Marley


 

Hunker down - to hide, hide out, or take shelter, whatever position you choose to do it in. This was a south-western US dialect form that was popularised by President Johnson in the mid 1960s.

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Hunker is short for "hold in your bunker."

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“An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.”. - Plato