What is everyone’s temperature about the situation here? I have never lived in a hurricane prone area like Florida.

If I was basing it completely on national coverage, I am getting the impression that any region in the path of the Milton will get flattened by sudden sea rise. Even the AP article paints a grim picture:

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A steady rain fell in the Tampa Bay area Wednesday morning as a mighty Hurricane Milton churned toward a potentially catastrophic collision with the west coast of Florida, where some residents insisted they would stay even after millions were ordered to evacuate. Stragglers face grim odds of surviving, officials said

However, looking into it more and trying to be less emotional. Florida’s emergency management system is issuing evacuation orders for many counties in Milton’s path. But some “inland” counties like Polk have no evacuation orders despite adjacent county, Hillsborough, having mandatory evacuation orders [1].

Then if you navigate to the county level (ie, Hillsborough). Only specific zones were issued mandatory evacuation. At this time, residents of Hillsborough county in zones “A” and “B” (and all mobile homes) given mandatory evacuation. People in other zones advised it was optional [2].

What did we observe with Helene? Were these local government evacuation orders completely wrong and devastated areas that previously had optional evacuation?

[1] https://www.floridadisaster.org/evacuation-orders/

[2] https://hcfl.gov/residents/public-safety/emergency-management/find-evacuation-information

Some gun owners look for any reason to use their gun. Smh.

Send these idiots off to fight a war. They will have all the chances to use their gun. most will probably be better off used as sandbags

What organizations are supporting Hamas? I have yet to see anything of that sort.

I have been exploring self hosting my email.

Docker mail server for backend. Roundcube for web ui

Still keeping accounts at mainstream providers though as backup, especially for outgoing mail.

TikTok will just be owned by a different company. It will still exist.

won’t happen

Where do you think the FBI gets their domestic terrorist intel from 😂

Tesla drivers are quickly taking #1 spot for worst human AND “ai” drivers

No wonder Tesla reduced the cost of this program. It’s absolute shite.

It’s the equivalent of Cruise at this point. Get this shite vehicle off the road already

I am just waiting for a malware developer or state actor to use this as a way to infect computers with 0-days.

This is a disaster. Why anybody would decide to use Windows for any serious workloads is unfathomable to me.

Office products are mostly cross-platform (outlook, word, excel).

There was a subset of Google contractors trying to unionize but while the group was campaigning at city hall. Google executives decided to not renew the contract and all of them were jobless.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/03/01/youtube-union-contractor-layoffs/

I wouldn’t touch a TSLA product even if it was given to me.

My $1 bid is ready to submit to ByteDance once grandpa signs that bill.

“The Matrix”, obviously.

Yet another reason to avoid Apple hardware.

I invested so much into this stupid ecosystem. Feels silly now after realizing how abusive this company is and the lengths it will go to keep you walled in.

Apartheid benefactor is now also benefiting from the hate from Nazi sympathizers and neo Nazis lol

Probably what my windfall roadmap is built on 👍

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ks3563p10U4 😂

Escorts, my guy 😉

meh, my life probably wouldn’t change much. I would definitely keep it quiet. But there would be signs 😉

Only items I would do:

• setup a trust and put national lawyer firm on to claim money on behalf (senior partner only)
• set aside one million dollars for each immediate family member. Use lawyer firm as buffer
• pay off any unnecessary debts (ie, credit card bills)
• move assets (car, home, …) into a shell corp (obfuscate as much as possible)
• setup diversified investment portfolio of ETFs and other safe investment instruments. Live only on the earned income from passive investments
• quit career once everything settles, investment income fully replaces corp drone salary (including benefits)
• set aside half million for risky investments
• travel/gallivant around the world for a few months
• look into getting my own ideas off the ground with my own money. Hopefully setup my own sustainable business and treat those around me much better than what I have seen in various corp job settings
• increase donos into non-profit orgs
• above all, keep it as quiet as possible. Keep details on a need to know basis. Let immediate family know if they need financial help, to reach out to my lawyer firm

My current life is gucci. I don’t care about fame, status (ie, buying midlife crisis cars like Porsches or insecurity compensators like trucks or SUVs), expensive clothes, or gigantic overpriced homes in the suburbs.

At the end of the day, it’s just a number in the bank account(s).

it’s just a drill, bro 😂