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Location: state of confusion
ok so huricane charlie is heading right for my town (tampa) and all i can think is "man it would be cool to spin glow-stick or tailed poi in that storm!" so am i completely
or does that sound cool to any one else 
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Keeper of the Spitfire
2,317 posts
Location: Calgary Canada
Hmmmm.....
Yup, I think you're completely
I'd be heading straight outta there! But then again, I'm a Brit who'd be terrified if a hurricane started heading this way (Houston).
Well, my experiences of spinning tails in just a fairly light wind are... they suck. Big time! You just end up flappy material getting wrapped round your head.
So what are you thinking will look cool about it?
Spinning in the wind?
Spinning under stormy, angry looking skies?
Or spinning whilst cars get rolled down the street towards you?!
When's the hurricane forcast to hit, and how big is it?
Lets steal a spaceship and head for the sun, and shoot the stars with a lemonade ray gun.
1,489 posts
Location: state of confusion
its going to hit tomarrow (8-13-04) and its about 109 mpr winds.......and its not so much the look that i think would be cool, as much as the FEELING of bing out in something as strong and natural as this storm.........spiritual stuff......
You can't avoid pain by fencing yourself from it.
Some times you need the help of others more than anything else
But you have to let them close enough to help......
People want to be needed, I found that out too
Pooh-Bah
2,014 posts
Location: Galveston, TX, USA
well, I can tell you that you will probably have a difficult time just standing up in said storm, let alone trying to spin anything. I remember walking around last year the morning after a hurricane hit in the middle of the night about 45 minutes from me. The winds were horrible, and I had a hard time just getting from one building to another. I usually walk to work, but that day I had to drive - a whole 5 blocks because the winds were still so strong (5 or so hours later).
I'd suggest playing it safe. If you are on the wet side of the hurricane, you will get pelted by the rain, and it won't be pleasant cuz the stuff will hurt when it comes down.
1,489 posts
Location: state of confusion
ok im not actualy going to do it, my wife would kill me, i just THINK it would be cool.........im not that crazy...........yet
You can't avoid pain by fencing yourself from it.
Some times you need the help of others more than anything else
But you have to let them close enough to help......
People want to be needed, I found that out too
505 posts
Location: cambs england
just keep replying to threads on HoP and im sure you'll be out that door faster then saying "corkscrew"
in state of metamorphosis
veteran
1,389 posts
Location: Guelph, ON, Canada
I was too amazed to spin when I was out on the street when Juan went right over Halifax and Dartmouth (class 2 storm, but the damage of a class 3!) Totally mad energy that was... Wasn't getting blown down, but I was only out there for a few minutes, and was totally drenched in rain... I'll spin the next time I'm in a hurricane!!
~ Bobo
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245 posts
Location: At the beach.
Good weather for kites.
*Books flight to Tampa*
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member
56 posts
Location: USA
I also live in pinellas county and well i burned on my way out. I had to evacuate so i had to burn once before I left. As it turns out however the storm was coming straight at us and then nothing we had more rain last week with no hurricane.So back at home grateful to be spared the wrath of Charley.
38 posts
Location: Australia
It would be tough twirling, but I know what you mean... it's a crazy thought, and in a crazy world where it was safe and all it's be 100% trippy... pity we're in reality *sigh*
~*PiPeR*~
newbie
35 posts
Location: NY, USA
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505 posts
Location: cambs england
hope everyone's ok, altho some arent-people are dying out there! as far as i know, its sweep into the sea, where it should pick up more strength, then return inland towards georgia way...
stay safe
in state of metamorphosis
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