• As many flee Earl, one group is very excited
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[quote] By Patrick Rizzo, msnbc.com Images as Hurricane Earl races toward the Eastern seaboard of the United States: Thousands of tourists fleeing Cape Hatteras; a local hotel with a sign that says “Earl you are not welcome here”; and homeowners along the coast battening down the hatches. But there’s one group that is excited for the storm’s approach, as the New York Times noted today: East Coast surfers, who are accustomed to envying their peers in places with larger waves, such as California or Hawaii. Hurricane season is one of the rare times when East Coast waves can reach world-class heights. As of Thursday morning, Earl, a Category 4 storm, was packing winds at around 145 miles per hour. The storm is located about 410 miles south of Cape Hatteras, N.C., and is moving north-northwest near 18 mph, on a path that seemed certain to delight surfers from Florida to New England. While watches and warnings were posted along the Atlantic coast for most of North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island and part of Massachusetts, surf cams on websites such as Surfline.com show top breaks along the coast packed with surfers enjoying the larger-than-usual waves.[/quote] [url]http://fieldnotes.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/09/02/5032150-as-many-flee-earl-one-group-is-very-excited[/url]
Should go kite-boarding :v: [img]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wvIuiUWp8bQ/SdONlZvG7CI/AAAAAAAABPE/AOg5tJAiivA/s400/kiteboarding.jpg[/img]
yeah it's not like hurricanes are dangerous or anything :raise:
[QUOTE=Fire Kracker;24558832]yeah it's not like hurricanes are dangerous or anything :raise:[/QUOTE] No one goes boarding in the actual hurricane, people just do it as it approaches.
I'm happy because it missed Louisiana. We've had enough junk to deal with for awhile. The East Coast can have this for us. So, to any East Coast Facepunchers: If you are sad that your house, family, and city have been destroyed, you can at least know that Louisiana is happy for awhile! You have saved us....in an indirect way. :v:
They should be the first people to surf in a hurricane eye.
[QUOTE=dedo678;24559078]They should be the first people to surf in a hurricane eye.[/QUOTE] If they survived, that would be genuinely badass.
[QUOTE=melonmonkey;24558952]No one goes boarding in the actual hurricane, people just do it as it approaches.[/QUOTE] You've apparently never visited North Carolina. Specifically the Outer Banks. :-P
[QUOTE] a local hotel with a sign that says “Earl you are not welcome here”[/QUOTE] [IMG]http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:Zqe50PiOojCEyM:http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/8606/earlhickey.jpg&t=1[/IMG]
Don't these guys watch Rocket Power? That's some very dangerous shit
I can't wait for this thing. It's been a while since Maryland had a good hurricane.
surferfags represent WOOP WOOP
Okay you have fun out there with no lifeguards and fast winds.
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDW_fe0WTH8[/url]
Luckily I think it dropped down in category again.
I hope Mcnab is dead. :smug:
I was expecting Westboro Baptist Church as I clicked on the thread
We got out of school at 10:00, it's pouring out now, and winds tonight are supposed to get up to 60 mph. I hope we don't flood like in April
I went surfing after a hurricane passed the coast here in NC a few years ago and the waves were gigantic.
[QUOTE=TheTalon;24571339]I was expecting Westboro Baptist Church as I clicked on the thread[/QUOTE] It's a shame they didn't protest the Hurricane and drown.
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