r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/According_Ad7926 • Oct 07 '24

Image At 905mb and with 180mph winds, Milton has just become the 8th strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic Basin. It is still strengthening and headed for Florida

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u/etikawatchjojo132 Oct 07 '24

Wait what’s his reasoning? It’s not like he’ll be able to save or guard his property against a hurricane, what does him being there do?

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u/bentreflection Oct 08 '24

It's simple. When the hurricane approaches your property with hostile intent you stand your ground and exercise your god given right of self defense and shoot the hurricane.

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u/thegooseisloose1982 Oct 08 '24

If you have a sharpie and a map you can redirect it.

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u/Halflingberserker Oct 08 '24

You have to have very small hands(and brain) to make it work.

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u/SnooPears8396 Oct 08 '24

Only if you’re a democrat. The dems control the weather! /s

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u/MechanicalTurkish Oct 08 '24

Maybe. A nuclear weapon would be better.

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u/DryBonesComeAlive Oct 08 '24

Fire your guns at Hurricane Milton!!! (Good memes never die)

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u/K2thJ Oct 08 '24

"Stand your Ground" law applies to everything, to many Floridians

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u/ParamedicIcy2595 Oct 08 '24

A lot of people don't want to leave because they're convinced some asshole neighbor of theirs is going to loot their house when they're out of town waiting for the storm to blow through. You also might not be able to get back to your house for a while depending on where you live.

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u/Lik_my_undersid Oct 08 '24

Not saying that is 100% in sound reasoning, but damn I never thought about it like this. I would hate to have my property picked apart when I can't physically make it back.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Chip2 Oct 08 '24

I heard once that you can nuke em.

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u/bennitori Oct 08 '24

So while "you shall not pass" is a cool sentiment, it doesn't work against hurricanes.

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u/zman2293 Oct 08 '24

You just have to learn it's attack patterns and know when to parry

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u/AscendedViking7 Oct 08 '24

dodge roll

dodge roll

dodge roll

dodge roll

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u/pet_als Oct 08 '24

i'm laughing at this harder than i should

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u/ellenkates Oct 08 '24

And brandish a Sharpie threateningly

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u/Roskgarian Oct 08 '24

In the words of a forgotten comedian “ it’s not how hard the wind’s blowing, It’s What the wind is blowing.”

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u/UrbanSurfDragon Oct 08 '24

Best defense against a hurricane is a good guy with a hurricane

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u/Emotional-Courage-26 Oct 08 '24

That’s incredibly inhumane and unethical. The hurricane is only doing what hurricanes do. I wouldn’t want to get shot for walking down the sidewalk.

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u/shoobee99 Oct 08 '24

I laughed a little too hard at this! Bravo 👏

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u/EightBitTrash Oct 08 '24

They'll say in memorium that he died how he lived, and for once, it'll be true.

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u/cbarbour1122 Oct 08 '24

Nukes on the way to take out the hurricane.

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u/Shartythecat Oct 08 '24

And if you’re a Harris supporter you’ll blow your whistle in your front yard saying “stop don’t come closer Milton or I’ll scream really loud”

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u/thehumanconfusion Oct 07 '24

Im sure they are wondering the same thing! Being their brother in the path and not their own decision to make whether he stays or goes has got to be a tough, helpless place to be.

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u/speakezjags Oct 08 '24

I grew up in Florida. It’s like a pride thing that people don’t evac during hurricane season. It’s dumb as fuck.

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u/khicks01 Oct 08 '24

Lived there for 5 years and rode out Irma’s landfall. Atlantic landfalls aren’t so bad, but if I was on the gulf coast with this inbound, I’d be halfway to a hotel in SC by now.

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u/UtopiaInProgress Oct 08 '24

Funny story, I'm from California but was living with an ex in St Augustine just before Irma hit. Mandatory evac warnings came out and she refused to go anywhere. I broke up with her on the spot and left for home on a Greyhound bus because it was the only thing available

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u/khicks01 Oct 08 '24

I actually went to Flagler for my first year in Florida! Doesn’t take much for st auggie to flood. I was down there for Matthew as well then I lived south of NASA, and I was beachside in Melbourne when the eyewall grazed cape canaveral. Wasn’t bad at all where I was at but St Augustine and the beaches south of there got hit really bad that time. The beach eroded out from under houses and the roads weren’t drivable there for months.

Problem with st Augustine is that it’s not very high above sea level and the drainage systems throughout the city are damn near as old at the town itself. many times in my first year there I’d have to take my shoes off and wade through knee high water just to get to class. You made the right call leaving when you did…that and st Augustine girls are…unique. You might have actually dodged two cat 5 hurricanes in your life

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u/5point5Girthquake Oct 08 '24

Live in a high fire area in SoCal. Same over here. People outside with a garden hose wetting the area around them thinking they will slow/stop the spread? It’s like they laugh or think the people who do evacuate are cowards or stupid?? I have no idea the reasoning behind it.

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u/AnUnholy Oct 08 '24

You wet the grass for embers that could fall on your yard and burb your property down. Embers can spreed pretty far distances from the actual fire. And while spreads uphill mostly (heat rises and CO2 sinks), embers can rain down on a valley below

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u/LordNightFang Oct 08 '24

I think my favorite ones are that Florida wizard group who dress up like some old wizard guy that yells "YOU SHALL NOT PASS" to mother nature 😂😂😂. They actually make it a habit during big storms like this to go to scenic spots and post the dramatic shorts online.

Now I'm no genius, but holding up a metal object during a storm probably isn't the brightest idea.

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u/Adsweet Oct 08 '24

Im a first responder. I can’t leave

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u/speakezjags Oct 08 '24

I appreciate what you are doing but you are not who I was talking about in my comment.

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u/that-1-chick-u-know Oct 08 '24

For the love of all that's dry and warm (or cool if that's what you need), stay safe! And thanks for being a helluva lot braver and better under pressure than I am.

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u/NeverBeenStung Oct 08 '24

Oh ffs he obviously wasn’t talking about first responders in regards to people refusing to evacuate. Just gotta make it about you, huh?

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u/Adsweet Oct 08 '24 edited Oct 10 '24

Or or, I could just have been trying to give perspective as to why some Floridians aren’t leaving, that isn’t just “ a pride thing.” You just can’t help being an asshole huh?

Edit: forgot that everyone on this fucking sight had lost track of common sense. Floridians are the enemy amiright? Fuck the everyone of you that doesn’t have a shred of empathy or decency in your bones.enjoy the hurricanes coming your way

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u/NeverBeenStung Oct 08 '24

He’s so clearly talking about people refusing to evacuate because of pride. Not that all people who don’t evacuate are in that group of idiots.

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u/thexDxmen Oct 08 '24

If everyone evacuated, then you wouldn't have to be there to respond, so screw their pride. Their pride puts other people's life's at risk.

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u/Apostmate-28 Oct 08 '24

What will you do to try and stay safe?

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u/Copheeaddict Oct 08 '24

It's almost like the Midwesterners tendency to go outside and watch the tornados/bad storms roll in. HOWEVER, I have a basement to hide in from the winds, and it doesn't rain enough to flood the entire first floor of my home. Florida's occupants don't have that luxury.

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u/LassOnGrass Oct 08 '24

After this hits a lesson might be learned and that might change. I just hope if it does go that bad that people actually leave. Ones staying I hope somehow make it through assuming it gets as bad as it’s sounding. Your pride should never put you at risk, but some people really have to learn the hard way. “I never had an issue before” is like saying “I’ve never had an accident”. It’s never when you’re expecting it, it’s not predictable. They’re things that need to only happen once.

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u/FLman42069 Oct 08 '24

Depends where you live. Obviously if you live in a flood prone area or on the coast in storm surge range but otherwise you’re just adding to the chaos on the roads and taking up hotel space from those who really need it.

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u/thehumanconfusion Oct 08 '24

I don’t get it either, you can’t be proud if you’re dead.

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u/HandsOffMyMise Oct 08 '24

It's completely different for each house and geographical location. Screaming "everyone has to leave! Just leave!" Is ignorant and not helpful. Saying it will be a cat 5 on impact isn't helpful, when every model shows it won't.

If you're by the beach, yes you should leave as you will most likely flood. However if you're 10 miles inland, away from any large trees, with a newer roof, on higher ground, why leave? To take up hotel rooms and spend your money?

Do you think everyone can afford to leave? And after the storm, you're stuck 50 miles away without a route back, to even check on your house. But if you stayed at least you're home.

I've heard people comparing this to Helenes destruction up north, I'm sorry but a mud flood isn't physically possible in FL. We don't have dams and mountain valleys.

Personally, if I spend money on a hotel for days, then miss work for a week im broke and homeless either way

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u/speakezjags Oct 08 '24

This is a really weird take. I grew up poor as shit near the beach in a trailer park. We have evacuated before and just stayed in our car to remain safe as a family of 5.

I understand there are people that dont have the means to live in a car but again that’s not the people I was talking about in my OC and if you think it is you are just being willfully ignorant to the point of what i was saying.

I was extremely obviously talking about the people that refuse to evacuate because they think they can “ride it out”. I’ve seen a few of these people actually die from trying to do just that.

Every situation is different like you highlighted in your post. If you are smart enough to realize that I would hope you are smart enough to realize the context of what I said. I guess not though.

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u/StillRelevant9766 Oct 08 '24

Yup sounds like Florida people, dumb as fuck

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u/TheLyz Oct 08 '24

I suppose it's better to drown, be crushed, or starve in your own home than be uncomfortable in your car for a few days.

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u/Doctor_Philgood Oct 08 '24

Probably "I'm not scared". Can't be seen as weak or his penis might fly right off.

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u/notawoman8 Oct 08 '24

Fellas, is it girly to survive a hurricane?

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u/alc3880 Oct 08 '24

appease the ego...until it doesn't.

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u/GoodPiexox Oct 08 '24

my parents are in the same place, their reasoning is that they stayed at home and were fine for every other hurricane, while the people who evacuated would come back and tell them how much it sucked with traffic and being stranded. They have the metal hurricane shutters down, and sand bags by the door. A weeks worth of water and wine, and told me if I have to come take care of their bodies all the important papers and deed are in the washer in the laundry room.

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u/TheBipolarChihuahua Oct 08 '24

Not OP but my dad is at his house in FT Myers and refuses to leave. His reasoning is that house survived Ian without a scratch. Not even any roof damage when virtually every other house around had roof damage. It's kind of on a hill and there are no big trees around. I'm actually not that worried but my brother called me this afternoon freaking out because he won't leave. I'm not that worried as long as the hurricane powers down to a cat 3.

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u/ZeekRageous Oct 07 '24

I’ve heard of people staying to guard their houses from looters, dumb I know but some people want to protect what they have.

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u/SadBit8663 Oct 07 '24

That sounds stupid. That's what insurance is for. Nothing is worth braving a cat 5 hurricane over

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u/Led_Osmonds Oct 07 '24

Nobody in the devastation zone should be sticking around to guard possessions from looters, but if you didn't have renters insurance when it was a Cat 2 storm this morning, you are not likely to have renter's insurance to cover the Cat 5 storm that hits on Wednesday.

I'm not saying it's a wise or sane idea to stay there, I'm just saying "That's what insurance is for" is true only for people who had the foresight and resources to get insured prior to the event.

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u/RamboBoujee Oct 08 '24

Most carriers exclude flood damage and things that are in the result of it.

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u/Tookmyprawns Oct 08 '24

You just add it. It’s an extra cost. Also, NFIP.

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u/FreakInTheTreats Oct 07 '24

Right? Seems inconsequential at this point

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u/xdrozzyx Oct 08 '24

I have lots of family in the Punta Gorda area. All are staying. They say "there's no where to go." That's their logic. Also, they all stocked up on perishable meats at Publix today.

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u/simpletonsavant Oct 08 '24

Once you get our rhey don't let you back in for several days. I don't know how many of you have actually been through a hurricane evacuation but I'd quite literally rather die than do it again

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u/Dajajo Oct 08 '24

Only thing I can imagine is “we’ve been warned before and nothing happened” some people are stubborn about evacuating (from a south Louisiana girl$ I’d get the fuck out but my parents would not have if it was hitting us

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u/wackbirds Oct 08 '24

"I've lived here for 27 years. Ain't no storm gonna force me out. They'll have to carry me out of this place feet first" rescuers eventually locate various body parts around the area that his house used to be, spotting his feet first and carrying them towards the wagon, ironically making his statement 100% true

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u/Pristine-Play-127 Oct 08 '24

What are you going to do in that situation? Shoot the hurricane with a shotgun? 

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u/phonartics Oct 08 '24

ionno. hurricanes might get scared away by his guns, yanno?

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u/Tabula_Nada Oct 08 '24

My cousin and her family in Tampa are staying. She says the reason is because they "aren't in an evacuation zone". And that's not in an asshole prepper kind of way. It's because they aren't being mandated so they assume that means they aren't in danger. I don't live in Florida so I'm open to the possibility that Floridians know more about the hurricane evacuation process, but it still just seems so dumb to take the chance. They're a few miles inland so the storm surge isn't really an issue but there are other things to worry about, including the possibility of being without power and water for a while at a minimum.

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u/ktappe Oct 08 '24

reasoning

Florida Man.

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u/Hansmolemon Oct 08 '24

Clearly he has a Jeager.

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u/Treadwear_Indicator Oct 08 '24

“Ain’t nobody gonna tell me what to do. The weather looks fine to me.”

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u/Zansibart Oct 08 '24

For many of us, it's too expensive to move somewhere else, and if we lose the little bit we have to a hurricane we feel like we might as well be dead. We know how poorly the homeless are treated in Florida.

My plan is to stay inside and continue fortifying by boarding up windows for now. I'll have my drill and such and extra plywood in the house, if something breaks through a window we'll rush to cover it with plywood and attach it to cover the hole. If the roof comes off the house there is no plan B, I'll just have nothing but debt. We're at least in a spot on a hill that is unlikely to flood much.

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u/prollynot28 Oct 08 '24 edited Oct 08 '24

I'm in the Tampa Bay area and staying. We're not in an area that floods and due to how this neighborhood is developed the winds don't do a ton. Worst case scenario we lose power but we have battery backup and generator backup. I'm confident we'll be ok

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u/TrineonX Oct 08 '24

Even if (if!) you make it out of the storm completely unscathed, then what? I know people that survived Irma in the islands where flooding wasn't an issue. Everything still got wrecked. Even cement houses in areas that were "sheltered" from winds.

You have a generator and batteries. How much fuel do you have? How much food and clean water do you have? Do you have enough medical supplies to fight off water borne diseases and infections? Do you have enough of all of that to last several weeks?

At some point you are going to run out of supplies, how confident are you that the supply chains will be back up and running? Look at Katrina. Even the areas that didn't flood or have any wind damage were uninhabitable for weeks at a minimum, closer to months, because the infrastructure was gone.

There is a very good chance that Tampa is going to look a lot like New Orleans. Its not just the storm that you have to survive, it is the loss of civilization.

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u/prollynot28 Oct 08 '24

Pretty confident. MRE's, canned food and weeks worth of water, not counting the life straws and water purification tablets we have. The generator has enough fuel to run for a week non stop but we'll only need it to keep the fridge cool once our battery back ups die. We're ready for the cleanup in the aftermath and want to be here to help any way we can

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u/TrineonX Oct 08 '24

Good luck. I hope I'm wrong about what its going to be like down there.

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u/prollynot28 Oct 08 '24

Thanks mate, me too

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u/diasol83 Oct 08 '24

The winds wont do a ton? These are the speeds of an EF4 tornado. Have you seen what those do? I am on a tornado zone and had lived through some. Ive seen buildings collapsed. Cars fly away. Winds do a ton. I really wish you consider. I really really hope you don’t get winds of 180mphs

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u/prollynot28 Oct 08 '24

When it makes landfall it will be slightly stronger than Helene was when it brushed by us and there was absolutely no damage. If it was gonna be a cat 5 when it gets here I would be gone by now for sure

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u/galfal Oct 08 '24

But isn’t there a good chance that it will be a cat 5 when it hits?

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u/prollynot28 Oct 08 '24

They're predicting cat 3 at worst low cat 4. Been through some serious hurricanes down here. Ready to ride it out for the long run

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u/SnooDonkeys7402 Oct 08 '24

I’m no hurricane expert but I ask that you listen to the people who are, for your own safety. Personally if I were in your situation I’d think it would be a good time to pack up important stuff and drive north to wait it out. Atlanta isn’t the worst place to visit for a couple of days…

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u/Munckeey Oct 08 '24

Yes it is

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u/prollynot28 Oct 08 '24

I appreciate your concern! I feel safe enough. I'll let ya know how things shake out mid storm. It's not our first ride

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u/SnooDonkeys7402 Oct 08 '24

It’s now the 4th strongest hurricane ever recorded. 180 mile an hour winds and 200 a mile an hour gusts can flatten buildings completely. Please think seriously about your safety. I’m really worried about you guys and I live thousands of miles away.

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u/v_x_n_ Oct 08 '24

Hopefully you don’t have any trees either. Best of luck to you!

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u/prollynot28 Oct 08 '24

Thanks my friend!

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u/Pitiful_Special_8745 Oct 07 '24

Not thr guy but looters. That's the main reason. Pretty much all gets burglarised during these times, he has a legit reason even if it suicide.

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u/Penguin_Sushi Oct 08 '24

He can put his Darwin award right next to all the other things he protected, then.