Re: Idalia made global-warmists laughing stocks and they scrambled to save face

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On 01 Sep 2023, Lou Bricano <l...@cap.con> posted some

> By Chris Mooney and Kevin Crowe, two idiots.

FSU, FAMU students were 'nervous' ahead of Hurricane Idalia, some
say 'it was nothing new'

Life goes on for many of the students on Florida State and Florida
A&M universities’ campuses after Hurricane Idalia gave many students
a six-day holiday weekend.

At FSU’s Landis Green Thursday afternoon, students played a game of
volleyball while others laid out blankets to hang out with friends.

Meanwhile at FAMU, the Marching 100 band wasted no time and got back
to their usual rehearsals in preparation for football season that
will be kicking off soon, with tunes such as Tina Turner’s “What’s
Love Got to do with it” and Beyonce’s “Cuff It” filling the campus
atmosphere.

Hurricane Idalia made landfall in Florida Wednesday morning as a
high-end Category 3 hurricane with strong winds and storm surge.

Areas including Taylor County as well as the towns of Perry and
Steinhatchee felt the hurricane’s intense blow, which left residents
and their communities with flooding, fallen trees and destroyed
homes.

Tallahassee did not feel Idalia’s wrath as much as expected since
the storm’s track shifted eastward while approaching the Big Bend
early Wednesday.

But FAMU freshman Mylah Lee — a Texas native who is not used to the
well-known Florida hurricanes — was concerned about the possible
impacts.

“I was very nervous. Where I’m from, we don’t get hit with major
hurricanes like the ones in Florida, so I didn’t know what to
expect,” said Lee, 18. “I didn’t know how bad it would be.”

Chicago, Illinois native Autumn Flowers, another freshman at FAMU,
says the Florida hurricane was also a first for her.

“I’m used to having tornado alerts and just sitting in my basement
whenever they’re close to the area, but I’ve never experienced
hurricanes before,” said 18-year-old Flowers. “At the same time, I
wasn’t too scared because a lot of people I’ve met here described it
as just a big storm.”

She added that she was a bit worried about her food spoiling if
there happened to be a power outage, but she was fortunate enough to
still have power the whole time at her residence hall on campus
during the storm.

Following Hurricane Idalia, 20,000 homes or businesses were
powerless Wednesday evening. But by the end of the day Thursday,
less than 1,000 were still without power.

In a university release, FAMU President Larry Robinson stated,
“there appears to be no major damage or loss of power on the
Tallahassee main campus” and that debris such as fallen trees were
being cleared by crew members.

FSU sounded a similar message.

“Now that Hurricane Idalia is behind us, I’m pleased to report that
there were minimal impacts to the FSU campus,” FSU President Richard
McCullough said in a prepared statement. “Thanks to everyone in the
FSU family, especially our outstanding emergency management team.”

The universities along with Tallahassee Community College closed
their campuses and canceled classes as the storm approached the Big
Bend area, and they expect to resume normal operations Tuesday
following the Labor Day holiday Monday.

While out-of-state students on the college campuses are experiencing
Florida’s hurricane season for the first time, students like FSU
freshman Jinnie Hong — who has lived in Florida all her life — were
not worried.

“Hurricanes are always hitting us,” said Hong, a Gainesville native.
“I saw some students going home, but I didn’t really react because I
knew I’d be fine.”

https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/local/2023/09/01/fsu-and-
famu-students-react-to-hurricane-idalia-hitting-
tallahassee/70728483007/