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Let's pray that Irma stays away from the U.S.! (Original Post) imanamerican63 Sep 2017 OP
Imagine his maudlin self-pity maxsolomon Sep 2017 #1
!!!!! imanamerican63 Sep 2017 #2
I'm pretty sure that prayer doesn't effect the weather.. snooper2 Sep 2017 #3
Yeah. The Great American Eclipse which Achilleaze Sep 2017 #5
I'm not sure but I think you may be actually serious... snooper2 Sep 2017 #6
See? Actual actions, PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #7
Of course not. Achilleaze Sep 2017 #11
I doubt that will change anything, really. MineralMan Sep 2017 #4
How about putting that time to actually preparing for if it does. moda253 Sep 2017 #8
A worthy cause hurl Sep 2017 #9
So it will devastate some impoverished, helpless island nations instead? frazzled Sep 2017 #10

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
5. Yeah. The Great American Eclipse which
Fri Sep 1, 2017, 01:41 PM
Sep 2017

came just before the Great American Hurricane was just a, um, coincidence. No effect whatsoever. Right? Pure coincidence.

 

snooper2

(30,151 posts)
6. I'm not sure but I think you may be actually serious...
Fri Sep 1, 2017, 01:45 PM
Sep 2017


If you really want to know, I power-washed my driveway two weeks ago which saved Galveston from the brunt of the storm...

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,817 posts)
7. See? Actual actions,
Fri Sep 1, 2017, 01:47 PM
Sep 2017

not prayer. That'll do it every time.

So what do you think you can do to insure that Irma destroys Mar-A-Lago selectively?

Maybe get everyone on either side of that estate for a hundred miles or so to likewise power wash their driveways? It'll be worth a try.

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
11. Of course not.
Fri Sep 1, 2017, 02:19 PM
Sep 2017

Noting a coincidence/correspondence between the eclipse and the hurricane, and posing a question about it, would be clear-cut heresy. Surely anyone doing so would be mocked and silenced. There are ways of dealing with such trouble makers.












hurl

(937 posts)
9. A worthy cause
Fri Sep 1, 2017, 01:48 PM
Sep 2017

God and I aren't exactly on speaking terms right now, but I'll definitely avoid walking under ladders as a show of support.

frazzled

(18,402 posts)
10. So it will devastate some impoverished, helpless island nations instead?
Fri Sep 1, 2017, 01:48 PM
Sep 2017

We probably deserve it more. At least they didn't elect Trump.

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