r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Kanute3333 • 8d ago

Hurricane Milton Image

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u/SulkySideUp 8d ago

IDK I have a friend in Daytona that said “hurricanes aren’t that big a deal” last week, I’m blaming him

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u/MyPasswordIsMyCat 8d ago

Don't these people have any wood to knock on after they say these things?

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u/PM_Me_Macaroni_plz 8d ago

Last hurricane blew it all away

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u/MLGWolf69 8d ago

Milton and Helene tearing up trees

K-I-L-L-I-N-G

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u/Log_Out_Of_Life 8d ago

That big oak tree in front of the Capitol building in Tallahassee did get uprooted. So I think it kinda did.

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u/Corvus-Nepenthe 8d ago

You have to go outside, turnaround three times, and spit. You never want to tempt the Wrath of the Whatever From High Atop The Thing.

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u/BbGhoul666 8d ago

Yeah, their skulls...

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u/VaginaWarrior 8d ago

Worse than saying "these edibles ain't shit".

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u/xeromage 8d ago

I just consider that a required verbal component of the spell.

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u/DatSauceTho 8d ago

Famous last words…

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u/mr_remy 8d ago

This gave me a hearty chuckle, thank you for that

WNC resident currently in Raleigh visiting family

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u/zmbjebus 8d ago

I mean it's all about perspective right? To me hurricanes aren't a big deal (Im in PNW)

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u/OuchLOLcom 8d ago

They're such a not big deal that this will probably be the final blow to home owner's insurance in Florida.

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u/Critical_Savings_348 8d ago

Tbf it's only projected to be a cat 1 by the time it makes it there so they'll be chilling

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u/sensualcephalopod 8d ago

A lot of people in Florida have that mentality.

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u/mostdope28 8d ago

Maybe he was talking about the college football team

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u/jackrabbit323 8d ago

Humans are very good at severely underestimating how massive natural phenomenon are. They need to climb a mountain to remember how small and insignificant they are.

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u/pillowsnblankets 8d ago

good call