# Omnibus Stupid MFers in the news thread (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 5, 2024, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657 "2024-01-05T16:15:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 134
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2024, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2661 "2024-10-09T18:12:23Z")
I have a coworker in Tampa who is riding it out. I flat out told him he was an idiot. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2024, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2662 "2024-10-09T18:26:44Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Florida officials are [asking](https://www.mediaite.com/tv/florida-officials-are-telling-residents-who-dont-evacuate-to-write-their-names-on-themselves-so-their-bodies-can-be-identified/) persons who do choose to ride it out to write their name and the phone number of a family member on themself so that their body can be easily identified and next of kin notified. That advice is trotted out for every evac order all around the country. It’s intended as a sobering “scared straight” message: “We’re not going to rescue your ass; we’re going to be stacking your body like cordwood with all the others and we don’t have the manpower to waste time figuring out who’s who. You wanna be in a mass grave of unknowns? Skip the Sharpie.” The reality-challenged idiots mostly don’t heed it. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2024, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2663 "2024-10-09T18:40:04Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > I have a coworker in Tampa who is riding it out. Our data center is in Tampa. The office is still open, and people are working. But… The data center is in a hardened structure specifically designed to withstand hurricanes, flooding, and power outages… and the employees are working remotely instead of actually being there. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2024, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2664 "2024-10-09T18:49:48Z")
He didn’t want to get stuck on the highway. Better on the highway which is inland than in his house, which is on a canal. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2024, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2665 "2024-10-09T18:50:19Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > Maybe this will teach their next of kin that there is such a thing as reality. But probably not… [![](https://img-9gag-fun.9cache.com/photo/aGE46xw_700bwp.webp) ](https://img-9gag-fun.9cache.com/photo/aGE46xw_700bwp.webp) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2024, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2666 "2024-10-09T18:55:35Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > But probably not… I’ve shared that on Facebook. I’ll let you know what my Trump Cultist, QAnon-believing friend says (if she comments). ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2024, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2667 "2024-10-09T18:55:48Z")
Regarding riding it out… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/TW3mtAn4IFo/maxresdefault.jpg "How NOT to deal with Hurricanes") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW3mtAn4IFo) (I know I just saw this somewhere a few days ago, hopefully it wasn’t here) ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2024, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2668 "2024-10-09T19:04:50Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > we’re going to be stacking your body like cordwood with all the others and we don’t have the manpower to waste time figuring out who’s who. You wanna be in a mass grave of unknowns? Skip the Sharpie.” > > The reality-challenged idiots mostly don’t heed it. Partly because it seldom really gets to that point. Back during peak Covid I made the comment that many of the rejecters would not believe it was that bad until the piles bodies in their street physically blocked their driveway. Similarly here, and even when there is a recent example — Helene wiped out a whole bunch of towns on the beach and up in the mountains but “only” killed 230-something across 6 states, the vast majority of people made it alive. So the fools say the odds are with them. Of course then there’s this troll… > **[‘World’s worst influencer’ Caroline Calloway refusing to evacuate before...](https://nypost.com/2024/10/09/us-news/caroline-calloway-says-going-to-die-in-hurricane-milton/)** > > Instagram scammer Caroline Calloway says she’s “going to die” because she hasn’t evacuated from her Sarasota home — not far from Hurricane Milton is expected to make landfal… …who stuck around too long to be able to flee apparently and is just saying, oh well, guess I’ll die, buy my merch (would not be surprised if she’s completely NOT there and just blowing smoke; or else trying to provoke someone into going in to get her). ---
**Author:** ![Jihi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jihi/32/17768_2.png) [@Jihi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jihi)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2669 "2024-10-10T04:45:16Z")
Okay two things… First, elsewhere on the board, I said after Helene blew through last week that it was likely to have minimum effect on Florida’s elections. I now want to say publicly that I’m going back on that statement. I wouldn’t care to predict exactly how this is going to affect everything. I’ve never seen anything like this. And it makes me very glad that I chose to leave the state five years ago. If I hadn’t I would be directly in the bath of Milton right now. And two, “Big Trig”, is going to stick in my head. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2670 "2024-10-10T10:49:26Z")
Not as catchy as Big Gretch. I wonder if anyone’s still planning on going to Disneyworld. I bet the lines are really short. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2671 "2024-10-10T12:28:30Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > The data center is in a hardened structure specifically designed to withstand hurricanes, flooding, and power outages… and the employees are working remotely instead of actually being there. Sounds like the employees would have been better off working on site, especially if they had a bring your family to work day. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2672 "2024-10-10T14:30:45Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Not as catchy as Big Gretch. Had some Big Gretch beer a while back: > **[Michigan brewery introduces ‘Big Gretch’ beer with governor on can wearing...](https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2020/12/02/michigan-brewery-introduces-big-gretch-beer-with-governor-on-can-wearing-shades-chain/)** > > A Michigan brewery introduced a new “Big Gretch” beer that shows the governor on the can wearing shades and a chain in the shape of the state. ---
**Author:** ![mtnmatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a3d4f5/32.png) [@mtnmatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mtnmatt)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2673 "2024-10-10T14:34:59Z")
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**Author:** ![mtnmatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a3d4f5/32.png) [@mtnmatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mtnmatt)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2674 "2024-10-10T14:36:53Z")
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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2675 "2024-10-10T14:43:48Z")
> [@Jihi](#): > > If I hadn’t I would be directly in the bath of Milton right now. Great typo there. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2676 "2024-10-10T15:15:33Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Not as catchy as Big Gretch. I wonder if anyone’s still planning on going to Disneyworld. I bet the lines are really short. It’s closed as is Universal Studios. ---
**Author:** ![Jihi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jihi/32/17768_2.png) [@Jihi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jihi)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2677 "2024-10-10T15:18:12Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Great typo there. 😉 Typo? Naw… I planned that. Yeah, that’s the ticket. 😏 ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2678 "2024-10-10T15:31:37Z")
I have family in the path of Milton. My uncle evacuated when they were told to and he said it was total Hell getting out of Florida, the traffic was insane, but he was able to do it. My cousin is a nurse and can’t leave because she is needed to help people in the area. I hope she gets through it okay. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2679 "2024-10-10T15:44:44Z")
My father’s name was Milton, so this is all slightly surreal to me. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2680 "2024-10-10T15:54:34Z")
I had friends directly in the path, just heard from them a bit ago; they made it through with minimal damage, no cell service or power currently. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=133) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=135)