Friday Five - 06/26/09

[Refugee 7]

1. What is the worst weather you have ever experienced?

2. The news reports that there are a series of hurricanes heading towards the continental US. Authorities have issued mandatory evacuations for several areas, yet some people are refusing to budge. Do you think it is right that the police are allowed to make arrests in this case? Do you think you should be allowed to stay with your property?

3. "Poaching" has been described as the act of intentionally pursuing an individual in an already committed relationship. Have you ever poached? Would you ever poach?

4. Who should be blamed more? (The person who poaches (home wrecker)? Or the mate who strays?

5. Are certain people "fair weather friends" ? Or deep down, are we all fair weather friends to someone in our lives?

[Echosoftom 3]

1. What is the worst weather you have ever experienced? - We were in Florida once when they had a hurricane downgraded to a tropical storm. I've never seen wind and rain like that. Also equally as frightening was a flight from Fort Lauderdale to St. Louis. We flew through a horrible storm. I thought for sure we were going to die.

2. The news reports that there are a series of hurricanes heading towards the continental US. Authorities have issued mandatory evacuations for several areas, yet some people are refusing to budge. Do you think it is right that the police are allowed to make arrests in this case? Do you think you should be allowed to stay with your property? - I think when it's a mandatory evacuation no one should be allowed to stay. It's only property people. I couldn't live with myself if some brave rescue person was injured badly or killed trying to save me because I was too stupid to leave when everyone else did.

3. "Poaching" has been described as the act of intentionally pursuing an individual in an already committed relationship. Have you ever poached? Would you ever poach? - the key word here I presume is intentionally, so no I've never poached.

4. Who should be blamed more? (The person who poaches (home wrecker)? Or the mate who strays? - If they both entered the relationship knowing the person was in another relationship then they should both be held accountable.

5. Are certain people "fair weather friends" ? Or deep down, are we all fair weather friends to someone in our lives? - I believe there are certain people who are just fair weather friends and that's just what they are. But then there are those friends that you know would follow you to the ends of the earth.

[agirl 0]

1. What is the worst weather you have ever experienced? - Tornados when we lived in TX. for a year.

2. The news reports that there are a series of hurricanes heading towards the continental US. Authorities have issued mandatory evacuations for several areas, yet some people are refusing to budge. Do you think it is right that the police are allowed to make arrests in this case? Do you think you should be allowed to stay with your property? - No, because they usually end up having to be rescued.

3. "Poaching" has been described as the act of intentionally pursuing an individual in an already committed relationship. Have you ever poached? Would you ever poach? - No I haven't and I don't think I ever would. [unless it was Tom Selleck]

4. Who should be blamed more? (The person who poaches (home wrecker)? Or the mate who strays? - I think they are both equally guilty.

5. Are certain people "fair weather friends" ? Or deep down, are we all fair weather friends to someone in our lives? - I think we've all been a fair weather friend at some point in our lives. I remember in grade school mine was a gal who had a swimming pool. We were always friends in the summer. I'd like to think I wouldn't ever do that again.

[Starfish 0]

1. What is the worst weather you have ever experienced? Blizzard of 78 in Indianapolis - the whole city shut down. It was incredible.

2. The news reports that there are a series of hurricanes heading towards the continental US. Authorities have issued mandatory evacuations for several areas, yet some people are refusing to budge. Do you think it is right that the police are allowed to make arrests in this case? Do you think you should be allowed to stay with your property? I think people should be allowed to stay - and not rescued. Harsh? Maybe! But if they're that stupid...

3. "Poaching" has been described as the act of intentionally pursuing an individual in an already committed relationship. Have you ever poached? Would you ever poach? What is it called when you're being pursued by someone already in a "committed relationship?" Is it a committed relationship if they're willing to poach or be poached? Who comes up with this crap?

4. Who should be blamed more? (The person who poaches (home wrecker)? Or the mate who strays? The blame should be equally shared. I've often been amused by "wronged wives" (think Elizabeth Edwards) who blame the other woman but not their own husband.

5. Are certain people "fair weather friends" ? Or deep down, are we all fair weather friends to someone in our lives? Oh I'm sure we're all fair weather friends at times.

[Pawie 6]

1. What is the worst weather you have ever experienced?

Hurricane by the sea in Sweden and we lived close by the shore. The waterline was very close to our house.

2. The news reports that there are a series of hurricanes heading towards the continental US. Authorities have issued mandatory evacuations for several areas, yet some people are refusing to budge. Do you think it is right that the police are allowed to make arrests in this case? Do you think you should be allowed to stay with your property?

Yes, I do.

3. "Poaching" has been described as the act of intentionally pursuing an individual in an already committed relationship. Have you ever poached? Would you ever poach?

Never!

4. Who should be blamed more? (The person who poaches (home wrecker)? Or the mate who strays?

They share the blame equally.

5. Are certain people "fair weather friends" ? Or deep down, are we all fair weather friends to someone in our lives?

I think only some ffriends are fair weather friends. Some true friends would do everything for you in thick and thin.

[kira 0]

1. What is the worst weather you have ever experienced? It was 107 yesterday so that wasn't fun. Worst - rafting in Catarac Canyone (north of Grand Canyon). Front blew through with winds of 60 mph (think whitecaps blowing upriver), then came the rain, the rain turned to snow. We were camped on a beach with tallus slope and rock slides started. I wanted to be anywhere else.

2. The news reports that there are a series of hurricanes heading towards the continental US. Authorities have issued mandatory evacuations for several areas, yet some people are refusing to budge. Do you think it is right that the police are allowed to make arrests in this case? Do you think you should be allowed to stay with your property? My best friend's husband has to stay in hurricanes. He manages natural gas pipelines. I would hope he would be resuced if needed. Other than that, like Nancy - it's at your own risk.

3. "Poaching" has been described as the act of intentionally pursuing an individual in an already committed relationship. Have you ever poached? Would you ever poach? ditto on Starfish's response.

4. Who should be blamed more? (The person who poaches (home wrecker)? Or the mate who strays? Equal

5. Are certain people "fair weather friends" ? Or deep down, are we all fair weather friends to someone in our lives? I agree that we've all been fair weather friends.

[PumpkinBumpkin 1]

1. What is the worst weather you have ever experienced? The ice storm we had a few years ago.

2. The news reports that there are a series of hurricanes heading towards the continental US. Authorities have issued mandatory evacuations for several areas, yet some people are refusing to budge. Do you think it is right that the police are allowed to make arrests in this case? Do you think you should be allowed to stay with your property? You should be allowed to stay.

3. "Poaching" has been described as the act of intentionally pursuing an individual in an already committed relationship. Have you ever poached? Would you ever poach? No way.

4. Who should be blamed more? (The person who poaches (home wrecker)? Or the mate who strays? Both.

5. Are certain people "fair weather friends" ? Or deep down, are we all fair weather friends to someone in our lives? I think we are all fair weather friends.

[Marzirose 0]

1. What is the worst weather you have ever experienced? I've been in several monster hail storms, one that even had some baseball size hail.

2 Authorities have issued mandatory evacuations for several areas, yet some people are refusing to budge. Do you think it is right that the police are allowed to make arrests in this case? Do you think you should be allowed to stay with your property? The police shouldn't be allowed to make arrests, but you should be able to stay on your property if you want to.

3. "Poaching" has been described as the act of intentionally pursuing an individual in an already committed relationship. Have you ever poached? Would you ever poach? I've never poached and never will.

4. Who should be blamed more? (The person who poaches (home wrecker)? Or the mate who strays? The mate who strays should be blamed more, but they are both to blame.

5. Are certain people "fair weather friends" ? Or deep down, are we all fair weather friends to someone in our lives? I'm sure we all have at least one person we're fair weather friends with.

[DCAHNM 0]

1. What is the worst weather you have ever experienced? Hurricane Hugo

2. The news reports that there are a series of hurricanes heading towards the continental US. Authorities have issued mandatory evacuations for several areas, yet some people are refusing to budge. Do you think it is right that the police are allowed to make arrests in this case? Do you think you should be allowed to stay with your property? Stay if you want, but if you want to risk your and your family's lives.. that's your own fault. No arrests, please. We have enough real criminals out there.

3. "Poaching" has been described as the act of intentionally pursuing an individual in an already committed relationship. Have you ever poached? Would you ever poach? No

4. Who should be blamed more? (The person who poaches (home wrecker)? Or the mate who strays? The home wrecker.

5. Are certain people "fair weather friends" ? Or deep down, are we all fair weather friends to someone in our lives? I believe so..

[kelly 0]

. What is the worst weather you have ever experienced? Blizzard in 2003 (I think that's right year) I was stuck at my parents house, 3 feet plus of snow, the governor closed the major highways in NJ - you would be pulled over and arrested if you were caught on the roads (except for emergency vehicles)

2. The news reports that there are a series of hurricanes heading towards the continental US. Authorities have issued mandatory evacuations for several areas, yet some people are refusing to budge. Do you think it is right that the police are allowed to make arrests in this case? Do you think you should be allowed to stay with your property? I think that the police/firefighters/EMTs have the right to declare an emergency evacuation, and if people don't leave, then they should not expect any rescue attempts. I don't think its so unreasonable that rescue people draw the line about risking their own lives, especially in dangerous weather conditions. (And especially hurricanes - they don't just happen, there's a lot of warning before they hit land!!!) Mandatory evacuations save lives, but only if people follow instructions.

3. "Poaching" has been described as the act of intentionally pursuing an individual in an already committed relationship. Have you ever poached? Would you ever poach? no, and no.

4. Who should be blamed more? (The person who poaches (home wrecker)? Or the mate who strays? Everyone is ultimately responsible for their own actions. Period.

5. Are certain people "fair weather friends" ? Or deep down, are we all fair weather friends to someone in our lives? It depends. Wait until the shit really starts going down, and then you'll see who has your back, or whose you have! That's the only way to find out.

[wild1forever 152]

1. What is the worst weather you have ever experienced? A snowstorm in Tahoe a couple of years ago. We also get at least one frightening rainstorm every year here in the mountains.

2. The news reports that there are a series of hurricanes heading towards the continental US. Authorities have issued mandatory evacuations for several areas, yet some people are refusing to budge. Do you think it is right that the police are allowed to make arrests in this case? Do you think you should be allowed to stay with your property? I think you should be able to stay as long it's very clear that it's at your own risk.

3. "Poaching" has been described as the act of intentionally pursuing an individual in an already committed relationship. Have you ever poached? Would you ever poach? No to both.

4. Who should be blamed more? (The person who poaches (home wrecker)? Or the mate who strays? Definitely the mate who strays.

5. Are certain people "fair weather friends" ? Or deep down, are we all fair weather friends to someone in our lives? Yes to both.

[LRED 1]

1. What is the worst weather you have ever experienced?

winter is brutal

2. The news reports that there are a series of hurricanes heading towards the continental US. Authorities have issued mandatory evacuations for several areas, yet some people are refusing to budge. Do you think it is right that the police are allowed to make arrests in this case? Do you think you should be allowed to stay with your property?

If You have been warned don't be bothering the police after the fact

if You need them duh but I think its your choice to stay

3. "Poaching" has been described as the act of intentionally pursuing an individual in an already committed relationship. Have you ever poached? Would you ever poach?

I thought poaching was when you hunt animals anyway what do I

know. Do I think its wrong hell yeah

4. Who should be blamed more? (The person who poaches (home wrecker)? Or the mate who strays?

Both

5. Are certain people "fair weather friends" ? Or deep down, are we all fair weather friends to someone in our lives?

Yes and Yes

[Refugee 7]

1. What is the worst weather you have ever experienced? - Probably this horrible rain/hail storm we encountered while driving through Gallup, New Mexico. Never seen anything like it.

2. The news reports that there are a series of hurricanes heading towards the continental US. Authorities have issued mandatory evacuations for several areas, yet some people are refusing to budge. Do you think it is right that the police are allowed to make arrests in this case? Do you think you should be allowed to stay with your property? - I understand people wanting to stay and try to protect their property, but seriously, is it worth losing your life over?

3. "Poaching" has been described as the act of intentionally pursuing an individual in an already committed relationship. Have you ever poached? Would you ever poach? - I didn't poach, he pursued me. Yes, we did have a relationship. I don't think I would intentionally poach, but if nature takes it course....

4. Who should be blamed more? (The person who poaches (home wrecker)? Or the mate who strays? - Depends on the situation. It's easy to point a finger.

5. Are certain people "fair weather friends" ? Or deep down, are we all fair weather friends to someone in our lives? - Yes to both questions.