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<h2>Hurricane Irma Upgraded &#8211; Heading Towards The Gulf Of Mexico</h2> </div>
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By <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/author/james-miller/">Jim E</a> | <span class="byline-date">August 31, 2017 12:42PM</span> </div>
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<div id="article-body"><p>On the heels of the devastating Hurricane Harvey, a new tropical storm is heading to the same area.</p>
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<blockquote class="fb-xfbml-parse-ignore" cite="https://www.facebook.com/FoxNews/videos/10155907567321336/"><p>IRMA UPGRADED TO HURRICANE: The tropical storm &#8216;rapidly&#8217; intensified Thursday, strengthening into a Category 2 hurricane with 100 mph sustained winds.</p>
<p>Hurricane Irma is expected to be &#8220;an extremely dangerous hurricane for the next several days,&#8221; the National Hurricane Center said. http://fxn.ws/2vMKPOp</p>
<p>Posted by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/FoxNews/">Fox News</a> on Thursday, August 31, 2017</p></blockquote>
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<p>Tropical Storm Irma was just <a href="http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at1+shtml/145752.shtml?cone" target="_blank" rel="noopener">upgraded</a> to &#8220;hurricane&#8221; status by the National Hurricane Center. Should Irma reach land, especially near the already battered Houston area, it could have devastating effects. According to <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2017/08/30/tropical-storm-irma-forms-in-atlantic-and-still-watching-gulf-of-mexico-early-next-week/?utm_term=.512cc3021020" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Washington Post</a>, there is a possibility the hurricane will reach the continental United States, bringing more rain and strong winds to areas in and around the Gulf.</p>
<blockquote><p>The farther north it goes, the more likely it becomes that it will recurve to the north and away from land. But if it stays farther south, away from weaknesses in a large area of high pressure in the subtropics (to its north), it can keep cruising toward the Caribbean, Central America, Mexico and possibly the United States.</p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Irma?src=hash">#Irma</a> probably classified as a hurricane in the 11a advisory from NHC. Some satellite estimates in 90mph range <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/flwx?src=hash">#flwx</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ncwx?src=hash">#ncwx</a> <a href="https://t.co/ixi0IUDrOL">pic.twitter.com/ixi0IUDrOL</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Greg Postel (@GregPostel) <a href="https://twitter.com/GregPostel/status/903251182424076288">August 31, 2017</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Close up shot of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Irma?src=hash">#Irma</a>; Looks to me that this tropical cyclone will receive a Hurricane upgrade later this morning. <a href="https://t.co/RkwhkWa9Hg">pic.twitter.com/RkwhkWa9Hg</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Michael Ventrice (@MJVentrice) <a href="https://twitter.com/MJVentrice/status/903254799247958016">August 31, 2017</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Irma?src=hash">#Irma</a> wasting no time &#8212; well on its way to becoming a powerful Cabo Verde hurricane (satellite via <a href="https://twitter.com/UWSSEC">@UWSSEC</a>). <a href="https://t.co/7fbwcgIKWZ">pic.twitter.com/7fbwcgIKWZ</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Michael Lowry (@MichaelRLowry) <a href="https://twitter.com/MichaelRLowry/status/903254718230781952">August 31, 2017</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>I shudder to think about another hurricane hitting the Houston area after all the <a href="http://thepoliticalinsider.com/chick-fil-a-hurricane-harvey/?source=TPIpost" target="_blank" rel="noopener">damage Harvey caused</a>. We must be vigilant of this storm, and, above all, prepared. A part of our country just suffered one of the worst natural disasters in our history. Should Irma pick up in intensity and actually hit land in the U.S., we&#8217;ll be in for trouble. Our emergency personnel on the federal and state level near the Gulf are already stretched thin.</p>
<p>But should anything go wrong, I&#8217;m fully confident the American people can come together once again and show the same love and compassion that was on display on Houston.</p>
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<p>Hope and pray for the best.</p>
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August 31, 2017 at 11:50 pm</a> </div>
<p>Pushing the panic button so soon, when it&#8217;s completely unknown what path this one will take. They cry wolf so often, many no longer listen.</p>
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August 31, 2017 at 7:19 pm</a> </div>
<p>Washington Post reporting&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..LMAO now there is something no one will believe and for good reason. That would be like believing anything Anderson Cooper says. Anderson Cooper got caught standing in a ditch with fans on hurricane Rita.</p>
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August 31, 2017 at 12:51 pm</a> </div>
<p>I wouldn&#8217;t believe anything the Washington Post has to say since they lie &amp; create &#8220;news.&#8221;</p>
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<p>HuffPo is worse. This is one of their headlines:</p>
<p>&#8220;Muslims Opening Their Doors To Flood Victims:&#8221;</p>
<p>There&#8217;s only ONE mosque (and it&#8217;s not even in the city of Houston &#8211; it&#8217;s in Spring, TX) that has taken in evacuees of all faiths/races. Now, to be &#8220;fair&#8221;, there may be other mosques that have opened their doors, too &#8211; but if there are, we haven&#8217;t heard of them. I suspect that they&#8217;re only taking in moslems. </p>
<p>But that headline at HuffPo makes it sound like there&#8217;s just a slew of mosques (and moslems) that are reaching out to their neighbors and helping. I have yet to hear of any &#8211; other than that one mosque. (But I did see a bunch of moslems seeking shelter at the George R. Brown Convention center that&#8217;s sheltering evacuees.)</p>
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August 31, 2017 at 12:49 pm</a> </div>
<p>NOT TRUE, no one knows where it&#8217;s going past next Tuesday so STOP LYING with such a POMPUS headline.</p>
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