Do people really believe that shooting guns at a hurricane will deter it?

[Siwsan]

or is this just incredibly irresponsible stress relief??

Florida gun owners encouraged to 'shoot the storm' and fire their guns at Hurricane Irma

A Florida man who suggested shooting guns at Hurricane Irma out of "stress and boredom" has found that his idea has captured peoples' imaginations - with over 46,000 signing up to join in.

Hurricane Irma is due to hit Florida on Saturday, and the state is currently experiencing the largest ever mass evacuation due to a hurricane in American history.

But Ryon Edwards, 22, came up with a novel way of amusing himself during the storm: firing bullets into it.

...
Graphics suggesting how to shoot at a hurricane have sprung up online, with the suggestion that if you fire correctly the bullet might not come back and kill you.

more at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/09/08/florida-gun-owners-encouraged-shoot-storm-fire-guns-hurricane/

[beachbum bob]

1. lol...we have people who believe the earth is 6,000 years old...

[Siwsan]

3. True.

This story gave me the first "WTF????" reaction of the day. I suspect that many more are on the horizon.

[shenmue]

2. Oh dear

[democratisphere]

4. Stray bullets might kill or injure a few.

Collateral damage. Idiots!

[Honeycombe8]

5. No. I hope the bullets boomerang on them. They're stupid & dangerous. nt

[Squinch]

6. Guns solve everything. More guns solve more thing. Didn't you know that?

I learned that from the gungeon.

[Siwsan]

7. My go to solution for feeling a lack of control is chocolate. Lots of chocolate!!

It doesn't solve the problem, but then I've long given up the notion that I can really control much of anything!

[Squinch]

8. Chocolate, swimming, mahjongg solitaire are some of my coping techniques.

Two cousins in Florida today, one of them with his wife and two little kids and his sister-in-law with a newborn. I think I'll be using all three coping strategies. Might even add some obsessive knitting...

[Siwsan]

9. My niece, her fiance and my nephew are in Florida

My niece went inland, to Gainesville (with her wedding dress, in tow). My nephew is by Pensacola. Their paternal aunts and uncles live in the West Palm area.

I haven't drawn an easy breath, in days.

[Squinch]

11. We'll know in a day. Best of luck to yours.

[Siwsan]

13. Thanks. And to your family, too.

I figure the kids will be ok, but my fear is they will come home to Tampa, to find total destruction of their first home. However I'll try to think positive thoughts.

[Squinch]

14. As long as they make it they can rebuild. I know that's awful but right now I'm

just waiting for everyone's call when the storm passes.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

10. This is Mr Edwards' great idea?

Or was it the idea of Ryon Edwards and Jack Daniels?

[Siwsan]

12. Hard telling - let's ask Ryon!

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[Skittles]

21. who is that?

he thinks he is all that

I WILL SHOW HIM THE ERROR OF HIS WAYS; yes INDEED

[Siwsan]

25. My suspicion is Ryon is one of the younger, slimmer 'Mom's Basement' dwellers

Hopefully he will grow out of it. I doubt he expected this kind of notoriety would result from his irresponsible attempt at 'stress relief'.

[Kaleva]

24. So Jesus was (is) a white guy afterall.

[dchill]

26. Well, yeah, but that's actually Jesus' brother, Bubba...

Bubba Christ.

[klook]

15. Don't let Trump see this, please.

He'll order a nuke strike on the thing.

[Optical.Catalyst]

16. It is called the "Butterfly Effect"

Some small, insignificant piece of lead moving at 800 mph through winds moving at 100 mph will alter the hurricane at some later date.

[dchill]

27. I thought that only worked if it was in China.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

17. That's really not much different from believing

hurricanes and earthquakes are engineered. People haven't a clue about basic science. Or how much energy is involved in things like earthquakes and hurricanes. Whatever science they learned in high school they promptly forgot, haven't read a book of any kind since then, and do not understand much of anything.

[jarhead69]

18. WTF

What the hell it can't hurt, it gives people something to do and it helps get rid of old ammunition.

[NightWatcher]

19. It's a goof. Earlier there were calls to show up at the beach with fans to blow it away

Sure, they found some idiot who might've been actually popping shots off, but I can assure you that it was started as a joke.

[Skittles]

20. I don't think even gun humpers are THAT stupid

and they certainly are NOT known for their intellect

[Kaleva]

22. I'd rather have them shoot at hurricanes then a loved one or an innocent stranger

Handling a gun in a stupid fashion has lead to the death and injury of many thousands.

[Skittles]

23. I imagine "shooting at hurricanes" involves risking the lives of loved ones / strangers

gun humpers are paranoid fuckers, dumber than fence posts

[MyOwnPeace]

28. Why wouldn't they believe it?

They believed that Orange Cheat-o was going to "Make America Great Again" -

[Yavin4]

29. Yes. Yes they do, and that's why we have the Republican party.

There are a lot of "special" thinkers out there, and someone has to represent them.