{"id":319,"date":"2019-08-27T22:32:50","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T02:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/takomatorch.com\/?p=319"},"modified":"2020-06-09T09:39:55","modified_gmt":"2020-06-09T13:39:55","slug":"hurricanes-flee-to-takoma-parks-nuclear-free-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/takomatorch.com\/index.php\/2019\/08\/27\/hurricanes-flee-to-takoma-parks-nuclear-free-zone\/","title":{"rendered":"Hurricanes Flee to Takoma Park\u2019s Nuclear-Free Zone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"627\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/takomatorch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/hurricane.jpg?resize=1024%2C627&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/takomatorch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/hurricane.jpg?resize=1024%2C627&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/takomatorch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/hurricane.jpg?resize=300%2C184&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/takomatorch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/hurricane.jpg?resize=768%2C470&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/takomatorch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/hurricane.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Feeling threatened by President Trump\u2019s suggestion that his\nnational security officials drop nuclear weapons into storms, hurricanes across\nthe Atlantic Ocean changed course and immediately headed straight for Maryland.\nThe caravan of fleeing storms is building up in the Gulf of Mexico and expected\nto hit the U.S. border soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve never seen anything like this,\u201d stated local meteorologist Doug Kammerer. \u201cAt least fifteen storms joined forces to create a super-hurricane with speeds up to 300 miles per hour.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1983, the Takoma Park City Council unanimously adopted an ordinance declaring the city a nuclear-free zone. Meteorologists believe the hurricanes are heading to the small city to seek refuge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hearing the news, the Mayor announced Takoma Park a \u201csanctuary\ncity\u201d for all storms, including hurricanes, tornadoes, and cyclones. \u201cTakoma\nPark is a place of peace and refuge for all, regardless of wind speed,\u201d she\ndeclared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Residents had mixed feelings. \u201cI think we need to uphold Takoma\nPark values to ensure ALL things are treated with dignity and respect,\u201d stated\nMaxine Devers. \u201cHurricanes are people, too.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other residents, like John Michaels, had an opposite\nreaction. \u201cWE ARE ALL GOING TO (expletive) DIE!!!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In planning a welcoming ceremony for the super hurricane, the\nCity Staff met to discuss the logistics of receiving such a massive storm. When\nasked about her reactions when the City Arborist raised the issue of increased\nwind speed being problematic for the tree canopy, the City Manager stated, \u201cYou\ncould hear a gnat fart in that meeting.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feeling threatened by President Trump\u2019s suggestion that his national security officials drop nuclear weapons into storms, hurricanes across the Atlantic Ocean changed course and immediately headed straight for Maryland. The caravan of fleeing storms is building up in the Gulf of Mexico and expected to hit the U.S. border soon. \u201cWe\u2019ve never seen anything like&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":320,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-national-politics","wpcat-17-id","wpcat-10-id"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/takomatorch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/hurricane.jpg?fit=2979%2C1823&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paPZSG-59","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/takomatorch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/takomatorch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/takomatorch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/takomatorch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/takomatorch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=319"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/takomatorch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":323,"href":"https:\/\/takomatorch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319\/revisions\/323"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/takomatorch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/takomatorch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/takomatorch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/takomatorch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}