{"id":97343,"date":"2018-09-13T15:12:29","date_gmt":"2018-09-13T19:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=97343"},"modified":"2026-06-09T05:04:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T10:04:18","slug":"hurricane-florence-shoot-at-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/hurricane-florence-shoot-at-it\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Survive Hurricane Florence: Shoot At It!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_97354\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/florence.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"hurricane-florence-shoot-at-it\" title=\"How to Survive Hurricane Florence: Shoot At It!\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-97354\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-97354\" title=\"How to Survive Hurricane Florence: Shoot At It!\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/florence-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"How to Survive Hurricane Florence: Shoot At It!\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/florence-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/florence-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/florence.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-97354\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hurricane Florence is bearing down on the East Coast, and one Facebook group thinks they know how to stop it. (<em>Photo: NASA<\/em>)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>For the last six weeks Clay Martin has brought GunsAmerica readers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/clays-guide-to-urban-defense-ep-5-surviving-the-concrete-jungle\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"hurricane-florence-shoot-at-it\" title=\"How to Survive Hurricane Florence: Shoot At It!\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">solid advice<\/a> for surviving in an urban setting, just the kind of info you might need in a hurricane catastrophe scenario.<\/p>\n<p>Forget all that.<\/p>\n<p>As Hurricane Florence makes landfall today on the East Coast, over 33,000 Facebook users have opted for a better idea. The event <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/397549724111127\/?active_tab=about\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"hurricane-florence-shoot-at-it\" title=\"How to Survive Hurricane Florence: Shoot At It!\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shooting Guns At Hurricane Florence To Scare It Away<\/a> has exploded in just a few days as over 100,000 people either committed to \u201cgoing\u201d or expressed interest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGet your guns and your umbrellas. And your umbrella-guns, and your beer, and your beer-guns, and your tiny umbrellas to keep your beer dry,\u201d the event\u2019s About section reads. \u201cAnd <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/hunt365-deer-car-accidents\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"hurricane-florence-shoot-at-it\" title=\"How to Survive Hurricane Florence: Shoot At It!\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"6887\">join people<\/a> from all along the East Coast in scaring away Hurricane Florence to protect our country from this foreign invader!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While a line of 33,000 gun owners firing from the beaches of North Carolina sounds like the most epic pro-gun protest to date, the event is 100% satire.<\/p>\n<p>The About section also includes a \u201cNote\u201d from the event\u2019s coordinator, Ryan Stumpf: <strong>\u201cDo not actually discharge firearms into the air. You could kill someone and you cannot frighten a hurricane. I can\u2019t believe I actually have to write this.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hurricanes might be less afraid of firearms than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/crime\/firing-ar-15-horrifying-dangerous-loud-article-1.2673201\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"hurricane-florence-shoot-at-it\" title=\"How to Survive Hurricane Florence: Shoot At It!\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this guy<\/a>, but that hasn\u2019t stopped event-goers from having a little fun while they hunker down for the storm. Below is just a small sample of <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/ted-nugent-anti-semitic\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"hurricane-florence-shoot-at-it\" title=\"How to Survive Hurricane Florence: Shoot At It!\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"6888\">memes posted<\/a> in the last few hours.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/meme-5.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"hurricane-florence-shoot-at-it\" title=\"How to Survive Hurricane Florence: Shoot At It!\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-97344 aligncenter\" title=\"How to Survive Hurricane Florence: Shoot At It!\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/meme-5.jpg\" alt=\"How to Survive Hurricane Florence: Shoot At It!\" width=\"505\" height=\"454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/meme-5.jpg 505w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/meme-5-150x135.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/meme-5-334x300.jpg 334w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/meme-4.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"hurricane-florence-shoot-at-it\" title=\"How to Survive Hurricane Florence: Shoot At It!\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-97345 aligncenter\" title=\"How to Survive Hurricane Florence: Shoot At It!\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/meme-4.jpg\" alt=\"How to Survive Hurricane Florence: Shoot At It!\" width=\"502\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/meme-4.jpg 502w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/meme-4-150x124.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/meme-4-364x300.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 502px) 100vw, 502px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/meme-3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"hurricane-florence-shoot-at-it\" title=\"How to Survive Hurricane Florence: Shoot At It!\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-97346 aligncenter\" title=\"How to Survive Hurricane Florence: Shoot At It!\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/meme-3.jpg\" alt=\"How to Survive Hurricane Florence: Shoot At It!\" width=\"506\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/meme-3.jpg 506w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/meme-3-150x140.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/meme-3-321x300.jpg 321w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/meme-2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"hurricane-florence-shoot-at-it\" title=\"How to Survive Hurricane Florence: Shoot At It!\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-97347 aligncenter\" title=\"How to Survive Hurricane Florence: Shoot At It!\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/meme-2.jpg\" alt=\"How to Survive Hurricane Florence: Shoot At It!\" width=\"507\" height=\"592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/meme-2.jpg 451w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/meme-2-128x150.jpg 128w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/meme-2-257x300.jpg 257w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 507px) 100vw, 507px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/meme-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"hurricane-florence-shoot-at-it\" title=\"How to Survive Hurricane Florence: Shoot At It!\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-97348 aligncenter\" title=\"How to Survive Hurricane Florence: Shoot At It!\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/meme-1.jpg\" alt=\"How to Survive Hurricane Florence: Shoot At It!\" width=\"501\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/meme-1.jpg 501w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/meme-1-150x147.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/meme-1-305x300.jpg 305w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 501px) 100vw, 501px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>But the winner for funniest post is probably Jon H. Goin II, who posted this video after the hurricane&#8217;s path moved south:<\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t the first time a Facebook event like this has formed just prior to a hurricane. Police in Florida issued a warning in 2017 after someone launched an event titled, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/nation-world\/national\/article172283627.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"hurricane-florence-shoot-at-it\" title=\"How to Survive Hurricane Florence: Shoot At It!\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Shoot at Hurricane Irma.&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0Police tweeted a helpful graphic depicting the path of a bullet shot into a hurricane:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">To clarify, DO NOT shoot weapons @ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Irma?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"hurricane-florence-shoot-at-it\" title=\"How to Survive Hurricane Florence: Shoot At It!\">#Irma<\/a>. You won&#8217;t make it turn around &amp; it will have very dangerous side effects<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CV4Y9OJknv\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"hurricane-florence-shoot-at-it\" title=\"How to Survive Hurricane Florence: Shoot At It!\">https:\/\/t.co\/CV4Y9OJknv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pasco Sheriff (@PascoSheriff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PascoSheriff\/status\/906712903868469249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"hurricane-florence-shoot-at-it\" title=\"How to Survive Hurricane Florence: Shoot At It!\">September 10, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So far police in North Carolina appear better able to detect satire. No warnings have yet been issued.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">***<a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/\" campaign=\"BuySellGA_Register\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\">Buy and Sell on GunsAmerica!<\/a>***<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the last six weeks Clay Martin has brought GunsAmerica readers solid advice for surviving in an urban setting, just the kind of info you might need in a hurricane catastrophe scenario. Forget all that. 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