2024 Hurricane Season thread of DOOM

[Pato del Muerto 52365]

2 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

That sheriffs office looks a lot like a motor pool barn. 

[tx 3 putt 76497]

 

[Hermanator 6970]

1 hour ago, chainsaw said:

These are some serious tornadoes. I'd always thought the spin-ups from tropical systems were supposed to be fairly weak and short lived EF0s. Guess that isn't always true

It was true. 

A lot of things are very different going forward than we've encountered before. How long until living in Florida is uninsurable? A decade?

[Bookman 4611]

2 hours ago, choripan said:

I get such a kick out of this every time I see it. "Look how dumb they are!" Except that it should be the median and not the average. 

Signed,

Pedantic Guy

"Average" can be mean, median, or mode. 

[bolverk 29445]

7 minutes ago, elfenix said:

Not now it isn't 

Welp. I was poking around and a lot of the webcams have gone down. That was one of the few that was still streaming.

[Hermanator 6970]

4 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

Holy shit these Florida people have no idea what they're looking at. 

"I'm getting scared"

Young lady you should have been in full shitting your pants mode a minute ago. 

[Born to Run 6568]

52 minutes ago, hookem2010 said:

When Harvey hit, there were a bunch of frigatebirds and all sorts of coastal/oceanic terns being seen at Lake Travis and Walter E Long Lake. There will be a bunch of stuff you never see from land being pushed right across the entire state of Florida.

That's fucked up. And who knows where the fuck these birds finally end up. Gotta be a death sentence for migratory birds.

I lost an entire colony of Purple Martins a few years ago after decades of success. Some weather event got them.

 

Any bird lawyers here?

[Sgt Hulk 13648]

Cocoa beach on A1A next to Publix after tornado touchdown 

[heso 2757]

So its movement has sped up? Hopefully the amount of time that areas spend under hurricane force winds will be greatly diminished. Eyewall already coming on shore apparently, hours ahead of schedule. 

[PTINS 3442]

Just an observation...

A corollary to dirty side/clean side of the storm;

Tampa and the west coast of Florida faces west, Biloxi-Lake Charles-Houston faces south. If you rotate the map ~ 90 °. you get this.

From this perspective, even with Milton making landfall towards Sarasota, it seems like the counter-clockwise rotation is still going to push a lot of water into Tampa Bay, especially with the way Tampa Bay makes a hook (true north, towards the left of the rotated picture).  Water is smart, it will find the lowest elevation.

I know, ... like arranging deck chairs on the Titanic, ... Florida is gonna get smacked.

Edited October 9 by PTINS
typo. text.

[SizzleChest 8275]

16 minutes ago, Bookman said:

"Average" can be mean, median, or mode. 

I'll always go for the scoop of ice cream.

[ScottS 1058]

If it is on the internet it must be true, right?  

I was familiar with the Waffle House Index, but today I learned that Waffle House has an actual storm center.  I have no idea how this escaped me until today.  I refuse to believe this is anything but 100% true.

 

[Deej 76599]

4 minutes ago, ScottS said:

If it is on the internet it must be true, right?  

I was familiar with the Waffle House Index, but today I learned that Waffle House has an actual storm center.  I have no idea how this escaped me until today.  I refuse to believe this is anything but 100% true.

 

It's usually used for tracking fights at their locations. 

[Ted Lange 16055]

[Hook1997 5295]

https://livestormchasing.com/

Lots of storm chasers streaming 

[MNLonghornFUKM 8803]

12 minutes ago, ScottS said:

If it is on the internet it must be true, right?  

I was familiar with the Waffle House Index, but today I learned that Waffle House has an actual storm center.  I have no idea how this escaped me until today.  I refuse to believe this is anything but 100% true.

 

 Give me a couple grilled chicken breasts, some hashbrowns and their bad ass coke. 

[hookem2010 2600]

33 minutes ago, Born to Run said:

That's fucked up. And who knows where the fuck these birds finally end up. Gotta be a death sentence for migratory birds.

I lost an entire colony of Purple Martins a few years ago after decades of success. Some weather event got them.

 

Any bird lawyers here?

I think the migrants are smart enough to not fly right into the storm. You can use live radar (birdcast.info) to see where they're moving and basically nothing is passing through Florida at the moment, nor are they expected to tonight. 

But I guess you are right in that the little guys staging to cross the Gulf that are already in Florida might be in a bit of trouble.

Edited October 9 by hookem2010

[Bevo Num1 1007]

Those kids from Helene are streaming from Bradenton. 

[Willfully Horn 7932]

 Checked out the Weather Channel’s coverage. Saw a guy reporting outside of a house, with its sprinklers on, in the hurricane.

[bolverk 29445]

5 minutes ago, Hook1997 said:

https://livestormchasing.com/

Lots of storm chasers streaming 

Couple of dumbass enthusiastic chasers in the thick of it.

 

[tx 3 putt 76497]

damn 

 

[NorthLoop 14120]

8 minutes ago, Willfully Horn said:

 Checked out the Weather Channel’s coverage. Saw a guy reporting outside of a house, with its sprinklers on, in the hurricane.

Must've recently moved from Westlake 

[MontereyMX 858]

10 minutes ago, Willfully Horn said:

 Checked out the Weather Channel’s coverage. Saw a guy reporting outside of a house, with its sprinklers on, in the hurricane.

and a batters helmet😂

[Born to Run 6568]

11 minutes ago, hookem2010 said:

I think the migrants are smart enough to not fly right into the storm. You can use live radar (birdcast.info) to see where they're moving and basically nothing is passing through Florida at the moment, nor are they expected to tonight. 

Mostly true, but I've been 130 miles out in the gulf and had woodland songbirds amass on our boat. Gave water when they would take it. They usually flew off when we got underway.

[Sgt Hulk 13648]

Eye is coming ashore around Venice. An awesome little town with a really strong HS football team. Used to have a ww2 training base there and a great surfing jetty for gulf surf. 

[hookem2010 2600]

1 minute ago, Born to Run said:

Mostly true, but I've been 130 miles out in the gulf and had woodland songbirds amass on our boat. Gave water when they would take it. They usually flew off when we got underway.

It's incredible that these things that weigh less than an ounce cross the Gulf of Mexico without stopping, overnight, twice a year.

OK, I'll stop. Back to the hurricane.

[dcbc 14441]

Thinking it would be cool for us to sponsor @immamac and @Wulaw Horn to do some storm chasing in the RV at some point with a live stream. 

Edited October 10 by dcbc

[General Specific 3235]

Follow up on dog rescued tied to the fence post (mother fuckers do this shit should be jailed.) everyone wants to adopt Spuds McKenzie there.
 
SIAP. I don’t have time to sit and read thread yet. But this shit upsets me so fucking much. At least this dog is ok. I’m glad the troopers saw him. 

Nichole, you have one job to do! If there ever is a person near water/you…

[MrBig 5290]

7 minutes ago, Sgt Hulk said:

Eye is coming ashore around Venice. An awesome little town with a really strong HS football team. Used to have a ww2 training base there and a great surfing jetty for gulf surf. 

[CleverNickname 1296]

TIL Ybor city, where the whores wouldn't fuck a coked up Jason Isbell, is down near Tampa. 

[markstanco 12528]

It was true. 
A lot of things are very different going forward than we've encountered before. How long until living in Florida is uninsurable? A decade?

Wow, I was just thinking about the insurance thing about an hour ago. It may go a similar route as flood insurance? Who knows.

[Wally Fairway 5528]

Get back to me when there are bodies in trees

[Blotto 23439]

3 hours ago, choripan said:

I get such a kick out of this every time I see it. "Look how dumb they are!" Except that it should be the median and not the average. 

Signed,

Pedantic Guy

Agreed, but this country is getting so fucking stupid, if you toss in the word median, a majority of people would wonder what the grassy strip between roads has to do with anything

 

16 minutes ago, dcbc said:

Thinking it would be cool for us to sponsor @immamac and @Wulaw Horn to do some storm chasing in the RV at some point with a live stream. 

If the sex tents a flappin', surly dudes are fappin'

[tx 3 putt 76497]

 

[Ted Lange 16055]

 

[Sgt Hulk 13648]

Babeshore blvd.  I’ve seen that bay dry up. A few times during storms. Tomorrow. That will all be underwater.  Some beautiful womenz run along that road leaving MACDILL 

[dcbc 14441]

9 minutes ago, Blotto said:

If the sex tents a flappin', surly dudes are fappin'

Hear me out: we replace the sex tent with a blue shed.

[tx 3 putt 76497]

 

[Shut up Lou Holtz 2011]

42 minutes ago, Sgt Hulk said:

Eye is coming ashore around Venice. An awesome little town with a really strong HS football team. Used to have a ww2 training base there and a great surfing jetty for gulf surf. 

Sucks. I’ve done a bunch of fossil diving there over the years. Great town with badass hole in the wall restaurants and bars. I’m worried for them and everyone else 

[Aqua Buddha 14529]

45 minutes ago, Sgt Hulk said:

Eye is coming ashore around Venice. An awesome little town with a really strong HS football team. Used to have a ww2 training base there and a great surfing jetty for gulf surf. 

Venice is a cute little town and it's actually a town with year round residents and not just snowbirds in high rises.

[markstanco 12528]

Get back to me when there are bodies in trees

You got your wish. Already a bunch of deaths.

[Hook1997 5295]

I think Brad (Punta Gorda) and Bryce (Venice) on the storm chasers site have trapped them selves inside of the storm surge.  Winds actually seem less than the last one right now. 

Edited October 10 by Hook1997

[WBT 20443]

1 hour ago, Bookman said:

"Average" can be mean, median, or mode. 

can but doesn't

[markstanco 12528]

With all the hurricanes going on I forgot about the dock strikes for the locals in Florida. My gosh they won’t be able to find anything in stores for a while.

[Biff Tannen 45512]

Just now, markstanco said:

With all the hurricanes going on I forgot about the dock strikes for the locals in Florida. My gosh they won’t be able to find anything in stores for a while.

Fuck. I thought those were resolved, no?

[Wally Fairway 5528]

8 minutes ago, markstanco said:

You got your wish. Already a bunch of deaths.

No, you missed the in the trees part. That indicates the level of violence dodged out by the storm and/or how big the storm surge is into areas of significant population. 

It's a nuance thing

[PenelopeWitherspoon 19096]

6 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

Fuck. I thought those were resolved, no?

It is. 

[SydneyCarton 47934]

6 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

Fuck. I thought those were resolved, no?

They were a week ago. 

[General Specific 3235]

Hear me out: we replace the sex tent with a blue shed.

[Born to Run 6568]

58 minutes ago, CleverNickname said:

TIL Ybor city, where the whores wouldn't fuck a coked up Jason Isbell, is down near Tampa. 

Not a Hold Steady fan I take it?

20 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

Fuck. I thought those were resolved, no?

Stanco'ed