2019 Hurricane & Cyclone Thread

[Loco 3753]

 

[ConferenceRoom 6144]

I'm throwing at that kid's head the next time he's up. 

[BLKNSTY 289]

Go fuck yourself. Seriously.
I still don’t have a home, 2 years after Harvey and a bunch of my friends lost literally everything they owned.

hey man. you seem like a sane man who lost everything.

if you engage with hooker, you’ll lose your sanity too. don’t do it. like everything else in life, it only takes a few people to ruin a good/any thing.

hooker will always be one of these people.

[ShaggyBevo RIP 3868]

Marsh Harbor looks to be a total loss. 

 

Edited September 3, 2019 by ShaggyBevo RIP

[ShaggyBevo RIP 3868]

Bahamas Press twitter feed is a harrowing read as to what is happening. 

https://twitter.com/Bahamaspress

[ShaggyBevo RIP 3868]

Some satellite photos going around that show Grand Bahama lost significant land mass to Dorian.  Trying to see if they are real before linking.

EDIT- They may showing the flooding and not loss on land mass.

Edited September 3, 2019 by ShaggyBevo RIP

[Teddyballgame 441]

20 hours ago, Nueces River Rat said:

 Austin/San Antonio or basically anyone from San Antonio to Waco along I-35 is very vulenerable to tornados spawn off by a landfalling storm under the right circumstances which means they  basically barrel on west or west northwest bound  track and don't do what Harvey did which is hang around the coastal areas.    In fact, many of the storms that hit the coast in 50's, 60' and 70's caused havoc in that part of the state as well.   And of course landfalling storms have made it up to that part of the state and stalled  which caused some memorable flooding events.  More so than the rain received in the coastal areas from the same storm.

I was a kid  in 1980 when Hurricane Allen hit the coast and that storm was a monster.   The cloud shield basically filled up the entire Gulf of Mexico and it was a Cat 5 coming across the Yucatan Peninsula.  Evacuations were ordered from Galveston to  Brownsville because of the size of the storm which if we had to do that today with the growth in all the coastal areas and inland,  it would make the Rita and Ike evacuations look like chicken feed.   Fortunately it stalled out in the Gulf and weakened to a Cat 3 before landfall and the eye went over the King Ranch where only cows, deer, rattlesnakes,  and a few ranch hands lived and catastrophic damage was avoided in Corpus and the RGV.    We evacuated to Waco and stayed with some family and I do recall we had tornado warnings blaring out on TV as the storm made it's way inland.   

If Harvey had not slowed down once it hit inland, it possibly could have done some significant wind damage to the San Antonio area and in fact if I recall, some forecasters feared such a scenario and were even advising maybe not evacuating to San Antonio.   I look at some of the damage done inland around the Refugio area were the storm slowed down and stalled to see what could have been for at least some the San Antonio metro area.   Being almost 50 miles inland didn't do much to minimize the damage there and I hope it was a wake up call to some of think you just have to live a certain distance inland to avoid the catastrophic winds.   Not so by a long shot.  

Yeah, Allen was a monster.   We were at our place in Rockport when it was  barreling right at us.   My parents in their infinite wisdom evacuated us all the way to Sinton(lol).  Not sure why they thought that was safe...I remember the tv station goin off the air the night before and the news casters very solemnly saying a prayer for everyone...we dodged a big time bullet with that storm   Our place took a lot of damage but could have been much worse

 

 

Edited September 3, 2019 by Teddyballgame

[triplehorn 2664]

speechless.  

 

[Loco 3753]

Somewhere over in that mess is one of my old boats.  (probably just scratched gel coat) That old Parker was got damned tank.

[SquishMitten 10420]

Man, looking at pictures of Abaco... I'm amazed there's anyone left to take pictures.

[phdhorn 6224]

8 hours ago, Paco said:

Obligatory BODIES IN THE TREES

There won't be any bodies, they'll either be washed to sea or in some unfortunate cases shredded, and there sure as hell won't be any trees.

Edited September 3, 2019 by phdhorn

[crash_davis 23114]

7 hours ago, Loco said:

 

someone needs to pick up that kid by the legs and then beat both of his parents with him.

[yoladu 4094]

the aerial footage on CNN right now is UNREAL.

[crash_davis 23114]

does trump have any real estate in the bahamas or can we expect him to talk shit on twitter about bahamians?

[smwhorn 482]

The Atlantis.

https://www.atlantisbahamas.com/weather-information

No damage and fully operational.  One nearby island completely destroyed and Paradise Island not damaged.  Just amazing.

[Sbbruin 21864]

8 hours ago, Loco said:

 

I'm sorry but that killed me.  With "the weather channel" guy trying to move him along, and old Dorian be like GTF off me bitchass!

[Sbbruin 21864]

7 hours ago, ConferenceRoom said:

I'm throwing at that kid's head the next time he's up. 

Well, it looks like he's wearing a Trojans uni, so you'd be within your rights.

[MrPhlegm 3413]

i'm always amazed at how rational hurricanes make Phlegm.

[Loco 3753]

 

read his comments below

[Fudge Nuggets 19208]

On 9/1/2019 at 8:04 AM, Brisketexan said:

I remember hurricane tracking charts printed on our grocery bags. You’d cut it out, put it on the fridge, and track the storm with magnets.

And we got one maybe two updates a day.

[MrPhlegm 3413]

Dude, what does Harvey a direct impact have to do with Dorian which won't hit the US? I'm sorry for your loss but direct your anger elsewhere. 

Hey dumbass, just because the eye doesn't come on shore DOES NOT mean that Dorian is not hitting the US.

We are getting rain bands in Central Florida right now. Rain bands ARE part of the storm.

We had one this morning and one north of us and then south of us. Supposed to get more later this evening.

Canaveral should get hurricane force winds.

Daytona Beach should get hurricane force winds.


Meanwhile Lisa Bell's lovely bazombas are on tv continually.

[MrPhlegm 3413]

If they did use concrete in most construction there the walls of those buildings wouldnt even be standing.  Thats is like a bomb went off.

Wat?

That doesn't even make sense. Looks like they DID use concrete block in the walls which is why they are still standing.

You seem stupid.

Looks like a lot of structures still standing. Stick built stuff gets wiped out like after Andrew. Looks like Bahamas has building codes like Florida's. Concrete block houses, truss roof tied to foundation.

[Dewey 3286]

 
read his comments below

Looks like the eye of the storm saved them, holy shit, that had to be a terrifying decision. They always say do not venture out into the eye, but in this case, it was fuck it, we need to find something else.

[MrPhlegm 3413]

The Atlantis.
https://www.atlantisbahamas.com/weather-information
No damage and fully operational.  One nearby island completely destroyed and Paradise Island not damaged.  Just amazing.

Nothing amazing about it. Build things right and survive. Build crap and have it wiped out.

Gonna be interesting to see how stout Disney built Castaway Cay. Cast housing survived as did the hurricane shelter that the ride out crew stayed in. Castaway Cay is right to the west of Abaco.

[MrPhlegm 3413]

It was a typo. The buildings standing did use concrete. Roofs may not be on but structure is standing. 

Yep. Gotta rebuild using concrete.

We getting a rainband right now. We 50 or so miles due west of Canaveral. About a mile east of Wekiwa Springs State Park. Rain not too heavy, no wind.

[MrPhlegm 3413]

https://www.wunderground.com/radar/us/fl/longwood/mlb

Melbourne nexrad radar

[phdhorn 6224]

Image from Monday taken by a Finnish company.
Everything inside the yellow lines is normally land.
"Wow" doesn't begin to describe it.

[SquishMitten 10420]

Wat?

That doesn't even make sense. Looks like they DID use concrete block in the walls which is why they are still standing.

You seem stupid.

Pretty obvious typo and he meant to say the walls WERE built with concrete, thus the reason they stood.

From what this thread has taught me, Florida is now safe since Phlegm’s moment of clarity has passed.

[tbone_ 14132]

Hey dumbass, just because the eye doesn't come on shore DOES NOT mean that Dorian is not hitting the US.

We are getting rain bands in Central Florida right now. Rain bands ARE part of the storm.

We had one this morning and one north of us and then south of us. Supposed to get more later this evening.

Canaveral should get hurricane force winds.

Daytona Beach should get hurricane force winds.


Meanwhile Lisa Bell's lovely bazombas are on tv continually.

Pics of bazombas?

[NorthLoop 14218]

9 hours ago, phdhorn said:

Image from Monday taken by a Finnish company.
Everything inside the yellow lines is normally land.
"Wow" doesn't begin to describe it.

That's unreal 

[Armybrat 40852]

On 9/2/2019 at 3:09 PM, Pancho said:

 

We walked right through there after landing 15 years ago. Unbelievable!

[Armybrat 40852]

10 hours ago, phdhorn said:

Image from Monday taken by a Finnish company.
Everything inside the yellow lines is normally land.
"Wow" doesn't begin to describe it.

Is that the surge during the storm, or is it what is left of the island after it passed?

[Loco 3753]

surge...  those islands are old reef (hard rock)  But a lot of that graphic was low lying area.  Bahamas are pretty flat, very similar to the Florida Keys

[NorthLoop 14218]

Yeah most of that will go back to normal, but it's still unreal 

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

12 minutes ago, Armybrat said:

Is that the surge during the storm, or is it what is left of the island after it passed?

Once the storm passes it'll be back to somewhat normal, but who knows how much land has been washed out to sea.  The spit of land my dad has a river house on the edge of the Chesapeake bay was created by a hurricane in 1933.

[phdhorn 6224]

25 minutes ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

Once the storm passes it'll be back to somewhat normal, but who knows how much land has been washed out to sea.  The spit of land my dad has a river house on the edge of the Chesapeake bay was created by a hurricane in 1933.

Yeah, it'll essentially look like before the hurricane hit, but there will undoubtedly be small inlets and coves that change shape. Maps will probably have some minor updates... 

[HOOKEM4 5039]

This is bad... 😢  We kept our boat at the first island for over 20 years. Growing up there as a second home. It sounds like some local friends stayed behind and survived but are struggling right now. I wish I could somehow airlift them exactly what they need right now. Just horrible.

 

Edited September 4, 2019 by HOOKEM4

[texasdago 7575]

"Let me tell you what rain bands can do" - Houston

[phdhorn 6224]

Looks like the eyewall is being rebuilt (replaced) after it kind of got lost yesterday.  Expect the storm to get a little stronger and as has been reported, a little larger.  I think the Carolina coasts are going to get a pretty good shot of wind (hurricane force) and rain (up to 10 inches) for about 5-6 hours at a point.  Lots of coastal flooding, moderate damage... but the storm will stay on the edge of the coast, at least up through Cape Fear.  Dorian is right above the Gulf Stream, which pump warm waters from the tropics, so it shouldn't have a problem sustaining itself into a 2 or even 3.  Friction with the land will probably keep it from going Rogue 5 again, but not much comfort.

I think lots of damage up to 20 miles inland in N.-S. Carolina, could even cause problems for Va Beach (most populated spot on its projected path) on Thursday.  Then out to sea.

[Dewey 3286]

South Carolina is expecting to record the second highest storm surge in its history. Big bad storm, not over at all. 

[Wally Fairway 5569]

Life finds a way - I hope Phlegm has some wind chimes to keep him safe if need be.

 

[Eastwood 4394]

When Ike came through, a bunch of tree frogs wedged themselves into the little spaces between the metal back patio roof and the house. I guess duck and cover is their go-to.

[Loco 3753]

Yeah, too bad that's a cuban tree frog, they are invasive and should be sent over the rainbow bridge

[Huckleberry 33037]

You idiot, those are quite clearly Florida chime frogs.

[Sbbruin 21864]

Magoes Marina Bahamas before/after

Another marina

[Loco 3753]

22 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:

You idiot, those are quite clearly Florida chime frogs.

they are decimating the grub- worm population!

[Eastwood 4394]

1 hour ago, Huckleberry said:

You idiot, those are quite clearly Florida chime frogs.

The only way to tell if they are Florida chime frogs or Cuban tree frogs is to lay a couple of claves on the floor. Cuban tree frogs can't resist making a Rumba beat with claves. They'll hop right down and that's when you know.

Edited September 4, 2019 by Eastwood

[El Diablo 4232]

Do they chirp? It's cute at first but after a while it'll make a mofo murderous. At least that's my excuse.

[MNLonghornFUKM 8817]

Magoes Marina Bahamas before/after

Another marina

Need another cat 5 to take all of the trash to sea

[Hugo Stiglitz 23367]