Tweet
Originally posted by DanStokes
View Post
-
You are welcome here in Fancy Gap .I dont think we will be flooded here, maybe some creeks out of their banks but we are 2700 ft above sea level on top of a mountain. -
Pdub, My wrong coast weather liars now say the middle (eye?) is heading towayds GA, with Tennysee in the sights...Comment
-
Yep, they're changing their guess with every advisory from the Hurricane Center. And this will be a long show. We're fine right here because water runs downhill. Got a foot of rain in 36 hours here one time, and it almost got into the houses at the bottom of the hill, where Mouse Creek is. And I mean almost, another couple inches would have done it. And the folks down there (we went down to see), they were all standing around outside marveling at it, and bragging "Waterfront property!"Originally posted by Deaf Bob View PostCharter member of the Turd NuggetsComment
-
interesting tidbit or hurricane information for you.
Almost all hurricanes (85% or more) that hit the east side of the US originate from the same spot in the same way; the start as thunderstorms over the Cape Verde Islands off the coast of west Africa.
My theory is, if we nuke these islands into oblivion then *poof* no more hurricanes! (Disclaimer: that was a joke, do not take it seriously)
This college stuff aint all useless. It has endowed me with the ability to spout off little bits of data that my brain decided to store every now and then. It makes me look smarterer..Last edited by JOES66FURY; September 12, 2018, 10:30 AM.If you can leave two black stripes from the exit of one corner to the braking zone of the next, you have enough horsepower. - Mark DonohueComment
-
-
...and it takes 80 degree sea water temps to fuel a hurricane, and where she lurks, there's 85 degree water.Originally posted by Deaf Bob View Post
I think the word you are seeking is "smarterY"
The regional effects are like a ripple....no, a wave. I was in Birmingham one time when Floridians were running from one. Just look around at a stoplight, they were ALL Florida plates, with gas cans strapped to the roof and all the kids and dogs inside, can barely see out. Folks fill up all the motels because they HAVE to have a place to stay. Fortunately I already had an ongoing reservation. They add to the population in a hurry, and the gas stations sometimes run out in areas that are not "affected." Yeah, it's a big deal alright, I don't care who says it ain't.Charter member of the Turd NuggetsComment
-
I'm sorry, 2700 feet is not a mountain....Originally posted by 67ragtop View PostDoing it all wrong since 1966Comment
-
actually, they start in the heart of Africa as weather in a place where some belief that life started (it's where they found the oldest, human fossil)... it's once it hits the coast where that weather can become angryOriginally posted by JOES66FURY View Post
the interesting bit.... if you look at today's map https://www.accuweather.com/en/africa-weather
you can see all the storms lined up starting from the heart of Africa (about where the headwaters of the Nile are)Last edited by SuperBuickGuy; September 12, 2018, 10:58 AM.Doing it all wrong since 1966Comment
-
Comment
-
The "open a window thing" was an accepted myth way back when, typically for tornadoes where I grew up. Also taping the windows for a hurricane has been debunked - that'll only make the pieces of glass be bigger when they fly inside. Apparently the futility of boarding up the windows hasn't got out. A hurricane is a plywood installation festival. I guess it's better than nothing but it's a point well made in that link that an object will go through it.Originally posted by RockJustRock View Post
Because when taken by the wind, whatever lengthy object it is will instantly straighten out and become a missile. I searched and searched , I cannot find the photo of a piece of hay straw stuck through a telephone pole. I was a kid, that was on the front page of every newspaper. It think it was a hurricane....Camille? Can't remember, can't find that B&W photo, but this one is similar as far as the effect of the wind.
Charter member of the Turd NuggetsComment
-
Recently, there have been theories that this phenomena is NOT due just to wind... Scientists have reproduced the effect of this in the lab using low barometic pressure, high winds, and extreme fluctuations of static charges (just like in a tornado) that results in a loosening of bonds at the atomic level. What am I talking about? Molecular transformation and movement of said molecules - i.e., time travel and Star Trek transporter types of matter transfer. Sounds crazy, I know. Very sci-fi.....Last edited by studemax; September 12, 2018, 01:30 PM.Act your age, not your shoe size. - PrinceComment
-
Have you moved to Maine?Previously HoosierL98GTAComment
-
Of all the paths you take in life - make sure a few of them are dirt.Comment
-
-
We want that to be Cat ZERO.Originally posted by RockJustRock View PostCharter member of the Turd NuggetsComment
Comment