As someone who lives in a typhoon zone, I feel really bad for Puerto Rico. 
The Hurricane Thread | Hurricane Rafael
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This dam just burst, according to the BBC:
I think a bunch were killed earlier when they released water without warning? Makes sense now. Horrible.
Colbert has been more helpful than Trump after a natural disaster, again......
Parts of New Orleans are being evacuated as tropical storm Nate is on its way and it's predicted to be another bad one and expected to increase to hurricane status somewhere over the Gulf of Mexico.
Bumped for Hurricane Florence. Looks like it’s headed my way!
Boarded up your windows yet?
I’m inland. If it keeps its track and hits as a Cat 4, we will get tropical storm force winds, lots of rain, and possible tornadoes... but it won’t be like what they’ll get on the coast.
Good luck!
All my years of living in the Midwest and in tornado alley, I have never seen one nor had to prep for one. When I watch those Storm chasers on Discovery, it must be as a combination of luck and science.
But I guess in your area its becoming par for course due to climatic changes.
It's been really bad over here this year. The one last week that did all the damage in Osaka just skirted where we are. 20 miles away from me they are still dealing with the previous one.
We’ve been getting a lot more tornados than we used to, from what I remember. I posted about this last year, but, in October we had a tornado pass over our house and touch down a half mile away.
If Florence hits as a Cat 4, here’s what Hugo did to Garden City, SC... 50 miles from landfall.
We’ve been getting a lot more tornados than we used to, from what I remember. I posted about this last year, but, in October we had a tornado pass over our house and touch down a half mile away.
If Florence hits as a Cat 4, here’s what Hugo did to Garden City, SC... 50 miles from landfall.
Holy cow! Have there been big improvements in housing construction codes since Hugo?
Terrible year in terms of natural disasters in JapanIt's been really bad over here this year. The one last week that did all the damage in Osaka just skirted where we are. 20 miles away from me they are still dealing with the previous one.
Houses are being built sturdier, but you’re talking 14 foot storm surge in Garden City. Hugo was still a Cat 1 hurricane when it hit my parents house 200 miles inland and passed into North Carolina.
If that happens again, I don’t know how much the building improvements will matter.
It’s tracking towards what we call the “Grand Strand” around Myrtle Beach. Thousands and thousands of vacation cottages and huge hotels built right beside the beach.
Happy it's missing me (Bermuda) but really worried about landfall on the coast. She's really slow moving so people will get lots of warning, but only so much one can do whe houses are built that way, and in those areas.
After Harvey, Irma and Maria last year we weren't expecting another big summer, but it's almost like climate change might be making things worse...
After Harvey, Irma and Maria last year we weren't expecting another big summer, but it's almost like climate change might be making things worse...
May we live in more interesting times ahead...
I suggest that his eagerly-awaited book be titled Trump: Dangerous Twat.
If Jesus listens to this racist old man, what will that make him?
So we've got a couple of days of reporters in puddles to look forward to then? Best switch off the news for a while.
Has anybody heard from @Carolina Red
Has anybody heard from @Carolina Red
I have, he’s alright at the moment.
The European model ensemble is showing this thing taking a hard turn west along the SC/NC border once it makes landfall. If this happens, it’s gonna get dicey around here.
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Mangkhut heading straight for Hong Kong, wind speed even higher than Florence.
I appreciate it. As it stands, I might be on the sideline coaching when this thing hits, so hopefully I can anchor down. We’ve still not moved games up a day because of it.
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Mangkhut heading straight for Hong Kong, wind speed even higher than Florence.
I heard the HKO might even create a T11 warning for this one.
205mph gusts
Wind speed currently somewhere near the level of Harvey, higher than Jebi which devastated Japan earlier.I heard the HKO might even create a T11 warning for this one.
205mph gusts
Wind speed currently somewhere near the level of Harvey, higher than Jebi which devastated Japan earlier.
I'm glad i'm not around for this one. Typhoon Vicente was the worst I've experienced, despite not being the most powerful to hit on paper.
I have a weird excitement around hurricanes. Whenever a big one is around my productivity craters and I get stuck following every minor update in the news cycle, its something about witnessing nature being so powerful.
Same. I know it's people's lives and stuff but I have a fascination with things like this. If I'm honest I love that it's a big powerful one.
If anything it makes a nice change that Louisiana isnt getting hit this time, we missed Gordon by a country mile which petered out towards the Alabama/Mississippi border, weird excitement down here for Hurricanes to the extent of people look forward to Hurricane parties.
Florence looks as devastating as Katrina did and with it being slow moving, Carolinas will have a huge rebuild job afterwards, parts of New Orleans to this day have never recovered.
Florence looks as devastating as Katrina did and with it being slow moving, Carolinas will have a huge rebuild job afterwards, parts of New Orleans to this day have never recovered.
Best case scenario playing out as wind shear is knocking some power out of Florence and the high pressure system moving in from the Midwest isn’t as strong as expected.
Florence should be a bit weaker and move a bit faster than expected
Florence should be a bit weaker and move a bit faster than expected
@Carolina Red looks like you might get dicked, literally.
https://www.scarymommy.com/hurricane-florence-map-graphic-funny-comments/?utm_source=FB
https://www.scarymommy.com/hurricane-florence-map-graphic-funny-comments/?utm_source=FB
By Florence, too.@Carolina Red looks like you might get dicked, literally.
https://www.scarymommy.com/hurricane-florence-map-graphic-funny-comments/?utm_source=FB
Interesting.
It's times like this I'm glad I live in boring old Northern Ireland where hurricanes and earthquakes simply do not exist. I would hate to live somewhere that has to worry about this every year. I'd move.
You checked on Helene?
By the time they hit us it is downgraded to a storm - we don't get the same sort of wind speeds you guys get - nowhere near. The sea around us is cold.