Nice, DM me if you want any tips etc, enjoy the stay between hurricanes!
The Hurricane Thread | Hurricane Rafael
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Oooooh, look at us, we are in Bermuda
Just need one more to make your own little Caf triangle.
Stay safe.
I’m just here for work. Lord knows I couldn’t afford this place otherwise - it cost me $20 for a baguette for lunch ffs Thanks! To be honest, any tips on dinner places would be very helpful! In Hamilton that is.
Weekdays I’m tied up but hopefully get the chance to enjoy the place over the weekend.
I’m probably more anxious about the hurricane causing flight cancellations, as the idea/thought of it making a direct hit on the island is too much to handle! I watched a view videos of the one that hit a few years ago, as well Fabian that was 20y ago(?) and.. yeah, let’s just say I won’t be engaging in the age old British tradition of complaining about the weather anymore when I’m back home!
And from an entirely selfish reason, I really don’t want my travel schedule to be disrupted a) because I’m trying to catch the Patriots Dolphins game on the way back to London as I go via Boston/NYC, and b) really don’t want to get stuck here aalready been away from the fam long enough!
But it feels like travel disruption is inevitable?
And then obviously the situation becomes infinitely worse on all accounts if it actually makes a direct hit anywhere.
I ask myself that every year. And hurricanes are even my number 1 worry most of the time.
Apols for brief thread derail, can't work out pms. Sadly there aren't any really cheap and good places in town, but the most reasonable are probably the pubs - Astwood Arms always has a buzz, or I like the sushi at Yashi which is kind of through Coconut Rock on Reid St. Slightly nicer is Pearl above Port o' Call. If work is paying, Mad Hatters and Ascots are prob my favs walkable from town. Make sure you hit the good beaches ,on the weekend, Warwick Long Bay is the best of South Shore, and if you want a ridiculously chill, out of the way beach to yourself, head all the way East to Cooper's island nature reserve, grab a Swizzle on the way. And the way back.
Thanks! To be honest, any tips on dinner places would be very helpful! In Hamilton that is.
Weekdays I’m tied up but hopefully get the chance to enjoy the place over the weekend.
Models are tightening a bit on Bermuda, brother. Not sure of the timeframe though.
Thanks! To be honest, any tips on dinner places would be very helpful! In Hamilton that is.
Weekdays I’m tied up but hopefully get the chance to enjoy the place over the weekend.
I’m probably more anxious about the hurricane causing flight cancellations, as the idea/thought of it making a direct hit on the island is too much to handle! I watched a view videos of the one that hit a few years ago, as well Fabian that was 20y ago(?) and.. yeah, let’s just say I won’t be engaging in the age old British tradition of complaining about the weather anymore when I’m back home!
And from an entirely selfish reason, I really don’t want my travel schedule to be disrupted a) because I’m trying to catch the Patriots Dolphins game on the way back to London as I go via Boston/NYC, and b) really don’t want to get stuck here aalready been away from the fam long enough!
But it feels like travel disruption is inevitable?
And then obviously the situation becomes infinitely worse on all accounts if it actually makes a direct hit anywhere.
There’s 2 models now predicting that Lee could hit 200mph winds tomorrow. That would make it the strongest Atlantic Hurricane ever recorded.
@rpitroda Get the feck off that island soon.
Yeah gents I’m planning on flying out over the weekend to Boston / NYC. But let’s see. fecking scary dudes. I’m drowning my stress tonight in pints at the princess Hamilton watching the Lions Chiefs, but how you guys deal with this every year? Respect as humans man, honestly.
No need to stress / worry right now. You’ve got time to get out of Lee’s way.
It’s got like 4 days till it’s next to the Bahamas
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Thanks dude. Me moaning about climate change in the UK has really been put into perspective just being here a week. I have never read so much about hurricanes. Like, I feel so pathetic now. What’s you guys have to stress about is just so insane. Even if I get stuck, assuming I don’t die (!!!) it’s just an inconvenience. My family lives safely in the Uk. My home too. For you guys, i just can’t fathom how you guys are so strong to handle this. Sounds so dramatic but honestly I think it’s incredible.
But sorry all if being dramatic too. Just, not used to actual risk from weather. Only inconvenience.
Hurricane Lee info
Some good info here I thought.
Too early to say where it’ll go but at least they show a couple of scenarios.
Some good info here I thought.
Too early to say where it’ll go but at least they show a couple of scenarios.
Word to the wise, we haven't even mentioned tornado's yet
Yep. Being as far inland as I am, that’s the big thing we always have to look for when one comes through.Word to the wise, we haven't even mentioned tornado's yet
STL is considered part of tornado alley, about decade ago and EF=4 missed our house by about half a mile, one scary mother fecker I can tell you, I'd actually flown in from LOndon via Chicago 3 hours earlier and it demilshed the very gate I arrived at!
Oh, you’re talking tornadoes in general. I was thinking about them as a side effect of a hurricane coming through.
Yeah that is one close shave!
The southeast has started having alot more tornadoes every year than we used to, just in SC they don’t get as big. No way I could live in the Great Plains area.
My house got hit a few years ago by a strong EF-1 while my wife was home. I left work and went home fecking terrified about it. Thankfully all I got out of it was a new roof and fence.
Being an ex fisherman I fully appreciate and understand the the risk from the weather. Be it fog, high pressure causing less water in tidal rivers and estuaries, lightening storms or of course, severe winds. I had to study meteorology extensively when taking my slippers tickets and loved it. It's a fascinating subject.
I was at sea once in storm force 10 winds that were forecast to increase to hurricane force within 16 hours or so. We quite often had to endure 8's or 9's and often sat at sea dodging the waves rather than head back in dangerous conditions. This time was different though and it was absolutely fecking brutal. The skipper who had been at.sea 30 years looked petrified and that just worried me more. We headed home which was about 70 miles away and a good 12 hour steam for us but we worked out we could make it back before the storm really hit. We had the wind in our favour and it was behind us chasing us down from the South East to Devon.
We were getting slammed all the way and the storm increased quicker than forecast and we ended up pulling in to Torquay rather than Brixham just 5 miles away. By the time we had tied up the weather just went from insane to absolutely fecking batshit.
We were at sea in 70 mile winds that were gusting up to 90/95mph and eventually peaked at 118mph with sustained winds of over 105mph according to the weather station at Berry Head. I've never, ever been so fecking scared in my life and we were honestly 10 minutes from not making it back at all.
That was just 95mph winds, so feck knows what 150+ winds are like. It's incomprehensible and living where I do, we regularly deal with 80mph+ winds and they cause huge amounts of damage. The wind speeds reported for these Atlantic hurricanes and tornadoes is truly petrifying.
I can only praise those who live and deal with this regularly and send my best wishes to those in danger this season. Stay safe and I hope all these monsters die out before causing any real damage or loss of life.
Saying that though, I am still absolutely fascinated with weather, especially extreme weather and storms.
With you there. It’s almost a morbid fascination sometimes but ever since I was a kid I was the one heading towards the beach when stormy.I had to study meteorology extensively when taking my slippers tickets and loved it. It's a fascinating subject.
Nice. Moccasin or carpet?
Saying that though, I am still absolutely fascinated with weather, especially extreme weather and storms.
I know I'm fecking smashed, but wtf is moccasin or carpet? I'm fecking sure I didnt put that in my original post.
Edit.... I see now
Slippers ticket
fecking autocorrect again.I know I'm fecking smashed, but wtf is moccasin or carpet? I'm fecking sure I didnt put that in my original post.
Edit.... I see now
Slippers ticket
Happy to oblige. stunning, Ad.How long are you in NY for?
I’m already back in London as of now!
Ah, I’m heading up there for weekend to see the Eagles.
The people who don't live in Florida or any hurricane zones worry more than the people who live in these parts. I know for a fact Floridians just go about their business with no care until the last second. My sister took me out in her boat on a sandbar in the middle of the Atlantic just a few days ago. The weather changed in an instant though and we had to get our asses outta there real fast.
Yeah, us Floridians do look slightly askance at tropical systems, most likely due to the state having received 40ish percent impact of all the tropical storms, etc. to make landfall in the US.
Now here in Savannah, people start to freak out when a named storm is even slightly pointed in our direction. The run on paper products, bread, canned foods, & beer is almost comical. There is literally only one supermarket in downtown Savannah & it gets absolutely slaughtered.
It's a regular thing to deal with and folks, especially in Tampa area tend, to get complacent. You get 3 kinds of people. Ride it out, no big deal. And the ignore and panic at the last minute. Panic usually doesn't set in til 24 hours before it lands. The 3rd kind is some the ones who prep. I moved from 2 type to 3rd type after Irma.
When the mandatory evacuations happen, I am not aware of almost anyone who actually does.
This reminds me of that meme where it says people survive on a can of diet coke a day but when a storm is comin they need 500 gallons of water
I'm always more stressed than my sister who lives in Florida. She's usually on the beach to the last second.
and 200 rolls of bogroll.This reminds me of that meme where it says people survive on a can of diet coke a day but when a storm is comin they need 500 gallons of water
At least in Bermuda our houses are made of solid bricks. No idea what they do down in Florida, seems like stuff is made of matchsticks half the time.
Being in a major hurricane at night is not a great experience, I will say. You have all the windows boarded up so can't see anything, and the entire world just kind of howls at you. I remember some storm chaser from the weather channel came down for one, maybe in 2010 or so and went from being all tough guy tweeting live from the road with the seas in the background to cowering in his bathtub watching ceiling tiles dance. Good times.
Being in a major hurricane at night is not a great experience, I will say. You have all the windows boarded up so can't see anything, and the entire world just kind of howls at you. I remember some storm chaser from the weather channel came down for one, maybe in 2010 or so and went from being all tough guy tweeting live from the road with the seas in the background to cowering in his bathtub watching ceiling tiles dance. Good times.
Christ...
We have to people there from my work. No news from them. Apparently no cell coverage, internet and electricity. Must be crazy experience one of these behemoths in person. Hopefully I don't get to experience it
Damn, hoping for the best. I went through a similarly intense storm (Andrew) in 1992, but it was roughly a fourth the size of Otis. It's no fun.
The storm went from a tropical storm to a Cat 5 in something like 24 hours. That's spooky as shit.
fecking chaos...
Absolutely unreal. Orders of magnitude different human responses when you’re expecting “oh just another tropical storm” and a Cat 5 rolls in.
Yep.
I mean, how does one plan for such an event, how does a government react properly? I used to just have a few gallons of water & some canned goods in a cooler in my place as my survival kit. I need to rethink it for next season.
I mean… You start evacuating for everything.
The thing went Hulk mode out of nowhere, and that’s seemingly becoming a trend for these things to do now.
I remember 2004 hurricane season when a couple of the storms to hit Florida underwent massively quick upgrades in severity, but those seemed like one offs. Like you said, they are fast becoming de rigueur.