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35 minutes ago, jewell2188 said:

We get shafted….seems legit. 

Probably woulda had to have tracked further east to start! (But then it would stayed south knowing our fortune, lol)

8 minutes ago, Wmsptwx said:

All those takes last night of it going east we’re premature.

There was a lot posts last night that were premature, smh

13 minutes ago, Will - Rutgers said:

lol this absolute colossal dip**** is walking his dogs in the middle of this eyewall, i genuinely do not understand what goes through people's heads.  he is going to die out there.  meanwhile the guy streaming is on the phone with someone saying he's recording gusts up to 200 mph.  which, idk maybe that seems high to be but whatever.  the spirit is there.

200 mph gusts, gonna go walk my dogs.

edit: idk what i'm thinking, there's no way these are 200 mph gusts lmao

How would that even work anyway, lol Your dog's poop and pee would be blown in your face so fast it would sting, lol

5 minutes ago, turtlehurricane said:

Underwater cam in Grand Isle is definitely back live https://www.severestudios.com/storm-chasers/john.humphress2.html

That is incredible!! Gotta be the greatest camera in LA right now, lol

Someone in the other thread said it was a Samsung S20 Ultra...Samsung gonna get some great publicity off of this if that's true, lol

6 minutes ago, SchaumburgStormer said:

It’s spending more time under water than above 

You almost feel like it's gonna go completely under and still be running, lol

9 minutes ago, user13 said:

This is insane...

It's basically going underwater now

Heck of camera! But it's giving us great shots of what happens inside of a storm like this!

Looking at how this thing bombed out...and looking at the comments yesterday about Ida "sputtering" and "not gonna be as crazy as we thought"...I think it's a reminder for all of us: don't underestimate forecastes RI when a storm goes through bath water with few limiting features!

The hurricane category system is kinda wonky...it's like no difference between 150 & 157 yet it won't be a Category 5...but may as well be with the damage!

2 minutes ago, Chinook said:

interesting note: Hurricane Katrina made landfall on Aug 29, 2005 at 11:10z at the Mississippi River delta.(Monday morning). Hurricane Ida will be making landfall on Aug 29 2021, most likely a little west of the Mississippi River delta, on a Sunday.

That is an insane coincidence...wow!

19 minutes ago, Prospero said:

Granted I accept it could even be a Cat 5 tomorrow morning. But I along with many expected 4 or 5 today. I did have my doubts being a "Gulf" storm, but probably deep down thought I was way wrong.

When I went to bed last night I thought I'd wake up to a solid 2 or 3.

I will be up early tomorrow and can't even take a wild guess right now. Might be the same as it is now, give or take a Cat.

Does look good now though...

Did you just say "give or take a Cat?" Hahaha 

I'm just picturing a met giving a forecast..."Yeah so we got a hurricane about to hit us--gonna be 3...give or take a Cat" Lol

5 minutes ago, Prospero said:

Ida looks strong, but still not perfect. I'd be concerned being in its way, but relieved the hype so far is fading.

Good thing it hasn't reached where we were thinking it would be, at least so far. Dry air trying to come in.

Now hang on...if this still ends up reaching a Cat 4...what hype would be faded? Has that not been the forecast? As @40/70 Benchmark alluded to...even intensification at the rate of the last several hours would still put us there!

2 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

Which still ends up cat 4.

Which would be exactly as forecast...which means it won't matter too much if we got there steadily or quickly!

7 minutes ago, Amped said:

The open eye is misleading.  There's a robust circular CDO on IR which is probably more important than the exact eye shape, which changes every 10 minutes.

Is it just me or do we get way too OCD about a hurricane's appearance sometimes?

28 minutes ago, wxtrix said:

i think he got off pretty lightly. unscientific bs has no value.

Very true...I just think we need to show a little more grace in here (particularly to those who aren't intentionally trying to be unscientific)

10 minutes ago, wxtrix said:

i googled the info on those fake sites in a minute. he could have done the same. in the end i gave him useful information:  it was all a hoax.

Yeah but you were kinda harsh (I mean I know you're not known for softness, lol) It was just a mistake

9 minutes ago, HKY_WX said:

No 2 storms are ever the same and that's the beauty of wx/forecasting. Ultimately the next 12 to 18 hours and any RI will prob be what determines if this goes down as one of the greats or overhyped.

I have an issue with the term "overhyped"...because it can't be hype if the worst is a legit possibility. If it doesn't happen, not anybody's fault for over-selling!

7 minutes ago, Floydbuster said:

That's my worry. That it dicks around long enough to blow up right before landfall. If it were a Cat 4 now, it'd definitely have time to weaken before landfall. 

And wasn't strengthening right before landfall a theme last year too?

5 minutes ago, yoda said:

Well that sucks...

 

Dang! Of all the times for this to happen!

16 minutes ago, Tezeta said:

Don’t wind attacks normally work on flying types? That’s why you need shear. 

Not in Pokémon land...wind and flying type attacks are one in the same 

15 minutes ago, PrinceFrederickWx said:

Ground attacks don’t work on Flying. 

(I had to respond; I’ve had Raboot in my avatar for over a year) 

And of course water beats Ground...so it didn't have a chance against the Flying/Water type that is Ida! Only the higher mountains, a Rock type, could've dented it!  (this weather lecture brought to you by chief meteorologist Castform)

P.S. Being unfamiliar with the generations after Black/White...I didn't even know what your avatar was, lol So...Raboot? Haha

13 minutes ago, Iceresistance said:

Oh no . . . The Inner Core is still intact!

Cuba used LAND ATTACK!

It's not very effective...

1 hour ago, KPITSnow said:

It’s going to be there in two days. It’s now or too late.

 

It’s better to be safe to avoid a tragedy.

I was gonna say...unlike some of the other long-trackers...not like they have a ton of time to wait!

10 minutes ago, Floydbuster said:

I love Windspeed's input and we go back a long time, but I just realized he uses the acronym "PV" quite a bit.

Now see I thought the acronym was for polar vortex...but I assumed it meant something else here, lol

12 minutes ago, nycwinter said:

what does diabetic heating mean or did you mispell that word?

Too much sugar in the golf, obviously