Prospero

217,232 customers without power in LA. That is slightly over 10% of the entire state. Of course some may still be out since August. Looks like over 200K customers in Texas affected by Delta as well.

Eastern Texas on the LA border is seeing stronger winds than with Laura. I'm sure many are losing power that did not before.

The strongest I've seen on SailFlow is 96mph from FCMP T5 (Delta):

Lake Charles Airport so far, about 50 mph less than Laura.

Are they in a rental car?

Cameron is still up. never went down: It had a peak gust of 117 on August 27th with Laura.

I've been watching the SailFlow wind reports and the winds in Galveston (gust 49mph so far) are stronger than Laura was. Beta did kick up a gust of 54. On the Freeport Bouy they had a gust of 60mph this morning. I thought maybe that was the peak this season, then saw that with Hanna it was 154mph. Not sure how I missed that back then. Freeport Bouy Delta 10/9/20 Peak gust 60mph Beta 9/21/20 Peak gust 49mph Laura 8/26/20 Peak gust 40mph Hanna 7/25/20 Peak gust 154mph

Might depend on who is in charge... Scientists? Yea, OK, maybe. Politicians? Nope. Effectively weakening a deadly storm before landfall? Sure Preventing a storm from doing its natural purpose over the ocean? Nope.

On radar

Based on what I remember seeing over the past few years, including 2020, we may see a clear eye just before landfall. That is only a wild guess.

StormFury was nearly 40 years ago. They definitely learned a few things about hurricanes and what may or may not work. But given the potential weather modification has on many levels, both good and bad, to me it seems odd that it would just go away. Of course there are seeding projects actively going on world-wide showing some measurable results as far as rain and snow. So 40 years later since StormFury, I still think about what may be happening under the very tight secrecy of National Security. Maybe nothing at all. But if there is something going on that we are not privy to, all we can see is strange effects that occur. Sudden cold spots in eye wall convection get my attention, yet very well can be unforeseen meteorological events in a storm that have everybody speculating. Gulf hurricanes' eyes have been unpredictable for a few years. So many threads, "I see an eye!" Then, "Nope, fell apart." Repeat... Not pushing the issue, but it is fascinating to me and there may be a day when we find out it has been going on without our knowledge. (As if that kind of thing never happens.)

It appears this just went offline, but looks to be in the eye: Edit: This one has been off a couple hours on the other side of the storm:

Curious: I posted a comment on the Hurricane Delta forum that was removed earlier this morning. It was a legitimate thought, yet on a subject that appears to be taboo with many professional mets. I've been aware of this since Katrina when I posted a comment on another storm forum and felt like I really struck a nerve. For the life of me I cannot understand the emotions that this concept stirs up with many pros. Maybe somebody can explain? Myself, I've been passionately watching storms my whole life. I've noticed the past several years, especially in the western Gulf of Mexico that when an eye is forecast to be perfect, weird things happen and the eye keeps losing its structure. Mets toss out theories to explain even when they are surprised. Conditions appeared perfect, then whammy something happens and everyone wonders why. I remember reading the storm forum I was on with both Katrina and Harvey while watching the sats and the eye just never could get going. Granted a few moments here and there, but never what we see on the open ocean or prior to 15 years ago. 2020 has been a year like that. I've been interested in weather modification starting when I heard about StormFury as a teenager in the 70s. In the late 90's I had a website client who was a professional psychic, Robert Petro. He used to tell me he was part of a secret team paid by the government to use his "powers" to divert hurricanes from populated areas. True? Beats me. But anyway, I have read about the Texas seeding program that is a fact. Not a conspiracy theory. But when I wonder if a hurricane is being seeded, it is as if I am bringing up a subject that is just simple "NOT" allowed. But why? Is that not a fair question? In the post removed, I linked to an article that has a timeline for the "HURRICANE MODIFICATION WORKSHOP REPORT" held in 2008 which included NOAA and DHS. A few highlights: https://climateviewer.com/2013/11/08/hurricane-hacking-the-department-of-homeland-security-enters-the-weather-modification-business/ Yes I am aware there is no publicly known project for anyone to seed hurricanes today. I understand that the idea is considered "conspiracy theory" by most, if not all mets. But may I ask, is it 100% impossible that there could be a top secret DHS project to modify storms? I'd get why secret as the public outrage would be huge, especially when something backfires (Katrina, Harvey?) Why is this topic so taboo?

Hello Epsilon...

Oh those crazy Texan cloud seeders at it again...

Forrest Gump

Banter - OK. This forum is mostly male. Have I seen a female storm chaser? No, but I am sure there are many. Look, we males love storms. One could analyze my mind... I desire to be in the eye and eye wall of every hurricane. Why? I don't know. The wind, the rain, the excitement, the terror. Just want to be there, always, every one. I desire to watch every tornado, watch it grow, get bigger, envy it. Taking photos and video I can share, but no desire to be in one. Except, granted my death wish is to die in a tornado which is a recurring dream where I am clinging my fingers into the ground as I watch a massive tornado approach me with no escape and pick me up and fling me into the funnel and spit me out free-falling to the ground knowing this is the end. What a thrill! Seriously. I see it approaching on the way, knowing I will die. Loving every second... I am sure the tornado fantasy/dream my entire life was from watching Wizard of Oz when I was very little, but maybe my own subconscious fear and sense of awe of the power my own penis has had over too many decisions in my life! (I've never seen a tornado but experience being in one a few times a year in dreams). LOL Honestly now at 60 years old and previous prostate cancer, the above statement is ridiculous to me, but hey, whatever. I am programmed from very young. Now hurricanes, I never fear of death or dying, but I so want to be in the eye of every one. Just for the warm wet pounding winds and overwhelming storm surges? Fear? Yes. Excitement? Yes, but dying, never. I just want more, and more. Yea, I know...what the Hell? TMI...

Really? That dude is salivating for GOM Cat 5 more than anyone here. The reality is it will just become a formidable major hurricane again. Not wishcasting, just based on environmental influences here. This is really just dumb. GOL is a good poster. I thought "ghost..." was trolling new poster Moderately Unstable who has good posts. He's better than me who is a poor poster yet with passion. But me being new, this season I think (times so flies), "ghost of leroy" pops up a bit and I've been trolled. Of course we all want Cat 5 storms every spin, but that is our nature but we cannot really say that. We really DO care about lives and costs. But really, secretly in our minds we all want the biggest storm ever on every spin. Just who we are.

Beware the ghost of leroy! A high-end experienced troll who may very well be paid a lot of money to add fire to this forum (and how knows how many more, and a possible professional troll)! Not an idiot, which makes him more effective. But a sh*t stirrer by trade, and good at it. LOL Welcome to this forum!

Maybe it is my age, maybe my Freudian nature by birth, maybe my basic primitive artistic vision of triangles and phallic images everywhere I look. But yea, Delta seems female to me. I do have some very good friends who would be eager to put me in my proper and deserved place... But I'd still see what I see.

I've never seen a year when the spaghetti plots were so focused on LA (or anywhere else) and hit on target a few days out.

Alpha/Beta, that's a relationship concept, equally both ways. Gamma, who the f*** knows. Delta, I'd lean feminine, only from the visual I have. To be honest, I'm waiting for Hurricane Pi to kick some serious ass whether people call it male or female!

This is 2020, keep coming back, we'll see prophets of the end of the season, and those who predict 4s and 5s. Ultimately the final truth will laugh at us all.

Nowhere fun to stay after the storms...

Until the last moments anyway...