Floydbuster

Here's a new video update on Hurricane Nicholas, for those interested https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ornvkAODxoo

988 mb. Woah. That's a bit different from the 1001 mb five hours ago. Still no Hurricane Warnings?

That shear is clearly saving the Texas coast from a Cat 2 hurricane.

I'm gonna say this tries to crank to a cane right at the coast. It may not make it but I think it'll try.

If each of those things got a name, we'd have Nicholas, Odette, Peter, Rose, and Sam.

What did I say that was incorrect? I gave several points about how for atleast one or two decades, hurricane experts have told me that natural Atlantic Multi-decadal Oscillations are responsible for hurricane activity. Thus the bursts of busy years followed by bursts of inactive years. For example: 0 Major hurricanes hit US in a 12 yr period of 2005-2017, but in the 4 years since 2017, the US has seen 6. (Harvey, Irma, Michael, Laura, Zeta, Ida). I would think my multi-paragraph arguments would illicit more than a three letter acronym.

I had a few hours where I began to doubt strengthening.

So the media narrative is that Hurricane Ida is a result of climate change. I have been a hurricane/climate change skeptic for decades. I remember Dr. William Gray telling me at a 2005 Hurricane Conference that climate change was a "red herring" and that natural multi-decade cycles caused more hurricanes. So, I don't want to be "anti-science" and ignore all the voices, but when the late, great Dr. Gray himself told me it was not the result of climate change, I find myself skeptical. I think a few factors are at work: 1. Better technology to name storms. Even in 2001, we didn't name sub-tropical storms, and half of these weak "Julian" type storms would never be named. I remember back in 1999, there was an obvious tropical storm that developed between Hurricane Floyd and Hurricane Gert, and it was never named and quickly dissipated. When you have weather enthusiasts posting close-up visible loops of a naked swirl with a popcorn thunderstorm over it, it becomes much easier to spot and classify. 2. The media. In the post-Katrina world, CNN does non-stop coverage of insignificant non-US tropical systems. Go back to when I was a teen, circa 2000, even a Cat 4 Hurricane like Hurricane Keith near Belize only got a few short mentions on a network like CNN, and even The Weather Channel didn't go into their "super graphics special report" coverage for it, since it was a non-US storm. In a post-Katrina world, every wave gets mentioned, even on mainstream news networks. 3. Social media. How many videos of this flooding would we be seeing if the year was 2001? Remember, even twenty years ago, nobody had smart phones. (Imagine the horror of people live-streaming from the World Trade Center). Everyone having a camera today creates a world where every funnel cloud, every wave, every weather event can be seen by millions all over twitter and facebook within seconds. That's great for weather enthusiasts, but it creates a perception of a NEW constant severe weather climate, when it actuality, it was always there. It was just the social media that wasn't. 4. Population growth. I'm stunned (and uncomfortable TBH) about the massive population explosions along the coastlines. The populations have growth enormously over recent years. I don't mean from 1950 to now...I mean from 2000 to now. It's insane the amount of growth. More growth equals more people and property to feel the wrath of weather.

I always remember years like 1998. Hurricane Georges didn't even form until Sept 13th or 14th.

Video Update as Ida weakens and leaves Louisiana in ruin. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjOwDNnAfAw

In the last 20 years, we've had Iris 2001 (Retired, replaced with Ingrid) Isidore 2002 (Retired, replaced with Ike) Isabel 2003 (Retired, replaced with Ida) Ivan 2004 (Retired, replaced with Igor) Ike 2008 (Retired, replaced with Isaias) Igor 2010 (Retired, replaced with Ian) Irene 2011 (Retired, replaced with Irma) Ingrid 2013 (Retired, replaced with Imelda) Irma 2017 (Retired, replaced with Idalia) Ida 2021 (Likely retired) Ten "I" storms retired in 20 years. To be honest, I was a little surprised about "Igor" and "Ingrid" being retired, and Isaac is the only remaining original "I" name from the rotating lists created 40 years ago.

I cannot believe the way Ida has stayed together. It's been over land for like...9 hours and is still a major hurricane!!

Any videos of Cat 4 gusts?

Grand Isle is gonna be a mess. Those winds are insane in that inner eyewall.

Landfall Video Update for anyone interested https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp0sefV_3X0

That seems too low considering the winds we are seeing in Grand Isle.

New Video Update on Ida https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn93ba2UPJo

HurricaneTrack.com's webcams show significant surge occuring already near Waveland.

Sorry for sharing an incorrect tweet. My apologies.