bobbutts Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 23 minutes ago, David-LI said: Read an article that said buildings in Miami Beach, where evacuations are mandatory, could collapse since all that sand underneath will turn into sea. Could that really happen? Since I don't know what I'm talking about but want to speculate I'll reply here in the banter thread. It seems unlikely to me but these barrier islands are not all that stable. In a place or two the buildings may be the only thing left. I picture a situation where these well built buildings don't end up a pile of rubble, but do suffer critical damage that requires a demolition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbutts Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 1 hour ago, Akeem the African Dream said: Angle of approach means everything. Its essentially Charley from the other direction In a way but Charley was a pinhole eye, so even across town the winds people experienced were drastically different. Also we got the strongest winds for minutes, whereas this storm should be bringing them for much longer. Irma is sporting this new gigantic eye and many multiples larger area of damaging wind. Charley was also a lightweight on the IKE scale (yet managed to carve up some barrier islands) and Irma is a freak of nature and I am concerned that it may exceed what people thought was worst case depending on the next couple days. BTW what's your elevation where you are riding it out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 15 minutes ago, TPAwx said: So it's supposed wheelhouse is handling troughs, and it mishandled the trough. Amazing how people, time after time, are willing to give the NAM the benefit of the doubt. Euro has had this all along. 4 minutes ago, TPAwx said: Wow that's West. Big shift from 12z. That locks it for me, going to bug out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nycwinter Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 irma not looking so great may not be a cat 4 when it hits florida... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akeem the African Dream Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 5 hours ago, bobbutts said: In a way but Charley was a pinhole eye, so even across town the winds people experienced were drastically different. Also we got the strongest winds for minutes, whereas this storm should be bringing them for much longer. Irma is sporting this new gigantic eye and many multiples larger area of damaging wind. Charley was also a lightweight on the IKE scale (yet managed to carve up some barrier islands) and Irma is a freak of nature and I am concerned that it may exceed what people thought was worst case depending on the next couple days. BTW what's your elevation where you are riding it out? I'm well over 20 feet and am riding it out on the barrier island here in Juno at my house. mandatory evacuation starts at 10am. I'm on lockdown starting then. Surge forecast is for 5-10 feet and my max wind forecast keeps lowering. Most recent HLS quotes sustained winds of 55-75mph with gusts to 90. If that's all this is we probably avoid a catastrophe in Palm Beach county. No doubt it will be a major disruption but it's better than an outright disaster here. someone further south is going to get ****ed unless this pulls some odd turn and angle of approach that takes it farther north for landfall . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSC97wxnut Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 The GOES-16 loop is just mesmerizing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazey Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 If only Irma can get back to Cat 5. Seeing Jose about to get there, I wonder if there has every been two cat 5's prowling the Atlantic or anywhere for that matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncwxlvr Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 Any thoughts from the crew on Kevin Martin trying to take advantage of Irma to build his "business"? Kevin's Facebook Community "Hurricane IRMA Center and Updates - Category 5" He's issuing Hurricane Warnings and Watches, among other things, under the banner "National Weather Systems" and "Hurricane Impact Center". Some of my Southern California friends and coworkers had thought Kevin was legit. 18 U.S. Code § 2074 - False weather reports Fake weather is a thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormlover74 Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 It may not apply here but I recall when Irene was off the SE coast, that all forecasts pointed to rapid strengthening to a high Cat/low Cat 3 before making landfall in NC. Except it never happened. It stayed a Cat 1 and then made landfall as a tropical storm further north. So it is possible Irma weakens and stays a cat 3 or hopefully even lower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the ghost of leroy Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 7 minutes ago, ncwxlvr said: Any thoughts from the crew on Kevin Martin trying to take advantage of Irma to build his "business"? Kevin's Facebook Community "Hurricane IRMA Center and Updates - Category 5" He's issuing Hurricane Warnings and Watches, among other things, under the banner "National Weather Systems" and "Hurricane Impact Center". Some of my Southern California friends and coworkers had thought Kevin was legit. 18 U.S. Code § 2074 - False weather reports Fake weather is a thing. all he had to do was get on twitter, call himself cranky, and post some graphics....people would eat it up. instead now he is gonna be in trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Iceman Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 I just submitted a tip to his regional fbi office providing them with his Facebook and website. Hopefully this assclown won't be able to endanger the public much longer. I encourage others to do the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmx Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 Hurricane Katia is so strong it's registering on devices designed to detect earthquakes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 3 minutes ago, wxmx said: Hurricane Katia is so strong it's registering on devices designed to detect earthquakes Wow, that is incredible... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 Katia looks like it might pop a pinhole eye here very soon. I think we are about to have our 3 majors simultaneously here within the next 3-6 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheeselandSkies Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 17 minutes ago, wxmx said: Hurricane Katia is so strong it's registering on devices designed to detect earthquakes That was also reported as happening with Irma when it was approaching/reaching Cat 5 status east of the Lesser Antilles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akeem the African Dream Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 38 minutes ago, ncwxlvr said: Any thoughts from the crew on Kevin Martin trying to take advantage of Irma to build his "business"? Kevin's Facebook Community "Hurricane IRMA Center and Updates - Category 5" He's issuing Hurricane Warnings and Watches, among other things, under the banner "National Weather Systems" and "Hurricane Impact Center". Some of my Southern California friends and coworkers had thought Kevin was legit. 18 U.S. Code § 2074 - False weather reports Fake weather is a thing. Love KM. probably going to troll him with fake obs and reports during the storm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akeem the African Dream Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 34 minutes ago, Stormlover74 said: It may not apply here but I recall when Irene was off the SE coast, that all forecasts pointed to rapid strengthening to a high Cat/low Cat 3 before making landfall in NC. Except it never happened. It stayed a Cat 1 and then made landfall as a tropical storm further north. So it is possible Irma weakens and stays a cat 3 or hopefully even lower Irene was such a lame storm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akeem the African Dream Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 21 minutes ago, wxmx said: Hurricane Katia is so strong it's registering on devices designed to detect earthquakes I hope you post more in the banter thread since it isn't a ****show like the main thread. Your content gets buried and that makes me sad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmx Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 10 minutes ago, Akeem the African Dream said: I hope you post more in the banter thread since it isn't a ****show like the main thread. Your content gets buried and that makes me sad 15 minutes ago, CheeselandSkies said: That was also reported as happening with Irma when it was approaching/reaching Cat 5 status east of the Lesser Antilles. 29 minutes ago, Stebo said: Wow, that is incredible... It was a tongue in cheek, probably too soon, reference to this: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us2000ahv0#map https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/08/world/americas/mexico-earthquake.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 1 minute ago, wxmx said: It was a tongue in cheek, probably too soon, reference to this: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us2000ahv0#map https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/08/world/americas/mexico-earthquake.html I thought you were serious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akeem the African Dream Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 6 minutes ago, wxmx said: It was a tongue in cheek, probably too soon, reference to this: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us2000ahv0#map https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/08/world/americas/mexico-earthquake.html Figured but the point remains. you are the best asset this board has in terms of tropical posters and your content gets buried in that mess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akeem the African Dream Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 What a mess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJwx85 Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 43 minutes ago, wxmx said: Hurricane Katia is so strong it's registering on devices designed to detect earthquakes Does it have a shot at becoming a major before landfall? I cannot recall there ever being three majors at one time in the Atlantic Basin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJwx85 Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 3 minutes ago, Akeem the African Dream said: What a mess Look, my post was based on first hand accounts of people that I know rode out the storm in that area and from media reports at the time. A family member that's lived in Southeast Florida since the sixties said it was the second worst hurricane he had ever experienced, and that the primary reason was the wind direction out of the Southwest rather than from the East. You make it seem as if I was making stuff up just to hype the situation. The threat is grave enough without embellishment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 Don't you guys know all the buildings in Miami lean toward the east to handle the wind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the ghost of leroy Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 which way is the NAM showing the winds blowing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akeem the African Dream Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 6 minutes ago, NJwx85 said: Look, my post was based on first hand accounts of people that I know rode out the storm in that area and from media reports at the time. A family member that's lived in Southeast Florida since the sixties said it was the second worst hurricane he had ever experienced, and that the primary reason was the wind direction out of the Southwest rather than from the East. You make it seem as if I was making stuff up just to hype the situation. The threat is grave enough without embellishment. Please don't infect this thread. Keep the **** posts to the main thread. This thread is for mocking you and the others Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 2 minutes ago, cmasty1978 said: which way is the NAM showing the winds blowing? FWIW E then W then up then down and then finally out spinning around in a circle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJwx85 Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 Just now, Akeem the African Dream said: Please don't infect this thread. Keep the **** posts to the main thread. This thread is for mocking you and the others Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akeem the African Dream Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 Just now, NJwx85 said: Your memes are **** too. Can't even post a good one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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