seether Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 3 minutes ago, lilj4425 said: Wonder how bad this is going to affect the oil refineries down there? ConocoPhillips has a big one in Alliance that is now underwater. I live in Upstate SC and most of our gas comes from the Colonial Pipeline. Yikes. Not a good time to worry about your gas man, Theres people in life or death situations at the moment. 4 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrmax Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 8 minutes ago, lilj4425 said: Wonder how bad this is going to affect the oil refineries down there? I live in Upstate SC and most of our gas comes from the Colonial Pipeline. Yeesh. Fuel up tomorrow. After Katrina, prices rose from about $2.30-2.50 to about $3.25 locally. We are already there. It wasn't until the financial crisis in 2008 that prices cratered. That's almost 5 years. I expect $4.00 gas on avg soon. Especially with today's stimmy check fueled inflationary spiral. Petrol up to $4.25-4.50 wouldn't surprise me in a month. 3 2 2 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrmax Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 3 minutes ago, seether said: Not a good time to worry about your gas man, Theres people in life or death situations at the moment. As if what we post here will save lives... 4 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WEATHER53 Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 58 minutes ago, Intensewind002 said: New advisory has storm down to Cat 1: 95 mph, 960 mb, headed nnw at 9 mph. I don't think I've ever seen a storm initialized with that intensity before, unless it was a glitch.... 12 hours from landfall to get under 100? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Jon Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 20 minutes ago, lilj4425 said: Wonder how bad this is going to affect the oil refineries down there? ConocoPhillips has a big one in Alliance that is now underwater. I live in Upstate SC and most of our gas comes from the Colonial Pipeline. Yikes. yeesh, good point. Gas already costs a fortune and it's not like refineries grow on trees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSnowman Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 I can’t Believe he Quit this thread is right now. This is THE Most Covered thread on the Internet during these times. It’s been incredible the past 24 hours, with Major Congratulations to everyone here, because the news that is spread here can Absolutely Save Lives. But it’s Quiet all of a sudden. No Important posts in 33 minutes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boo radley Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 New Orleans may be out of heaviest of rain now, pivot seems to put band staying East. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grep1 Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 Gaining rapidly. Anyone know what the tipping point is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jebman Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 18 minutes ago, stockmanjr said: Dont rely on NWS radars. Get myRadar! Its free and looks great! I use it all the time! Sorry NWS, no disrespect intended to you, but I found a better radar! 7 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intensewind002 Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 19 minutes ago, Jebman said: Dont rely on NWS radars. Get myRadar! Its free and looks great! I use it all the time! Sorry NWS, no disrespect intended to you, but I found a better radar! All radar apps use NWS doppler radar 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STxVortex Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 3 hours ago, jojo762 said: This has to be a record for strongest sustained, and gusting winds RECORDED in a hurricane... right? Could well be, few anemometers last past 100-120mph. However, keep in mind that the standard anemometer height is 10 meters off the ground surface and with no obstructions within a prescribed distance. Depending on the size of that ship their anemometer may be located 40-50+ meters high, where the winds are generally stronger [just look at the hurricane hunter data, like a dropsonde, the measurements vary by height]. So these measurements may have some bias to compensate for. If we had this ship's identification information we could look up it's specs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STxVortex Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 The vessel that recorded those record high wind speeds is the Seacor Eagle, a small platform ship, 42x28m. So it's anemometer looks to be maybe 15-20m above sea level, good enough. Edit: The "Young Wind Tracker" instrument pictured earlier is first class equipment. Marine Traffic link/info: SEACOR EAGLE Latest Position Position Received: 2021-08-29 04:50 UTC Vessel is Out-of-Range Area: USG - Gulf of Mexico Current Port: FOURCHON Latitude / Longitude: 29.13876° / -90.19744° Status: At Anchor 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SP Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 4 hours ago, Intensewind002 said: All radar apps use NWS doppler radar My Radar is nice, however, has a delay of 10-15m. I believe weather underground app/site provides current radar for no fee. Wundermap is the name?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a5ehren Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 If you care enough about radar to be on AmWx, you just need to go pay the $10 for RadarScope. Worth every penny. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GATECH Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 If you want free radar, this is the best site… https://weather.cod.edu/satrad/ 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 So no one cares about this storm anymore? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayson Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 14 minutes ago, smokeybandit said: So no one cares about this storm anymore? This thread went off the rails a while ago. 90% of the posts over the past 24 hours should be in the banter thread. The storm still looks remarkably well for having been onshore for as long as it has. Looks like there will be extensive inland flooding threats though the week. 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthHillsWx Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 I know impacts are still ongoing, but here are the highlights of this storm so far: 1) incredible model consistency on rapid strengthening prior to landfall, verified 2) the rate of strengthening in last 12 hours prior to landfall 3) durability of the circulation while technically inland (marsh). I know there’s a lot of water in SE LA but we’ve seen major hurricanes weaken faster in the ocean with actual heat content. I think the storm was able to generate so much energy and under pristine environmental conditions it allowed it to remain at its peak for hours after its first landfall and this was in no small part due to it rapidly strengthening immediately up to landfall. We’ve seen it with some other storms, but this was impressive 4) actually getting what appears to be a verifiable reading of a high end hurricane matching its estimated wind speed at landfall. Getting a reading of 149 mph sustained wind is absurd 5) numerous gusts over 100 kts inland. It seems with so many majors we have to search just to find a single reading or two over 100 kts. Even in a remote and swampy area, this storm dished out dozens, and some well inland Ida may not have been Katrina (fingers still crossed) from the death and destruction standpoint but this will go down as one of the greats. It certainly from a wind perspective will end up towards the top of the list and I’m sure as the day goes on some of the images of structural damage from the ground zero areas near the coast are going to be sickening. An incredible storm and a absolute textbook example of what can happen in the GOM with the correct conditions. A+ forecasts from the NHC and many on this board. This will be one we remember Edit: had to add 1 more: 6) watching an ERC with a high end major hurricane begin to occur from a freaking continental US radar! You kidding me?! That was wild yesterday watching the powerful inner eyewall pinballing around in the formative outer eyewall! Can’t ever remember that happening with such a powerful well formed storm (maybe Matthew) especially at the beginning of an erc 21 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristospherein Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 27 minutes ago, smokeybandit said: So no one cares about this storm anymore? I think we are all burned out from watching the storm over the past few days. All of the damage and destruction including the amazing footage of the winds from the storm have worn us down. Looks like it's going to take a route that could bring more rains to already devastated areas in Appalachia. Hopefully it goes closer to Nashville and/or speeds up and doesn't dump on the mountains. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthHillsWx Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 15 minutes ago, jayson said: This thread went off the rails a while ago. 90% of the posts over the past 24 hours should be in the banter thread. The storm still looks remarkably well for having been onshore for as long as it has. Looks like there will be extensive inland flooding threats though the week. Agreed. No clue how that happened. It became unreadable last night. As for flooding threats, some areas in Mississippi and Alabama are under the fire hose this morning 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 10 minutes ago, jayson said: This thread went off the rails a while ago. 90% of the posts over the past 24 hours should be in the banter thread. The storm still looks remarkably well for having been onshore for as long as it has. Looks like there will be extensive inland flooding threats though the week. Just now, NorthHillsWx said: Agreed. No clue how that happened. It became unreadable last night. As for flooding threats, some areas in Mississippi and Alabama are under the fire hose this morning Perhaps because it's a Sunday night and people want to go to sleep or perhaps do other things like hang out with their family/friends. You can't expect these threads to be monitored/moderated 24/7 365 days a year, Moderators have lives and don't get paid to do any of it. 10 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Balti Zen Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 Aftermath just starting to come into focus really 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckeyefan1 Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 35 minutes ago, Baroclinic Zone said: Perhaps because it's a Sunday night and people want to go to sleep or perhaps do other things like hang out with their family/friends. You can't expect these threads to be monitored/moderated 24/7 365 days a year, Moderators have lives and don't get paid to do any of it. edit to add: Davidk....if you have a problem send me a dm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TheDreamTraveler Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 Hearing these reporters telling you to make sure you boil your water due to a boil water advisory and then seconds later say how so many people still have no electricity is just really funny. You can't boil water without power unless you have something that can heat up water like propane tanks etc which not everyone has 1 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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e46and2 Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 2 minutes ago, TheDreamTraveler said: Hearing these reporters telling you to make sure you boil your water due to a boil water advisory and then seconds later say how so many people still have no electricity is just really funny. You can't boil water without power unless you have something that can heat up water like propane tanks etc which not everyone has many people have natural gas appliances. not sure what the breakdown is down there but very common still up here. all you need is a match or lighter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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