The Nasty Weather Thread

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Originally Posted by Spicoli

Perfect timing Ida you ugly hag. I think I'm due for an extended vacation in Destin Fl anyway. Have to say this one sort of just crept up stalker style. But if you show me a Cat 4 and I salute and walk the other direction. Of course we've seen it before but this has a certain feel. If that's a thing ;D. Rule #1..no sleeping in a Walmart parking lot or trying to shower with a carwash sprayer this time because of zero hotels ;D. Ah memories. Should be a hoot.

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Thought about you as Ida was churning up the Gulf. Doesn't help how the Gulf is basically a welcoming funnel for any system that goes to the west of Florida. Someone is automatically assured a hit. Damn the western protrusion of NW Africa and how it seems to spit out these systems factory-style. It used to be one maybe two systems in the Atlantic at any one time. Now it's four or five. Down here we're now entering our least favorite month of the year (weather-wise anyway). I'll breathe a little sigh of relief come October 1st, although technically hurricane season isn't over till end of November.

Is Spicoli without power? I saw a lot of fellows in that area were affected... A power cut is better than some of the pictures I saw :S.

Hey Randy hope you are safe buddy , your neck of the woods is getting battered right ?

The outskirts of New York have been hit very hard and 45 have died with record rainfall.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-58429853

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Originally Posted by Master

The outskirts of New York have been hit very hard and 45 have died with record rainfall.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-58429853

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Hurricane Ida reminds me very much of Hurricane Sandy back in 2012. These systems rarely get up to New York of New Jersey... but Sandy wreaked havoc in those areas mainly due to the rain. It's usually not the destructive Cat 4 winds we get in the tropics or over in the Gulf... but the rain creates its own damage.

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Originally Posted by Dark Lord Al

Hey Randy hope you are safe buddy , your neck of the woods is getting battered right ?

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Hey thanks Al appreciate that. Simply put we got our ass kicked lol. I grabbed the bags and bugged out Sat. before landfall. Put 1k+ miles on the ride thru Fla. AL. Tennessee, South Carolina and stayed in more hotels than a Vegas 'working girl' ;D . Something said don't play with that one and she nailed some sturdy parishes. Plaquemines, Houma, Lafitte Grand isle etc all tore up bad not to mention just drowning folks in the NE on the way to fookoffville. Locally about 60 percent of City with power back tonight but other areas will be in the dark until end of Sept. Got lucky really. Two trees down, half fence gone and roof got sheered a bit, some mold but still standing. The suddenness of Ida was surprising, she didn't waiver or linger in the Gulf. Popped up, took aim and rolled straight in. First time seeing one exactly like that. Always an interesting experience. Took an act of god to leave this place for two weeks ;D.

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Originally Posted by Spicoli

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Originally Posted by Dark Lord Al

Hey Randy hope you are safe buddy , your neck of the woods is getting battered right ?

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Hey thanks Al appreciate that. Simply put we got our ass kicked lol. I grabbed the bags and bugged out Sat. before landfall. Put 1k+ miles on the ride thru Fla. AL. Tennessee, South Carolina and stayed in more hotels than a Vegas 'working girl' ;D . Something said don't play with that one and she nailed some sturdy parishes. Plaquemines, Houma, Lafitte Grand isle etc all tore up bad not to mention just drowning folks in the NE on the way to fookoffville. Locally about 60 percent of City with power back tonight but other areas will be in the dark until end of Sept. Got lucky really. Two trees down, half fence gone and roof got sheered a bit, some mold but still standing. The suddenness of Ida was surprising, she didn't waiver or linger in the Gulf. Popped up, took aim and rolled straight in. First time seeing one exactly like that. Always an interesting experience. Took an act of god to leave this place for two weeks ;D.

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I saw you were planning to go to Florida and when you didn't check in I was thinking anything could have happened. Good that you dodged it. :)

Great Av and sad loss, Williams was just brilliant as Chalky White on Boardwalk!

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Originally Posted by Spicoli

Great Av and sad loss, Williams was just brilliant as Chalky White on Boardwalk!

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I watched a couple of shows and I couldn't get away with it. I'm thinking about watching The Wire again.

Some nice flooding here in bc and I'm stuck on the wrong side of it, freeway and all the other roads are either flooded or blocked by mudslides, so I went off to the emergency centre(they were giving out subway) and the gits gave me forms to get 45 quids worth of soap and toothpaste(seems excessive but maybe they're trying to tell me something), I get to go to Denny's three times a day but it doesn't cover everything but wotever better than nothing. Nowhere to sleep though which is a bit awkward..

Looks like nutsack river in Washington flooded pretty bad and it swelled over to this low lying farmland here and has buggered everything else.

Some twitter links of the lovely flooding, I don't know how to upload images on the phone,

https://twitter.com/TimJamesCity/sta...393600513?s=20

https://twitter.com/ZoMbIeSKilled33/...460150272?s=20

https://twitter.com/AbbyPoliceDept/s...499654661?s=20

It's not usually under water.



tried to drive home yesterday afternoon but the water rose very fast and by the point we were turned around the water was nearly half way up the car door, quite a bit of luck that we made it through some guys cars were stalling and not starting up again. I think a lot of farms just had to leave their livestock too... First the 45+ heatwave in June buggered up some crops in this area now the flooding too, the farms are taking a whacking.

Made it back home after being stuck for two nights on the wrong side of the flood, they managed to clear the landslides on the road on the other side of the Fraser River, it's quite a detour but it works. Part of the road seems damaged so it was one lane alternating traffic for a few kms(which takes a long time)....

Quite a disaster.. Some various links.
The worst stuff is further inland where small bridges are falling down and roads collapsing :S

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/coqu...ns-washed-away

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59324764

Then an RV rental place catches fire :S


https://globalnews.ca/video/8380287/...with-flooding/

https://youtu.be/O52FdMGrsqw

Looks like the water is coming down pretty quick too which is nice... I'm still not going to work for the rest of the week though,...

That's brutal how are you faring bud? Any damage close to home and hope you don't have any cresting waterways close by. Saw some footage yesterday and looks all to familiar. Smart man opting to wait and detour, rule number 1..don't drown turn around. Once the bridges go it's literally life changing. Stay safe stay dry!

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Originally Posted by Spicoli

Smart man opting to wait and detour, rule number 1..don't drown turn around. Once the bridges go it's literally life changing. Stay safe stay dry!

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That was more luck and the fact the road got closed pretty quick.. Police announced it would be closed at 6pm so we left around 4 but by the time we got to the section of road(maybe 5kms away) it was flooded and they were turning people off.. (some pictures below).. And once we were back a bin had blown over and that was it :S...... The main parts of the cities down here are mostly fine but the low lying are which has a lot of farms is buggered and I'm pretty sure a lot of animals have died and who knows what damage will have been done to the free way a good few km was under water for a while.

Currently a levee is being built(even the army are here :S) along the freeway because the water is rising pretty bad in some parts and there's a fair whack of rain forecast for next Tuesday(100+mm) so without drastic measures things could get pretty bad and the water could overwhelm a lot more stuff where many more live. The unfortunate part of this is the way they are direct the flood water out is going to flood maybe ten houses, which is terrible for the people that live there as that are was a former shallow lake that was drained maybe 100 years ago to make the farm land so those unfortunate gits probably don't have insurance for this, they'll lose the house.

Saying that, the worst is definently further inland where big chunks of the roads and bridges have fallen down, poor gits. Merritt was totally evacuated and flooded and that's after they were all evacuated due to the wildfires a few months ago :S... Look up some of the pictures on the coquihalla route, that's a pretty major route too.

Overall though it could have been much worse, everyone responded pretty quick and there's only been on death confined so far(which is of course one too many) but there are around a further three missing.


Photos below(used a link because they might be big, and also upside down) taken from the passenger side whilst driving back, water got pretty high on the car, lucky to make it through(we were only in the water for a few mins)

Fire brigade were rowing a dingy up to peoples houses along the road too :S
https://ibb.co/WVSBc6s
https://ibb.co/MCv0PfL
https://ibb.co/xh0ZcBS

That is a lot of damage and will take years to get over. Is this British Colombia?

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Originally Posted by Master

That is a lot of damage and will take years to get over. Is this British Colombia?

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Yes sumas is a bit east of Vancouver and then tree damage inland seems to stretch for a while :S.

Fuel limits in place for a week or two which no one is going to follow

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Originally Posted by palmerq

tried to drive home yesterday afternoon but the water rose very fast and by the point we were turned around the water was nearly half way up the car door, quite a bit of luck that we made it through some guys cars were stalling and not starting up again..

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I had a coworker who made the nightly news, cameras caught him on top of his car. He said the water was about a foot,within seconds the water was up to the window... he had to jump out his window on the roof, made it to another car roof, then to safety. had to go back and get his car next day- I think it was totalled, so I am sure you must know how that felt.

Cool ya back, so we can go at it on the boxing tip!!!!!!

Cannot look at the footage from up North without wincing man. Kentucky absolutely savaged and in addition to neighboring States some 30 tornadoes touched down. Early word is some 100 reported dead, 40 missing and count expected to rise no doubt. Entire towns literally leveled. I've been in 1 tornado when I was a small child in Oklahoma and have to say I will take a hurricane any day over those.

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Originally Posted by Spicoli

Cannot look at the footage from up North without wincing man. Kentucky absolutely savaged and in addition to neighboring States some 30 tornadoes touched down. Early word is some 100 reported dead, 40 missing and count expected to rise no doubt. Entire towns literally leveled. I've been in 1 tornado when I was a small child in Oklahoma and have to say I will take a hurricane any day over those.

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That was downright BRUTAL. :(

They're saying one tornado in particular traveled over 200 miles. That is unbelievable. Mayfield, Kentucky was totally destroyed and that candle factory looks like it was leveled by a giant bulldozer. The outbreak affected 6 states. An Amazon warehouse in Illinois was also destroyed and there's likely to be many casualties in there also.

That makes two of us in choosing between a tornado and a hurricane. And this is from someone who lived through both Hugo in '89, and Maria in 2017. Hurricanes are mean and nasty... but you see them coming and can prepare. These funnel-shaped bitches come down unexpectedly and many times at night.

God help all the people and families that were affected.

So last night was interesting. This fat fooker formed on the West bank and straight lined it about 6 blocks from me in Algiers. Hit Gretna, hoped the levee and road over the Mississippi river. Strengthened to a reported EF3, and grounded again in the lower ninth ward, St Bernard and decimated Arabi directly across the river. Only the 2nd tornado I've seen up close and personal and I sure as shat don't wish them on anyone. You cannot 'prepare' for them! Last clip pretty much word for word.

https://youtu.be/GhZ5VqXAx1s

SIX blocks away! :o

Yeah... that's a bit TOO close. :cwm31:

That funnel looked pretty well defined for an EF-3. It was probably on the upper part of that range.

Scary to think it's not just Tornado Alley that has to worry about those monsters.

And you're right... no time to prepare. In that sense, they're a hell of a lot scarier than hurricanes.

The only thing worse than getting threatened by a hurricane is having it named after Shrek's girlfriend.

Man... if it wasn't for the several family birthdays in September... I'd already be hating on this month of the year. :mad:

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Originally Posted by TitoFan

The only thing worse than getting threatened by a hurricane is having it named after Shrek's girlfriend.

Man... if it wasn't for the several family birthdays in September... I'd already be hating on this month of the year. :mad:

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Buckle up and hunker down bud but it's still getting its act together. Looked to be steering wnw, skirt south hopefully. Stay safe Tito.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG6iNJu0nJ0

Japan are having problems too, nine million people told to evacuate as super typhoon Nanmadol hits.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-62952942

Anyone have word or contact with Tito man? Hope they made it thru healthy. Seems we haven't learned much with the infrastructure and power on location and rain and flooding was reported as relentless. Hang in bro!

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Originally Posted by Spicoli

Anyone have word or contact with Tito man? Hope they made it thru healthy. Seems we haven't learned much with the infrastructure and power on location and rain and flooding was reported as relentless. Hang in bro!

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Did they get their power back running? And I saw there's another hurricane coming through that same area but it looks to be a little bit more southerly. Looks like it might hit the Cayman Islands or Jamaica

Happy to be back on the air. ;D Appreciate the concern and updates, fellas. :)

Just got power back in my area last night. Still a long ways to go island-wide... and unfortunately there were some deaths and a lot of destruction. Hardest hit areas were the Southwest portion of the island, and the center, mountainous areas. Fiona became a Cat 1 hurricane just before landfall, it seems. But it also brought a TON of rain. At least one bridge was washed out (impressive videos of it... sign of the smart phone and Facebook age). Lots of landslides and such. It wasn't a Maria, of course. But it a surprising bit of damage. Lots of downed trees, which didn't help the power situation.

Personally, we lost power early Sunday morning, and never got it back until late last night. Made do with a medium-sized generator I had bought for such an occasion ;D . That... and a portable gas stovetop we pull out for emergencies.

Woke up this morning to word from the neighbors that power was restored. So what do I do? Go thru my checklist.

• Switch power from generator to city power.
• Shut off generator.
• Connect my electric water heater (tired of cold showers by now).
• Check in with family and friends to see if they all got power back.
• See whether I got Internet... and go into Saddo's (my passage back to normalcy) :)

Feels good to be back. If nothing else, I can go back to watching and commenting on big fights... and hopefully kick back and watch some good NFL games this weekend. ;D

Cheers. :drunks:

@Spicoli buddy...

Seems you keep copying us down here in P.R. ;D ;D

Can't be without getting your own storm. ;D



Seriously, though... bummed to see that Ian is now making a beeline for your general area. I hope it veers off or better yet... implode! This hurricane season started off slowly and now seems bent on making up for lost time. :mad: :mad:

Batten down and ride it out, my friend. Heaven knows you've gotten more than your share of storms in that area recently.



As is sometimes the case in these strange weather times we live in.... it was amazing to see Fiona survive long enough to go beat up on eastern Canada, of all places :o :o

We will get the tail end of it here by the end of the week. It will be very blustery.

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Originally Posted by TitoFan

@Spicoli buddy...

Seems you keep copying us down here in P.R. ;D ;D

Can't be without getting your own storm. ;D



Seriously, though... bummed to see that Ian is now making a beeline for your general area. I hope it veers off or better yet... implode! This hurricane season started off slowly and now seems bent on making up for lost time. :mad: :mad:

Batten down and ride it out, my friend. Heaven knows you've gotten more than your share of storms in that area recently.



As is sometimes the case in these strange weather times we live in.... it was amazing to see Fiona survive long enough to go beat up on eastern Canada, of all places :o :o

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Hey man I appreciate that :). But we're well off in the Bayou. This went exactly as tracks predicted pretty much..which is nuts ;D..and the arc back East to Fort Meyers-Tampa is brutal. We weren't 100 percent sure until it came off of Cuba this morning, never are. Hope you're good on your end too as Ian just stacked on previous damage. Saw earlier power still fubar in large areas?!

One more month and then we can collectively shake this hurricane season shat. You literally spend a few months waiting and watching, bags packed :D. Best of luck to Florida come tomorrow.

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Originally Posted by Spicoli

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Originally Posted by TitoFan

@Spicoli buddy...

Seems you keep copying us down here in P.R. ;D ;D

Can't be without getting your own storm. ;D



Seriously, though... bummed to see that Ian is now making a beeline for your general area. I hope it veers off or better yet... implode! This hurricane season started off slowly and now seems bent on making up for lost time. :mad: :mad:

Batten down and ride it out, my friend. Heaven knows you've gotten more than your share of storms in that area recently.



As is sometimes the case in these strange weather times we live in.... it was amazing to see Fiona survive long enough to go beat up on eastern Canada, of all places :o :o

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Hey man I appreciate that :). But we're well off in the Bayou. This went exactly as tracks predicted pretty much..which is nuts ;D..and the arc back East to Fort Meyers-Tampa is brutal. We weren't 100 percent sure until it came off of Cuba this morning, never are. Hope you're good on your end too as Ian just stacked on previous damage. Saw earlier power still fubar in large areas?!

One more month and then we can collectively shake this hurricane season shat. You literally spend a few months waiting and watching, bags packed :D. Best of luck to Florida come tomorrow.

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Glad to read you won't be getting the brunt of Ian. Yeah... it looks like Tampa-Orlando are going to get the worst of it. :(

Ian thankfully passed well south of us. But then curled up and hit Cuba. Once it gets west of Miami's longitude... it's gonna hit someone in the Gulf area.

Past experience tells me we're almost out of the woods here in Puerto Rico. Then again, it's just wishful thinking on my part, hoping hurricanes can read a calendar and realize we're not supposed to get hit after the end of September. ;D ;D ;D

@Spicoli !!!

Is Hurricane Idalia bearing down to where you live? Geez... I hope not. If it is... I hope you and your folks have taken the necessary precautions. Damn... hurricane season is a YEAR-AFTER-YEAR constant bitch. :mad:

Tallahassee area category 3

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Originally Posted by NoSavingByTheBell

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Ooofff. Yeah... I saw it already went through. Hope Randy's alright.

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Tallahassee area category 3

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Ooofff. Yeah... I saw it already went through. Hope Randy's alright.

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I think Randy is a bit to the west of there, but he may be getting some effects of it. He probably battened down the hatches and we'll hear from him in about 24 hours.

All’s well gents thanks we were actually in Biloxi at time and don’t usually sit up straight until they have an Alabama cone moving West. That thing built very fast. Florida took it right in the catchers mitt and probably the best place for it seeing aftermath.

Craziest shit this season is seeing first impact hurricane on the Mexico California boarder :cwm13: with family mite accustomed to rolling canyon fires and earthquakes. Mid season now, entire Gulf goes in 7day cycles of “checking the tropics”. Head on a swivel Tito it’ll be Fall and close to Thanksgiving in no time ;D.

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Originally Posted by Spicoli

All’s well gents thanks we were actually in Biloxi at time and don’t usually sit up straight until they have an Alabama cone moving West. That thing built very fast. Florida took it right in the catchers mitt and probably the best place for it seeing aftermath.

Craziest shit this season is seeing first impact hurricane on the Mexico California boarder :cwm13: with family mite accustomed to rolling canyon fires and earthquakes. Mid season now, entire Gulf goes in 7day cycles of “checking the tropics”. Head on a swivel Tito it’ll be Fall and close to Thanksgiving in no time ;D.

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Can't come fast enough, my friend. ;D

I should love September. It's the month of several family birthdays (wife, daughter, brother, late father). But DAMN... it's the month when these monsters take aim at Puerto Rico.

Hey @Spicoli How's Debby treating you? I hope not too badly. The hurricane winds are bad enough. This is a slow-moving, torrential-rain-dropping system.

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Originally Posted by TitoFan

Hey @Spicoli How's Debby treating you? I hope not too badly. The hurricane winds are bad enough. This is a slow-moving, torrential-rain-dropping system.

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Bud I'm at the point where I just turn off the news until anything at all hits the Gulf ;D. The hysteria and guess work and the red cones starts as soon as something comes off of Africa now. Guess that's par for the course with mass media these days. Debby took a pretty early curve north for us here so all good. Now we just wait for the next :p. Keep your head on a swivel in PR bud.

Damn. Getting our ass kicked by Tropical Storm Ernesto. 5 am update should be coming up soon... but this shet feels like a hurricane already.