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The Nasty Weather Thread
If you live in the mid-Western plains of the U.S., it's tornadoes, usually around the April-June timeframe. If you live up north, it's blizzards and ice storms. If you live in Saudi Arabia, I suppose some of the desert areas are prone to dust storms. Not sure what extreme weather exists in continental Europe.
But here in the Caribbean, it's those damn hurricanes. Which over in the Pacific they're called typhoons.
Damn these things are pesky and insistent.
Just had the poor people in SE Texas suffer through one of their worst natural disasters on record with Hurricane Harvey. The damn thing stalled over that area and dumped upwards of 30 feet of rain on those poor people. Places like Port Arthur are underwater, and the pictures coming out of Houston are unbelievable. It's like new lakes have been created. The economic impact is colossal, to say nothing of the lives that have been lost. It's like Katrina in New Orleans all over again.
Now there's soon-to-become Hurricane Irma meandering its way from the west coast of Africa across the Atlantic. Great. It's predicted that high pressure systems will keep the system bearing SW, which of course puts it right on target to smack into the Caribbean and after that probably the SE United States. Hopefully it won't go into the Gulf of Mexico, as the poor folks in Texas can't afford any more storms.
This is a bitch, having to worry about hurricane season every year. September is usually the worst month, and this year appears to be shaping up no different.
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Is it because of global warming? I remember when it snowed here every year when I was a child and now it is very rare for it to snow here.
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Climate is cyclic, although I can't say whether the cycles themselves are shifting in some way. This is such a hot topic, though, with the deniers and the believers doing nothing but hurling insults at each other. Some things are difficult to deny, IMO. Then we observe things such as what you've observed. Who's going to argue with that?
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30 FEET of rain? 30 inches maybe and that is PLENTY!
Here in NC we get both twisters and hurricanes and every so often a mini earthquake maybe a forest fire as well. I'm pretty ok with anything under a category 3 hurricane depending on where I am in the state above that it's like Ron White said "It's not THAT the wind is blowing it's WHAT the wind is blowing". Flooding isn't as bad in North Carolina unless we get prolonged rain...Texas is flat and there's worse flash flooding.
I do find it heartening to see humanity at it's best in these times even if on the Internet it's always st it's worst. JJ Watt has been amazing, Joel Osteen has been a typical scumbag, and the average person red black white brown yellow they've stepped up and helped their neighbors in need, I hope VC and his family are safe (not sure if they are near the area but I do know they're in Texas) and I hope going forward in real life we all appreciate each other just a little more.
Tryin' to reason with Hurricane season, thank God this one is almost over!
The climate always changes but it's not man doing it.
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Irma inbound. Big truck coming! It either nails me or family in neighboring States. They talk Northern turn but simple trajectory and speed makes that highly unlikely I believe. Forget the spaghetti models and currents and fronts. After a while you can watch a system rotate and travel..you just know. Friends in Cuba watch your six! Everyone stay safe. I fookn hate these things.
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Irma inbound. Big truck coming! It either nails me or family in neighboring States. They talk Northern turn but simple trajectory and speed makes that highly unlikely I believe. Forget the spaghetti models and currents and fronts. After a while you can watch a system rotate and travel..you just know. Friends in Cuba watch your six! Everyone stay safe. I fookn hate these things.
Me too. Been boarding up my own house and family houses all day. F*cking monster is Cat 5 with 185 mph winds. It's gonna skim my town up in the NE corner of Puerto Rico, so we're preparing for the worst. Not since Hugo in '89 are people so apprehensive about an approaching hurricane. Safety is of utmost importance, of course. But I'll be bummed about being without power, maybe for weeks after that.... we'll see. Should be passing by tomorrow afternoon into the night.
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The stuff that is happening in Texas is pretty awful. There's lots of poor people there who will lose everything. I'm quite impressed by the groups of people who are helping others.
Mind you, what is happening in Bangladesh and South Asia is truly biblical. Even poorer people in a third world country with limited infrastructure and a state that can't help. :-\
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Stay safe Spicoli and Titofan
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Irma inbound. Big truck coming! It either nails me or family in neighboring States. They talk Northern turn but simple trajectory and speed makes that highly unlikely I believe. Forget the spaghetti models and currents and fronts. After a while you can watch a system rotate and travel..you just know. Friends in Cuba watch your six! Everyone stay safe. I fookn hate these things.
Me too. Been boarding up my own house and family houses all day. F*cking monster is Cat 5 with 185 mph winds. It's gonna skim my town up in the NE corner of Puerto Rico, so we're preparing for the worst. Not since Hugo in '89 are people so apprehensive about an approaching hurricane. Safety is of utmost importance, of course. But I'll be bummed about being without power, maybe for weeks after that.... we'll see. Should be passing by tomorrow afternoon into the night.
Although I'm in "Hurricane Alley" I'm not on the coast so the worst thing Hurricanes can do to me is spin off tornadoes (Hugo was the WORST for us too) and/or cause flooding.
When I was in college I was on the coast and hell if a storm was a Cat 2 or lower we'd have parties which...but hell if it was 75 and sunny out we'd party then too.
I hope yall both stay safe and dry....have some booze on standby!
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The stuff that is happening in Texas is pretty awful. There's lots of poor people there who will lose everything. I'm quite impressed by the groups of people who are helping others.
Mind you, what is happening in Bangladesh and South Asia is truly biblical. Even poorer people in a third world country with limited infrastructure and a state that can't help. :-\
We do assume much and take even more for granted in times like these. Lose perspective in that we have more to lose before we're actually..really..in endless despair. Just a month after Katrina we were back to waiting on paper work-insurance, sorting transportation and waiting for the lights to come back on. Jobs to return to. It was rough but it wasn't permanent and you improvised. I see kids scavenge a trash dump in third world countries for a meal and it's sure as shat the last time I ever moaned about eating MREs or warm bottled water.
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Tito is a bit quiet of late. Hopefully nothing more than a broken fence and no electricity for a few days.
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@TitoFan how you making out bro? Unthinkable that this biatch Maria would run the same course and it looks even more ugly than Irma. Cat. 5 and looks that it is jogging NW at a steady clip. Not sure of your exact location but ffs be safe dude.
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Hey bro. We're just bracing for the hit now. The path of Maria takes her right through the NE corner of the island, where I live. Still have power, but it's a matter of several hours before things get wild. When you have a Cat 5 bearing down on you, you can't help second guessing every storm shutter, every tie down, everything around the property that could become a projectile. It's gonna be a loooong night.
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Hey bro. We're just bracing for the hit now. The path of Maria takes her right through the NE corner of the island, where I live. Still have power, but it's a matter of several hours before things get wild. When you have a Cat 5 bearing down on you, you can't help second guessing every storm shutter, every tie down, everything around the property that could become a projectile. It's gonna be a loooong night.
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Hey bro. We're just bracing for the hit now. The path of Maria takes her right through the NE corner of the island, where I live. Still have power, but it's a matter of several hours before things get wild. When you have a Cat 5 bearing down on you, you can't help second guessing every storm shutter, every tie down, everything around the property that could become a projectile. It's gonna be a loooong night.
Again booze is useful to pass the time...you can get drunk, you can clean wounds, you can help start a fire (if you're drinking the right stuff).
Stay safe bud and let the Saddo Red Cross know if you guys need a care package sent...I am sure we could crowdfund something for you if needed.
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Do you know why hurricanes are always named after women?
Because when they come they are wet and wild, but when they leave they take your house and car.
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For the record Nate can kiss me arse. I had to go to 3 different stores yesterday just to find a bottle of Captains! Looks like landfall as Cat. 2 over the next twelve hours but as of now we're stocked up and hunkered down and still have power. Generator went to shat last week and haven't had time to get a new one so we'll see. Cannot get over the speed at 26mph and one of the fastest moving hurricanes I can remembers. N.O will get hit and surely Biloxi will take it on the chin also. Fast moving is a good thing! So hurricane party it is
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For the record Nate can kiss me arse. I had to go to 3 different stores yesterday just to find a bottle of Captains! Looks like landfall as Cat. 2 over the next twelve hours but as of now we're stocked up and hunkered down and still have power. Generator went to shat last week and haven't had time to get a new one so we'll see. Cannot get over the speed at 26mph and one of the fastest moving hurricanes I can remembers. N.O will get hit and surely Biloxi will take it on the chin also. Fast moving is a good thing! So hurricane party it is
Sounds insane! You seem experienced in managing these extreme weathers.
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For the record Nate can kiss me arse. I had to go to 3 different stores yesterday just to find a bottle of Captains! Looks like landfall as Cat. 2 over the next twelve hours but as of now we're stocked up and hunkered down and still have power. Generator went to shat last week and haven't had time to get a new one so we'll see. Cannot get over the speed at 26mph and one of the fastest moving hurricanes I can remembers. N.O will get hit and surely Biloxi will take it on the chin also. Fast moving is a good thing! So hurricane party it is
Sounds insane! You seem experienced in managing these extreme weathers.
Haven't stayed for one in about 6 yrs and it crept up on us. Shouldn't be a big deal all things considered as long as levees hold firm and city pumps are working. Though a nail being hammered would also qualify as 'experienced' ;D.
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Drink hearty and stay safe!
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For the record Nate can kiss me arse. I had to go to 3 different stores yesterday just to find a bottle of Captains! Looks like landfall as Cat. 2 over the next twelve hours but as of now we're stocked up and hunkered down and still have power. Generator went to shat last week and haven't had time to get a new one so we'll see. Cannot get over the speed at 26mph and one of the fastest moving hurricanes I can remembers. N.O will get hit and surely Biloxi will take it on the chin also. Fast moving is a good thing! So hurricane party it is
If u don't mind me asking what type of generator do you have I've been considering getting one
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That was the most overblown hurricane I've ever sat in if I'm honest. Eastern jog occurred at mouth of the Mississippi and over here we literally had maybe 45 minutes of rain and minor wind gusts. Still cannot get over the Mayor issuing a 6pm curfew prior to any landfall whatsoever. I fully understand precaution but some of this City acts like a flinchy dog when systems form. You simply cannot amp up to that level at the sight of each and every minor storm, just not healthy and it burns you out. Inland tornadoes biggest threat off these types.
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Spicoli
For the record Nate can kiss me arse. I had to go to 3 different stores yesterday just to find a bottle of Captains! Looks like landfall as Cat. 2 over the next twelve hours but as of now we're stocked up and hunkered down and still have power. Generator went to shat last week and haven't had time to get a new one so we'll see. Cannot get over the speed at 26mph and one of the fastest moving hurricanes I can remembers. N.O will get hit and surely Biloxi will take it on the chin also. Fast moving is a good thing! So hurricane party it is
If u don't mind me asking what type of generator do you have I've been considering getting one
We'll dub it a Home Depot cheapo special ;D. Champion 3550 and owner at work picked up a couple for upcoming Osha inspection so took one home after Irma as a loner. Decent enough for minor needs and nighttime power up if power out, fans, fridge, lamp etc. but didn't actually use outright. Think we're having problems with carb compliance or some shit as he went cheap. Think will swap out, wheel kit and longer run before the seasons over. If I were you and goes without saying just spend the money if you get one. It's a long term investment on the back end depending on what you're looking to run, family etc and pinching pennies for such a thing not the way to go.
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Glad you are safe which is the main thing.
It looked awful on the news.
Now what the generator that you have? π
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Master
Glad you are safe which is the main thing.
It looked awful on the news.
Now what the generator that you have? π
They always look worse with the massive doppler's and neon tracks ;D. I always tell local friends losing their mental shat to basically shut off the news 3,2 days out. Just track it yourself for much clearer picture and far less stress. With hurricanes you either move out of the way or prepare to hunker down in place, nothing else.
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Glad you are safe which is the main thing.
It looked awful on the news.
Now what the generator that you have? π
They always look worse with the massive doppler's and neon tracks ;D. I always tell local friends losing their mental shat to basically shut off the news 3,2 days out. Just track it yourself for much clearer picture and far less stress. With hurricanes you either move out of the way or prepare to hunker down in place, nothing else.
Speaks a man of experience. I would be crying and screaming looking at the news on TV.
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Spicoli
That was the most overblown hurricane I've ever sat in if I'm honest. Eastern jog occurred at mouth of the Mississippi and over here we literally had maybe 45 minutes of rain and minor wind gusts. Still cannot get over the Mayor issuing a 6pm curfew prior to any landfall whatsoever. I fully understand precaution but some of this City acts like a flinchy dog when systems form. You simply cannot amp up to that level at the sight of each and every minor storm, just not healthy and it burns you out. Inland tornadoes biggest threat off these types.
That happens with snow and ice here in NC.....bread, milk, & eggs are the purchases of the day (IDK people make French Toast I guess :dontknow: ) and the driving....the driving is bad anyway but when it's snow and ice, holy shit. Every jackoff with 4 wheel drive thinks they can just peel out and drive like assholes (half of those I think are halfbacks...a halfback being a Yankee retiree who moved to Florida found it was too hot and moved half way back up the Eastern seaboard.).
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Master
Glad you are safe which is the main thing.
It looked awful on the news.
Now what the generator that you have? π
They always look worse with the massive doppler's and neon tracks ;D. I always tell local friends losing their mental shat to basically shut off the news 3,2 days out. Just track it yourself for much clearer picture and far less stress. With hurricanes you either move out of the way or prepare to hunker down in place, nothing else.
Speaks a man of experience. I would be crying and screaming looking at the news on TV.
In New Orleans a Category 1 could still be dangerous, they're below sea level, a storm surge floods N.O. hell a good sized Thunderstorm could do that a hurricane most definitely. Typically a Category 1 storm won't be anything but a glorified thunderstorm, the worst thing it could do is spawn a series of large tornadoes.
The key is to know your topography, know how water drains in your general area, know where the water goes, know how much water represents a problem, and also know about what wind damage means for you....will a tree or two being down block you in or out of your neighborhood? Also if you're on the oceanfront/ocean adjacent, is the storm making landfall at high or low tide because that will effect storm surge.
Also have water, a generator, food, something for warmth, a radio, first aid, and a phone (and booze) at the ready.
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Master
Glad you are safe which is the main thing.
It looked awful on the news.
Now what the generator that you have? π
They always look worse with the massive doppler's and neon tracks ;D. I always tell local friends losing their mental shat to basically shut off the news 3,2 days out. Just track it yourself for much clearer picture and far less stress. With hurricanes you either move out of the way or prepare to hunker down in place, nothing else.
Speaks a man of experience. I would be crying and screaming looking at the news on TV.
In New Orleans a Category 1 could still be dangerous, they're below sea level, a storm surge floods N.O. hell a good sized Thunderstorm could do that a hurricane most definitely. Typically a Category 1 storm won't be anything but a glorified thunderstorm, the worst thing it could do is spawn a series of large tornadoes.
The key is to know your topography, know how water drains in your general area, know where the water goes, know how much water represents a problem, and also know about what wind damage means for you....will a tree or two being down block you in or out of your neighborhood? Also if you're on the oceanfront/ocean adjacent, is the storm making landfall at high or low tide because that will effect storm surge.
Also have water, a generator, food, something for warmth, a radio, first aid, and a phone (and booze) at the ready.
Spicoli needs a companion too.
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Master
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El Kabong
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Master
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Spicoli
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Master
Glad you are safe which is the main thing.
It looked awful on the news.
Now what the generator that you have? π
They always look worse with the massive doppler's and neon tracks ;D. I always tell local friends losing their mental shat to basically shut off the news 3,2 days out. Just track it yourself for much clearer picture and far less stress. With hurricanes you either move out of the way or prepare to hunker down in place, nothing else.
Speaks a man of experience. I would be crying and screaming looking at the news on TV.
In New Orleans a Category 1 could still be dangerous, they're below sea level, a storm surge floods N.O. hell a good sized Thunderstorm could do that a hurricane most definitely. Typically a Category 1 storm won't be anything but a glorified thunderstorm, the worst thing it could do is spawn a series of large tornadoes.
The key is to know your topography, know how water drains in your general area, know where the water goes, know how much water represents a problem, and also know about what wind damage means for you....will a tree or two being down block you in or out of your neighborhood? Also if you're on the oceanfront/ocean adjacent, is the storm making landfall at high or low tide because that will effect storm surge.
Also have water, a generator, food, something for warmth, a radio, first aid, and a phone (and booze) at the ready.
Spicoli needs a companion too.
I reckon right now he'd want somebody more agreeable than me and of a different gender....but whatever, I'll tip a glass for the man
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El Kabong
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Master
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El Kabong
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Master
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Spicoli
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Master
Glad you are safe which is the main thing.
It looked awful on the news.
Now what the generator that you have? π
They always look worse with the massive doppler's and neon tracks ;D. I always tell local friends losing their mental shat to basically shut off the news 3,2 days out. Just track it yourself for much clearer picture and far less stress. With hurricanes you either move out of the way or prepare to hunker down in place, nothing else.
Speaks a man of experience. I would be crying and screaming looking at the news on TV.
In New Orleans a Category 1 could still be dangerous, they're below sea level, a storm surge floods N.O. hell a good sized Thunderstorm could do that a hurricane most definitely. Typically a Category 1 storm won't be anything but a glorified thunderstorm, the worst thing it could do is spawn a series of large tornadoes.
The key is to know your topography, know how water drains in your general area, know where the water goes, know how much water represents a problem, and also know about what wind damage means for you....will a tree or two being down block you in or out of your neighborhood? Also if you're on the oceanfront/ocean adjacent, is the storm making landfall at high or low tide because that will effect storm surge.
Also have water, a generator, food, something for warmth, a radio, first aid, and a phone (and booze) at the ready.
Spicoli needs a companion too.
I reckon right now he'd want somebody more agreeable than me and of a different gender....but whatever, I'll tip a glass for the man
I was thinking a dog.
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Master
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El Kabong
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Master
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El Kabong
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Master
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Spicoli
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Master
Glad you are safe which is the main thing.
It looked awful on the news.
Now what the generator that you have? π
They always look worse with the massive doppler's and neon tracks ;D. I always tell local friends losing their mental shat to basically shut off the news 3,2 days out. Just track it yourself for much clearer picture and far less stress. With hurricanes you either move out of the way or prepare to hunker down in place, nothing else.
Speaks a man of experience. I would be crying and screaming looking at the news on TV.
In New Orleans a Category 1 could still be dangerous, they're below sea level, a storm surge floods N.O. hell a good sized Thunderstorm could do that a hurricane most definitely. Typically a Category 1 storm won't be anything but a glorified thunderstorm, the worst thing it could do is spawn a series of large tornadoes.
The key is to know your topography, know how water drains in your general area, know where the water goes, know how much water represents a problem, and also know about what wind damage means for you....will a tree or two being down block you in or out of your neighborhood? Also if you're on the oceanfront/ocean adjacent, is the storm making landfall at high or low tide because that will effect storm surge.
Also have water, a generator, food, something for warmth, a radio, first aid, and a phone (and booze) at the ready.
Spicoli needs a companion too.
I reckon right now he'd want somebody more agreeable than me and of a different gender....but whatever, I'll tip a glass for the man
I was thinking a dog.
You sick son of a π
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Master
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Spicoli
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Master
Glad you are safe which is the main thing.
It looked awful on the news.
Now what the generator that you have? π
They always look worse with the massive doppler's and neon tracks ;D. I always tell local friends losing their mental shat to basically shut off the news 3,2 days out. Just track it yourself for much clearer picture and far less stress. With hurricanes you either move out of the way or prepare to hunker down in place, nothing else.
Speaks a man of experience. I would be crying and screaming looking at the news on TV.
In New Orleans a Category 1 could still be dangerous, they're below sea level, a storm surge floods N.O. hell a good sized Thunderstorm could do that a hurricane most definitely. Typically a Category 1 storm won't be anything but a glorified thunderstorm, the worst thing it could do is spawn a series of large tornadoes.
The key is to know your topography, know how water drains in your general area, know where the water goes, know how much water represents a problem, and also know about what wind damage means for you....will a tree or two being down block you in or out of your neighborhood? Also if you're on the oceanfront/ocean adjacent, is the storm making landfall at high or low tide because that will effect storm surge.
Also have water, a generator, food, something for warmth, a radio, first aid, and a phone (and booze) at the ready.
It's almost a lot like this place during Mardi Gras for lack of a better analogy ;D. You indeed needs to know the grounds and precise location and drainage as well as what main roads go under first and alternative routes. We have a low section on I 10 under a train trestle heading East that literally goes under rather quickly now and regularly lose cars of people trying to beat it. Cuts THE only interstate off with a strong hr long storm. I've never lived in a place where City officials put out hours to allow parking on the neutral ground..called 'medians' in every other city..and they are prime spots less you lose a car. Parking overnight with storms inbound takes some planning also, front end highest ground or even elevated. Your last line most important and still baffles me how few are actually fully set up to ride conditions out for minimum of a week. Simply picking up a few cans, even keeping a landline phone, extra fuel when doing weekly shopping comes back to help big time when you get into a SHTF scenario. Just have to rotate stored items out.
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It's almost a lot like this place during Mardi Gras for lack of a better analogy ;D. You indeed needs to know the grounds and precise location and drainage as well as what main roads go under first and alternative routes. We have a low section on I 10 under a train trestle heading East that literally goes under rather quickly now and regularly lose cars of people trying to beat it. Cuts THE only interstate off with a strong hr long storm. I've never lived in a place where City officials put out hours to allow parking on the neutral ground..called 'medians' in every other city..and they are prime spots less you lose a car. Parking overnight with storms inbound takes some planning also, front end highest ground or even elevated. Your last line most important and still baffles me how few are actually fully set up to ride conditions out for minimum of a week. Simply picking up a few cans, even keeping a landline phone, extra fuel when doing weekly shopping comes back to help big time when you get into a SHTF scenario. Just have to rotate stored items out.
Be careful expressing preparedness on this forum, people might begin to suspect you as some sort of Doomsday Prepper :rolleyes:
I was a Boy Scout and I've also learned a lot of lessons. My brother suffered through a flood when he was in college and let me tell you it's an eye opener...people lost their pets because they figured "Meh, the water will never get that high" oh boy did it ever! Let me tell you, and I believe @Spicoli is on the same page with me in regards to this...if you have a pet it's a family member, if there's even the HINT of a threat and you're leaving your home, you fucking go all Green Beret and leave NO MAN behind! Friends and neighbors are very willing to help out if you INDIVIDUALLY are hit with a tragedy, but if everyone collectively is nailed with a storm, flood, etc then in order to actually provide help you MUST be prepared for shit to turn for the worse.
It is best to have something MRE's for example (which are good for like forever or canned goods or a first aid kit) or gallons of drinking water (which obviously you make use of and refill or rotate out) and never fucking need them than NEED something and not have it or not even have access to it.
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We have had the tail end of a hurricane and that was a nightmare trying to ride the bike through it.
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Spicoli
It's almost a lot like this place during Mardi Gras for lack of a better analogy ;D. You indeed needs to know the grounds and precise location and drainage as well as what main roads go under first and alternative routes. We have a low section on I 10 under a train trestle heading East that literally goes under rather quickly now and regularly lose cars of people trying to beat it. Cuts THE only interstate off with a strong hr long storm. I've never lived in a place where City officials put out hours to allow parking on the neutral ground..called 'medians' in every other city..and they are prime spots less you lose a car. Parking overnight with storms inbound takes some planning also, front end highest ground or even elevated. Your last line most important and still baffles me how few are actually fully set up to ride conditions out for minimum of a week. Simply picking up a few cans, even keeping a landline phone, extra fuel when doing weekly shopping comes back to help big time when you get into a SHTF scenario. Just have to rotate stored items out.
Be careful expressing preparedness on this forum, people might begin to suspect you as some sort of Doomsday Prepper :rolleyes:
I was a Boy Scout and I've also learned a lot of lessons. My brother suffered through a flood when he was in college and let me tell you it's an eye opener...people lost their pets because they figured "Meh, the water will never get that high" oh boy did it ever! Let me tell you, and I believe @
Spicoli is on the same page with me in regards to this...if you have a pet it's a family member, if there's even the HINT of a threat and you're leaving your home, you fucking go all Green Beret and leave NO MAN behind! Friends and neighbors are very willing to help out if you INDIVIDUALLY are hit with a tragedy, but if everyone collectively is nailed with a storm, flood, etc then in order to actually provide help you MUST be prepared for shit to turn for the worse.
It is best to have something MRE's for example (which are good for like forever or canned goods or a first aid kit) or gallons of drinking water (which obviously you make use of and refill or rotate out) and never fucking need them than NEED something and not have it or not even have access to it.
Nothing wrong with prep..lessons learned..but you always have to be careful of becoming that guy who stores soup packets inside the doors in his home ;D. True story, saw that guy once.
I made it to Explorer ;D and ironically was pulled out by the ol man because grades were suffering. Water is -the- killer and great uncontrollable force in any storm. Wind and water wreck the strongest structure. Anyone leaving a dog chained to a tree while evacuating should be charged with a crime and thankfully are in some States. Things changed here after Katrina big time with laws passed providing rescue groups and directors be funded and provided means to ensure adequate shelter. Clinic policies changed, boarding procedures and frankly shit we should have been paying attention to in the first place. I stayed for Katrina as we had a count of roughly 20 pets in house. Everyone just sort of scattered with Katrina coming over a weekend and this place was caught sleeping. I'll never forget that few days and walking to work the first day and having fook all clue what to do. Secured the building..the only one that didn't flood on street miraculously..and fed and watered them best possible. Tried to make air flow from second floor to first best possible while also keeping them secure. We had two small dogs on insulin, so what's a guy to do but stuff them in a gym bag, heads exposed, and walk home with them to keep insulin in a cooler and make injection times as needed. Wake up next morning..sun was only light and one does not walk an abandoned N.O post hurricane..walk back to work and keep them fed and watered. Fortunately we still had land line for first few days and finally organized the owner and a couple retired cops to make way back into city with a horse trailer and we loaded up as the mall down the street burned and the human element was quickly deteriorating. To say the least. It was a factory line as we lined them at the door and sedated them..chased and caught a few who slipped leashes and learned all about live power lines..loaded and bedded them in trailer and got the fook out of Dodge prepared to come back to nothing but a decimated city. As history would have it though we came back and rebuilt. The City stayed afloat ;D. We didn't lose a single dog, not one. Even had a couple that owners never returned for, can you imagine being that asshole?..but we managed to adopt out to good homes. Pets are not "property' they are family in every sense of the word and it all goes back to would be owners researching the fact that feeding them and walking them is the least of your concerns and commitment. Have some foresight and responsibility FFS.
MREs...good stuff. They were handing them out 2 cases per individual which is a TON of food when you break them down. Still have the crackers and jalapeno cheese packs and brownies ;D. Know what I found few months ago I never even though of..canned bread! Sounds weird but try it for storage and found the raisin brown bread keeps very well. Cans are just a matter of keeping dates, few months before expiration just donate them to a shelter as still plenty edible. Dried fruits too.
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Re: The Nasty Weather Thread
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We have had the tail end of a hurricane and that was a nightmare trying to ride the bike through it.
Where was this and when was this?
Right on @Spicoli yeah I cannot imagine being so callous of an owner to leave your pets behind in ANYTHING. It warms my heart when people take the time to rescue and care for animals in times of great duress. Seeing the dog rescued after the Mexico City Earthquake was great, seeing some firefighters rescue a cat who was scared and hiding under a car trying to escape the wildfires in California, it is good to see that.
Goat-Herding Dog Refused To Abandon Flock Amid Firestorm, Miraculously Survived
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/201...torm-approach/
Respect dude!
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Re: The Nasty Weather Thread
How long will the sun be red for? Hurricane Ophelia triggers amazing weather phenomenon
A red sun spotted in the sky over parts of England has been caused by Storm Ophelia.
The former hurricane is pulling air and dust up from southern Europe and Africa, causing the sun to appear red.
The red hue has sparked many on social media to ask the question: "How long will this last?"
The simple answer is, at the very least, until the sun goes down.
With the worst of Ophelia set to pass by Tuesday, it seems unlikely we will experience this phenomenon tomorrow too.
Met Office forecaster Grahame Madge said the former hurricane is pulling air and dust up from southern Europe and Africa.
It is that dust which is giving the sky an orange glow, and given the sun a red hue.
Winds over the weekend had travelled 3,500 miles from the Saharan dessert.
Mr Madge said: βWe can tell they have come from the mid Saharan desert by the colour which is a strange orange tan.
βIt's high up in the atmosphere but it will not cause any health problems.β
Hurricane expert Paul Stevens said people will have to wash their cars though as they will get coated in the dust as it comes down to earth.
Dr Dave Reynolds, from The Weather Channel, said: βWinds were strong over Iberia on Sunday, which has resulted in dust from there being raised and then blown to the UK on a strong south to south-westerly flow. Some of the dust may be particulates from the fires, although I think regular fine-grained dust would account for the majority.β
Ophelia is due to hit the UK at some point with amber wind warnings issued for Northern Ireland, parts of Scotland and Wales while the South Coast has a yellow warning, as well as here in the North West. This has resulted in numerous flights being cancelled from Ryanair, Aer Lingus and even British Airways.
http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/new...d-sky-13769078
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Re: The Nasty Weather Thread
Going to be adorable seeing England cope with a hurricane