The Nasty Weather Thread

[El Kabong]

It's almost a lot like this place during Mardi Gras for lack of a better analogy . 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


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.

[Master]

We have had the tail end of a hurricane and that was a nightmare trying to ride the bike through it.

[Spicoli]

It's almost a lot like this place during Mardi Gras for lack of a better analogy . 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


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 . True story, saw that guy once.

I made it to Explorer 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 . 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 . 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.

[El Kabong]

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!

[Master]

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: “We can tell they have come from the mid Saharan desert by the colour which is a strange orange tan.

“It's high up in the atmosphere but it will not cause any health problems.”

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: “Winds 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.”

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

[El Kabong]

Going to be adorable seeing England cope with a hurricane

[Beanz]

There was no hurricane in England. The tail end of a storm from Ireland across the sw, Wales and Scotland, and a couple deaths in Ireland where the heart of it was, from trees falling on cars.

[Master]

There was no hurricane in England. The tail end of a storm from Ireland across the sw, Wales and Scotland, and a couple deaths in Ireland where the heart of it was, from trees falling on cars.

Did you not see the red sun?

The darkness?

The world was to end.