The Nasty Weather Thread

[TitoFan]

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 . Rule #1..no sleeping in a Walmart parking lot or trying to shower with a carwash sprayer this time because of zero hotels . Ah memories. Should be a hoot.

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.

[palmerq]

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.

[Dark Lord Al]

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

[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

[TitoFan]

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

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.

[Spicoli]

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

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' . 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 .

[Kirkland Laing]

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

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' . 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 .

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.

[Spicoli]

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

[Kirkland Laing]

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

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