Hurricane Season

[BuffJim]

Is a bore this year. I wish it was volcano season, or hockey season. Anything but this boring old season.

[Tizeye]

But that one storm was HEADING DIRECTLY AT US> ROUN, RUN FOR  THE HILLS!

At least that was the spin the weathermen gave. Turns out they  were the ones with all the hot air, as didn't even come close.

[12string]

seems like it was hurricane season just last year.  time flies!

[Prophet Zacharia]

I refuse to put up any Hurricane decorations until after Labor Day. I refuse to allow TWO summer holidays be overwhelmed by the Hurricane season holiday. I was never a big Scorpions fan, now I can’t get away from the song every time I go shopping. ?

[maddmaxx ★]

I do not want to hear anything about the fn Hurricanes.  They are dead to me.

[Kzoo]

1 hour ago, BuffJim said:

Is a bore this year.

This is the worst hurricane report in the history of hurricane reports.  @BuffJim I am disappointed.......

[Wilbur ★]

I have already had to fly through three tropical depressions and one tropical storm.  It isn't that boring.   We are just getting started.   

[jsharr ★]

 

[MickinMD ★]

I hope the Mid-Atlantic avoids hurricanes until the severe rainy season we've had goes away long enough to make the ground capable of soaking up rain.

Otherwise, few will fear the winds but many will fear the deluge.

[BuffJim]

And the beat goes on...

 

Active Storms	|	Marine Forecasts
2-Day Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook	|	5-Day Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook

[BuffJim]

I did schedule my vacation this year on the beach during Hurricane Season - Mid September.

Westerly RI  3 nights   To visit my daughter. We're planning to visit Newport RI and Mystic CT. I hear they have good cigarettes in Newport and good Pizza in Mystic.

and Ocean City Md  4 nights - cause I like it there. I'm gonna get crabs.

Actually a Hurricane then would be a pain in the a**.

 

[maddmaxx ★]

Buff Carla will like shopping in Newport.  If it weren't for the movie, Mystic Pizza would be just another pizza joint.

[BuffJim]

8 minutes ago, maddmaxx said:

Buff Carla will like shopping in Newport.  If it weren't for the movie, Mystic Pizza would be just another pizza joint.

BuffCarla's not going. She doesn't get along well with my daughter.  We had our one nice long vacation this year, and will have a couple more weekend getaways - Civil war battlefields on Labor day weekend and either Toronto or Cleveland RnR Hall  of Fame in the fall.

This trip is 3 days with my daughter, and 4 days by myself. Even at my age I sometimes feel guilty about going on a solo vacation when I am married, but I do like getting away by myself,

[Further]

Mystic Ct is big for wooden boat stuff.

[BuffJim]

On ‎6‎/‎29‎/‎2018 at 9:21 AM, BuffJim said:

And the beat goes on...

 

 

Active Storms	|	Marine Forecasts
2-Day Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook	|	5-Day Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook

This link must update to the latest version.  Not so boring anymore.

I think I may to get a hurricane lantern and some good raingear for my vacation starting Sep 15. Some of the models show Florence right on the Mid Atlantic or North East Coast.

[Razors Edge ★]

2 minutes ago, BuffJim said:

This link must update to the latest version.  Not so boring anymore.

I think I may to get a hurricane lantern and some good raingear for my vacation starting Sep 15. Some of the models show the Florence right on the Mid Atlantic or North East Coast.

I was super impressed at the forecast!!! But I guess it really does update 

Tom

[jsharr ★]

On 6/20/2018 at 2:09 PM, BuffJim said:

Is a bore this year. I wish it was volcano season, or hockey season. Anything but this boring old season.

footballing startts tonight, but since you are a Bills fan, that does not help much either I guess.

[BuffJim]

1 minute ago, jsharr said:

footballing startts tonight, but since you are a Bills fan, that does not help much either I guess.

I think I have a better chance of dying in a Hurricane than dying of a heart attack because the Bills won the Super bowl.

[Parr8hed]

On 6/20/2018 at 5:11 PM, jsharr said:

 

Thank you.  I was going to post that. 

[jsharr ★]

1 minute ago, BuffJim said:

I think I have a better chance of dying in a Hurricane than dying of a heart attack because the Bills won the Super bowl.

Can you invite Jerry Jones to your hurricane party?

[jsharr ★]

2 minutes ago, Parr8hed said:

Thank you.  I was going to post that. 

You can post Tin Cup Chalice for ModoVincere instead.  That was his favorite Jimmy tune.

[BuffJim]

There goes my vacation

https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&q=%23florence&src=typd

[maddmaxx ★]

I'm currently using this site in lieu of Death Jim.  https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/gtwo.php

I'm sure Jim will get back on track soon.

[Kzoo]

28 minutes ago, maddmaxx said:

I'm currently using this site in lieu of Death Jim.  https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/gtwo.php

I'm sure Jim will get back on track soon.

Good choice.  NOAA get's their info from DeathJim

[BuffJim]

I get my data from the models.

Sometimes the data are pretty thin.

[Kzoo]

Hey DeathJim, if you haven't listened to this I would recommend you do.  Short Audible original - just over 2 hours.  An interesting take on data and the massive amounts of data collected and stored by NOAA.

 

 

Tornadoes, cyclones, tsunamis… Weather can be deadly – especially when it strikes without warning. Millions of Americans could soon find themselves at the mercy of violent weather if the public data behind lifesaving storm alerts gets privatized for personal gain. In his first Audible Original, New York Times best-selling author and journalist Michael Lewis delivers hard-hitting research on not-so-random weather data – and how Washington plans to release it. He also digs deep into the lives of two scientists who revolutionized climate predictions, bringing warning systems to previously unimaginable levels of accuracy. One is Kathy Sullivan, a gifted scientist among the first women in space; the other, D.J. Patil, is a trickster-turned-mathematician and a political adviser. Most urgently, Lewis’s narrative reveals the potential cost of putting a price tag on information with the potential to save lives, raising questions about balancing public service with profits in an ethically-ambiguous atmosphere.

[BuffJim]

Now #Florence seems to have sights set on South Carolina. Fortunately we don't have any South Carolina people on here - unless you count AWWC.

But @tybeegb @Road Runner @Razors Edge and @Old#7 need to pay attention.

[maddmaxx ★]

Sigh.  It will hook up the coast and center punch New England.

Jim, you'll be safe.  Where you're staying in RI is at least 10 feet above sea level.

 

But everyone in town is going to be standing on that same dune.

[Prophet Zacharia]

Meanwhile, in Hawaii they are preparing for their second hurricane of the season.

[Kzoo]

48 minutes ago, Prophet Zacharia said:

Meanwhile, in Hawaii they are preparing for their second hurricane of the season.

We can't assume that's true until DeathJim says it.

 

[Razors Edge ★]

57 minutes ago, Prophet Zacharia said:

Meanwhile, in Hawaii they are preparing for their second hurricane of the season.

Can we assume they polished off all the stockpiled booze from the last one?

Tom

[maddmaxx ★]

Naaa.  There's a whole lot of booze in Hawaii.

[BuffJim]

36 minutes ago, maddmaxx said:

Naaa.  There's a whole lot of booze in Hawaii.

If you call coconut rum booze.

[Dottleshead ★]

 

[Ralphie ★]

Just now, Dottles said:

 

Nice work, Dottles.

Oh yeah, I got distracted.  "Rabbit season!"

 

[Dottleshead ★]

Maybe a triple shot?

[maddmaxx ★]

The waves rolling in?  Westerly RI.

[BuffJim]

2 hours ago, maddmaxx said:

The waves rolling in?  Westerly RI.

I don’t see no 10 foot dune. Looks look like storm surge could come right into my hotel room. ?

Though the models keep pushing Florence south. 

[maddmaxx ★]

I hope so. The southern coastline is so much more used to this.  Not how many of these houses have a first floor made up of mostly pilings however.

[Ralphie ★]

"Duck season".

[maddmaxx ★]

35 minutes ago, RalphWaldoMooseworth said:

"Duck season".

As in "duck" there's a hurricane coming?

[Dottleshead ★]

That place is flat as hell. Looks like a 10ft. wave takes out all of Rhode Island. No wonder you bikers like it back East.

[late]

On 9/6/2018 at 3:15 PM, Kzoo said:

Hey DeathJim, if you haven't listened to this I would recommend you do.  Short Audible original - just over 2 hours.  An interesting take on data and the massive amounts of data collected and stored by NOAA.

 

 

Tornadoes, cyclones, tsunamis… Weather can be deadly – especially when it strikes without warning. Millions of Americans could soon find themselves at the mercy of violent weather if the public data behind lifesaving storm alerts gets privatized for personal gain. In his first Audible Original, New York Times best-selling author and journalist Michael Lewis delivers hard-hitting research on not-so-random weather data – and how Washington plans to release it. He also digs deep into the lives of two scientists who revolutionized climate predictions, bringing warning systems to previously unimaginable levels of accuracy. One is Kathy Sullivan, a gifted scientist among the first women in space; the other, D.J. Patil, is a trickster-turned-mathematician and a political adviser. Most urgently, Lewis’s narrative reveals the potential cost of putting a price tag on information with the potential to save lives, raising questions about balancing public service with profits in an ethically-ambiguous atmosphere.

Big fan, but I've got a stack of books already. Sigh, can't miss an ML book.

Crap, there's not a single library copy in Maine. I'll bug my librarian monday.

[late]

On 9/7/2018 at 1:31 PM, BuffJim said:

If you call coconut rum booze.

Bet there's a story, and a hangover, behind that one.

[MickinMD ★]

There is a hurricane, followed by a tropical depression, followed by tropical storm that will be a hurricane - all of them potentially headed for NC, VA, or MD landfalls.

It's usually not the high winds that devastate Maryland, but the flooding after massive rains.  Considering we've had mostly rainy days all summer - my county, mostly between Baltimore and Annapolis, is under a flood watch now thru 6 pm Monday even without the hurricanes.  I remember how bad the mid-Atlantic got it in 1972 when Agnes dumped so much rain after 23 rainy days the previous 29 days.

I recently checked out my gasoline generator to make sure I can run the basement sump pump, my TV, a light, and intermittently run the refrigerator, etc. as needed.  If, for some reason, we get really cold weather, I know how to isolate the power line into my forced air nat-gas furnace, splice in the male end of an extension cord into it, plug it into the generator, and heat the house.  Fortunately, that's not going to happen in September.

I got a 1200 Watt generator that only burns 1 gal./gas every 6 hours.  I have 2 gallons of gas in my lawnmower's gasoline can and will keep my car's tank filled in case I need to siphon some.

[maddmaxx ★]

I took my data down to Weather Sue
She works on channel number forty two
You know the one down on 34th and Vine
She say we're gonna die from tropical depression number 9