[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Hurricane Arthur (Page 3 of 5)
I'm expected to be at ground zero tomorrow. Not because i want to be, but i can't help it, i live here. Been through every hurricane since Diana so i have this hurricane preparedness shit down to a science. This should be an easy storm but it still doesn't hurt to be prepared. ETA: where exactly is ground zero? Well I'm sure you can figure that out. I would at least like to think i have some sort of anonymity on here. |
 Arthur has become the first hurricane of the 2014 Atlantic tropical season and is forecast by AccuWeather to take a northeasterly path along the Atlantic coast of the United States Thursday night into Friday. During Thursday night into the morning hours of the Fourth of July, the center of Arthur will pass over or just east of North Carolina's Outer Banks. Later Friday, the center of Arthur is forecast to steer east of the mid-Atlantic. During the early morning hours on Saturday, Arthur may pass just to the southeast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. According to AccuWeather Hurricane Expert Dan Kottlowski, "With this forecast track, the worst of Arthur's wind will remain offshore, but some strong, gusty squalls will affect the North Carolina barrier islands." Hyde County, North Carolina, officials issued a voluntary evacuation order for Ocracoke Island, effective on Wednesday. |
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do we panic over low pressure systems now? Only if you live in the NE and they call a system that is not even a Cat 1 a "superstorm". sandy had nothing to do with windspeed (which is the sole discriminator for the "category" system) and everything to do with storm surge and the size of the storm. sandy had a barometric pressure more commonly associated with Cat 4 storms, and the combination of the surge arriving at high tide was the primary problem. by your math, all .22 diameter projectiles have the same terminal effects -- whether discharged from a pellet gun, rimfire, or centerfire. i mean, it's only a little .22 diameter bullet, what possible "real" damage could it do? ar-jedi 
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sandy had nothing to do with windspeed (which is the sole discriminator for the "category" system) and everything to do with storm surge and the size of the storm. sandy had a barometric pressure more commonly associated with Cat 4 storms, and the combination of the surge arriving at high tide was the primary problem. by your math, all .22 diameter projectiles have the same terminal effects -- whether discharged from a pellet gun, rimfire, or centerfire. i mean, it's only a little .22 diameter bullet, what possible "real" damage could it do? ar-jedi http://www.bloomberg.com/image/iBQDvCh8E.fs.jpg http://www.13wmaz.com/images/640/360/2/assetpool/photogallery/202342/gpndc5-67aroi6y94wmgk1iiy_original.jpg http://www.fema.gov/photodata/low/60463.jpg http://images.businessweek.com/cms/2012-11-01/1031_sandy_aerial_630x420.jpg http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01611/SandyEmbeds_04_1611428a.jpg http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/121112020452-01-sandy-1112-horizontal-gallery.jpg http://rt.com/files/usa/news/frankenstorm-sandy-live-updates-451/boats-rest-washed-sandy.jpg http://www.theblaze.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/gty_nor_easter_dm_121106_wg.jpg" /> Quoted:
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do we panic over low pressure systems now? Only if you live in the NE and they call a system that is not even a Cat 1 a "superstorm". sandy had nothing to do with windspeed (which is the sole discriminator for the "category" system) and everything to do with storm surge and the size of the storm. sandy had a barometric pressure more commonly associated with Cat 4 storms, and the combination of the surge arriving at high tide was the primary problem. by your math, all .22 diameter projectiles have the same terminal effects -- whether discharged from a pellet gun, rimfire, or centerfire. i mean, it's only a little .22 diameter bullet, what possible "real" damage could it do? ar-jedi http://www.bloomberg.com/image/iBQDvCh8E.fs.jpg http://www.13wmaz.com/images/640/360/2/assetpool/photogallery/202342/gpndc5-67aroi6y94wmgk1iiy_original.jpg http://www.fema.gov/photodata/low/60463.jpg http://images.businessweek.com/cms/2012-11-01/1031_sandy_aerial_630x420.jpg http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01611/SandyEmbeds_04_1611428a.jpg http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/121112020452-01-sandy-1112-horizontal-gallery.jpg http://rt.com/files/usa/news/frankenstorm-sandy-live-updates-451/boats-rest-washed-sandy.jpg http://www.theblaze.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/gty_nor_easter_dm_121106_wg.jpg" /> It wasn't Katrina's winds that fucked the coast, it was the unprecedented surge that came with her and wiped everything out. |
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Carolina Beach, NC checking in. It's getting breezy here....
hello really close neighbor to the south thats a hop skip and a jump away (still keeping that anonymity here) get your waders on if youre near Lake park Blvd. Its starting to have heavy rain in small spirts here. |
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Why is ignorance of significant meteorological events worn like a badge of honor around here? For a place packed full of self professed economic experts that have a hole worn in their F5 key from drudge, I find it rather odd. You can see a few hints of it in this thread, but a lot of posters on this site seem to down play any type of significant weather as if it has no impact on anything. I've yet to figure out why. The only folks I personally know that get heartburn over any tropical system are my in-laws, and that's only because they live right on the bay and even a 2-foot surge makes a mess of their yard and dock. Otherwise, a Cat1 and lower is just a prolonged and windy rain shower. |
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Hurricane Ivan in 2004 fucked up a lot of shit too. Quoted:
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Is this a superstorm? Those superstorms is bad bidness. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile 
Hurricane Ivan in 2004 fucked up a lot of shit too. That whole year was jacked. I blame the latest run of Florida-brand crazy on lack of clean water for the yankee transplants. |
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Quoted: We used to go to the Outer Banks on the 4th weekend but have stopped that (lost the timeshare to a douche father in law). Hopefully our later in the month OBX vacation won't be screwed up by this. Even if it stays off shore, there will likely be quite a bit of rain. Later in the month, who knows.? If there is another one, but this won't cause any problems |
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They named it a "superstorm" for insurance purposes only in my opinion. Quoted:
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Is this a superstorm? Those superstorms is bad bidness. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile
I thought it was Katrina Nah, Katrina was a hurricane, Sandy was a "super storm", i.e., not even a Cat 1 but have to make up the "super storm" name to make it seem evil so 0 can come to the "rescue". They named it a "superstorm" for insurance purposes only in my opinion. I hadn't thought of it those terms but you could be onto something. Several years back (maybe 2005 with Dennis?) a storm came ashore just east of the FL-AL line (Perdido area). All of the usual weather data showed a storm that was literally right below hurricane strength - 74.xx MPH winds. In an effort to garner more Fed disaster $$, the state was asking homeowners to submit their personal weather station data that could show winds of 75 MPH or better. Apparently the money paid out for a hurricane goes way above what you could get for a tropical storm. |
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sandy had nothing to do with windspeed (which is the sole discriminator for the "category" system) and everything to do with storm surge and the size of the storm. sandy had a barometric pressure more commonly associated with Cat 4 storms, and the combination of the surge arriving at high tide was the primary problem. by your math, all .22 diameter projectiles have the same terminal effects -- whether discharged from a pellet gun, rimfire, or centerfire. i mean, it's only a little .22 diameter bullet, what possible "real" damage could it do? ar-jedi Quoted:
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do we panic over low pressure systems now? Only if you live in the NE and they call a system that is not even a Cat 1 a "superstorm". sandy had nothing to do with windspeed (which is the sole discriminator for the "category" system) and everything to do with storm surge and the size of the storm. sandy had a barometric pressure more commonly associated with Cat 4 storms, and the combination of the surge arriving at high tide was the primary problem. by your math, all .22 diameter projectiles have the same terminal effects -- whether discharged from a pellet gun, rimfire, or centerfire. i mean, it's only a little .22 diameter bullet, what possible "real" damage could it do? ar-jedi True. However, each storm acts differently based on a number of factors. I've been through Cat 2s that just blew hard and didn't rain much and I've been through Cat 1s that absolutely flooded everything and caused much more damage. |
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Hatteras, NC Web cam: http://www.surfchex.com/hatteras-web-cam.php |
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Quoted: True. However, each storm acts differently based on a number of factors. I've been through Cat 2s that just blew hard and didn't rain much and I've been through Cat 1s that absolutely flooded everything and caused much more damage. Quoted: Quoted: sandy had nothing to do with windspeed (which is the sole discriminator for the "category" system) and everything to do with storm surge and the size of the storm. sandy had a barometric pressure more commonly associated with Cat 4 storms, and the combination of the surge arriving at high tide was the primary problem. by your math, all .22 diameter projectiles have the same terminal effects -- whether discharged from a pellet gun, rimfire, or centerfire. i mean, it's only a little .22 diameter bullet, what possible "real" damage could it do? ar-jedi True. However, each storm acts differently based on a number of factors. I've been through Cat 2s that just blew hard and didn't rain much and I've been through Cat 1s that absolutely flooded everything and caused much more damage. Very UN-tradiional storm. |
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sandy had nothing to do with windspeed (which is the sole discriminator for the "category" system) and everything to do with storm surge and the size of the storm. sandy had a barometric pressure more commonly associated with Cat 4 storms, and the combination of the surge arriving at high tide was the primary problem. by your math, all .22 diameter projectiles have the same terminal effects -- whether discharged from a pellet gun, rimfire, or centerfire. i mean, it's only a little .22 diameter bullet, what possible "real" damage could it do? ar-jedi http://www.bloomberg.com/image/iBQDvCh8E.fs.jpg http://www.13wmaz.com/images/640/360/2/assetpool/photogallery/202342/gpndc5-67aroi6y94wmgk1iiy_original.jpg http://www.fema.gov/photodata/low/60463.jpg http://images.businessweek.com/cms/2012-11-01/1031_sandy_aerial_630x420.jpg http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01611/SandyEmbeds_04_1611428a.jpg http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/121112020452-01-sandy-1112-horizontal-gallery.jpg http://rt.com/files/usa/news/frankenstorm-sandy-live-updates-451/boats-rest-washed-sandy.jpg http://www.theblaze.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/gty_nor_easter_dm_121106_wg.jpg" /> Quoted:
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do we panic over low pressure systems now? Only if you live in the NE and they call a system that is not even a Cat 1 a "superstorm". sandy had nothing to do with windspeed (which is the sole discriminator for the "category" system) and everything to do with storm surge and the size of the storm. sandy had a barometric pressure more commonly associated with Cat 4 storms, and the combination of the surge arriving at high tide was the primary problem. by your math, all .22 diameter projectiles have the same terminal effects -- whether discharged from a pellet gun, rimfire, or centerfire. i mean, it's only a little .22 diameter bullet, what possible "real" damage could it do? ar-jedi http://www.bloomberg.com/image/iBQDvCh8E.fs.jpg http://www.13wmaz.com/images/640/360/2/assetpool/photogallery/202342/gpndc5-67aroi6y94wmgk1iiy_original.jpg http://www.fema.gov/photodata/low/60463.jpg http://images.businessweek.com/cms/2012-11-01/1031_sandy_aerial_630x420.jpg http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01611/SandyEmbeds_04_1611428a.jpg http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/121112020452-01-sandy-1112-horizontal-gallery.jpg http://rt.com/files/usa/news/frankenstorm-sandy-live-updates-451/boats-rest-washed-sandy.jpg http://www.theblaze.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/gty_nor_easter_dm_121106_wg.jpg" /> Still not a "superstorm". The "superstorm" shit was all political. Not saying that the damage was negligible but it was a tropical storm, not a "superstorm". |
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Several years back (maybe 2005 with Dennis?) a storm came ashore just east of the FL-AL line (Perdido area). All of the usual weather data showed a storm that was literally right below hurricane strength - 74.xx MPH winds. In an effort to garner more Fed disaster $$, the state was asking homeowners to submit their personal weather station data that could show winds of 75 MPH or better. Apparently the money paid out for a hurricane goes way above what you could get for a tropical storm. you have this 100% backwards. from the average insured homeowner's perspective it is "preferable" (read: financially advantageous) for any damage to be caused by a "storm", not a "hurricane". ar-jedi |
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Still not a "superstorm". The "superstorm" shit was all political. Not saying that the damage was negligible but it was a tropical storm, not a "superstorm". Quoted:
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do we panic over low pressure systems now? Only if you live in the NE and they call a system that is not even a Cat 1 a "superstorm". sandy had nothing to do with windspeed (which is the sole discriminator for the "category" system) and everything to do with storm surge and the size of the storm. sandy had a barometric pressure more commonly associated with Cat 4 storms, and the combination of the surge arriving at high tide was the primary problem. by your math, all .22 diameter projectiles have the same terminal effects -- whether discharged from a pellet gun, rimfire, or centerfire. i mean, it's only a little .22 diameter bullet, what possible "real" damage could it do? ar-jedi http://www.bloomberg.com/image/iBQDvCh8E.fs.jpg http://www.13wmaz.com/images/640/360/2/assetpool/photogallery/202342/gpndc5-67aroi6y94wmgk1iiy_original.jpg http://www.fema.gov/photodata/low/60463.jpg http://images.businessweek.com/cms/2012-11-01/1031_sandy_aerial_630x420.jpg http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01611/SandyEmbeds_04_1611428a.jpg http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/121112020452-01-sandy-1112-horizontal-gallery.jpg http://rt.com/files/usa/news/frankenstorm-sandy-live-updates-451/boats-rest-washed-sandy.jpg http://www.theblaze.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/gty_nor_easter_dm_121106_wg.jpg" /> Still not a "superstorm". The "superstorm" shit was all political. Not saying that the damage was negligible but it was a tropical storm, not a "superstorm". Agreed. The whiny bitches in the NE had to be special so it got called a superstorm. It wasn't a thunderstorm that knocked down that tree in my backyard this last spring. That would imply that it was the same anyone else's thunderstorm. It was a super special thunderstorm! |
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Agreed. The whiny bitches in the NE had to be special so it got called a superstorm. It wasn't a thunderstorm that knocked down that tree in my backyard this last spring. That would imply that it was the same anyone else's thunderstorm. It was a super special thunderstorm! Quoted:
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do we panic over low pressure systems now? Only if you live in the NE and they call a system that is not even a Cat 1 a "superstorm". sandy had nothing to do with windspeed (which is the sole discriminator for the "category" system) and everything to do with storm surge and the size of the storm. sandy had a barometric pressure more commonly associated with Cat 4 storms, and the combination of the surge arriving at high tide was the primary problem. by your math, all .22 diameter projectiles have the same terminal effects -- whether discharged from a pellet gun, rimfire, or centerfire. i mean, it's only a little .22 diameter bullet, what possible "real" damage could it do? ar-jedi http://www.bloomberg.com/image/iBQDvCh8E.fs.jpg http://www.13wmaz.com/images/640/360/2/assetpool/photogallery/202342/gpndc5-67aroi6y94wmgk1iiy_original.jpg http://www.fema.gov/photodata/low/60463.jpg http://images.businessweek.com/cms/2012-11-01/1031_sandy_aerial_630x420.jpg http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01611/SandyEmbeds_04_1611428a.jpg http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/121112020452-01-sandy-1112-horizontal-gallery.jpg http://rt.com/files/usa/news/frankenstorm-sandy-live-updates-451/boats-rest-washed-sandy.jpg http://www.theblaze.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/gty_nor_easter_dm_121106_wg.jpg" /> Still not a "superstorm". The "superstorm" shit was all political. Not saying that the damage was negligible but it was a tropical storm, not a "superstorm". Agreed. The whiny bitches in the NE had to be special so it got called a superstorm. It wasn't a thunderstorm that knocked down that tree in my backyard this last spring. That would imply that it was the same anyone else's thunderstorm. It was a super special thunderstorm! hey whiny GD bitches, it was referred to a superstorm because of it's size (wind area diameter) -- to date, Sandy was the largest recorded Atlantic hurricane-turned-tropical-depression. ar-jedi |
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hey whiny GD bitches, it was referred to a superstorm because of it's size (wind area diameter) -- to date, Sandy was the largest recorded Atlantic hurricane-turned-tropical-depression. ar-jedi You shut your mouth. That was their version of "Southern ice". 
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hey whiny GD bitches, it was referred to a superstorm because of it's size (wind area diameter) -- to date, Sandy was the largest recorded Atlantic hurricane-turned-tropical-depression. ar-jedi You shut your mouth. That was their version of "Southern ice". LoL at all those idiots who can't drive straight when it snows 1/4" and then it gets cold, real cold, bitterly cold, like 30'F cold, i'm talkin' cold! i think we had at a least 87 pictures in GD of Bo, Luke, and Daisy Duke wrapped around a tree or in a ditch at the end of 300 feet of "skidmarks" in 1/4" of snow. ar-jedi |
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hey whiny GD bitches, it was referred to a superstorm because of it's size (wind area diameter) -- to date, Sandy was the largest recorded Atlantic hurricane-turned-tropical-depression. ar-jedi Whatever makes you feel super special. post up your thunderstorm sat image. it's not the size of europe? so it's not a super storm. i thought so. ar-jedi 
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Then you know where Tabor City NC is. We have rain here now. Vulcan94 Quoted:
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I'm about 75 miles inland on the NC/SC line and in the past hour the wind has noticeably increased. Hopefully we'll get some rain out of this, at least. 
Then you know where Tabor City NC is. We have rain here now. Vulcan94 Yep. I'm just west of you where the state line turns and heads due west. No rain here but the sky to the east is black. |