Hurricane Irene - A "historic" storm.

LighterGuy

So says obama.

BBC News:

Mandatory evacuations have been ordered in parts of four states, and in low-lying areas of New York City.
Seven states from North Carolina to Connecticut have declared emergencies ahead of Irene's arrival.
The category two storm has weakened a little and is expected to make landfall with winds of up to 100mph (155km/h).
Irene, which has already caused havoc in the Caribbean, is expected to hit the coast of North Carolina on Saturday before barrelling northwards towards Washington and New York City a day later.......

The New York Subway is also due to be shut down. So an Earthquake and now this is the same week? ... nature is hitting hard.

TanG411

The Mayans were correct.

Penfailed

I'd say, "An historic storm".

looky loo

If you see four horsemen......................................















RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!

KungPao

R.I.P.




In advance.

LighterGuy

Here is a picture of new york today taken from the RTE website

Stinicker

looky loo wrote: »

If you see four horsemen......................................

RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm still looking out for the flying spaghetti monster!

Grimebox

LighterGuy wrote: »

... nature is hitting hard.

I reckon nature has always been hitting hard. We just hear about it more. Globalisation and all that lark

KungPao

Penfailed wrote: »

I'd say, "An historic storm".

ERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Want to go for double jeopardy, where the scores can really change?

Chuck Stone

I hope no kittens are killed.

That would make me feel really sad.

VenusPlays

Storm in a teacup I reckon.

Or as its the US - in a Starbucks grande recycled cardboard bucket with a lid

rossie1977

meh, by the time this hits new york winds will be 60mph max, ffs we get winds that speed twice a week here in roscommon every december

same crap all the time, its 115 in vegas atm, 130 in death valley, hits 90 in new york and it makes the main news.....

amacachi

Penfailed wrote: »

I'd say, "An historic storm".

I definitely wouldn't, but then again I like to be correct.

KeithM89_old

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_1VnGp8Lls

TanG411

I hope the Subway doesn't close down. I like their cheese toastie.

KungPao

rossie1977 wrote: »

meh, by the time this hits new york winds will be 60mph max, ffs we get winds that speed twice a week here in roscommon every december

same crap all the time, its 115 in vegas atm, 130 in death valley, hits 90 in new york and it makes the main news.....

It's all about the "storm surge" apparently.

Major flooding and the like.

Penfailed

amacachi wrote: »

I definitely wouldn't, but then again I like to be correct.

We're both correct - http://www.betterwritingskills.com/tip-w005.html

Goldenegg

I just got back from new York this morning. The media are totally scare mongering! The news channels constantly doing weather updates and telling people to stock up on supplies. They reckon NYC won't be able to handle it, with the Hudson flooding and windows smashing resulting in glass flying thru the city. They are making it sound like dooms day!

What's the odds it

KungPao

Penfailed wrote: »

We're both correct - http://www.betterwritingskills.com/tip-w005.html

But "A Historic"...is more correct!

rossie1977

Goldenegg wrote: »

I just got back from new York this morning. The media are totally scare mongering! The news channels constantly doing weather updates and telling people to stock up on supplies. They reckon NYC won't be able to handle it, with the Hudson flooding and windows smashing resulting in glass flying thru the city. They are making it sound like dooms day!

What's the odds it

yeah its complete media scaremongering its a category 2, maybe 3 if when it reaches land, new york is not that lowlying, its higher than miami which is hit often and much higher than new orleans which was BELOW sea level

if it was full force like wilma expect damage like this but new york wont get anything like this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDFK40UMotc

Penfailed

KungPao wrote: »

But "A Historic"...is more correct!

Ah, no. Both are correct. Popular vote does not make something 'more correct'.

Larianne

Chuck Stone wrote: »

I hope no kittens are killed.

That would make me feel really sad.

The fact wild_cat thanked this post made me smile.

KungPao

Goldenegg wrote: »

I just got back from new York this morning. The media are totally scare mongering! The news channels constantly doing weather updates and telling people to stock up on supplies. They reckon NYC won't be able to handle it, with the Hudson flooding and windows smashing resulting in glass flying thru the city. They are making it sound like dooms day!

What's the odds it

They ain't used to that kind of schit there though. And some "valuable" stuff up the northern east coast.

Imagine RTE if a tornado or hurricane was en route for Dublin 4!

Wall to wall, 24/7.

Mr. Boo

LighterGuy wrote: »

Here is a picture of new york today taken from the RTE website

There's massive thunderous downpours there every summer on account of the high humidity. That picture doesn't tell much of a story.

It's due to the swell, and the low-lying areas in Manhattan that there's a problem. Plus they have to constantly pump water out of the subway system on a day to day basis as it is, any significant flooding could cause major problems underground.

Killer Pigeon

The damage these high winds could cause would be a lot worse in the narrow high streets of NYC.

KungPao

Penfailed wrote: »

Ah, no. Both are correct. Popular vote does not make something 'more correct'.

Ah I know.

Just pulling the michael.

Sonics2k

Oh look, the Yanks are over-reacting to something again.

amacachi

Penfailed wrote: »

We're both correct - http://www.betterwritingskills.com/tip-w005.html

Only if one were to treat the first letter in "historic" as a silent letter and would literally be the most insane thing ever. :pac:

LighterGuy

You got to love boards.ie dont you?
I never knew it had so many experts ... about absolutely everything!

Sure it doesnt matter if the US govenment has issued warnings to certain states. Doesnt matter if the President has gone on record by saying "it will be an historic storm" ... doesnt matter what US meteorologists think.

Cause we got boards.ie! ... if they say it'll blow over. Im sure it'll blow over. Why alot of people know everything about everything on here :rolleyes: Just like the earthquake/Tsuami's in japan thread months ago. I never knew we have so many nuclear technicians using this site ...

DEFTLEFTHAND

Has she hit yet?

KungPao

LighterGuy wrote: »

You got to love boards.ie dont you?
I never knew it had so many experts ... about absolutely everything!

Sure it doesnt matter if the US govenment has issued warnings to certain states. Doesnt matter if the President has gone on record by saying "it will be an historic storm" ... doesnt matter what US meteorologists think.

Cause we got boards.ie! ... if they say it'll blow over. Im sure it'll blow over. Why alot of people know everything about everything on here :rolleyes: Just like the earthquake/Tsuami's in japan thread months ago. I never knew we have so many nuclear technicians using this site ...

It'll be grand.

amacachi

LighterGuy wrote: »

You got to love boards.ie dont you?
I never knew it had so many experts ... about absolutely everything!

Sure it doesnt matter if the US govenment has issued warnings to certain states. Doesnt matter if the President has gone on record by saying "it will be an historic storm" ... doesnt matter what US meteorologists think.

Cause we got boards.ie! ... if they say it'll blow over. Im sure it'll blow over. Why alot of people know everything about everything on here :rolleyes: Just like the earthquake/Tsuami's in japan thread months ago. I never knew we have so many nuclear technicians using this site ...

Have you been keeping up to date? Those same sources you've mentioned have been saying today that it won't be as bad as it was looking. 2/3 of the models show it not hitting NYC head on. Practice what you preach etc.

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Has she hit yet?

No.

looky loo

LighterGuy wrote: »

You got to love boards.ie dont you?
I never knew it had so many experts ... about absolutely everything!

Sure it doesnt matter if the US govenment has issued warnings to certain states. Doesnt matter if the President has gone on record by saying "it will be an historic storm" ... doesnt matter what US meteorologists think.

Cause we got boards.ie! ... if they say it'll blow over. Im sure it'll blow over. Why alot of people know everything about everything on here :rolleyes: Just like the earthquake/Tsuami's in japan thread months ago. I never knew we have so many nuclear technicians using this site ...

Have a cup a tae....it'll blow over in no time..

LighterGuy

amacachi wrote: »

Have you been keeping up to date? Those same sources you've mentioned have been saying today that it won't be as bad as it was looking. 2/3 of the models show it not hitting NYC head on. Practice what you preachetc.

BBC news link: (Last updated at 23:37 GMT)


the above is the same link I posted in the first post.

Overheal

Plug 29483 into the Wundermap.

So far all I've seen is sporadic rain and not all that much wind.

It is interesting to watch the cloudcover pass overhead though.

Don't personally see what's so historic about this. It'll be Category 1 in a few hours and Tropical Storm state again when it gets to NYC

amacachi

LighterGuy wrote: »

BBC news link: (Last updated at 23:37 GMT)


the above is the same link I posted in the first post.

It even says there that it has weakened a bit. Have a look around meteorological sites and you'll see the models are (generally) showing less bad scenarios with each run. It's still going to run into some shear forces as it moves northwards, something it'll be hard to factor into the models as I don't think something similar has happened in this area in an era with as much data as we have today.

Don't get me wrong, it was obvious a couple of days ago that damage would be heavy etc., but I'm not loving the possibility of a runaway media reaction leading to people then thinking that those pesky meteorologists were crying wolf should it get sheared to bits, stall and weaken on cooler water or take an unexpected turn inland.

amacachi

Overheal wrote: »

Plug 29483 into the Wundermap.

So far all I've seen is sporadic rain and not all that much wind.

It is interesting to watch the cloudcover pass overhead though.

Don't personally see what's so historic about this.

The foot or two of rain expected on already saturated ground in heavily populated Northeastern regions or the 10+ foot storm surge?

Fingers crossed it'll gobble itself up though.

Spread

It has been announced on the Weather Channel that it has been raised to Cat 2 ..........

Overheal

New yorkers can put up with a little flooding.

Spread wrote: »

It has been announced on the Weather Channel that it has been raised to Cat 2 ..........

It already was a C2, unless it dipped.

joshrogan

LighterGuy wrote: »

You got to love boards.ie dont you?
I never knew it had so many experts ... about absolutely everything!

Sure it doesnt matter if the US govenment has issued warnings to certain states. Doesnt matter if the President has gone on record by saying "it will be an historic storm" ... doesnt matter what US meteorologists think.

Cause we got boards.ie! ... if they say it'll blow over. Im sure it'll blow over. Why alot of people know everything about everything on here :rolleyes: Just like the earthquake/Tsuami's in japan thread months ago. I never knew we have so many nuclear technicians using this site ...

Actually 40% of all AH posters are nuclear technicians/meteorologists/geologists according to the demograpic.

Spread

Overheal wrote: »

New yorkers can put up with a little flooding.
It already was a C2, unless it dipped.

I was commenting on # 36. Just in and have not been watching but had WC on.
How are ye doing down there?

Overheal

Spread wrote: »

I was commenting on # 36. Just in and have not been watching but had WC on.
How are ye doing down there?

Ah it's tame. Not any wind really, no rain. I've seen worse rain under even normal circumstances. These were light showers. the worst thing thats happened is some power loss in a few areas but it was temporary. In the last while I've seen the lights flicker, but hardly anything to panic about. Porch weather, really.

charlemont

looky loo wrote: »

If you see four horsemen......................................








RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!

Especially if they are shouting "Yup Boss, I wanna word with you".

Spread

Good to hear. Better or worse than was forecasted for there?

artanevilla

And people give out about the weather here.

LighterGuy

artanevilla wrote: »

And people give out about the weather here.

I was talking to my dad earlier about this
he said "glad we dont get extreme weather here!" - he's right.
But makes you think. Could Ireland one day get earthquakes and hurricanes?

Overheal

LighterGuy wrote: »

I was talking to my dad earlier about this
he said "glad we dont get extreme weather here!" - he's right.
But makes you think. Could Ireland one day get earthquakes and hurricanes?

Ireland breaks down from a bit of snow.

You'd better hope not.

amacachi

In fairness the widespread panic in the media about snow here and the UK doesn't really reflect how it is for most people. Charlie Brooker did an awesome bit comparing news reports with their puns usually involving "armaggedon" and dramatic shots with the actual interviews they showed. The general consensus was "It's a bit of craic isn't it?" In terms of transport the trains kept running last year though the first day was a bit of a disaster. I commute over 50 miles each way so it was a pain for me to have to leave an hour earlier but that's my problem.

Also Irish and UK houses would probably stand up better than thin wooden ones that seem to be the usual choice in Hurricane-prone areas. :pac: Hopefully it's not something that'll be put to the test soon though.

"Treacherous" :pac:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68mkgir5fbw

The Aussie

Hurricane Irene - A "historic" storm.

No, just that its America. far worse storms make land fall in Asia and the Sub Continent each year with thousands dead and all it makes in the news is a 30sec story, might pay attention when the body count reaches 1000+...

Liam Byrne

Penfailed wrote: »

I'd say, "An historic storm".

Apt username so!

The base word is "History", which doesn't Have a silent H.

Lirange

The Aussie wrote: »

No, just that its America. far worse storms make land fall in Asia and the Sub Continent each year with thousands dead and all it makes in the news is a 30sec story, might pay attention when the body count reaches 1000+...

Some of those death tolls are exacerbated by poor living conditions in densely populated areas (e.g. Bangladesh). This is news because hurricanes and tropical storm systems seldomly saunter into the New York City area (maybe once a decade) ... and well because it's New York. People will follow it because they have friends or relatives there. Or because they've visited a few times or might even be planning a holiday/business trip. Or just because they have an interest in climate and weather. It's not a crime so you might stash away the "westerners lives are more important than blah blah ..." for perhaps a more relevant foreign policy discussion.