Dorian

Rob Lister · Post by **Rob Lister** » Fri Aug 30, 2019 12:06 pm

gnome and ed are in for it now!

Lake ed will swell to depths of 3 feet!

ed · Post by ed » Fri Aug 30, 2019 2:46 pm

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We laugh at the gayness of your "storm"

Bwahahahaha

As I said.

robinson · Post by **robinson** » Fri Aug 30, 2019 3:41 pm

Man I wish I still lived in Florida.

Said no one ever

gnome · Post by **gnome** » Fri Aug 30, 2019 9:03 pm

I'm trying to get out... I mean like in a year or two.

Looks like we're toughing out this one.

Giz · Post by **Giz** » Sat Aug 31, 2019 2:47 am

Rob Lister wrote: ↑Fri Aug 30, 2019 12:06 pm gnome and ed are in for it now!

Lake ed will swell to depths of 3 feet!

The picture of Dorian, grey. Looks like you’re in for a wilde time!

gnome · Post by **gnome** » Sat Aug 31, 2019 3:00 am

I mostly follow the wind speed probabilities. As it stands now, about 55% chance of tropical storm force winds in my area, and 10% chance of hurricane force winds.

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Sat Aug 31, 2019 3:06 am

Many Florida beaches aren't ready for Hurricane Dorian

Florida’s 825 miles of sandy beaches serve as the first line of defense against hurricanes. But many of the beaches in Hurricane Dorian's crosshairs are still depleted from the last two hurricanes and aren't ready to take the hit.

Beaches in Jupiter, Delray and North Boca Raton in Palm Beach County, near Dorian’s projected landfall, are at risk from storm surge because they haven't been rebuilt since Irma in 2017, said Jackie Keiser, who leads hurricane restoration efforts for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers office in Jacksonville.

Federal money followed hurricanes Irma and Matthew, but $460 million for Florida beach restoration has yet to be spent, partly because half the year is off limits for beach construction during sea turtle nesting season.

A section of State Road A1A in Flagler County shows erosion damage after Hurricane Matthew passed the east coast of Florida in October 2016. The section of road had been previously undermined, and county officials recently had begun a beach replenishment process.

https://eu.news-press.com/story/weather ... 169004001/

"Building on sand", &c.

Rob Lister · Post by **Rob Lister** » Sat Aug 31, 2019 9:55 am

ed wrote: ↑Fri Aug 30, 2019 2:46 pm

We laugh at the gayness of your "storm"

Bwahahahahaha

Damn ed ... It's working

Rob Lister · Post by **Rob Lister** » Sat Aug 31, 2019 10:00 am

Witness wrote: ↑Sat Aug 31, 2019 3:06 am
Many Florida beaches aren't ready for Hurricane Dorian

"Building on sand", &c.

On the bright side, they won't have to repair it twice. Procrastination is usually best.

ed · Post by ed » Sat Aug 31, 2019 10:28 am

bwahahahahahahahahahahaaahaaahahaha

shemp · Post by **shemp** » Sat Aug 31, 2019 1:48 pm

Witness wrote: ↑Sat Aug 31, 2019 3:06 am
Many Florida beaches aren't ready for Hurricane Dorian

Florida’s 825 miles of sandy beaches serve as the first line of defense against hurricanes. But many of the beaches in Hurricane Dorian's crosshairs are still depleted from the last two hurricanes and aren't ready to take the hit.

Beaches in Jupiter, Delray and North Boca Raton in Palm Beach County, near Dorian’s projected landfall, are at risk from storm surge because they haven't been rebuilt since Irma in 2017, said Jackie Keiser, who leads hurricane restoration efforts for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers office in Jacksonville.

Federal money followed hurricanes Irma and Matthew, but $460 million for Florida beach restoration has yet to be spent, partly because half the year is off limits for beach construction during sea turtle nesting season.

A section of State Road A1A in Flagler County shows erosion damage after Hurricane Matthew passed the east coast of Florida in October 2016. The section of road had been previously undermined, and county officials recently had begun a beach replenishment process.

https://eu.news-press.com/story/weather ... 169004001/

"Building on sand", &c.

Between 'canes and global warming, won't be long before that nice beachfront property becomes permanently underwater property.

ed · Post by ed » Sat Aug 31, 2019 7:55 pm

Abdul Alhazred wrote: ↑Sat Aug 31, 2019 3:43 pm ed -- Just think how you'll "clean up" metaphorically speaking when Lake ed becomes ed Bey.

FI so that our new overlords will feel welcome

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Sat Aug 31, 2019 9:33 pm

Rob Lister wrote: ↑Sat Aug 31, 2019 10:00 amProcrastination is usually best.

Couldn't agree more!

ed · Post by ed » Sat Aug 31, 2019 10:46 pm

another job well done. Good work, Ed.

robinson · Post by **robinson** » Sun Sep 01, 2019 2:37 pm

Yep, keep it going

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Sun Sep 01, 2019 4:21 pm

Link: https://twitter.com/NHC_Atlantic/status/1168156364687855621

Good job, ed.

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Sun Sep 01, 2019 6:56 pm

Bananas?-Yes · Post by **Bananas?-Yes** » Sun Sep 01, 2019 8:12 pm

Downright horrible situation some folks are probably in as I type this, and it will continue for some hours, I believe. Seriously not good. My soul seems to be warning me that I'll be reading about deaths from this one Mother Nature has pushed into the lives of some people. Wouldn't it be an absolutely great thing if we could read in about 24 hours that not one human was killed by this horrible storm?

I remember hurricanes in Miami when I was way, way younger. But I am sure I didn't have to go through one as bad as this one is.

I see that map above this post is indicating a turn before the East Coast of the mainland. That will save lives.

But not in the Bahamas, right?

Mother Nature - - - sometimes a really nasty business!

Anaxagoras · Post by **Anaxagoras** » Sun Sep 01, 2019 10:03 pm

They're saying it's a category 5 now.

Anaxagoras · Post by **Anaxagoras** » Sun Sep 01, 2019 10:06 pm

Looks pretty bad in the Bahamas.

Link: https://twitter.com/WPLGLocal10/status/1168232955887718401

ed · Post by ed » Sun Sep 01, 2019 10:14 pm

What is the logic of "sending prayers" ?

shemp · Post by **shemp** » Sun Sep 01, 2019 10:47 pm

Been nice knowing you ed. Dibs on your stereo if it survives.

robinson · Post by **robinson** » Sun Sep 01, 2019 11:36 pm

Ed is not even in the evacuation zone

ed · Post by ed » Mon Sep 02, 2019 12:10 am

I pushed it away <again>

Get over it

solely · Post by **solely** » Mon Sep 02, 2019 12:25 am

ed wrote: ↑Sun Sep 01, 2019 10:14 pm What is the logic of "sending prayers" ?

Cheaper than donating to the Red Cross.

Rob Lister · Post by **Rob Lister** » Mon Sep 02, 2019 9:58 am

There's one computer model, olive, that shows it looping around to ed, smacking him upside his head, and then joining the rest of them.

ed · Post by ed » Mon Sep 02, 2019 11:17 am

Thing is moving so slowly. Isn't that unusual?

ed · Post by ed » Mon Sep 02, 2019 11:24 am

This is sorta cool, all the observing stations and latest results.
https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/radial_search.php?storm=at5

Rob Lister · Post by **Rob Lister** » Mon Sep 02, 2019 1:41 pm

https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/s ... &length=96

Sucks to be the Bahamas right now.

robinson · Post by **robinson** » Mon Sep 02, 2019 7:41 pm

Sucks even more to be dead, floating in the water right now

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Mon Sep 02, 2019 8:35 pm

Rob Lister wrote: ↑Mon Sep 02, 2019 9:58 am There's one computer model, olive, that shows it looping around to ed, smacking him upside his head, and then joining the rest of them.

I presume you mean this:

Well, "olive" looks more like:

While the color used in the graphic is very similar to Vivid lime green (where you can check color names).

Wit - pedantic asshole - ness.

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Mon Sep 02, 2019 8:44 pm

Bananas?-Yes · Post by **Bananas?-Yes** » Tue Sep 03, 2019 10:28 pm

That Dorian storm is doing (did) something very strange for a storm like that --- almost stopped. Takes a whole bunch of explanation about the winds and all, but I suspect it might not be so good an idea to be popping into that eye with any sort of wings while those winds above that storm are acting so weird.

I think it has gotten mighty weak, too. But that won't cause less rain to fall in a whole bunch of places.

Actually, "rain" seems too polite a choice of words when it is one of them Noah type situations. That was the guy with that big boat, yes? Noah?

A monster hurricane just stops. Mighty weird. Them cocktails in the Bahamas must be very tasty, eh? I mean, tourists do go there a lot right? Well, Dorian must have decided to take in some sights. And then wash them sights really good.

By the way, folks, I was on the bridge of the New Bahama Star as a student studying navigation a few hours before it ran aground in Government Cut, if I remember the name of that little ship highway correctly. Well, not really a highway. More like a country road.

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Tue Sep 03, 2019 11:33 pm

Bananas?-Yes wrote: ↑Tue Sep 03, 2019 10:28 pm A monster hurricane just stops. Mighty weird.

It's ed.

ed · Post by ed » Wed Sep 04, 2019 12:48 am

Told you so.

solely · Post by **solely** » Wed Sep 04, 2019 11:55 am

Is that still happening? Doesn't hurricane=hurry?

Rob Lister · Post by **Rob Lister** » Wed Sep 04, 2019 12:07 pm

Anaxagoras · Post by **Anaxagoras** » Wed Sep 04, 2019 2:32 pm

I hope their insurance premiums are paid up.

A total catastrophe.

There's some arial footage here too:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-49574900

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Wed Sep 04, 2019 10:44 pm

Donald Trump denies using a SHARPIE to alter official map to show Hurricane Dorian hitting Alabama as he refuses to back down on fake forecast that state was at risk (but look what was on his desk at the time)

President Trump says he did not use a sharpie to alter a National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration map to put Alabama in Hurricane Dorian's path

But there was one sitting on the Resolute Desk and the White House

Map the president held up earlier in the day had been altered to include Alabama

Trump presented the map at a hurricane briefing on Wednesday morning, and the White House did not disclose that it had been altered

President says it wasn't him and he doesn't know who made the change: 'I don't know. I don't know, I don't know,' he told a reporter on Wednesday afternoon

So who was it? Scroll down for a list of who was in the Oval Office at the time

Aside from his sharpie, Trump had two pictures of him being briefed on Hurricane Dorian on his desk, and a picture of damage in the Bahamas

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... abama.html

For this one I will use:

Anaxagoras · Post by **Anaxagoras** » Thu Sep 05, 2019 12:04 am

Hey, maybe ed's powers really did change the course of the hurricane!

Remember that new age yoga and crystal lady who's running for president?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/pol ... 209944001/

In a now-deleted tweet captured in screenshots by Twitter users, Williamson suggested the "use of the power of the mind" to change the path of the hurricane.

"The Bahamas, Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas ... may all be in our prayers now,” she wrote on Twitter. "Millions of us seeing Dorian turn away from land is not a wacky idea; it is a creative use of the power of the mind. Two minutes of prayer, visualization, meditation for those in the way of the storm."

Williamson's communications director Patricia Ewing said the tweet was a metaphor.

"When others speak of prayer and the mind it’s considered profound, but Williamson is held to a different standard. Because the comment led to confusion it was replaced," Ewing said. "Everyone please pray for the people of the Bahamas, Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas. May the peace of God be upon them, may they and their families remain safe and their hearts be comforted as they endure the storm."

Aww, people are being meanies for mocking this. The poor dear.

As a political tactic deleting the tweet seems pointless. Better to just own it because it's getting reported anyway. Deleting it looks wishy-washy and like an admission that it was a mistake.