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The Life (So Far) Of Hurricane Sandy
She's wet, windy, and bringing a world of hate to the Atlantic Seaboard - but where did she come from? NOAA offers the complete animated real-life of Hurricane Sandy...
Meanwhile in Bermuda - waves are reaching 37 feet!!!
and in case you were wondering just how big Sandy is relative to Irene:
(h/t @NOAA)
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I remember seeing a PBS video that mentioned that if a large storm were to cause the Delaware river to rise it could wash Washington DC out to to sea.
Keepin my fingers crossed.
DC is on the Potomac--it's about 100 miles from the nearest point on the Delaware River...
45 MPH wind gusts in Atlanta.
Or everyday weather in Amarillo.
Keep laughing and joking folks - especially those of you in the Hamptons. Hey - why not take a drinky or two and go down to the beach and watch those harmless little waves? What could possibly happen to those who rule the world?
The only people in the hamptons now are the workers who take care or the mansions. if they have half a brain they have their feet up on the leather couches and are taking cover in those palaces. the owners are probably in south beach etc. fuckers.
Blame that on the media and the phony hype machine over the past few years. They have hyped up every little wind storm since Katrina, and nobody believes a word they say. While I hope that the storm isn't too bad, I never know what to believe anymore.
I love how folks who never give a second thought to hurricanes for 51 weeks a year suddenly become meteorologists when the retarded media machine starts cranking up the fear. Forty-foot open-ocean waves in a hurricane are commonplace--go to the NDBC website during any hurricane, find the report for the nearest buoy, and find out for yourself. And of course, there's still a "1" after "Category" with Sandy--that means that no matter how massive the storm might be, you're still just going to have 75-mph sustained winds--you'll just have them for longer than usual. I'm not trying to downplay the storm surge--it'll probably be a problem with high tides--but I've sat through (and gone out in) a number of Category 1 hurricanes, and the apocalypse it's not going to be...
The more viewers media can attract the higher the fee for commericals. SO the more hype the more viewers, thus revenue is going to be up. It is a bias that commerical media is bound to have. Profit, hype, more hype, more profit.
Still, the National Weather Service and Hurricane center both can provide information based on the data and the models. Less hype, more real information. CNN and the others would be shot as panic mongers under a Stalinist government!
Obama is scared shitless that a poor response could kill him off at the polls. Sort of like Mr. Bush tanking in the polls after katrina nailed the Big Easy.
The New York-centric hyperbole machine never quits. It's ridiculous.
Brian Williams says that Sandi, "has the potential to re-draw the map of the Jersey shore."
Seriously? A Cat One, dispersed storm "a thousand miles wide"? Last time I checked, it was those boggers that were 200 miles wide Cat 5 that were the killers.
It's just dumb.
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then Brian Williams said, "We'll be right back after commercial break..."
ka-ching!
Why don't you hang out at Weather Underground, in particular Dr. Master's blog, and learn something about Hurricanes....
Your ignorance is showing...
Been through four of them, thanks. First was Betsy, last one was Ike.
Mind your own business, please.
Good for you... however it seems that certain lessons were lost on you...
As for me, Irene, Juan, Kyle, Jose and now Sandy.... Thrice I have been in the wrong place at the wrong time...
Or lost on you. This is barely a Cat 1 storm.
But all those storms you've mentioned did cause massive damage, am I right? Right...
Let me tell you a little story you may not have heard. Once was this little boy who used to think it funny when he cried out, "Wolf!"
Get a grip, please. There's no reason to frighten the daylights out of people. Have them prepare, sure. But all this hype is nonsense and, frankly, embarrassing. And you're not helping.
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Addo: My point is anyway that as long as it's New York, then it's the freakin' end of the world. I didn't hear all this hand-wringing when Rita was knocking on my front door.
Where have I hyped anything?
Irene caused 15 billion in damage making it one of the worst ever...not good enough for you?
You get hung up wind speed...
Here is a statement by a real expert, Dr. J. Masters by way of NOAA
Thanks, I read that already. Define destructive potential, please.
Crop land laid barren for years? Levees broken into mush? Massive displacement of humans beings? An epic crime wave in the cities where those evacuees were allowed to go to?
Or does he mean some 5th Avenue apartment building that is "worth" more than all of New Orleans combined? Does he mean shutting down Wall Street, which would have an uncountable financial impact on the tax base of New York City?
Nineteen sixty-nine would be Hurricane Camille. I was like seven years old.
After the storm blew over, my dad took me for a drive around Marrero, Louisiana in his old VW bug just to check it out. He was kinda crazy like that. I'll never forget the cars that were literally blown twenty feet into the pine trees, just hanging there. It's a picture that's burned into my mind to this day; this little yellow one in particular always stuck with me.
I'll also never forget Hurricane Rita, a massive Cat 5 storm that was headed to south Texas. After Katrina, of course, everyone was panicked and freaking out. They ordered evacuations for people way down the Texas coast but everybody and their brother decided they had to get out, thanks to hype like this. The geniuses only opened the highways going one way, instead of opening both sides of the road to outbound traffic. People were stuck in traffic literally for fourteen, sixteen hours. Six people died of exposure to carbon monoxide fumes that I know of, a bus full of old people caught fire and countless people just left their cars on the highway and sought shelter in the hospital just off the highway.
Thanks to the people from Katrina who ran over from New Orleans and the people from Rita who basically shut the place down, the hospital is now practically broke and may have to close forever. There were no stores open with water or anything, so people just camped out in the parking lots of strip centers, lighting fires and throwing trash everywhere.
Well, Rita made a right turn and ran up into the Texas/Louisiana border, ruining the businesses out there that still haven't recovered to this day. Meanwhile, we were left with a tragic mess, disorganisation and unnecessary death because of hype like this.
So you can have your Dr. J or whatever his name is saying this storm is as bad as Camille or Katrina. The guys an idiot if he says that. I know, 'cause I was there.
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You seem to be putting words into my mouth...
Nowhere did I downplay any GOM storms and their attendant damage...
My take is that you have a pickle up your ass about the NE and the Eastern Seaboard, sorry you feel that way buddy....
Why don't you head to upstate NY or Vermont to the local tavern and tell them that Irene was a nothing burger, I'll give odds that you get the shit kicked out of you... A lot of farmers lost all their crops, hell, there are bridges that are still out...
PS BTW, Masters use to be one of the guys that flew into hurricanes with the NHC before he got his Ph.D. and co-founded WeatherUnderground... So you get to nail the exacta, not only rude and but also ignorant....
And the fact that ZH uses his stuff should be telling you something....
The "pickle up my ass" is the hype you're using to describe $16Billion in damage.
I'm not talking about over-priced real estate. I'm talking about the effect on real people, buddy.
So take your snooty shit elsewhere, asshole- you and all your whining New Yawkah friends. If anyone is ignorant is you. I can describe these things all day because I have been through them and not watched them on TV like it's some kind of reality show.
Dink.
Go fuck yourself, you are nothing but a hateful blowhard...
When all is well and you realise this is all hype, I will expect an apology from you.
Give me an an over-under for the damage, estimated 1 week after and then we will talk...
You're absurdly focused on money. I'm. Talking. About. People.
Ok, man. No deal.
A real person would admit when they're wrong but you'd rather be snide and hide behind your cock-sure attitude. I don't care. I just told you how it really is. You don't believe it, that's okay. Go on believing the simulacra.
It'll get you nowhere.
67 dead already makes it a significant storm...How many more will it take to satisfy your ghoulish desire....
Hey dingaling, behind just about every insurance claim is human misery...
Quit trying to weasel out....
...nor Hugo. It's the smaller, CAT 4&5's hauling ass that slam into shore that kill.
Now, that makes a storm surge.
A CAT 1 to jaded city dwellers means terror!
Let me know after 1 month of no electricity how you ared doing and then we will compare.
You owe a lot to FDR... Something tells me that *you* would have no electricity if it not were for the TVA...
If this actually hurts people I'll have sympathy.
I've seen too many hyped up weather events to get excited about a lot of rain and some tide swell.
Sandy is already responsible for 65 deaths.... How many does it take?
The concerns you should be having are not the concerns of having fears only of the winds but the concerns should also be having the thinking you should be doing about so many inches of waters that will be falling where the the Sandy is being. Many many more floodings are happening when many more waters are having to be falling. Many Americans are not knowing about the many bad things much water can be doing when it is falling too fast.
Your posting I am having to be troubling understanding.
Nice when the world uses your currency and language. Hope it lasts.
The International Language of Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2oYqbuRJB4
On Friday in NE Ohio gas hit $3.05. Saturday every station went to $3.45. Tonight on the way home the stations went back to $3.25.
Going on Ohio price fixing hysteria the storm looks like it isn't going to be as bad as they thought yesterday.
I love repeated daily 10% price swings.
Sandy appears to have bigger tits than Irene.
Doesn't mean she will rock your boat, but there will be more motion in the ocean.
this looks bad.
Dr. Jeff Master's blog
Sandy's storm surge a huge threat
This afternoon's 3:30 pm EDT H*Wind analysis from NOAA's Hurricane Research Division put the destructive potential of Sandy's winds at a modest 2.8 on a scale of 0 to 6. However, the destructive potential of the storm surge was record high: 5.8 on a scale of 0 to 6. This is a higher destructive potential than any hurricane observed since 1969, including Category 5 storms like Katrina, Rita, Wilma, Camille, and Andrew. The previous highest destructive potential for storm surge was 5.6 on a scale of 0 to 6, set during Hurricane Isabel of 2003. Sandy is now forecast to bring a near-record storm surge of 6 - 11 feet to Northern New Jersey and Long Island Sound, including the New York City Harbor. This storm surge has the potential to cause many billions of dollars in damage if it hits near high tide at 9 pm EDT on Monday. The full moon is on Monday, which means astronomical high tide will be about 5% higher than the average high tide for the month. This will add another 2 - 3" to water levels. Fortunately, Sandy is now predicted to make a fairly rapid approach to the coast, meaning that the peak storm surge will not affect the coast for multiple high tide cycles. Sandy's storm surge will be capable of overtopping the flood walls in Manhattan, which are only five feet above mean sea level. On August 28, 2011, Tropical Storm Irene brought a storm surge of 4.13' and a storm tide of 9.5' above MLLW to Battery Park on the south side of Manhattan. The waters poured over the flood walls into Lower Manhattan, but came 8 - 12" shy of being able to flood the New York City subway system. According to the latest storm surge forecast for NYC from NHC, Sandy's storm surge is expected to be at least a foot higher than Irene's. If the peak surge arrives near Monday evening's high tide at 9 pm EDT, a portion of New York City's subway system could flood, resulting in billions of dollars in damage. I give a 50% chance that Sandy's storm surge will end up flooding a portion of the New York City subway system.
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/article.html
TPTB will be ok, gold is waterproof.
Bet you won't see George Clooney and his pal Marky fishing on the boat.
Yeah but will we see Sean Penn on his rowboat with a shot gun trying to rescue people?
"Creative Destruction"
"Broken Windows" everywhere
"Keynesian Wet Dream"
BULLISH!!!
The fix is in. While the storm gets the attraction, the voting machines are fixed.
The DieBold machines were programmed at the last Bilderburger meeting.
No question...
HAARP hard at it.
+1 , feel free to add more.
Why do they have to shout in caps?
Maybe it's the Morse code operator's fault.
Ditto! A Politician would have wrote that one!
Hanging tough right here on the water in Red Hook... Bitchez!
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eye candy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNIj3UJz-X4
For the objective facts, visit NOAA website, Storm Surge probability:
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at3+shtml/030345.shtml?gm_psurg...
Set the level to 7, 8, 9 feet, hit 'Load data' and zoom in on NYC.
It's >50% probability of a 7 foot surge, right there at Manhattan. That's going to cause a miserable amount of flooding. Sandbags will not be enough, it's basically time to say goodbye to whatever is in the basement and ground floor levels of your building, and any motor vehicles parked in the street.
40% probability of a 10 foot surge, in the Bronx.
For up to the minute action
http://tidesonline.nos.noaa.gov/plotcomp.shtml?station_info=8518750+The+Battery%2C+NY
You'll be OK. Bath House Barry can suck all the water out to sea, lowering the sea level.
Mommy Mommy - the weather man says there's a bit of wind and rain coming!! What are we going to do??? Bwahh bwahhh.
Fuck you people are pathetic.
This thing if hyped beyone belief. It's Irene 2.0.
Let me guess you were hoping for NYC to be flooded out and were disappointed...
Are you by chance another hateful redneck?
Re She's wet, windy, and bringing a world of hate...
Sounds more like Hurricane Hillary...
More like Hurricane Sarah, if you really think about it...
Ok - this hype is just getting plain embarrasing now. Lets read what some actual METEOROLOGISTS are saying about the impact of this thing - as opposed to a bunch of ill-informed panic merchants on conspiracy forums. Here's respected meteorologist Angela Fritz's most up to date prediction :
• Storm tide and surge: 1 to 2 feet of storm surge on top of tides.
• Wind: 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph. The strongest winds will occur Monday afternoon and evening.
• Rain: Widespread totals from 1 to 3 inches, with isolated amounts up to 5 inches
• Inland Flooding: Significant urban and small stream flooding is possible, which could linger into Tuesday.
• Power outages: Spotty power outages are possible as wind takes down branches and trees.
OMG! 40 to 50 mph winds!! One to three inches of rain!! I better start building an Ark! ARMAGEDDON!
Troll....
This would be almost nothing where I live except for storm surge and coastal erosion, which are not good.
The biggest danger is being in an urban area with huracanezombies.
Shit your pants folks...
Looks like the Bounty Replica Ship (used in Mutiny on the Bounty with Brando and Pirates of the Caribbean) is in real trouble off the Carolina Coast:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/9640282/Hurri...
Short Bermuda waves.