woberto Report This Comment Date: October 12, 2024 03:17AM
And it was cat 5 then all of a sudden cat 1 (still dangerous of course).
The media need to sensationalise to get clicks, so no Armageddon then go for
plan B, Trump.
What is concerning to me is the government agencies doing the same but for
different reasons. No not political reasons.
They cannot afford to downplay anything (even the couf back then) because if
they say "Nah, it'll be fine" and Florida man goes out and gets
himself killed, they will be viewed as liable. So EVERYTHING is the end of the
world, pack your bags, hit the shelters and wait for us to tell you when it's OK
to come out.
quasi Report This Comment Date: October 12, 2024 11:46AM
"And it was cat 5 then all of a sudden cat 1 (still dangerous of
course).
The media need to sensationalise to get clicks, so no Armageddon then go for
plan B,"
Okay, I've been dealing with these things for 45 hurricane seasons and you know
you don't know what you're talking about, just trying to get a rise out of me,
so here you go. They don't suddenly go from cat 5 to cat 1, it takes a variety
of conditions acting on them over hours or days to make a change in category
such as the drop from a major hurricane (cat 3-5) to cat 1. I'm no meteorologist
but I understand the mechanics of why they change strength and why it's
impossible to know exactly where they'll make landfall. This one dropped from 5
to 3 before landfall because it drew it dry air from and approaching cold front
that also provided upper level wind shear which also has a weakening affect.
Once over land they lose their fuel, warm water, and further weaken, the winds
drop, but they still can carry a tremendous amount of rain over long distances
as Helene did as it also drew in more rain from an approaching rainy front. I
evacuated for Milton because an unusually high surge of water was expected to
come up the harbor and the river that's just one km away, and the possibility of
hurricane force winds acting on my old house. With the way these gigantic
systems wobble (those straight, slightly curved lines of the tracks are an
average) for many miles the worst of it could have easily passed right through
my town, they have twice before since I've been here, but the center of this one
landed just far enough north that my place was barely damaged, no Armageddon for
me and many others, but right down nearer the river, through the town, and for
hundreds of miles up and down the coast, the surge of water came, almost three
meters above normal high tide here, and millions of people are now homeless,
jobless, without their businesses, and a few who didn't heed the evacuation
orders without their lives. Hurricanes also create tornadoes far away from their
center and this one was a record setter with over 100 tornado warnings and
numerous touchdowns which accounted for the greatest loss of life from Milton.
This notion that they are "sensationalized" is bullshit, the time to
prepare is while they are days away and where the center will make landfall
predictable only within hundreds of miles, and for some dimwits who make those
preparations only to have the center strike far enough away to cause them little
or no damage they think it was sensationalized but in reality it could have
easily been on top of them and their good fortune made their preparations a good
drill for what could happen. They aren't dimwits for preparing, they're dimwits
for thinking their time and anxiety were pointless.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/10/2024 11:48AM by quasi.
quasi Report This Comment Date: October 12, 2024 01:28PM
And just for fun, somebody that I crossed paths with during the evacuation that
I wouldn't have ordinarily been around has given me a cold. Communicable
diseases, anyone?
woberto Report This Comment Date: October 12, 2024 11:30PM
You've changed man.
quasi Report This Comment Date: October 13, 2024 10:03AM
I'm sick of the dumbass conspiracy theories.
pro_junior Report This Comment Date: October 13, 2024 11:56AM
just because something is a conspiracy theory doesn't mean it isn't true.
quasi Report This Comment Date: October 13, 2024 12:33PM
Ah, yes, the wit and wisdom of pro_jackoff who never met a conspiracy theory he
didn't like. Go check your pets & make sure they haven't been eaten by some
foreigner. Then go look for the edge of the earth, it's out there somewhere.
Anon - not logged in Report This Comment Date: October 18, 2024 01:51AM
PJ, in the 1980's, before there was internet, I came across books in print that
were all written to a basic formula: transparent, everything yank is good, or;
opaque, everything else is bad. They claimed all sorts of things against
Britain, British, Nobility, British Nobility, European 'elite' and a raft of
drivel against RIO Tinto and its directors. That taught me all I needed to know
about 'conspiracy theories' and who writes them. Now the formula may be refined
but it's still by the same imbeciles: a post on another site says Mormons, but
they're not a subject I'm familiar with.
You could stop paying attention, but if it scares the imbeciles so much, then
vote Trump and be done with it!
NB.: anyone dumb enough to believe your government set up the cyclone, I have
shares in the Sydney Harbour Bridge to sell you - unlimited supply!
Anon - not logged in Report This Comment Date: October 18, 2024 01:56AM
Kim, if you're reading, I owe you an apology. The post I mention above told me
who's been annoying me since I went on the internet in 1999 - Mormons believe
the yank constitution will cover the whole earth/universe, that Australia is in
Oceania, all history/knowledge leads to a world yankeeland and other stuff.
When you said "Last I heard we all have our own constitutions" really
woke me up - there's a group of crazies within your population, it's not all of
you.
But you, Quasi and PJ could stop throwing hatchets at each other.