Weatherdammerung 2024: I didn't expect it to get this weird and bad this soon

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Mozi: Apr 4, 2004; Forms change so fast
Time is moving past
Memory is smoke
Gonna get wider when I die; Nap Ghost

i was curious what happened to that 20-foot high wall of water because it didn't seem to happen but apparently it did

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The highest surge hit about 15 miles east of where Laura was forecast to make landfall but it �wobbled� at the last moment. That slight change likely saved the city of Lake Charles, said Jamie Rhome, head of the storm surge team at the National Hurricane Center (NHC).

Most U.S. media played up a nine-foot surge recorded by a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration observation station near Cameron, Louisiana, and the NHC was criticized for perhaps raising too much alarm.

There is just one problem, Rhome said.

�It�s wrong. That reporting is based off a single observation station in Cameron Parish that didn�t come close to measuring the peak storm surge which occurred at 10 or 15 miles east of there,� he said.

Fresh data on Friday from an Army Corps of Engineer gauge 15 miles east indicates that the storm surge was right at the 15- to 20-feet forecast that was Rhome�s highest in his 20-year career, he said.

An exact reading would soon be released after the data and gauge are fully analyzed, Rhome said.

�We�re finding out the storm surge was really 15 to 20 feet,� Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards confirmed to reporters on Friday after flying over the hardest-hit areas.

feel bad for everybody affected but it looks like this could have been a whole lot worse

# ? Aug 29, 2020 14:18

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# ? May 23, 2024 23:41

my cat is norris: Mar 11, 2010; #onecallcat

Lake Charles spared by an unforseen and incredibly lucky wobble, drat.

# ? Aug 29, 2020 14:42

Homeless Friend: Jul 16, 2007

Mayor Nic Hunter cautioned that there was no timetable for restoring electricity and that water-treatment plants �took a beating,� leaving barely a trickle of water coming out of most faucets. �If you come back to Lake Charles to stay, make sure you understand the above reality and are prepared to live in it for many days, probably weeks,� Hunter wrote on Facebook.

The Louisiana Department of Health estimated that more than 220,000 people were without water. Restoration of those services could take weeks or months, and full rebuilding could take years.

Forty nursing homes were relying on generators, and assessments were underway to determine if more than 860 residents in 11 facilities that had been evacuated could return.

# ? Aug 29, 2020 22:09

Giga Gaia: May 2, 2006; 360 kickflip to... Meteo?!

jesus christ weeks to get water back

# ? Aug 29, 2020 22:14

actionjackson: Jan 12, 2003

are they seriously going to "fully rebuild" instead of just permanent rehousing? yes of course they are

# ? Aug 29, 2020 22:21

SpaceCadetBob: Dec 27, 2012

gotta love all those �total nothingburger� hot takes from a few days ago.

now the plight of these poor people can be relegated to the dustbin of the 24 hour news cycle.
fuckin 2020.

# ? Aug 29, 2020 23:18

Powered Descent: Jul 13, 2008; We haven't had that spirit here since 1969.

SpaceCadetBob posted:

gotta love all those �total nothingburger� hot takes from a few days ago.

now the plight of these poor people can be relegated to the dustbin of the 24 hour news cycle.
fuckin 2020.

Please spare a thought for poor Marco, the little hurricane that couldn't.

# ? Aug 30, 2020 00:44

Paradoxish: Dec 19, 2003; Will you stop going crazy in there?

Bulgakov posted:

amazing

what the gently caress are these people doing with their generators, running them inside the house?

# ? Aug 30, 2020 01:39

Bob Socko: Feb 20, 2001

Paradoxish posted:

what the gently caress are these people doing with their generators, running them inside the house?

Yup, or the garage. Happens after every storm.

# ? Aug 30, 2020 01:41

Koirhor: Jan 14, 2008; by Fluffdaddy

whens the next hypercane I�m bored again

# ? Aug 30, 2020 01:46

SpaceCadetBob: Dec 27, 2012

Paradoxish posted:

what the gently caress are these people doing with their generators, running them inside the house?

It's always in the garage with a double ended male plug jammed into whatever wall outlet in the garage hopefully is on the same rail in the breaker box as the refrigerator. About half the time they at least have the courtesy to trip the main breaker so they don't kill a lineman when they come to try to fix the power.

# ? Aug 30, 2020 01:47

SKULL.GIF: Jan 20, 2017

Koirhor posted:

whens the next hypercane I�m bored again

'cane season doesn't peak for another few weeks

# ? Aug 30, 2020 01:53

Discussion Quorum: Dec 5, 2002; Armchair Philistine

Paradoxish posted:

what the gently caress are these people doing with their generators, running them inside the house?

I believe putting them just outside a window is a less-obvious way to achieve the same outcome. The window gets left open to run the power cord into the house, while the other windows stay closed to keep the heat and mosquitos out.

# ? Aug 30, 2020 02:05

Bulgakov: Mar 8, 2009; рукописи не горят

the support structure under this blue building definitely wasnt cheap

# ? Aug 30, 2020 03:15

Tubgoat: Jun 30, 2013; by sebmojo

Bulgakov posted:

the support structure under this blue building definitely wasnt cheap

That looks like a reliable support structure and I'd be happy to live there if it was in a completely different part of the country with completely different weather patterns and sociopolitical demography.

# ? Aug 30, 2020 03:27

redleader: Aug 18, 2005; Engage according to operational parameters

SpaceCadetBob posted:

gotta love all those “total nothingburger” hot takes from a few days ago.

now the plight of these poor people can be relegated to the dustbin of the 24 hour news cycle.
fuckin 2020.

this is basic weather thread terminology. a hurricane is a nothingburger if it doesn't utterly destroy a major city

# ? Aug 30, 2020 04:18

Salt Fish: Sep 11, 2003; Cybernetic Crumb

actionjackson posted:

are they seriously going to "fully rebuild" instead of just permanent rehousing? yes of course they are

You're letting the hurricanes win if you don't return your house to the beach.

# ? Aug 30, 2020 04:58

Paradoxish: Dec 19, 2003; Will you stop going crazy in there?

Salt Fish posted:

You're letting the hurricanes win if you don't return your house to the beach.

We're pretty much at the point where hurricane rebuilding projects are going to get wiped out by new hurricanes before they're ever completed

# ? Aug 30, 2020 05:00

Shifty Nipples: Apr 8, 2007

Paradoxish posted:

We're pretty much at the point where hurricane rebuilding projects are going to get wiped out by new hurricanes before they're ever completed

Jobs?!

# ? Aug 30, 2020 06:28

smoobles: Sep 4, 2014

tater_salad posted:

Americans are dumb.

No I'm doesn't!

# ? Aug 30, 2020 08:01

Lokar: Mar 10, 2006

https://twitter.com/nhc_atlantic/status/1300139110988832768?s=21

oh yay let�s go

# ? Aug 31, 2020 00:31

BIG HEADLINE: Jun 13, 2006; "Stand back, Ottawan ruffian, or face my lumens!"

Gotta love how humanity enabled/fostetered a second Atlantic storm nursery off the Georgia/Carolina coasts in less than 200 years of industrialization. :golfclap:

# ? Aug 31, 2020 00:38

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

It's not looking like either of those are a threat to the US

The Caribbean one's modeling has it just staying west and going into Central America

# ? Aug 31, 2020 00:42

shame on an IGA: Apr 8, 2005

BIG HEADLINE posted:

Gotta love how humanity enabled/fostetered a second Atlantic storm nursery off the Georgia/Carolina coasts in less than 200 years of industrialization.

yeah that's what the third one this year?

# ? Aug 31, 2020 00:45

Fuck You And Diebold: Sep 15, 2004; by Athanatos

FlamingLiberal posted:

It's not looking like either of those are a threat to the US

The Caribbean one's modeling has it just staying west and going into Central America

people live in central america tho

# ? Aug 31, 2020 00:48

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

I don't think they are expecting it to become a hurricane or anything

# ? Aug 31, 2020 00:49

Stairmaster: Jun 8, 2012

I'm going to become a hurricane.

# ? Aug 31, 2020 01:17

Real hurthling!: Sep 11, 2001

Stairmaster posted:

I'm going to become a hurricane.

hot wet and furious

# ? Aug 31, 2020 01:17

El Burbo: Oct 10, 2012

Stairmaster posted:

I'm going to become a hurricane.

i bet you cant even get up to 75 mph sustained winds b*tch

# ? Aug 31, 2020 01:22

FlapYoJacks: Feb 12, 2009

El Burbo posted:

i bet you cant even get up to 75 mph sustained winds b*tch

Your mom can. :smug:

# ? Aug 31, 2020 01:24

BIG HEADLINE: Jun 13, 2006; "Stand back, Ottawan ruffian, or face my lumens!"

I fear any storm named Omar.

# ? Aug 31, 2020 01:36

redleader: Aug 18, 2005; Engage according to operational parameters

ideally, the one off florida will strengthen into a cat 5 then swing into nyc

# ? Aug 31, 2020 02:11

Harik: Sep 9, 2001; From the hard streets of Moscow
First dog to touch the stars; Plaster Town Cop

on the one hand I live in florida so i'm worried about hurricanes every year

on the other hand i live in florida so there's always the promise of the sweet release of death

so conflicted

# ? Aug 31, 2020 02:33