JAY ZERO SUM GAME posted:

I put a weighted tarp over my car

SorePotato posted:

I predict that within 20 years, Tesla vehicles will be emitting microwaves when it senses snow

Iron Crowned posted:

snow won't be around in 20 years.

TACD posted:

tiberion02 posted:

we'll have microplastic snow, it will be glorious

Wraith of J.O.I. posted:

how's this still even a debate! we have video evidence the tarp method works!

SirPablo posted:

From the other tarp thread

https://twitter.com/nytmike/status/1490848825673584643

Iron Crowned posted:

Tesla won't be around in 20 years.

VectorSigma posted:

ok now what the gently caress is happening here

https://twitter.com/TheOnion/status/1490792520216977410

WRAP VS TARP

PostNouveau posted:

SirPablo posted:

From the other tarp thread

https://twitter.com/nytmike/status/1490848825673584643

Complications posted:

Category 5 is already 'wipes human civilization off the map where it goes' wtf is the point of a sixth one?

Complications posted:

Category 5 is already 'wipes human civilization off the map where it goes' wtf is the point of a sixth one?

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In order to form a hypercane, according to Emanuel's hypothetical model, the ocean temperature would have to be at least 49 °C (120 °F). A critical difference between a hypercane and present-day hurricanes is that a hypercane would extend into the upper stratosphere, whereas present-day hurricanes extend into only the lower stratosphere.[6]

Hypercanes would have wind speeds of over 800 kilometres per hour (500 mph), potentially gusting to 970 km/h (600 mph),[7] and would also have a central pressure of less than 700 hectopascals (20.67 inHg), giving them an enormous lifespan of at least several weeks.[5] This extreme low pressure could also support massive storm systems roughly the size of North America.[5][8] For comparison, the largest and most intense storm on record was 1979's Typhoon Tip, with a 1-minute sustained wind speed of 305 km/h (190 mph) and a minimum central pressure of 870 hPa (25.69 inHg). Such a storm would be nearly eight times more powerful than Hurricane Patricia, the storm with the highest sustained wind speed recorded, which had 1-minute sustained winds of 345 km/h (215 mph).[9] However, hypercanes may be as small as 25 km (15 mi) in size, and they would lose strength quickly after venturing into colder waters.[7]

The waters after a hypercane could remain hot enough for weeks, allowing more hypercanes to form. A hypercane's clouds would reach 30 to 40 km (20 to 25 mi) into the stratosphere. Such an intense storm would also damage the Earth's ozone layer, potentially having devastating consequences for life on Earth.[5][failed verification] Water molecules in the stratosphere would react with ozone to accelerate decay into O2 and reduce absorption of ultraviolet light.[10]

hobbesmaster posted:

there isn't one which is why category 6 doesn't exist. that said, a category 5 hurricane is "only" a EF-3 tornado so clearly cat 5 isn't anywhere near the absolute possible maximum windspeed.

if we want to talk absolute maximum possible windspeed however there is always the hypercane

hobbesmaster posted:

there isn't one which is why category 6 doesn't exist. that said, a category 5 hurricane is "only" a EF-3 tornado so clearly cat 5 isn't anywhere near the absolute possible maximum windspeed.

if we want to talk absolute maximum possible windspeed however there is always the hypercane

Iron Crowned posted:

Tesla won't be around in 20 years.

Gripweed posted:

gotta be honest if the ocean is 120 degrees I think we'd have big problems even without a hypercane.

smug jeebus posted:

Some people just can't take the L

Gripweed posted:

gotta be honest if the ocean is 120 degrees I think we'd have big problems even without a hypercane.

VectorSigma posted:

ok now what the gently caress is happening here

https://twitter.com/TheOnion/status/1490792520216977410

WRAP VS TARP

FlamingLiberal posted:

the whole reason there isn’t anything above Cat 5 is because you have massive structural failures at that point of even the most reinforced buildings, so you can’t go higher in terms of damage

shirts and skins posted:

Number cannot stop going up, ever

NeonPunk posted:

A Cat 5 hurricane isn't all that really scary. We already have buildings and roads that can stand up to a Cat 5 so it's not like it's human civilization ending weather at all. It make sense to add another number just to represent how amazing the advancement we've made in building material and construction, and how stronger the hurricanes are nowadays with climate change.

NeonPunk posted:

A Cat 5 hurricane isn't all that really scary. We already have buildings and roads that can stand up to a Cat 5 so it's not like it's human civilization ending weather at all. It make sense to add another number just to represent how amazing the advancement we've made in building material and construction, and how stronger the hurricanes are nowadays with climate change.

SorePotato posted:

ultimately the logical conclusion of the tarp discussion is to begin laying tarps over major cities to protect them from increasingly destructive weather (5g radiation agitating airstreams) until we are living in tent cities like settler-colonial Martians. this is inevitable unless you want to consider the possibility of subterranean cities full of white people