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

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Gripweed: Nov 8, 2018

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.

Why don't they simply build the entire city out of hurricane-proof buildings?

# ? Feb 8, 2022 15:47

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# ? May 31, 2024 23:51

JAY ZERO SUM GAME: Oct 18, 2005; Walter.
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# ? Feb 8, 2022 15:51

Mr. Lobe: Feb 23, 2007; ... Dry bones...

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

You mean caucasians or troglobites

# ? Feb 8, 2022 16:03

stealie72: Jan 10, 2007

Gripweed posted:

Why don't they simply build the entire city out of hurricane-proof buildings?

Because then you're in Omaha, and nobody wants that.

# ? Feb 8, 2022 16:04

tater_salad: Sep 15, 2007

Gripweed posted:

Why don't they simply build the entire city out of hurricane-proof buildings?

Make it out of the black box materials!

# ? Feb 8, 2022 17:20

Elephanthead: Sep 11, 2008; Toilet Rascal

what if we had tarps shaped like coats?

# ? Feb 8, 2022 17:40

Iron Crowned: May 6, 2003; by Hand Knit

Elephanthead posted:

what if we had tarps shaped like coats?

Nah, coats that are shaped like tarps

# ? Feb 8, 2022 17:43

hifi: Jul 25, 2012

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.

glad we can build a road (essentially a very long rock) that can withstand wind

# ? Feb 8, 2022 18:07

Stereotype: Apr 24, 2010; College Slice

heh if cat 5 hurricanes are so powerful, why has it not destroyed this rock??

# ? Feb 8, 2022 18:12

Dustcat: Jan 26, 2019

i support the new classification for the simple reason that the first cat6 hurricane will be good content

# ? Feb 8, 2022 18:14

shirts and skins: Jun 25, 2007; Good morning!

FlamingLiberal posted:

Have you ever lived through the worst of one? Because I have.

Well, you DID live...maybe we do need a higher number!

# ? Feb 9, 2022 00:23

H.P. Hovercraft: Jan 12, 2004; one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse; Slippery Tilde

the saffir-simpson hurricane scale is categorized by expected structural damage, where are you going to draw the line above 157mph winds (where cat 5 starts) when that's already describing "most structures will rupture and catastrophically fail from these winds"

if you want to push for a real change then you should be telling them to stop using female names for hurricanes, since people tend to disregard stuff like evacuation orders for those more often and otherwise don't take them as seriously

H.P. Hovercraft has issued a correction as of 00:32 on Feb 9, 2022

# ? Feb 9, 2022 00:30

hobbesmaster: Jan 28, 2008

for tornados �cat 5� (ef5) means your home�s slab was wiped clean. that�s beyond catastrophic failure

# ? Feb 9, 2022 00:44

Perry Mason Jar: Feb 24, 2006; "Della? Take a lid"

H.P. Hovercraft posted:

the saffir-simpson hurricane scale is categorized by expected structural damage, where are you going to draw the line above 157mph winds (where cat 5 starts) when that's already describing "most structures will rupture and catastrophically fail from these winds"

if you want to push for a real change then you should be telling them to stop using female names for hurricanes, since people tend to disregard stuff like evacuation orders for those more often and otherwise don't take them as seriously

Here's some I came up with that should help:

HURRICANE DEATHMARCH
HURRICANE DROWNING POOL
HURRICANE BLOODY STUMP
HURRICANE NO HOPE

# ? Feb 9, 2022 00:52

Weembles: Apr 19, 2004

We need categories based on how many storm chasers' feeds stay online.

# ? Feb 9, 2022 00:53

Futanari Damacy: Oct 30, 2021; by sebmojo

Legit, they should be named after wrestlers and monster trucks. Are you staying put when GRAVEDIGGER comes ashore?

# ? Feb 9, 2022 01:12

H.P. Hovercraft: Jan 12, 2004; one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse; Slippery Tilde

hurricane jimbob ain't gonna hurt nobody, but gently caress sticking around for hurricane batman

# ? Feb 9, 2022 01:14

Bip Roberts: Mar 29, 2005

H.P. Hovercraft posted:

if you want to push for a real change then you should be telling them to stop using female names for hurricanes, since people tend to disregard stuff like evacuation orders for those more often and otherwise don't take them as seriously

that rules, I'm for the ladies

# ? Feb 9, 2022 01:38

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

H.P. Hovercraft posted:

if you want to push for a real change then you should be telling them to stop using female names for hurricanes, since people tend to disregard stuff like evacuation orders for those more often and otherwise don't take them as seriously

This actually seems ideal since "subconsciously minimizes danger from female-named hurricanes" and "disregards evacuation orders" is like the perfect intersection of individual traits that you'd probably want to get wiped from the face of the planet.

# ? Feb 9, 2022 02:13

Bilirubin: Feb 16, 2014; The sanctioned action is to CHUG

Hurricane RAGING VENGENCE
Hurricane SMITTEN BY GODS HAMMER
Hurricane YELLOW DUCKIE GOES SQUEEK

# ? Feb 9, 2022 02:34

redneck nazgul: Apr 25, 2013

Bilirubin posted:

Hurricane YELLOW DUCKIE GOES SQUEEK

# ? Feb 9, 2022 02:35

Gripweed: Nov 8, 2018

Bilirubin posted:

Hurricane RAGING VENGENCE
Hurricane SMITTEN BY GODS HAMMER
Hurricane YELLOW DUCKIE GOES SQUEEK

The current system starts with names in alphabetical order, and then if they run out of those they move on to Greek letters, and if they run out of those they move on to song titles from the Metal Gear Rising soundtrack.

# ? Feb 9, 2022 02:44

Real hurthling!: Sep 11, 2001

scrap the whole system and start advertising free dental work 2 states over from the storms

# ? Feb 9, 2022 02:49

Rev. Bleech_: Oct 19, 2004; ~OKAY, WE'LL DRINK TO OUR LEGS!~

NeonPunk posted:

A Cat 5 hurricane isn't all that really scary

so which midwestern state do you live in friend

Futanari Damacy posted:

Legit, they should be named after wrestlers and monster trucks. Are you staying put when GRAVEDIGGER comes ashore?

SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY
WE'RE TURNING SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA INTO A GIANT MUUUUUDPIIIIT
KID'S SEATS STILL JUST FIVE BUCKS

Actually that would be kind of rad because HURRICANE GRAVEDIGGER has a non-zero chance of making landfall at the GRAVEDIGGER museum

# ? Feb 9, 2022 03:19

tater_salad: Sep 15, 2007

I think we need to name storms after musical genere pulled from a hat.

Hurricane NWA will make landfall on Tuesday

Or

Hurricane Ramstein will be category 5.

# ? Feb 9, 2022 03:36

stealie72: Jan 10, 2007

tater_salad posted:

I think we need to name storms after musical genere pulled from a hat.

Hurricane NWA will make landfall on Tuesday

Or

Hurricane Ramstein will be category 5.

With apologies to Henry Rollins:
Hurricane The First Four Black Sabbath Albums

# ? Feb 9, 2022 03:39

ekuNNN: Nov 27, 2004; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Extreme metal bands would work well as names:
Hurricane Cattle Decapitation
Hurricane Dying Fetus
Hurricane Cock and Ball Torture
Hurricane Pig Destroyer

# ? Feb 9, 2022 03:51

PostNouveau: Sep 3, 2011; VY till I die; Grimey Drawer

tater_salad posted:

I think we need to name storms after musical genere pulled from a hat.

Hurricane NWA will make landfall on Tuesday

Or

Hurricane Ramstein will be category 5.

Then nobody would evacuate for Hurricane Kenny G

# ? Feb 9, 2022 04:14

Teriyaki Hairpiece: Dec 29, 2006; I'm nae the voice o' the darkened thistle, but th' darkened thistle cannae bear the sight o' our Bonnie Prince Bernie nae mair.