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[2018] Hurricane Season

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Sajan, May 24, 2018.

  1. Amiga

    Amiga I get vaunted sacred revelations from social media
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    Just to give folks some perspective on the size of this thing.

    My brother has a house in North Myrtle Beach, SC which is right on the border with North Carolina. It's his retirement home he and his wife bought 1 year ago. The house is less than 1000 yards from the Atlantic Ocean, and if this Hurricane does what they say it will and turns south and stalls, it will be right over his house. 24 hours of hurricane force winds and 5 foot storm surge is probable. Ugh
     
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    My sister lived in Winston-Salem NC back when Hurricane Hugo hit in the late 80s. Caused a tree to fall through her roof.
     
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    Wow thank you for giving me this perspective. I thought 1000 yards away from the beach was far enough to avoid a cat 5 hurricane
     
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  5. Sajan

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    I thought the same thing. LOL.

    I just don't get how that gives me perspective. What does it have to do with the width of the hurricane comparable to Montana? (which in itself is not a good comparison but I don't even know where Montana is not a map).
     
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    Have them find a blue shed, we've learned that they are indestructible.

    [​IMG]
     
  7. HR Dept

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    Is this a reference to the guy live streaming from the car wash during Harvey? I was just telling a coworker about how I watched that live on Periscope for oven an hour.
     
  8. Bobbythegreat

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    Yup, I was watching as well. That guy was nuts, I wonder if he'll do something similar with this hurricane.
     
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    Y'all give dude a break and study a map. :p

    Fingers crossed that the wind speeds at least keep dropping and that it doesn't totally stall out like they're predicting.
     
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    No joking about the blue shed no more....

    It's not a wind event, it is going to be a massive flooding event over the next few days. All my people have gone from Wilmington and coastal areas to much, much higher ground, and they're not even sure that will work. Just like Harvey: surge pushes in, rain falls inland, the waters meet and there's nowhere for it to go.
     
  12. Xerobull

    Xerobull You son of a b!tch! I'm in!

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    That was pretty cool.
     
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    This is looking like Harvey but worse with a massive amount of rain plus more wind and storm surge.. This very likely could be the patterns for hurricanes from now on. Slower moving and wetter...
     
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    Was I the only one expecting to see a shark swim behind her in that vid?
     
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    Found that Jeff guys recorded live stream for those that remember him from Harvey.

     
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    That was my thoughts once I heard it was going to stall, basically a mini-Harvey in an area less prepared to deal with that amount of rain and storm surge. Hope all your people are okay.
     
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    Some models now predicting over 50 inches of rain for swaths of North Carolina
    Last year Hurricane Harvey became the most significant tropical rainfall event in recorded US history, topping out at 60.58 inches. Latest HD modeling now showing Florence could come close.
     
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    At least over here in Durham, the storm hasn't been had at all. But we're a hundred miles or so inland.
     
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