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SP33Demon

SP33Demon

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Jun 22, 2001
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Originally posted by: Nik
We're still in the middle of hurricane season. Hopefully the people of Texas are smarter than the people of NOLA in that they'll GTFO before it's too late.

When are they going to have Hurricane FFMCobalt?
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You do realize that most of the people couldn't financially leave in NO?

Now they have buses and shuttles in TX getting people out for lower income groups.
 
SaltBoy

SaltBoy

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Aug 13, 2001
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Originally posted by: CPA
I live on the West side of Houston....and I'm staying.
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Ooh, you're gonna die!

I live in Spring, and my wife is treating this as if this were the worst thing that could ever happen to our lives. Calm down, woman!

 
CPA

CPA

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Nov 19, 2001
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Originally posted by: SaltBoy
Originally posted by: CPA
I live on the West side of Houston....and I'm staying.
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Ooh, you're gonna die!

I live in Spring, and my wife is treating this as if this were the worst thing that could ever happen to our lives. Calm down, woman!
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Exactly.

Now, don't get me wrong, I'm glad my company has shut down for the next two days (4 day weekend), but all of these doomsayers are starting to get annoying.
 
HardcoreRobot

HardcoreRobot

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Nov 7, 2000
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Originally posted by: Beau
Didn't they evacuate the NO Superdome refugees to the Houston Astrodome? Seems as though these hurricanes have it out for these people :Q
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yeah, i heard that they are now being evacuated from the dome too

(correct me if this is misinformation)

 
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HonkeyDonk

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Oct 14, 2001
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I'm in Houston...people are evacuating and there's traffic everywhere. I'm staying in houston to watch the house and help my family. We are stocked and ready for it.
 
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DaFinn

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Winds at 150Mph... gonna be cat 5 real soon. They are Closing the Bay City Nuclear power plant.
 
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Ikonomi

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I'm really sad. My girlfriend lives on the southeast side of town, around Pasadena, and they're under voluntary evacuation, expected to become mandatory this evening. Her dad is planning to take the family up to Dallas.

Traffic is pretty intense along the evacuation routes. They said it's about 12 hours from Galveston to Huntsville.

Well, I hope everything is okay.
 
MBrown

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My relatives live in Houston and they are fleaing thursday I believe.
 
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tami

Lifer
Nov 14, 2004
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Originally posted by: AbsolutZero
I'm a Meteorologist and wanted to point out a few things about Rita...

  • Track models are converging on landfall between Corpus Christi and Galveston. The probability is as high as its going to get in this area. Some minor jogs to the left or right will occur, but agreement is good.

    http://euler.atmos.colostate.edu/~vigh/guidance/atlantic/early1.png
  • If the storm system on the west coast moves faster east, Rita will turn to the north sooner.
  • If Rita slows down, it will turn north sooner. Speeds up, it will stay on a more west course.
  • Damage could be comparable or somewhat less than that of coastal MS even if it hits as a Cat 5. MS appears to have been more densely populated than this part of TX.
  • This is a non-meteorological point, but does anyone know if this nuclear power plant just NE of Corpus Christi is still operational? There have been privately funded studies done by Atmospheric Scientists on the impact of Cat 5 hurricanes and F5 tornadoes on Nuclear Power plants. I don't think the results are public or if they are, they're not well known.

    Edit: It appears to be running. Text.
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wow, thanks for the information, AbsolutZero. do you forsee hurricanes as getting worse over the years? would you know about how many hurricanes are predicted for the rest of the season?
 
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aplefka

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Feb 29, 2004
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Glad I asked that question and then /. answered it. I always thought that the names just had to be in alphabetical order, I didn't realize they used the same names over.

I feel bad for my friend who just moved to Florida last July. This past month must've made her miss California even more.
 
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Ikonomi

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Dec 19, 2003
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Originally posted by: AbsolutZero
I'm a Meteorologist and wanted to point out a few things about Rita...

  • Track models are converging on landfall between Corpus Christi and Galveston. The probability is as high as its going to get in this area. Some minor jogs to the left or right will occur, but agreement is good.

    http://euler.atmos.colostate.edu/~vigh/guidance/atlantic/early1.png
  • If the storm system on the west coast moves faster east, Rita will turn to the north sooner.
  • If Rita slows down, it will turn north sooner. Speeds up, it will stay on a more west course.
  • Damage could be comparable or somewhat less than that of coastal MS even if it hits as a Cat 5. MS appears to have been more densely populated than this part of TX.
  • This is a non-meteorological point, but does anyone know if this nuclear power plant just NE of Corpus Christi is still operational? There have been privately funded studies done by Atmospheric Scientists on the impact of Cat 5 hurricanes and F5 tornadoes on Nuclear Power plants. I don't think the results are public or if they are, they're not well known.

    Edit: It appears to be running. Text.
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Looks like the XTRP computer wasn't trying very hard. :(
 
pmoa

pmoa

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Dec 24, 2001
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OH man...I pray for all those to be devastated by this storm. They are saying this might be a perfect storm
 
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AbsolutZero

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Originally posted by: tami
Originally posted by: AbsolutZero
I'm a Meteorologist and wanted to point out a few things about Rita...

  • Track models are converging on landfall between Corpus Christi and Galveston. The probability is as high as its going to get in this area. Some minor jogs to the left or right will occur, but agreement is good.

    http://euler.atmos.colostate.edu/~vigh/guidance/atlantic/early1.png
  • If the storm system on the west coast moves faster east, Rita will turn to the north sooner.
  • If Rita slows down, it will turn north sooner. Speeds up, it will stay on a more west course.
  • Damage could be comparable or somewhat less than that of coastal MS even if it hits as a Cat 5. MS appears to have been more densely populated than this part of TX.
  • This is a non-meteorological point, but does anyone know if this nuclear power plant just NE of Corpus Christi is still operational? There have been privately funded studies done by Atmospheric Scientists on the impact of Cat 5 hurricanes and F5 tornadoes on Nuclear Power plants. I don't think the results are public or if they are, they're not well known.

    Edit: It appears to be running. Text.
Click to expand...

wow, thanks for the information, AbsolutZero. do you forsee hurricanes as getting worse over the years? would you know about how many hurricanes are predicted for the rest of the season?
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The majority of scientists said this would be a near record year and that coming years will be above average. An important note is its *not* b/c of global warming, more due to the cycles that are observed in ocean temperatures and observed hurricane frequency.

The "official" forecast for the hurricane season is done by NOAA in the early summer, but Dr. Gray at Colorado State pioneered seasonal outlook forecasting, done in the beginning of the year. Both forecasts usually agree well and have been quite accurate...

Dr. Gray forecasts at Colorado State
NOAA Climate Prediction Center
 
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Ikonomi

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Dec 19, 2003
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Originally posted by: AbsolutZero
Originally posted by: tami
Originally posted by: AbsolutZero
I'm a Meteorologist and wanted to point out a few things about Rita...

  • Track models are converging on landfall between Corpus Christi and Galveston. The probability is as high as its going to get in this area. Some minor jogs to the left or right will occur, but agreement is good.

    http://euler.atmos.colostate.edu/~vigh/guidance/atlantic/early1.png
  • If the storm system on the west coast moves faster east, Rita will turn to the north sooner.
  • If Rita slows down, it will turn north sooner. Speeds up, it will stay on a more west course.
  • Damage could be comparable or somewhat less than that of coastal MS even if it hits as a Cat 5. MS appears to have been more densely populated than this part of TX.
  • This is a non-meteorological point, but does anyone know if this nuclear power plant just NE of Corpus Christi is still operational? There have been privately funded studies done by Atmospheric Scientists on the impact of Cat 5 hurricanes and F5 tornadoes on Nuclear Power plants. I don't think the results are public or if they are, they're not well known.

    Edit: It appears to be running. Text.
Click to expand...

wow, thanks for the information, AbsolutZero. do you forsee hurricanes as getting worse over the years? would you know about how many hurricanes are predicted for the rest of the season?
Click to expand...


The majority of scientists said this would be a near record year and that coming years will be above average. An important note is its *not* b/c of global warming, more due to the cycles that are observed in ocean temperatures and observed hurricane frequency.

The "official" forecast for the hurricane season is done by NOAA in the early summer, but Dr. Gray at Colorado State pioneered seasonal outlook forecasting, done in the beginning of the year. Both forecasts usually agree well and have been quite accurate...

Dr. Gray forecasts at Colorado State
NOAA Climate Prediction Center
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Thanks for your good information, AZ.
 
HardcoreRobot

HardcoreRobot

Lifer
Nov 7, 2000
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Originally posted by: pmoa
OH man...I pray for all those to be devastated by this storm. They are saying this might be a perfect storm
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haha, you can total interpret that another way... at first I was thinking WTF is wrong with this guy, praying for devastation!

 
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