Hurricane Watching

Post by **Lucifer** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:04 am

I've found a new hobby, or at least I have seem to developed this into an interest of sorts since Katrina. I've been watching hurricanes.

Not watching them in person, but following them in the news. Not sure that counts as a hobby.

Anyway, the hurricane season only just started and we've already had 2 hurricanes, and we currently have a tropical storm going up the eastern seaboard (safely away from land), and a hurricane about to make landfall in Texas. That's Dolly, and if she doesn't become a Cat 5 before hitting, they'll have to rename her to something less-endowed.

So, this thread is for hurricane watchers to talk about anything coming their way, or whatever's interesting. I've mostly been watching the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico, but there's the Pacific hurricanes also.

This season, like last season, is predicted to be a record-breaking season (similar to the season that brought us both Katrina and Rita). Unlike last season, it's only July and we've already had two (the second one is still active), so maybe this will really be a big season.

Website · Post by **Z-Man** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:20 am

You should watch for Hurricane Red, it pwned Blue quite badly.

Post by **Lucifer** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:40 pm

Well, Dolly's just sitting there just off the coast and sending chaos and confusion all over the place. She moved up so that her western eyewall is just hanging off the coast, so the strongest part of the hurricane is pounding those little towns down there.

Post by **Tank Program** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:51 pm

Z-Man wrote:You should watch for Hurricane Red, it pwned Blue quite badly.

Were they trailing walls behind them?

That'd be interesting, plot the course of every hurricane for the last however many years with a line after it, and see who the round winner is. Or do it once for every year, and then see who the match winner is...

Website · Post by **Z-Man** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:34 pm

It would not be funny any more if I explained the reference

sinewav · Post by **sinewav** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 12:27 am

Z-Man wrote:You should watch for Hurricane Red, it pwned Blue quite badly.

Ha! Good one... Couldn't have any better timing.
http://xkcd.com/453/

XzL.Tripod · Post by **XzL.Tripod** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 3:10 am

haha thats funny xD

Post by **Tank Program** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 5:27 pm

What timing indeed. (Or was it the other way around?)

Jonathan · Post by **Jonathan** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 1:53 pm

Z-Man wrote:You should watch for Hurricane Red, it pwned Blue quite badly.

Aw, I already had an avatar ready before I checked the forums again, but apparently I'm not the first. That's what you get when you're away without internet connection for a few days. At least I had some fun biking.

(That is, on a bicycle.)

Phytotron · Post by **Phytotron** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:43 am

George Bush doesn't care about blue programs.

Post by **Lucifer** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 1:51 am

Here comes Edouard, currently a tropical storm.

Post by **Lucifer** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 7:10 pm

I have to admit, Edouard isn't terribly exciting. We're under flash flood watches, and Edouard is heading this way, but it just made landfall as a Tropical Storm.

Post by **Lucifer** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 12:29 am

Here comes Fay.

http://www.weather.com/maps/maptype/sat ... large.html

Current track is putting her demise in Florida. I guess we'll see about that.

Post by **Lucifer** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 10:07 pm

Fay's still a tropical storm, not yet organized enough to become a hurricane.

http://www.weather.com/newscenter/hurri ... index.html

More interesting at this point is Fay's long-term forecast. Computer models don't agree, but some are suggesting Fay will survive across the peninsula, regroup, and then hit somewhere in the deep south.

Post by **Tank Program** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 10:44 pm

I'm starting to wholly distrust weather forcasting. I never really paid attention to it until I started working this summer. Then I started checking every day.

It's been wrong every day.

Either the BBC weather men are habitual liars or I've got no luck.