The Atlantic basin is a fun place to..

[T@T]

live near



One hurricane projected to grow into a monster and smoke somewhere near New Orleans once again and 3 possibles growing at the same time. Insurance rates must be insane down there.

[Dedly]

Osama bin Laden has set up a hurricane machine on the African coast. There's no other explanation.

[Traditional_Ale]

Originally Posted by Dedly

Osama bin Laden has set up a hurricane machine on the African coast. There's no other explanation.

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[fredr123]

http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog...ega-katri.html

I like how this "article" starts. ZOMG we're all going to die from a hypercane that will tear the USA in half!!!11oneeleventy

MIT's Kerry Emanuel describes the worst nightmare hurricane that could ever happen -a "hypercane" with winds raging around its center at 500 miles an hour. Water vapor; sea spray and storm debris are spewed into the atmosphere, punching a hole in the stratosphere 20 miles above the Earth's surface; at landfall, its super-gale-force winds would flatten forests and toss boulders with a 60-foot tsunami-like storm surge flooding nearby shores. The water vapor and debris could remain suspended high in the atmosphere for years, disrupting the climate and the ozone layer.

But then a couple paragraphs later they mention that for this to happen, even in computer simulations, it would require an asteroid crashing into the ocean and raising water temperatures beyond 100 degrees F. Of course, that doesn't stop them from talking about a worse case scenario right around hurricane season and with a couple potential hurricanes that could potentially join together.

[octothorp]

Originally Posted by fredr123

http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog...ega-katri.html

I like how this "article" starts. ZOMG we're all going to die from a hypercane that will tear the USA in half!!!11oneeleventy

MIT's Kerry Emanuel describes the worst nightmare hurricane that could ever happen -a "hypercane" with winds raging around its center at 500 miles an hour. Water vapor; sea spray and storm debris are spewed into the atmosphere, punching a hole in the stratosphere 20 miles above the Earth's surface; at landfall, its super-gale-force winds would flatten forests and toss boulders with a 60-foot tsunami-like storm surge flooding nearby shores. The water vapor and debris could remain suspended high in the atmosphere for years, disrupting the climate and the ozone layer.

But then a couple paragraphs later they mention that for this to happen, even in computer simulations, it would require an asteroid crashing into the ocean and raising water temperatures beyond 100 degrees F. Of course, that doesn't stop them from talking about a worse case scenario right around hurricane season and with a couple potential hurricanes that could potentially join together.

Kent Brockman: "Professor, without knowing precisely what the danger is, would you say it's time for our viewers to crack each other's heads open and feast on the goo inside?"
Professor: "Yes I would, Kent."

[Bertuzzied]

Originally Posted by Dedly

Osama bin Laden has set up a hurricane machine on the African coast. There's no other explanation.

It's probably Usain Bolt running around in circles off the coast of Jamaica.

[shane_c]

Depending on the jet stream one or more of them might head up the coast for NS. Hopefully that doesn't happen. I wasn't here for Hurricane Juan a few years ago but the city lost a ton of old trees.

Last fall we had Tropical Storm Noel and had winds around 130 km/h. We lost a few rows of siding on the back of the house. One of the pieces swung down like an axe and chopped off the porch light just as I opened the patio door to see what was happening . It was pretty scary just sitting on our stairs (didn't have furniture since we just moved in) from about 1am - at least noon and feeling totally helpless as the house was creaking, the siding was banging, and wondering if a tree was going to come down on the house. We're surrounded by trees but there are 2 large spruce that are as tall as the house and about 20 feet from it that had quite the bend on them. Somehow they didn't break though.

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by Dedly

Osama bin Laden has set up a hurricane machine on the African coast. There's no other explanation.

http://www.ugazuga.com/robot-chicken...dominator.html

[Barnes]

I am leaving on Friday for new York and taking a cruise up to Halifax an back down the coast. Could be a bumpy ride. Should I print up some I SURVIVED HYPERCAIN 2008 shirts?

[Displaced Flames fan]

Originally Posted by Dedly

Osama bin Laden has set up a hurricane machine on the African coast. There's no other explanation.

Pretty sure it's George W. Bush's fault. Everything else is.

[Devils'Advocate]

Originally Posted by Displaced Flames fan

Pretty sure it's George W. Bush's fault. Everything else is.

Agreed.

Anyhow, I hear ya ShaneC. I grew up in Nova Scotia and we never had a series of storms like my family has encountered the last few years. They sent me the book of all the photos taken after Juan and it was just devastating. Given that Florida gets hit with category 1 hurricanes all the time, you wouldn't think that it would cause that much damage... but the Nova Scotia trees aren't as deep rooted as those in Florida. And to make matters worse, Point Pleasant Park saw the brunt of the storm, leaving the park completely flattened.

I think Eastern Canada will see more and more of these storms. And could certainly be this year:
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/473372

[SebC]

Originally Posted by Displaced Flames fan

Pretty sure it's George W. Bush's fault. Everything else is.

Global warming.

[Vulcan]

Originally Posted by SebC

Global warming.

Nah, its god's revenge on the USA for condoning homosexuality and abortion or for not condoning, take your pick.

[T@T]

Originally Posted by SebC

Global warming.

I love the comments below on the artical posted by devil.


"Here we go again





Another article on global warming pornography. All journalists seem to be able to do these days is bring stories like these about how near the end of humanity really is as a result of 'global warming'. Journalism like this smells like manipulation and feeding the religion of 'global warming'."

Is it just me or are people getting very touchy when the word "global warming" is brought up? exactly what is the problem admitting the our planet is getting warmer and it's starting to cause problems? In other words..why the denial? these people can chirp and moan about it but until they can explain why the ocean off the coast of Nova Scotia is 4 degrees warmer than it was 7-10 years ago and the worlds oceans are much warmer than ever recorded (among many other problems) I wish they would just shut their pieholes and stop looking stupid. Global warming is here and we just have to find a way to live with it.

[Berger_4_]

What pisses me off about the global warming stuff is this...it's been happening for 60 million years. The earth goes through cycles! Was it not once completely covered in ice? So then why would it be so strange for it to be completely desert?

Now I'm not saying that we aren't exacerbating what is occurring but people are going way way overboard I think.

[T@T]

Originally Posted by Berger_4_

What pisses me off about the global warming stuff is this...it's been happening for 60 million years. The earth goes through cycles! Was it not once completely covered in ice? So then why would it be so strange for it to be completely desert?

Now I'm not saying that we aren't exacerbating what is occurring but people are going way way overboard I think.

The cycles your referring to took thousands of years to come about, most of those changes were due to pole shifts,tectonic movement.etc. Ice ages most likely were caused ironically because there wasn't man around to pollute the atmosphere thus the heat could escape because of the lack of carbine dioxide, when the oxygen levels went down the ice eventually melted, the earth turned green again and the cycle repeated.

I'm 46 years old, 35 years ago I use to make a small kids fortune shoveling snow in my hometown back east, in the last 10 years it stays green for most of the winter and snow we use to get is just rain, even in Calgary you can notice the difference the last couple of years, my fire-pit partys no longer require a sweater or a jacket whereas 5 years ago it was hard to find a warm night where you could go without one.

Nobody can tell me this is a normal cycle.

[missdpuck]

Originally Posted by Displaced Flames fan

Pretty sure it's George W. Bush's fault. Everything else is.

Funny you should say that Dis. There's a somewhat pathetic guy in our office-he's the VOMA- who has a new conspiracy theory every day. I'm about the only person who talks to him because I kinda feel sorry for him. Even though he seems harmless now and is a gun control type uh I don't want to be the one he comes after Anyway he honestly thinks that hurricanes are controlled by the government aaaaaaahhhhhhh

[Eddie Bronze]

Armageddon

[missdpuck]

I've been through tons of hurricanes including Andrew although it didn't affect our town too much. I lost a dying orange tree to Fay. What scares me more than hurricanes actually is that Cumbra Vieja thing..however you spell it. Yikes.

[T@T]

Originally Posted by missdpuck

I've been through tons of hurricanes including Andrew although it didn't affect our town too much. I lost a dying orange tree to Fay. What scares me more than hurricanes actually is that Cumbra Vieja thing..however you spell it. Yikes.

Not sure why you would be more worried about a large rock falling into the ocean that may not happen for 10,000 years more than something that you know is coming repetedly a few times a year but I know what i would do....


Move!!!