2017 Hurricane Season

[Snuffleupagus]

Originally Posted by KevanGuy

Not to get too much off topic but I read some forecasts for Hurricane Irma today that gave me the chills. Goosebumps literally. There is a chance it enters the Gulf just south of Florida as a Cat 4. That would have, in my opinion, a high risk of a devastating landfall. Katrina type stuff.

That's more than a week away though and lots can happen as it approaches the Caribbean. It could wallop the Carolinas or turn out to sea too, but it's one to watch. From named tropical storm to Cat 3 in just over a day. Incredible. I think this is how we'll see the impact of climate change on hurricanes. Climate change could lead to less hurricanes overall, or more who knows, but the ones that do develop will be able to tap into relatively warm sea temperatures. Just a few degrees make a huge difference to hurricane intensification (as with Harvey). I think the storms we do see will be more intense. I suspect there will be a Cat 6 eventually.

https://www.wunderground.com/hurrica...hurricane-irma

Like this one?

[Stormageddon]

Originally Posted by para transit fellow

Well aren't all those senoir high voltage electricians and line crews red seal?

Or does Quebec have a different standard in the trades?

Power system electrician is not a red seal trade, not that it wouldn't likely be accepted elsewhere. But even within Alberta, the power companies have different standards for how things are done/look.

Lineman work does not differ too much, but I know within substations it can be a different world from company to company.

[Ducay]

There is also a whole host of insurance and liability concerns to consider. This is the states after all.

Texas itself is a huge place with nearly as many people as Canada, so even if they were only drawing on line crews from Texas, they probably have more than enough than they need. Ditto on blankets.

[t0rrent98]

Just spitting this out there but want a coincidence. You think those strange bugs in Houston were trying to tell them there was a hurricane coming.... Highly unlikely but would be interesting if they were.

[Knut]

Originally Posted by t0rrent98

Just spitting this out there but want a coincidence. You think those strange bugs in Houston were trying to tell them there was a hurricane coming.... Highly unlikely but would be interesting if they were.

What strange bugs

[The Fonz]

Originally Posted by Hes

What strange bugs

You didn't see that clip? They were insane.

You gotta see it to believe it.

[troutman]

Ann Coulter ✔ @AnnCoulter
I don't believe Hurricane Harvey is God's punishment for Houston electing a lesbian mayor. But that is more credible than "climate change."

[dissentowner]

Originally Posted by Snuffleupagus

Like this one?

Dude, that one is a hell of a lot more than a category 6, lol.

[troutman]

Dr Simia Rex‏ @VitruvianMonkey
Are You There Gold?
#RuinABookTitleInOneLetter

[Mass_nerder]

Originally Posted by troutman

Ann Coulter ✔ @AnnCoulter
I don't believe Hurricane Harvey is God's punishment for Houston electing a lesbian mayor. But that is more credible than "climate change."

Holy ####.
The depth of the stupidity here are almost unfathomable.
Unreal.

[Senator Clay Davis]

It's not stupidity, she knows exactly what she's doing. But the four letter word that begins with C may very well have been created to describe Ann. And she is a vile #### at that.

[puffnstuff]

I really enjoyed the Rob Lowe roast where she was there. It was awesome. Even Peyton Manning took shots at her.

[Party Elephant]

Originally Posted by puffnstuff

I really enjoyed the Rob Lowe roast where she was there. It was awesome. Even Peyton Manning took shots at her.

"I'm not the only athlete here tonight - Ann Coulter just raced in the Kentucky derby."

[Snuffleupagus]

Originally Posted by dissentowner

Dude, that one is a hell of a lot more than a category 6, lol.

Actually no it isn't, it's a cat 5

[driveway]

^

[GordonBlue]

http://www.cbc.ca/radio/day6/episode...sten-1.4267429

Houston officials were warned they had a problem — they didn't listen

When presented with sweeping evidence in 2016 that Houston was a "sitting duck" for the next big hurricane, the former head of the Harris County Flood Control District dismissed the report, saying scientists "have an agenda" and that "their agenda to protect the environment overrides common sense."

[wittynickname]

Originally Posted by GordonBlue

http://www.cbc.ca/radio/day6/episode...sten-1.4267429

Houston officials were warned they had a problem — they didn't listen

When presented with sweeping evidence in 2016 that Houston was a "sitting duck" for the next big hurricane, the former head of the Harris County Flood Control District dismissed the report, saying scientists "have an agenda" and that "their agenda to protect the environment overrides common sense."

Good old 'Merica has an issue with this.

Note, I've been a weather nerd my whole life, thus: I read an article from National Geographic in high school about how New Orleans was just waiting to get destroyed by a big hurricane. The levees would fail, everything would flood, mass destruction and casualties. I graduated high school in 2001.

It's not like American cities don't have forewarning that these things can happen. We just have an entire political party who tells us that all regulations are bad and freedom-restricting so we should ignore them.

Then you have an entire American city under water and hundreds of thousands of people are displaced and people seem shocked that it could happen.

[Fuzz]

Hurricane Irmagherd looks to be on the path of most destruction, nailing the Caribbean before setting sights on the lowest lying parts of Florida, and possibly on to the Gulf Coast for more...

Hopefully this one makes a turn to the north soonish.



Also, Hurricanes in Obama's 8 years=0. Hurricanes in Trump's 3/4 year= soon to be 2 and counting. What a disaster of a President. Can't even stop a hurricane.

[DuffMan]

Originally Posted by wittynickname

Good old 'Merica has an issue with this.

Note, I've been a weather nerd my whole life, thus: I read an article from National Geographic in high school about how New Orleans was just waiting to get destroyed by a big hurricane. The levees would fail, everything would flood, mass destruction and casualties. I graduated high school in 2001.

It's not like American cities don't have forewarning that these things can happen. We just have an entire political party who tells us that all regulations are bad and freedom-restricting so we should ignore them.

Then you have an entire American city under water and hundreds of thousands of people are displaced and people seem shocked that it could happen.

To continue with the, ah, not too bright analogy... you now have a POTUS, that eliminated the previous Presidents order to rebuild buildings and infrastructure, to be better equipped to deal with future disasters.

So, to hell, with why, to hell with preparing for the future.
The answer is not to hire any lesbian mayors.

[Izzle]

Originally Posted by GordonBlue

http://www.cbc.ca/radio/day6/episode...sten-1.4267429

Houston officials were warned they had a problem — they didn't listen

When presented with sweeping evidence in 2016 that Houston was a "sitting duck" for the next big hurricane, the former head of the Harris County Flood Control District dismissed the report, saying scientists "have an agenda" and that "their agenda to protect the environment overrides common sense."

This is CLEARLY not the time to bring up this issue. You should be embarrassed for politicizing this disaster.

Besides it's already too late! Should the US tear up all them strip malls and concrete jungles and replace them with actual jungles? Would someone pls think of the ECONOMY. Make hay when the sun shines, rite?

Spoiler!

I don't really need green ink for that, do I?