Holy mother of fuck!!!!!

[graywarrior]

http://www.stormpulse.com/tropical-storm-bill-2009





It's heading right for us in NE!!!

[jakefrep]

1. Is that the mother of Fuck Of The Mountains?

[graywarrior]

2. No, of Assissi.

[jakefrep]

4. Fuck of Assisi? Is that one of the "Usedtobe" saints?

[graywarrior]

5. He was tombstoned...lol.

[old mark]

41. So you are saying that Francis was

a sissy?

I always heard he was a party animal.

mark

[LeftyFingerPop]

3. It's going to kill us. Nice knowing you.

[graywarrior]

6. Fine by me.

I'm a boomer. Useless and vile.

[LeftyFingerPop]

8. I can't die yet...too many people I have not yet pissed off.

[backwoodsbob]

35. die boomer nt

[rug]

7. It's not like it's the first time something named Bill made you scream.

[graywarrior]

9. You're confusing Bill with Alan.

lol

[BuelahWitch]

10. Maybe it will die out before it gets to you

Sending vibes...

[graywarrior]

12. Ya think?

At least I'm not in Florida....flat flooding florida.

[redwitch]

28. flat flooding Florida

say it. 10x. fast.

[graywarrior]

30. I can't even say it once.

[Maine-ah]

29. I'm wondering with all the rain that we had, if the water temps are too cold

to keep it going. It could stall out and give us just some more rain and higher than usual winds.

[lost-in-nj]

11. gray

:hug:


ya no I LOVE ya

lost

stay safe "K???

[graywarrior]

13. Hey, it could hit Jersey too ya know.

[kentauros]

14. I would say the one to really watch out for there would be TS Claudette

considering the history of that same-named storm:

Tropical Storm Claudette (1979)

Fluctuating between tropical depression and tropical storm status, the disorganized storm drifted slowly westward before making landfall along the Texas-Louisiana border on July 24. The storm stalled over Alvin, Texas on the evening of the 25th. The storm then weakened and continued northeastward through the Ohio Valley before dissipating on July 29.

Claudette produced torrential rains in both Texas and Louisiana when it made landfall. The highest one-day total was reported near Alvin, Texas where 42 inches (1,100 mm) of rain fell. This remains the twenty-four hour rainfall record for any location in the United States.

Yep, I remember the flooding. If Allison had been that wet in 2001, there likely would have been far more loss of life due to all that torrential rain.

Good luck y'all! Maybe it will keep curving around and miss the upper coast :)

[Lex]

15. No it's not.

Looks like a fish storm to me, most likely.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

17. I'd love for it to blow back out to sea,

but on its current course, with no reversal, it's coming straight at the Washington, DC area.

Oh, this is gonna be rich...........................

[Lex]

18. That map is based on the computer runs of likely movement,

so we'll see. It's not going to move in a straight line on its current course because other weather systems will impact its movement in the coming days, which is what the computer model is factoring in.

[kentauros]

34. That was my first guess

without actually looking at the computer models. You can pretty well bet that most storms that veer off from the normal westerly track and go north will more than likely do that fishhook curve and head for Europe.

Look out England! :o

[Richardo]

16. Stormpulse is the greatest weather site ever.

TS Bill, on the other hand.... :hug:

[msanthrope]

23. It's Hurricane Bill, now. n/t

[GreenPartyVoter]

19. Not scared yet. I'll let you know when we are abandoning the trailer.

[datasuspect]

20. I am Captain Fuck

i have the fuckness

[MilesColtrane]

21. Only one thing to do.

Lash yourself to the mast duck and ride it out.

Just don't be surprised if he takes the opportunity to gnaw on your ears.

[graywarrior]

31. qwak

[marzipanni]

32. Don't mess with Bill

Duck Bill :scared:

[LynneSin]

22. not coming near us - it'll head out to sea

it's too far away to hit the coast

[MissMarple]

24. Ermmm...I thought you might be referring to Aphrodite.

I guess not. :crazy:

[Forkboy]

25. Anything to get rid of this heat.

x(

[proteus_lives]

26. I like your Indy icon!

:-)

[Enrique]

27. hurricanes in Nebraska?

damn that global warming!

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[MissMarple]

66. I DID the day before this started. So hush UP!

I meant that.

[trof]

36. Bill's acomin' fah yah.

And that is an entirely new use of the word 'fuck'.
At least it is for me.

[Fire Walk With Me]

37. Be well, everyone. Hang tight.

[texanwitch]

38. Don't panic.

Just go down in your basememt if you have one.

Food, water, and batteries.

The worst part of a hurricane is waiting for it, not knowing what will happen.

The day Ike hit here last year a lot of people waited to get ready, not good.

Good luck, stay safe.

[kentauros]

40. I found one preparedness technique that works great:

Whether you buy or re-use them, freeze your plastic bottles of water, then move what you can to the fridge and any coolers (only fill the coolers if it looks like the hurricane is definitely coming at you.) The ice mass will keep the freezer and fridge cool like a really big cooler while you drink the melting ones in the beer-coolers :)

I would also add that if you are close to the coast, best thing to do is to leave. Hiding in the basement just makes the storm surge that much easier to drown you. Your local news media "may" have access to floodplain data so they can graphically depict and predict flooding along the coastal communities. That and the windspeed predictions were what made me decide to stay during Ike. I think the windspeed predictions were woefully under-valued after the fact, but how can you really predict that accurately?

[texanwitch]

43. Also, turn you freezer all the way down a least one day before the hurricane hits.

Try not to go into the freezer, so it stays cold.

I remember taking the dogs for a last walk very late in the afternoon, almost dark.

The wind was starting to kick up so it a little cooler.

The dogs knew something was coming.

No birds in sight.

It was quiet except for the sound of the a few people covering windows.

I was glad when Ike finally got here.

It was a long 3 weeks of waiting.

[graywarrior]

48. Ha ha ha ha ha!

New Englanders will all be setting up beach chairs on the shore line.

[texanwitch]

49. I hope it turns into nothing.

I have no wish for another hurricane here for a least 5 years or more.

I can still hear the wind blowing.

Our neighbor lost their carport, it took a few hours to tear apart.

Two weeks without power, at least it was in September.

Y'all stay safe.

[graywarrior]

57. I've been in Florida hurricanes.

They are not fun.

[kentauros]

50. And getting washed out to sea.

I guess when people see images like the following, that it simply doesn't register.

"No, it couldn't be that bad. It's just a little wind and rain. We get worse from winter storms."

No, you don't.

[texanwitch]

51. Even pictures aren't enough.

We drove down there to see what was left.

That is what the area around where our beach house looked like was, nothing.

There were no houses, nothing but cement slabs.

That is what I was thinking the night Ike came.

I knew our beach house was gone, just felt it.

The two people we knew who stayed have never been found.

I get sad when I go to Galveston.

[kentauros]

54. I haven't been to Galveston yet.

I'm still kind of afraid to not see what I expect to see. I know it's been mostly cleaned up, but so much probably won't be rebuilt. Has anyone said if the Balinese Ballroom will be rebuilt or is it gone forever?

I'm sorry to hear you lost some friends in it.
I don't know if they continue to search the debris fields in Galveston Bay or not. The Houson Press did a cover story on the one crew doing that job. It was sad and maddening that we can't fund more crews to search.

[texanwitch]

58. Galveston isn't the same.

Our friends are long gone, thier bodies might be found one day.

We were waiting for them to come or a least call saying they had left.

I think they waited to long to get out.

Some of Galveston is back, you should go.

To bad the seawall wasn't longer.

[kentauros]

64. And the finding of people is made worse by a government that truly

doesn't care.


I always did like the Strand. There was a really cool thrift store there, too. Any idea if it survived?

[texanwitch]

65. Some of the stores are open, some not.

Just be prepared for what you see.

The last time I was there was in winter, so more stores may be open.

[Taverner]

55. But that pic is from Galveston in the gulf

That place is an isthmus in a high storm zone (the gulf of mexico)

Wouldn't the usual Cold Front/Warm Front slow it down?

[kentauros]

59. The question YOU should ask is

are there any such fronts in your area? Do you get any front of sufficient strength to steer a full-blown hurricane? Alternately, a front is also a low-pressure zone. You likely don't want them as they will steer it towards you ;)

If you read things like real-climate.org or other climatology sites, it's takes more than a front or two to steer a hurricane. There would have to be multiple systems involved to get it to move away from the coast.

Now if you look at the computer models, those are "predicting" that it will do just that. However, they can be wrong. So, if Bill slams into the upper NE coast, are your homes and buildings constructed to take that kind of stress and flooding? Do you have building codes dictating break-away walls on the first floor?

[Taverner]

62. I'm in the East Bay - we're protected by SF

SF will get torn apart if a big enough storm happens. Add the Tsunami factor and it gets scary.

But those of us far enough East have a certain safety - especially if we're behind the Fremont-Older fault line.

[kentauros]

63. The West Coast doesn't get hit by hurricanes or cyclones

due to the Coriolis Effect. It would be like Morocco getting hit by a hurricane. You're too close to the beginnings of the storm to get hit by one.

Now, there are the odd storms that will form off the west coast of Mexico, but those usually just go up Baja and into the mainland, bypassing the west coast again.

You have nothing to worry about :)

[sakabatou]

39. A nor-easter, huh.

[old mark]

42. Christ, GW - are ya afraid of

a little rain???


Aaaaahhhh.


mark

[graywarrior]

44. No!

The humidity will fuck up my hair.

[SoxFan]

45. As long as it gets rid of the @#%& heat, fine.

[kentauros]

46. That's only temporary.

The heat and the humidity will return with a vengeance once the storm is passed and you're sitting there with no electricity and no running water (since the pumps run on electricity) :P

[graywarrior]

47. Ain't it fucking awful?!?

I want to rip someone's face off.

[Taverner]

52. Shit - what does that mean?

I mean it looks like one of those Nor'Easters that freezes the SHIT out of everything that moves or doesn't move.

But it's Summer - so what does that mean for NYC or an other victims in 'er path?

[kentauros]

53. See post # 50.

And our buildings are built for this stuff :(

[graywarrior]

56. God hates me.

I leave Florida to escape this crap and look....

[kentauros]

60. You should move to Montana soon.

Take up a trade like, oh, dental floss :P

[graywarrior]

61. Get a cup of cawfee. . .