Now HERE's how to explain Storm Surge.....

[brooklynite]

courtesy of THE WEATHER CHANNEL

Link to tweet

[hlthe2b]

1. Well done!

[tblue37]

3. K&R for visibility. nt

[chillfactor]

2. Excellent explanation.

Now I understand what a storm surge does. Those people who did not evacuate are plain foolish and put first responders in serious danger!

[ResistantAmerican17]

20. I rode out a hurricane in metro Houston.

The sheriff’s came to my house and told me I was on my own. They would not answer emergency calls until it was safe for them. I assured them I understood, and I built a hurricane resistant house high above grade and had two generators. But let me be clear— I was 44 miles from the coast. No way I’d do it if I were coastal.

[Hoyt]

4. Pretty good. Although, I'm climbing up a tree rather than standing on the ground with 9' surge.

Ideally, I'd be elsewhere.

[ananda]

5. That was very good!

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[Lucky Luciano]

6. Yup. Much like a tsunami.

[MissB]

7. Nice graphics!!!

I wouldn’t even wait around for that 3’ mark. I’ve waded in enough streams to know I can get knocked on my ass in about a foot of water.

[SergeStorms]

19. You can be knocked off your feet...

by less than a foot of running water. I don't know why they're saying it takes three feet. That's dangerous information to be giving people.

[wishstar]

8. Very good except I can think of lots worse things floating around than fish!

[lindysalsagal]

11. The sewers always back up and spill over...Not funny. Garbage rots. Dead rodents, insects, reptiles

Seriously, the fish are delightful.

[Brother Buzz]

9. CNN is better at splainin' geography

[procon]

10. Super effective visuals! Most people are hardwired to process visual information

faster than reading or listening, and when those images are moving, we tend to learn and understand even more quickly.

[hunter]

12. God must be listening to her prayers to hold the water back like that.

Thank God Trump is President.

Make America Great Again.

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[MyOwnPeace]

14. Pat Robertson

must be working for them as a consultant.

[Sherman A1]

13. Thanks for posting

that was very well done.

[Scurrilous]

15. K&R

[edbermac]

16. Holy shit!

Hope folks who plan to 'ride it out', reconsider.

[ecstatic]

24. Isn't it too late to reconsider?? nt

[Hortensis]

17. Yes, powerful illustration (and the reporter is safe).

MSNBC (I think) had a guy out on a dock with very strong winds and thrashing waters. He was probably much safer than it looked, but I was actually a bit nervous imagining a sudden gust throwing him into those waters, getting sucked under the dock, etc.

Thanks for posting.

[warmfeet]

18. Lucky she has that

water repelling disk to stand on.

The people in the path of Florence won't likely have one of those.

Stay safe everybody.

[superpatriotman]

21. Very Ten Commamdments

"Behold. The hand of God."

[smirkymonkey]

22. Terrifying!

Very well done and convincing graphics.

[littlemissmartypants]

23. Union Point New Bern, NC, tweet

Link to tweet

[NightWatcher]

25. With all that CGI tech, why didn't a hologram of Michael Jackson or Prince do that story?

And here when the storm surge reaches three feet it can easily sweep away a Little Red Corvette...

[JHan]

26. damn.

[Scurrilous]

27. How The Weather Channel Made That Insane Storm Surge Animation

<snip>

"AT A CERTAIN point, you think you have a good grasp of what to expect from weather graphics. A color-coded map, a five-day forecast with a sassy cloud. Which might be why the Weather Channel’s 3-D, room-encompassing depiction of the Hurricane Florence storm surge took so many by surprise. It doesn’t tell, it shows, more bracingly than you’d think would be possible on a meteorological update. Here’s how they did it.

If you haven’t seen the graphic yet, take a moment to watch the segment below. It starts normally enough, with a top-side view of the Eastern seaboard, showing the “reasonable worst-case scenario” of water levels. (The data comes from the National Hurricane Center.) But about 45 seconds in, a shift occurs. Meteorologist Erika Navarro stands not in a studio, but on a neighborhood street corner. And then the waters around her start to rise.

On one level, yes, the visualization literally just shows what three, six, and nine feet of water looks like. But it’s showing that in a context most people have never experienced. It fills in the gaps of your imagination, and hopefully underscores for anyone in a flood zone all the reasons they should not be.

A year ago, this wouldn’t have been possible. In fact, this specific demonstration wouldn’t have been possible a month ago. The Weather Channel only finished the new “green screen immersive studio” at its Atlanta headquarters this week. With peak hurricane season coming, it wanted to be prepared. “It was all hands on deck,” says Michael Potts, TWC’s vice president of design."

https://www.wired.com/story/weather-channel-hurricane-florence-storm-surge-graphic/

[mercuryblues]

28. The surge is predicted to be 7-11 ft high

for parts of NC/SC. Add in the rain projection of 20-40". If Florence stays at the current speed of 3-5 mph You will have the storm surge coinciding with 3-4 high tides. You are looking at significant flooding throughout both states. Even as far inland as Charlotte is predicted to get 6- 10" of rain.

[progressoid]

29. Where are the sharks!!!

[Submariner]

30. The Weather Channel needs a comedian on staff

When the reporter showed the water going to 9 feet, a Great White should have popped out of the wall of water and had her for lunch.