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75. Welcome to DU, Pope George Ringo II!

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Sat Aug 26, 2017, 11:26 PM

Aug 2017

I'm just amazed by the current storm. I saw two side-by-side shots on one of the channels - a photo from space of Katrina next to a similar shot of Harvey. They looked identical. Scary!

I was living in New York City during the summer when Hurricane David roared up the East Coast. VERY scary to be about 20 floors up and looking down at these wide "sheets" of wind and rain sweeping through the canyon-like deserted streets of midtown Manhattan. It was a humbling experience. You definitely got the sense of something WAY more powerful than you are.

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Seriously DUers have you ever seen a storm stall like this [View all] malaise Aug 2017 OP

storm drumpf. been swirling for over 200 days! NRaleighLiberal Aug 2017 #1

LOL - and now here come warnings for Louisiana malaise Aug 2017 #4

Our high pressure system is locked in and forcing that storm system to just sit there hlthe2b Aug 2017 #2

Only once. Pope George Ringo II Aug 2017 #3

How long did she stay around? n/t malaise Aug 2017 #6

It seemed like a week Pope George Ringo II Aug 2017 #17

Yes - here's her story malaise Aug 2017 #18

It was awful, just kept raining hard for a long, long time! Dustlawyer Aug 2017 #69

It was crazy, for sure TexasBushwhacker Aug 2017 #73

Welcome to DU, Pope George Ringo II! calimary Aug 2017 #75

1998 Quebec Ice Storm OneBlueDotBama Aug 2017 #5

Never heard of that one malaise Aug 2017 #8

wiki link... OneBlueDotBama Aug 2017 #16

Thanks malaise Aug 2017 #19

There's a YouTube video of that, also Warpy Aug 2017 #86

I remember that. GoCubsGo Aug 2017 #34

t was a Maine Event too jpak Aug 2017 #56

I think a number of them kinda sit for a while. Stuart G Aug 2017 #7

They say this one will stay around for five days malaise Aug 2017 #9

Katrina Sgent Aug 2017 #91

Yeah jberryhill Aug 2017 #10

This is almost double that so far malaise Aug 2017 #14

Clearly a sign of divine disfavor directed at a GOP state. guillaumeb Aug 2017 #11

Yes, there was one last year that stalled off the Atlantic Coast RhodeIslandOne Aug 2017 #12

yes, its stalled right over my house /w tornado box- Thank God, powers on! here's live radar link Sunlei Aug 2017 #13

Glad you're OK malaise Aug 2017 #15

Thanks, one inch rain in 15 mins is extreme weather! Tornado, wind sheer warning scares me most. Sunlei Aug 2017 #25

You get too much attention around here.. busterbrown Aug 2017 #26

LOL - weather warnings malaise Aug 2017 #35

Post removed Post removed Aug 2017 #64

"does that sound gay? cwydro Aug 2017 #88

Yeah... JimGinPA Aug 2017 #20

Last time I've seen anything like this was Hurriane Mitch that meandered around catbyte Aug 2017 #21

It was the horrific landslides with Mitch malaise Aug 2017 #31

When Andrew hit mcar Aug 2017 #22

Typhoon Pamela 1976, maybe? n/t snpsmom Aug 2017 #28

Maybe but she never said the name mcar Aug 2017 #50

Never heard of that one malaise Aug 2017 #32

Hurricane Andrew was horrible. It was like a huge lawnmower had run over the houses. n/t RKP5637 Aug 2017 #57

I know nothing about storms, but read somewhere that this one has a good chance of U turning Not Ruth Aug 2017 #23

Thing is Allison never became a hurricane malaise Aug 2017 #33

I know when they're coming malaise Aug 2017 #37

According to my dad yup tymorial Aug 2017 #24

Yes. More than one. GoCubsGo Aug 2017 #27

hurricane cleo Chipper Chat Aug 2017 #29

Don't remember Cleo malaise Aug 2017 #38

The jet streams over Canada have started stalling due to global warming. applegrove Aug 2017 #30

Rising sea levels and warmer waters are making them malaise Aug 2017 #39

you're so right about the warm waters. The gulf water is always hot, even has a huge dead zone. Sunlei Aug 2017 #49

In that area of the Gulf, water has been cooler than average recently. bluepen Aug 2017 #72

The Gulf water pre Harvey was between two and three degrees higher than usual malaise Aug 2017 #94

Interesting. The average is 86-88 degrees bluepen Aug 2017 #97

Right after winter, the gulf waters were on fire bronxiteforever Aug 2017 #102

One stalled over North Carolina for a couple of weeks back in the late 90s/early 2000s bathroommonkey76 Aug 2017 #36

Weeks? malaise Aug 2017 #40

Yes, weeks -- Hurricane Floyd obamanut2012 Aug 2017 #44

Floyd was a hurricane for 12 days. bluepen Aug 2017 #77

It was Floyd -- I posted it, too obamanut2012 Aug 2017 #43

Yep - now I recall that one malaise Aug 2017 #45

It stalled, and then backtracked obamanut2012 Aug 2017 #52

Floyd track. bluepen Aug 2017 #78

(I've always wondered which one was Pink.............. ) lastlib Aug 2017 #106

Dennis was the backtracker... Sunriser13 Aug 2017 #107

Gads, you are right! obamanut2012 Aug 2017 #110

It wasn't weeks. bluepen Aug 2017 #79

Yeah, Floyd -- it drowned Eastern NC obamanut2012 Aug 2017 #41

yay out of the tornado box on radar, outside can hear the toads/frogs singing the happy songs! Sunlei Aug 2017 #42

Glad that passed malaise Aug 2017 #46

no sundown is 8pm-I have decent flashlights & my dog had to go out:P Sunlei Aug 2017 #51

The blizzard of 1978 stalled over southeast Mass. Warpy Aug 2017 #47

I remember that DFW Aug 2017 #85

While it didn't stick around forever, tropical storm Claudette dropped 42 inches of rain in one day mythology Aug 2017 #48

I honestly can't. herding cats Aug 2017 #53

The Big Thompson Flood in 1976 killed 144 people... El Supremo Aug 2017 #54

Not quite like this, and what, 40" of rain or something. n/t RKP5637 Aug 2017 #55

In June 1972 hurricane Agnes a rather minor storm doc03 Aug 2017 #58

Oh yeah. Are_grits_groceries Aug 2017 #92

Agnes, 1972 DeminPennswoods Aug 2017 #59

DIdn't know about that one malaise Aug 2017 #61

That one dumped tons of rain at Lake Wallenpaupack in the Poconos BigmanPigman Aug 2017 #80

Agnes soaked the entire east coast DeminPennswoods Aug 2017 #95

Well .. ananda Aug 2017 #60

Sign from God rpannier Aug 2017 #62

Didn't Katrina stall? I remember after the initial hit, the wind died down, and there was just rain. pnwmom Aug 2017 #63

Katrina didn't really stall and she wasn't that Blue_Roses Aug 2017 #96

Katrina was category 5 Drahthaardogs Aug 2017 #100

It also saturated the ground underneath the levees Blue_Roses Aug 2017 #108

The levees failed because the storm system stalled and there was too much rain. n/t pnwmom Aug 2017 #104

More about Katrina Blue_Roses Aug 2017 #109

Living in NorCal in 1982 Ccarmona Aug 2017 #65

They said that once it hit land it could just sit for four or five days. It was encouraging.... George II Aug 2017 #66

Yes. Unnamed storm over Miami maybe 15 yrs back. bullimiami Aug 2017 #67

Someone needs to play this to Harvey until the message gets through. suffragette Aug 2017 #68

haha clever, also good song! nt steve2470 Aug 2017 #70

Hurricane Flora, 1963 Glorfindel Aug 2017 #71

Yes. Not uncommon, especially when there are no bluepen Aug 2017 #74

I remember Wilma stalling MerryBlooms Aug 2017 #76

That sounds like a scene from a Carl Hiassen novel! CottonBear Aug 2017 #103

Malaise, your computer is giving mine the cooties! jmbar2 Aug 2017 #81

While it wasn't a hurricane Docreed2003 Aug 2017 #82

Yes.Hurricanes' momentum--rotary and linear--is stalled by land; it doesn't have the 'give' of water ancianita Aug 2017 #83

In 1985 Hurricane Elena hung out in the Gulf for several days csziggy Aug 2017 #84

Tropical Storm Claudette steve2470 Aug 2017 #87

43 inches in 24 hours malaise Aug 2017 #93

nor'easters tend to do that eShirl Aug 2017 #89

It rains on the just and unjust alike. NNadir Aug 2017 #90

Yep - this on the weather underground comments page malaise Aug 2017 #98

A week? Try 20 years, everybody knew what was coming Not Ruth Aug 2017 #99

True malaise Aug 2017 #101

Allison did it for three days but this is far worse Gothmog Aug 2017 #105

I've seen lots of comparisons with Alison but remember malaise Aug 2017 #111