**** 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season: Tropical Storm Rafael (60 mph) | Heading to the Gulf ****
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Still not an impressive storm. The core just has not got its act together thankfully. It’s 2am and I am interested in what the new pressure readings are
Ike was larger, but caused much less damage that the two you named for sure
This imagery is amazing... Also see that other storm out there near Africa
I count my blessings that during my twelve years in Florida, although we had 3-4 hurricanes that hit my home, we weren't in real danger.
When we moved back to Buffalo, I used to tell people all the time that I'd take a blizzard over a hurricane every time. Looking at the possible storm surge they are expecting in the big bend/state capitol area....yeah fuck all that.
When we moved back to Buffalo, I used to tell people all the time that I'd take a blizzard over a hurricane every time. Looking at the possible storm surge they are expecting in the big bend/state capitol area....yeah fuck all that.
Big Bend area looking at possibilities of a record high for as surge
I think the graph I saw last night had the previous surge like 15ft
They kind of got it wrong on that Instagram post. What’s seen there are wind gust. I estimate those to be around 110 mph. Thankfully those come and go
The wind gust of a cat 4 or 5 is insane. I remember in Andrew, the wind gust sounded like a freight train. You could literally hear it wind up and when it hit the house is was like BOOM!! and rocked the house
Up to 20ft
I was born and raised in Miami, I went through a direct hit with Andrew as a kid living in Homestead. I Never stayed for any other Hurricanes.
What’s crazy now is that a thunderstorm bothers me..lol It literally scares me and I have to tell myself to chill out.. lol
You right, sitting waiting 8 or 9 hours to die is mentally exhausting. Because for those 8 to 9 hours you are fighting for your life the entire time
So far Helene has not been impressive at all. But she slowly given hints she is ready to get her act together.
Helene is getting it at together really quickly. Also there is an another reason why I may hit 20 feet is because of the moon. Yesterday started flooding in St. Petersburg, Florida and the storm was very very far away.
Hurricane Hugo was fun for me as a kid not knowing the danger. I loved the wind sounds and heavy rain. Parents had to make me get away from the windows and doors.
Afterwards I wanted to go out and explore but couldn't cause of downed power lines. That ability to be curious without fear as a kid is something.
Afterwards I wanted to go out and explore but couldn't cause of downed power lines. That ability to be curious without fear as a kid is something.
The eye wall seems to not want to close so that is definitely affecting rapid intensification. We will know more by 2pm but for now luck is on our side.
We may miss most of the storm in Atlanta if it keeps it current path. If it wobbles to the west Atlanta will get a nasty hit
I tell people all the time. During a hurricane, you're sitting there praying your roof doesn't fly off the house.
During a blizzard, you're sitting indoors eating, drinking, getting fat and bundling up waiting it out before you dig out.
Blizzards are no joke, and I've lived through quite a few, but sitting in the dark as a hurricane comes through the middle of the night when you cannot see anything because the power is out is a scary experience. Especially when that "train" wind noise blows just outside a window you're hoping doesn't blow out.
Nah fam, I'll happily be in the cold and dig out.
And not for nothing, we really haven't had devastating snow in the NE for years now. Seems like we're getting less snow and those gulf hurricanes are getting more intense. Clearly climate change is a myth.........
Yep! This will be my third winter being back up north and although Buffalo got hit badly in 2022 and early early 2024, honestly, looking back, the snow came in bunches. We had a few mild winter months, got hit badly, dealt with the snow for a week and a half, before the snowmelt and never really had sustained amounts of snowfall through the season.
When I was a kid, it would snow from October through April. Last year, it didn't really snow until January and when it did, we got a bad storm and nothing significant after that.
Up to 100 mph
How do Blizzards kill people? Do they freeze or something like that?
What’s been going on with the eye wall that last 36 hours and preventing it from taking off?Up to 100 mph
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Shit is the worst, went through my first big one in my teenage years when I first got to Florida, spent the better part of the night with my younger brother getting soaked holding our door from flying off the hinges it was shaking so bad. I still get dreams about that night and about the water coming down through the light fixtures and alarm fixtures while the alarms went off.
I remember exploring the day after with another bgol board member who shall remain nameless, we were on a desperate search for weed lol driving over downed power lines and trees, hoping the accord wouldn't waterlog. Terrible but fun times, the ignorance of youth.
It looks like it's starting to get itself together. An eye is forming, but I assume all that dry to the west was hindering development.
Yeah. Get caught on them roads and it's over. Run out of gas, no heat in your car, no blankets, no 4x4...tun off road, you're done.
Recall that sad story of the young Black girl who went to work at Lowe's...couldn't get home and froze in her car...no job worth risking your life...I've been there, almost dying coming in to work a low level job.
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In the case from the Christmas Blizzard of 2022, people got caught out there and froze in elements or in their vehicles or die due to carbon monoxide poisoning as they slept in their cars. If you lose power and don’t have a fire place you can freeze. Many others die due to cardiac events, shoveling snow having heart attacks, etc….
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I’m in Boynton, it’s raining off and on for a month now. The last couple of days have real bad with rain already
White out conditions on the roads. People getting stuck on freeways and freezing to death when their car runs out of gas. Massive car pile accidents. High winds causing downed trees and power lines. Winds in blizzards can reach hurricane strength.
Two or more feet of snow prevents medical or emergency access. Areas where snow is not common are the most prone to deaths from winter weather storms.
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Ok makes sense. Being from Miami and now living in AtL, I never experienced blizzards