Posted on 09/12/2018 11:56:33 PM PDT by conservative98
Hurricane Florence has been downgraded to a Category 2 storm but it is still considered an extremely dangerous and life-threatening storm.
As of 11 p.m., the storm was centered 280 miles east southeast of Wilmington, North Carolina, and was moving northwest at 17 mph. Its maximum sustained winds have dropped slightly to 110 mph.
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We’ll see if that happens soon enough.
And Trump yanks the rug out on the leftys again!
These leftys were practically wetting theirselves in the hope that this would turn into a Katrinna. Imagine the disappointment they must have.
Bath House Barry told all of us that he would “keep the oceans from rising” and his dumb@ss supporters oohed and ahhhed and nearly fainted.
He will probably try to take credit for the hurricane category downgrade. What a buffoon.
More people are killed by the subsequent flooding than the actual hurricane itself. And that is an established fact. Also a number of people lose their lives by reentering a hurricane zone in its aftermath, and one of the leading causes is electrocution by downed wires.
Thanks for the Windy app? I think it’s headache is getting accurate when velocity data, this app is the ticket! Appreciate the tip.
The latest headlines are still trying to make it the biggest of all time.
FOX - surge catastrophic levels
Washington Post - life threatening fury
MSN - picking up speed
Trump did it! Used his Magic Wand and downgraded it saving lives!
Must have gotten that weather machine in the basement working again/s
I’m sure that comes as unwelcome news by the media. Now they won’t have Trump to blame. But, never fear, they’ll come up with something.
Rush was right -on! Media hype.
The houses are skirted with siding, decks and stairs. Including the mechanical elements of the house, such as plumbing, HVAC and electrical. The foundational piles may be designed strong enough and deep enough to hold the house up, but much damaged will be inflicted. They are not built like a dock or bridge, where water can just pass through the supports.
That’s the take I was getting. That this was the worse than Katrina!
Katrina was only bad because of the aftermath more than the actual storm, but this was going to literally wipe the Outer Banks into the sea forever!
First, no 100 mph will be measured anywhere. There might be a gust to 100 somehere. Second, the 30 inches of rain isn't going to matter to anyone near the coast mainly becauase the 30 inches will take 2 days to fall and coastal areas run off and the surge is long gone at that point. Third, most places will get a couple feet. Only isolated locations will get a greater surge, just a small section of the right side of the storm. They predict much more for a much wider area due to track uncertainty.
The serious impacts will be like Mathew in NC flooding large inland areas that usually don't flood.
Impossible with the storm structure (no intact eye)
The global models suggest that this shear will relax today while Florence moves over warm waters, however, given the current storm structure, little overall change in strength is anticipated as Florence approaches the coastNot only does the shear need to go away (why would it?) but the storm has an open eye. A closed eye is needed to strengthen.
Wait a minute. This is the East coast and they have nothing smaller than a Cat 5. Even when it is a TS
‘A lot of rivers empty out to the ocean in NC and the surge and the rain will back them up’
if you’re located in the southeast quadrant (as I expect my plot in Bolivia NC is), the cyclonic rotation will push the inlets out to sea at least for a time; until the storm moves inland and the rotation then might bring the water back...
It’s not the wind that kills, it’s the rain and storm-surge and the flooding they cause. And Florence is going to create a lot of both whether it’s category 2 or category 4.
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