Even though the shameless national media and the garish exaggerations of Weather Channel reporters had many folks’ friends and families across the nation terrified and convinced Hurricane Isaac was indeed a “Katrina Redux,” for a great many of us, it wasn’t. Though for some, it was, but across the region, not so much. Lives were…
Category: Storms
Fun With Stormpulse and Hurricanes
Stormpulse.com is a very fun tool for geeking out on Hurricanes, just wanted to share some great finds… 1967 Hurricane Doria I would have hated to be a resident of Virginia Beach as this crazy-ass storm made up her mind. I’m not an expert but there can’t be that many storms to make landfall from…
Igor and Other Amazing Storms
It seemed like Hurricane Igor has been in the news forever. What a bizarre storm. I just looked at his track and he is forecasted to move west over Newfoundland? Crazy. “Hurricane lashes East Canada” is not a headline you often hear. He is also predicted to finally sputter out on Sept. 25. He formed…
Brother Bill’s Great Thrill
Even though he never threatened us, I have entered full-on storm-geek status this season and have been checking on brother Bill daily. It might be some sort of weird adrenalin jockey affiliation I have developed in association with storm chasing, but I go back to him several times a day. Bill is a truly amazing…
Tis The Season
I hear hurricanes ablowing. I know the end is coming soon. I fear rivers over flowing. I hear the voice of rage and ruin…. That’s right, it’s hurricane season. Here are my Big 3 tracking sites… Stormpulse Great interface. Real purty. It’s got spaghetti model overlays. A sliding path that can be used to monitor…
Like Ike, If I Could Be Like Ike
In the latest report, the NHC finally backed off Ike’s predicted strengthening before landfall. It had been anticipated Ike would (strangely) strengthen a few miles off the coast. The mea culpa is in this latest forecast discussion. Three factors seem to converge here. 1.) Though NHC did an excellent job predicting the path of Gustav,…
Wolf!
I understand the need to convince people to leave in the face of a storm. But really, certain death? Certain? Death? Weather service warns of ‘certain death’ in face of Ike Perhaps the National Weather Service doesn’t understand the word “certain.” To me, it means, there will be no escape. People will all die. There…
Gustav’s Good, Bad and Ugly
See also: Celcus Update: In regards to Southern Scrap below, please read this, it is apparently, quite ugly indeed. The Good PBJ – Though despised by much of the blogoshere, Jindel’s robot routine actually provided a soothing, systematic voice throughout. Forecasters – They were pretty much on the money with much of the predictions, as…
Back In The N-O-L-A
Wed – Left Wednesday with the sole purpose of denying Nagin’s tiered return policy. – Got back Wednesday afternoon to no power. – Cleaned up the yard and took boards off windows. – Drug out generator not used in Katrina and fired it up after reading instructions. – Barbecued with neighbors. – Wondered when the…
A Sort Of Homecoming
Leavin’ today by freeway, highway or byway. See y’all on our side. Still don’t have power on my block so updates will return when it does.