IMPORTANT: OFFICIAL HURRICANE THREAD

If people fail to heed evacuation warnings it only makes sense to not be obligated to rescue them. Although, it might be extra brave to try!
 
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MelissaWV said:
Just like if there's a powerline across a car... they are expected to lift it up and electrocute themselves, right? Or are there mitigating circumstances, the difference between the chance of a wreck and having to tie yourself off and wade through a flash flood in 50 mph winds to get to a pseudo-emergency?
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It's an emergency.

They are emergency responders.

I know enough about power lines and grounding to come up with a JSA and action plan to cover that situation.

I would expect a fully trained and highly paid professional, who is very quick to remind me that I'm just a common Mundane and need to back off let the "professionals" work, I would expect they would be able to do the same.

Hut hutting about and bossing people around and looking at them with disdain when they disregard the "professional" orders, is not what I expect.
 
Anti Federalist said:
Please...cry me a river.

That's what they, and I used to, get paid for.

That's what they are they for.

If you freeze up and shut down right when you're needed most, then what's the point?

If that's the case, why are we spending billions of dollars on emergency response systems?

Might as well just shut it all down, and let private companies just come in and clean up the mess afterwards.

God, when did this nation turn into such a bunch of slack jawed fagg ots, scared and whimpering every time the wind blows?
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Amen. Heroes? A hero doesn't hide inside till things are safe outside. Christ. I get tired of hearing of all the 'heroes' in government.
 
phill4paul said:
Amen. Heroes? A hero doesn't hide inside till things are safe outside. Christ. I get tired of hearing of all the 'heroes' in government.
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I guess "hero" means strutting around, bossing people about in their own homes and property and then laughing at them and calling them morons if they need help that might cause a threat to "officer safety".

Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't call one of these "heroes" if I was on fucking fire, but still, what the hell are we all paying for if they all go running for the tall grass the second a real emergency looks like it might pop up?
 
phill4paul said:
Amen. Heroes? A hero doesn't hide inside till things are safe outside. Christ. I get tired of hearing of all the 'heroes' in government.
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I'm amazed that we're having this conversation. I dare say that we're the demographic least likely to evacuate. We have money, guns and food stock, it's only a little hurricane, and we tend to distrust everything the government tells us to do. Add to that we tend to be loners, with dogs and cats...it's not hard for me to imagine deciding to stay put. Doesn't make it a good idea, but it doesn't make me a bad person for making it.
 
Temperature of the cloud tops. The colder they are, the taller the clouds. When you see -70C or less, those are supercells.

Convection in this storm is not especially strong, but it is HUGE and is carrying an immense mass of water that will be dumped on New England and the Applachian mountains tomorrow.
 
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brandon said:
What does this map even mean? It looks like the colors are indicating "Deg C" What is Deg C? It's definitely not degrees celsius because it would be totally wrong.
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Negative degrees Celsius.

They assign color coding to the cloud tops.

Red/pink/white hues are the highest/coldest cloud tops.

The higher the cloud top means the lower the atmospheric pressure through all levels thus, the more powerful the storm system.

ETA-Whoops, Mozo beat me to it.
 
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Ahh gotcha, thanks guys. I know very little about meteorology but I find it fascinating and I think I need to start doing some more studying.

We're still dry and calm in SE PA, I can't wait for this thing to get here and see what it's got. Everything is closed here. All schools and almost all businesses have already announced closures for tomorrow. I've never in my 28 years seen anything like this. We work through 3 feet blizzards here.
 
brandon said:
Ahh gotcha, thanks guys. I know very little about meteorology but I find it fascinating and I think I need to start doing some more studying.

We're still dry and calm in SE PA, I can't wait for this thing to get here and see what it's got. Everything is closed here. All schools and almost all businesses have already announced closures for tomorrow. I've never in my 28 years seen anything like this. We work through 3 feet blizzards here.
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Yah, I have even seen some media reports about how this will be "worse than Katrina".

Umm, no.
 
I dunno what the hell to expect my band's show was cancelled lol we were supposed to play today at 7:15 pm got an email around noon or so saying we are cancelled EH... i'm in suffolk county lindenhurst..... i hope it's interesting... i'm looking for some crazy weather =p
 
angelatc said:
I'm amazed that we're having this conversation. I dare say that we're the demographic least likely to evacuate. We have money, guns and food stock, it's only a little hurricane, and we tend to distrust everything the government tells us to do. Add to that we tend to be loners, with dogs and cats...it's not hard for me to imagine deciding to stay put. Doesn't make it a good idea, but it doesn't make me a bad person for making it.
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Pretty sure he was only talking about government employees.
 
Alright, I am in Pennsville New Jersey, about 300 feet from the Delaware River and about a mile from the Delaware Memorial Bridge. I went out and measured the water at high tide and it was about three feet from spilling over into the street. This is before the storm really hits and tomorrow night is supposed to be a full moon, which will only make it worse. I'm not sure how this is going to play out, so I think I'm going to pack up and head inland away from the water just in case something bad happens.
 
It's eerily calm outside. The sun is just coming up. I'm a good 4 hours west and north of Philly and everything is closed. Stores are out of water, bread, etc... not sure about gas I filled up yesterday morning. No generators or water filters left. People are taking this one seriously. As I was drifting off to sleep last night I heard a weather dude say they are expecting millions to be without power for up to two weeks. This blows. Pun intended a little.
 
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