Are you all ready for hurricane season?

[Remus Lupin]

It started this mouth and it is predicted we will have another active season.
Maybe this year we can watch Jim Cantore from TWC washed out to sea (good riddence if that happens) or have Geraldo Riveria have his toupee blown off (like it did when Hurricane Charley hit Florida).

[Gunslinger]

I've got a truck now, so no. Bring on the hurricanes!

[Remus Lupin]

I'm glad I'm living in Ohio right now!
No need to worry about them. Do watch alot of the coverage when one is ready to strike.

Wish TWC wouldn't let Cantore do anymore hurricanes. He is a idiot.

[Safiel]

I never listen to the idiots on TV.

I use the official forecasts and the raw info from the NWS and the plots of the prediction models which are available at http://www.wunderground.com . The NWS refuses to release the graphical plots of their models, so wunderground converts them to graphics.

One of these days, one of those idiot reporters is going to get a shard of metal imbedded in their brain on live TV.

[LouC]

It started this mouth and it is predicted we will have another active season.
Maybe this year we can watch Jim Cantore from TWC washed out to sea (good riddence if that happens) or have Geraldo Riveria have his toupee blown off (like it did when Hurricane Charley hit Florida).

Careful there, someone brought up a post of mine in TTTM last year for saying I would "clap in glee" seeing Geraldo swept out to sea in another Storm Surge.

[EmmanuelGoldstein]

It started this mouth and it is predicted we will have another active season.
Maybe this year we can watch Jim Cantore <snip moronic and hateful post wishing death on Mr. Cantore> or have Geraldo Riveria have his toupee blown off (like it did when Hurricane Charley hit Florida).

Yeah. Cantore is an "idiot". He's a meteorologist. I'm sure they give those degrees out to just anyone; perhaps you can pick up one at work, just look for the smiley face wearing a poncho.

He's also a pretty damned nice guy, too, who gives something back to those in need.

Jim married Tamra Cantore, whom he met while at TWC. During the marriage they had daughter Christina (born in 1993) and son Ben (born in 1995). Tamra suffers from Parkinson's Disease and both children suffer from Fragile X Syndrome. Cantore does charitable work for both diseases, supporting FRAXA, the Fragile X Research Foundation, and the Parkinson’s Unity Walk. He also contributes his time to Make-a-Wish Foundation events around the country and he has also served as a celebrity cabinet member with the American Red Cross.

[EmmanuelGoldstein]

I'm glad I'm living in Ohio right now!
No need to worry about them.

Oh really?

[Remus Lupin]

Oh really?

Only problem is we have to deal with icestorms ad blizzards here in winter.
So much for getting away from mother nature.

[LouC]

I'm glad I'm living in Ohio right now!
No need to worry about them. Do watch alot of the coverage when one is ready to strike.

Wish TWC wouldn't let Cantore do anymore hurricanes. He is a idiot.

Bet the "idiot" wishes the woefully uninformed would let him do his job or better yet just ignore him if they don't like what he does.

Oh by the way, I am certain the "idiot" knows that Ohio citizens do have cause to worry about Hurricanes.

Ike remnants blamed for Midwest deaths, blackouts

The violent weather in the Midwest, the latest in a brutal summer that has slammed parts of the region with severe flooding, brought Ike's total death toll to at least 34 in nine states from the Gulf Coast to the Ohio Valley.

As Ike faded and headed off toward the northeast, combining with a weather system that arrived from the west, it dumped as much as 6 to 8 inches of rain on parts of Indiana, Illinois and Missouri. It spawned a tornado in Arkansas that damaged several buildings, and delivered hurricane-force wind to Ohio, temporarily shutting down Cincinnati's main airport during the weekend. Missouri had widespread flooding, and high water on the Mississippi River was expected to close a riverfront street later this week in front of St. Louis' famed Gateway Arch.

LINK (http://www.themonitor.com/articles/monday-17284-ohio-flooding.html)



On September 19, 2004, the President declared a major disaster for the State of Ohio as a result of severe storms and flooding from the remnants of Hurricanes Frances and Ivan. This declaration was made under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, Title 42 U.S.C. 5121-5206 (2000 & Supp. I 2001). Subsequently, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) designated counties for Individual Assistance.

LINK (http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-drop/n-04-75.pdf)

[CID_0687]

I'm glad I'm living in Ohio right now!
No need to worry about them. Do watch alot of the coverage when one is ready to strike.

Wish TWC wouldn't let Cantore do anymore hurricanes. He is a idiot.
Dude, don't count yourself so lucky...I was working in Kentucky from October-April because of storm damage from Hurricane Ike...Ohio and Indiana were Catastrophe sites as well because of that storm...Now it was a bit of a fluke, but still....that was just last season.

I'm ready for it, the money is awesome during hurricane season. Other people's pain is my gain. :twisted:

[Remus Lupin]

Yeah. Cantore is an "idiot". He's a meteorologist. I'm sure they give those degrees out to just anyone; perhaps you can pick up one at work, just look for the smiley face wearing a poncho.

He's also a pretty damned nice guy, too, who gives something back to those in need.

Cantore is no doubt a nice guy. But I think Catore needs to cut out the antics when he reports hurricanes.
He was realy buffoonish last year.

About what I said about him being washed out to sea, I'm merely joking (I have a sick sense of humor I know).

[LouC]

Dude, don't count yourself so lucky...I was working in Kentucky from October-April because of storm damage from Hurricane Ike...Ohio and Indiana were Catastrophe sites as well because of that storm...Now it was a bit of a fluke, but still....that was just last season.

I'm ready for it, the money is awesome during hurricane season. Other people's pain is my gain. :twisted:

Midwest storm damage from Hurricane remnants is not a fluke but has been quite common.

[Remus Lupin]

Midwest storm damage from Hurricane remnants is not a fluke but has been quite common.

No doubt hurricanes can do huge amount of damage inland. We learn that when hurricane Opal and Hugo battered cities as far island as Charlotte,NC.
Here in Ohio, if whats left if a hurricane comes up to Ohio, there are good chance of flooding especially in the Ohio River.
At least we won't deal with 125 mph winds and storm surge.

[CID_0687]

Midwest storm damage from Hurricane remnants is not a fluke but has been quite common.
Not a fluke in that there is some...but the amount of damage that occurred from Ike, so far inland, is what I was referencing. Thanks for the correction Lou.

I'm always amused by the people who ask me where I live, tell them NE Alabama, they say "Oh, well at least you don't have to worry about hurricanes in that part of the state." They just don't know...It's very common here to have hurricane damage.

[EmmanuelGoldstein]

Oh by the way, I am certain the "idiot" knows that Ohio citizens do have cause to worry about Hurricanes.

;)

[Apatriot]

It started this mouth and it is predicted we will have another active season.
Maybe this year we can watch Jim Cantore from TWC washed out to sea (good riddence if that happens) or have Geraldo Riveria have his toupee blown off (like it did when Hurricane Charley hit Florida).

They are predicting a near normal year--" Forecasters say there is a 70 percent chance of having nine to 14 named storms, of which four to seven could become hurricanes, including one to three major hurricanes (Category 3, 4 or 5)."

All I can say is that I want Jim Cantore to stay away from Pensacola :-)

[EmmanuelGoldstein]

People in this area certainly ***** up their ears at the word "hurricane". And with good reason.

http://www.roanoke.com/multimedia/flood/main.html

http://www.wvculture.org/hiSTory/disasters/flood198503.html

A few of the photos I posted here back in '04 (the 'small' flood'):

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/debbie5942/stadiumflood9-28-04.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/debbie5942/Jeanneflood92804.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/debbie5942/Jeanneflood9-28-04.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/debbie5942/jeanneflood55092804.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/debbie5942/Jeanneflood9-28-04.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/debbie5942/jeanneflood-9-28-04.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/debbie5942/jeanneflood1192804.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/debbie5942/jeanneflood666092804.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/debbie5942/jeanneflood3392804.jpg

http://www.photoreflect.com/pr3/thumbpage.aspx?e=861472

[jeepers]

I don't like Cantore as a forecaster, but I don't dislike him either. TWC depends heavily on the GFS model and so should be taken with a grain of salt. Their local coverage has gone downhill. He's a little too Hollywood for me during storms.

I also rely on www.nws.noaa.gov (http://www.nws.noaa.gov). Yep wunderground for models or Earl Baker http://www.wxcaster.com/weather.php3
and I like wunderground's radar the best. Unless you want the national picture and then I do the NWS.

One thing about Cantore is, if you see him in your neighborhood, you might want to pack up the kids and the dog and leave. :lol:

[EmmanuelGoldstein]

One thing about Cantore is, if you see him in your neighborhood, you might want to pack up the kids and the dog and leave. :lol:

:))

[TinCan]

One thing about Cantore is, if you see him in your neighborhood, you might want to pack up the kids and the dog and leave. :lol:

Yep, he's like a damn magnet! We track him as much as we do the storms. :) If he settles in on your location then it's a sure bet that the eye of the storm will land nearby.

[jeepers]

Yep, he's like a damn magnet! We track him as much as we do the storms. :) If he settles in on your location then it's a sure bet that the eye of the storm will land nearby.


:lol:

What's funny about observation is that a lot of people, even the media, think that. Last year when we were about to experience some serious local flooding, who shows up downtown but Cantore. Even the local Fox News media were making cracks like "OH NOOOOOOOOOOO". :))

Cantore is here, RUN LIKE THE WIND THAT IS COMING! :))

I darn near died laughing. I couldn't believe that even the media knows that Cantore is a crap magnet.

[Apatriot]

Yep, he's like a damn magnet! We track him as much as we do the storms. :) If he settles in on your location then it's a sure bet that the eye of the storm will land nearby.

He's not a magnet, he just has a good feel for the last hours of the storms, and generally gets the worst place.

[Darkblade]

huricaines, camping, bugging out, whatever this thing looks like it is strong enough to run anything but large sized ac units. i will get one soon.

http://www.alpinesurvival.com/portable-solar-power.html

[jeepers]

He's not a magnet, he just has a good feel for the last hours of the storms, and generally gets the worst place.

It's called humor. And he is TRYING to find the worst place.

That's why it's funny.

[Darkblade]

hu mor ...arh arh.