2024 Hurricane Season

Discussion in 'Taylor's Tittle-Tattle - General Banter' started by Clive_ofthe_Kremlin, Oct 8, 2024.

  1. Clive_ofthe_Kremlin

    Clive_ofthe_Kremlin Squad Player

    The last one to pass through, Helene, did a little damage in Pinar del Río in the west and caused some flooding and power cuts, but teams of engineers were soon able to restore the power lines and there were thankfully no casualties.

    Today, one of the worst ever seen, Milton, will begin passing through the gulf of Mexico. It is Category 5 (the highest), and the 5th strongest ever, by measurement of the barometric low. And it currently has sustained winds of 260 kph (161 mph) and obviously even stronger gusts.

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    As such, ISMET has issued a warning that owing to its proximity to western Cuba, there will be winds from the south to the southwest this afternoon, with speeds ranging between 15 and 30 kilometers per hour.

    On Tuesday, sustained winds from Pinar del Río to Mayabeque provinces will be stronger, with speeds between 25 and 40 kilometers per hour and up to 50 kilometers per hour, with higher gusts in Pinar del Río from the end of the afternoon.

    Stay safe everyone.
     
  2. hornmeister

    hornmeister Tired

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    Made a right mess of his hair
     
  3. WFC123

    WFC123 Academy Graduate

  4. UEA_Hornet

    UEA_Hornet First Team Captain

    Looks like the Great Satan is going to really cop it...
     
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  5. ForzaWatford

    ForzaWatford Squad Player

    Got family in Fort Myers. It was decimated a few years ago by a hurricane and looks like it’s happening again. My auntie has evacuated but last time she did that she didn’t have a house to come back to. Grim.
     
  6. UEA_Hornet

    UEA_Hornet First Team Captain

    And presumably no insurance given it's Florida?
     
  7. ForzaWatford

    ForzaWatford Squad Player

    Yep, sadly not. This could potentially be their third house gone in 15 years. Not sure if they’ll stay for much longer
     
  8. WFC123

    WFC123 Academy Graduate

    Tis an unfortunate danger of living in these coastal zones.

    Acapulco got destroyed by Otis, and this year battered by John, well mostly John's rains.
     
  9. WFC123

    WFC123 Academy Graduate

  10. The undeniable truth

    The undeniable truth First Team Captain

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  11. UEA_Hornet

    UEA_Hornet First Team Captain

    Worrying forecast from the BBC Weather App. Stay safe folks!

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    Nice breeze for drying washing if you're quick though.
     
  12. Diamond

    Diamond First Team

    Haha, good old BBC

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  13. The undeniable truth

    The undeniable truth First Team Captain

    Once the wind gets to 360 we will be in real trouble.
     
  14. UEA_Hornet

    UEA_Hornet First Team Captain

    It's already 13,531mph! I went out just now and couldn't believe how calm that feels.
     
  15. The undeniable truth

    The undeniable truth First Team Captain

    I only saw the 353.
    It's amazing how quickly you get used to these new climate change weather conditions. A couple of years and I reckon we could handle watching WFC in 50 degree heat in January. We are clearly a highly adaptable species.
     
  16. Keighley

    Keighley First Team

    50C is nothing. It was 404 degrees in Nottingham overnight.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0kjrp2rngzo
     
  17. hornmeister

    hornmeister Tired

    3539mph Give that's a good 4x the speed of sound you're not going to hear it coming.
    :eek:

    Not sure the fence panels I got replaced last year will hold out.
     
  18. a19tgg

    a19tgg First Team

    It’s great that Milton wasn’t as serious (although still obviously bad, as hurricanes naturally are) as initially thought, but the media don’t seem to be able to accept that and dial it back, and still insist on treating it like an extinction event.
     
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  19. WFC123

    WFC123 Academy Graduate

    Thankfully, Milton wasn't as bad as feared.

    I think so much was being made and Donald lies spread about Helene's aftermath that the Gov had to be seen to be more "active." Hence more reporting, evacuation notices, drama, etc.

    It was ´only' category 3 in the end, lots of tornadoes generated mind and Milton was very wide.
     
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  20. UEA_Hornet

    UEA_Hornet First Team Captain

    They almost all are by the time they hit land. Katrina was somewhere between Cat 1-2 when it hit New Orleans, but had been a monster Cat 5 out in the Gulf in the hours beforehand.

    I think it's a tad too soon to say it wasn't as bad as feared. It was never going to be apocalyptic, so @a19tgg is right about that, but meteorologically Milton was still a beast.
     
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  21. WFC123

    WFC123 Academy Graduate

    Cuba to face one very soon now!

    When it's the US of A it's all over the news, the others just roll in and out and little coverage.
     
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  22. wfcmoog

    wfcmoog Tinpot

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