Hurricane prep!

[Bill]

Poop is often useful as a fuel.

Don't give him any ideas.

 

[Josh B]

It's all relative to your geographic location. Your part of the country gets tornadoes that are much more extreme than the West and East Coasts where tornadoes are likely to cause nuisance damage rather than obliterate things. On the East Coast, hurricanes are more likely to obliterate things.

From what I've seen Bill, those things are simply not true. Whether they're on the East coast or in the Gulf of Mexico, Hurricanes in the West or Typhoons in the East, they all work in the identical same way. Same as tornadoes, whether they're in Oklahoma, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, or Georgia, they also work in the identical same way, and can do as much damage here, as there, or anywhere.
We seem to have left the "mild" weather era behind us now

 

[PetroleumJunkie412]

From what I've seen Bill, those things are simply not true. East coast or Gulf of Mexico, Oklahoma, Mississippi or Pennsylvania, Hurricane or Typhoon, they all work in the identical same way and can do as much damage here, there, or anywhere. We seem to be leaving the "mild" weather era behind us now

Thanks, Obama....

 

[OldMan2]

Scientific journals maintain that the HAARP can create artificial northern lights, can jam radar stations for the early detection of launched ballistic missiles with interference, and can contact submarines and find the enemy's secret underwater complexes. Radio emissions from the installation are apparently able to penetrate the earth's surface and then locate hidden bunkers and tunnels, burn out electronic equipment and put satellites out of operation. But that is not all it can do. The main pride of the project's founders is technology used to influence the atmosphere, capable of causing changes in the weather, including artificial natural disasters, such as torrential rain, earthquakes, floods, tornadoes and hurricanes of the strength of Rita and Katrina. Could that mean that their countrymen, living off the southern American coast, were actually victims of these experiments? In the opinion of our source, this possibility cannot be excluded.

 

[Dirtman]

Man my threads really get weird...

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

No more political BS or picking fights with people who don't live where you live.

Poop is often useful as a fuel.

Buffalo chips were commonly used by pioneers crossing the prairies as campfire fuel due to the severe lack of trees along the way for firewood.

And I will also add that hurricanes spawn tornados, and you can be half a mile away from a tornado and watch it from your front porch. The path of damage is not wide and not very long compared to a hurricane that can plow thru several states.

 

[Josh B]

Tornadoes can actually be a mile wide and travel for hundreds of miles. i really wasn't attempting to equate a tornado to a hurricane, hurricanes are much more massive for sure, their similarities are actually very few. Hurricanes usually come at you slower as well, although after they arrive their winds can be almost as high, but you still have that one advantage, in that you can almost anticipate the wind's direction.

A tornado can dance around like a big, mad snake, weaving around in an almost crazy fashion(with its crazy mad winds doing the same, going every which way at once). It can set down on the ground awhile, go left and right, pick up and set back down a mile or ten miles later, and do it all again.
You cannot possibly anticipate a tornado excepting maybe to know it's in the area. We've all seen lots of footage on the news of the daytime ones. Night ones are the worst, because you cannot possibly see them.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Tornadoes can actually be a mile wide and travel for hundreds of miles. i really wasn't attempting to equate a tornado to a hurricane, hurricanes are much more massive for sure, their similarities are actually very few. Hurricanes usually come at you slower as well, although after they arrive their winds can be almost as high, but you still have that one advantage, in that you can almost anticipate the wind's direction.

A tornado can dance around like a big, mad snake, weaving around in an almost crazy fashion(with its crazy mad winds doing the same, going every which way at once). It can set down on the ground awhile, go left and right, pick up and set back down a mile or ten miles later, and do it all again.
You cannot possibly anticipate a tornado excepting maybe to know it's in the area. We've all seen lots of footage on the news of the daytime ones. Night ones are the worst, because you cannot possibly see them.

Yeah, I live in the midwest too, I know how tornadoes work. Had one two miles from my house a couple years ago.

Generally when they say there is a chance of severe weather AND the floor starts sweating at work... all bets are off.

 

[Bill]

From what I've seen Bill, those things are simply not true. East coast or Gulf of Mexico, Oklahoma, Mississippi or Pennsylvania, Hurricane or Typhoon, they all work in the identical same way and can do as much damage here, there, or anywhere. We seem to be leaving the "mild" weather era behind us now

Hurricanes don't work at all in Oklahoma and Pennsylvania. They just don't get them there. While locations on the East Coast get tornadoes, they don't have the strength that they do in the center of the country. In Florida they knock down powerlines. Maybe cause severe damage to several homes in a neighbourhood. They don't get mile-wide tornadoes there that stay on the ground for ten miles like they do in the center of the country.

 

[Curious Hound]

Perhaps you should have experienced hurricane Agnes in Harrisburg, PA in 1972. Or perhaps Gloria in Connecticut in 198?

 

[Dirtman]

Even sandy did some decent damage in the west Harrisburg area...

 

[Josh B]

Thanks Bill, I've clarified that statement for you

 

[PetroleumJunkie412]

Hurricanes don't work at all in Oklahoma and Pennsylvania. They just don't get them there. While locations on the East Coast get tornadoes, they don't have the strength that they do in the center of the country. In Florida they knock down powerlines. Maybe cause severe damage to several homes in a neighbourhood. They don't get mile-wide tornadoes there that stay on the ground for ten miles like they do in the center of the country.

Oh my yes we absolutely get effed in the A by Hurricanes in Pittsburgh. Ivan did.a freaking number on the place.

 

[Josh B]

They do have a point in the fact that hurricanes are much more immense, and inflict major damages over much more widespread areas.

My point wasn't really to compare the two, but to mention that those in its path should prepare for winds from all directions, not only from the front(although most who have weathered one would already know that).

It does look like this one is going to be a major wallup over a very large area, possibly half the east coast. I hope all of you anywhere near its path will stay safe as possible, and be prepared as possible

 

[Dirtman]

I'm in the lowest point of Savannah right now but far enough away to not see storm surge. But we will have flooding. A good thunderstorm puts the property under enough water the ducks can swim across the lawn. Everything is on 3 foot stilts though. I put a stick with tape in the yard. If it hits red, we need to start moving household stuff up. They are still calling for 12-20 inches of rain in one day. Its gonna be close and we will definitely be unable to leave the property for a couple days. Who knows what's happening now though, the storm seems to have stalled out.