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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: WeatherOp on July 05, 2005, 04:36:38 pm

Title: Hurricane Dennis
Post by: WeatherOp on July 05, 2005, 04:36:38 pm

Tropical Storm Dennis has formed in the Caribbean sea, it is expected to become a Hurricane and possibly a Major Hurricane( CAT. 3 or higher, winds 115 mph or greater) and move into the Gulf.

Good time to be at the beech, huh.:doubt: With 4 storms this early, it's looks to be another bad season.

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Post by: Unknown Target on July 05, 2005, 04:50:16 pm

Haha, stateside pussies :p

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Post by: Bobboau on July 05, 2005, 04:56:09 pm

good thing global warming is a bunch of bull**** right?

:ha:

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Post by: achtung on July 05, 2005, 05:05:36 pm

I'm glad I live inside a buffer zone. :D

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Post by: aldo_14 on July 06, 2005, 09:05:49 am

My parents are in Florida until Sunday, hope it can hold off until then....

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Post by: WeatherOp on July 07, 2005, 01:24:25 pm

Hurricane Dennis is passing just north of Jamaica as a Strong Cat.2 with winds of 110 mph. Should become a Major hurricane in the next few hours. And then pass over Cuba, and then into the the Gulf, hitting the coast by early next week.


(http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/RT/FLOAT2/VIS/20.jpg)

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Post by: redsniper on July 07, 2005, 01:27:47 pm

It does look kinda cool from space.

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Post by: MicroPsycho on July 07, 2005, 03:12:14 pm

OWNAGE!

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Post by: WeatherOp on July 07, 2005, 04:18:40 pm

Dennis is now a Major Hurricane with winds of 115mph.It is expected to grow stronger reaching Cat.4(winds 130+) before hitting West Cuba. Hurricane Warnings are up for the West Florida Keys, with mandatory evacuations in effect.

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Post by: pyro-manic on July 07, 2005, 05:24:34 pm

At times like this I'm glad the worst we get is rain. ;)

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Post by: Kosh on July 07, 2005, 08:00:47 pm

Lol. I think we had some tornadoes here a few weeks ago. But that almost never happens.

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Post by: WeatherOp on July 07, 2005, 09:06:56 pm

Hurricane Dennis is pounding Southern Cuba with winds in excess of 130mph, a Cat. 4 storm.:sigh:

(http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/RT/FLOAT2/IR4/20.jpg)

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Post by: IceFire on July 07, 2005, 10:24:19 pm

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Originally posted by Bobboau
good thing global warming is a bunch of bull**** right?

:ha:

Oh yes...yes indeed.

Four named tropical storms already is unusual according to the weather people.  The season just started...lots of warm water churning up these storms.  I'm just waiting for that one guy who doesn't believe any of it and doesn't understand anything about it to start telling us its all normal business as usual :)

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Post by: WeatherOp on July 08, 2005, 03:25:43 pm

Hurricane Dennis makes second landfall in Cuba as a Very Strong Cat.4 with winds of 150mph. Mass destuction must be ocurring.:(

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Post by: IceFire on July 08, 2005, 03:42:37 pm

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Originally posted by WeatherOp
Hurricane Dennis makes second landfall in Cuba as a Very Strong Cat.4 with winds of 150mph. Mass destuction must be ocurring.:(

No doubt...

Its already being forecast as having some sort of impact on my weather here in Ontario.  We actually could use the rain but Florida and the southern states there better be bracing themselves.

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Post by: Cobra on July 08, 2005, 03:50:03 pm

and thus every house is wiped clean off the face of the earth...

damn i feel sorry for them... the cubans and the floridans...

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Post by: Sandwich on July 08, 2005, 05:40:56 pm

My parents tell me I learned to walk in a hurricane. :p

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Post by: achtung on July 08, 2005, 11:49:08 pm

Nature has it's ways of straightening things out I suppose, if we won't stop ****ing up the planet the planet will **** us up.

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Post by: Kosh on July 09, 2005, 12:34:51 am

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Originally posted by WeatherOp
Hurricane Dennis makes second landfall in Cuba as a Very Strong Cat.4 with winds of 150mph. Mass destuction must be ocurring.:(

Al-Queda must be deploying a weather controlling machine to terrorize the US. We therefore must invade somebody. :p

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Post by: achtung on July 09, 2005, 01:24:01 am

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Originally posted by Kosh



Al-Queda must be deploying a weather controlling machine to terrorize the US. We therefore must invade somebody. :p

NO! WRONG!

Spoiler:

They stole ours :(

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Post by: Liberator on July 09, 2005, 02:34:12 am

This is abnormal

Spoiler:

for as long as we've been recording this kind of thing.  I do not put it outside the realm of possibilites that this level of activity has happened in the past

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Post by: Fineus on July 09, 2005, 04:16:19 am

Dang... Nature proving once again who the real daddy is around here...

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Post by: Nico on July 09, 2005, 05:07:45 am

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Originally posted by Sandwich
My parents tell me I learned to walk in a hurricane. :p

OK, this explains that. Must have learnt to land on your head too :p

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Post by: IceFire on July 09, 2005, 09:49:46 am

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Originally posted by Liberator
This is abnormal

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for as long as we've been recording this kind of thing.  I do not put it outside the realm of possibilites that this level of activity has happened in the past

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True that.  Even during recorded histories we've had times of great activity that were abnormal compared to other years.

Unfortnately, abnormal is now becoming normal.

But yes, the planet does go in cycles and there have probably been far worse hurricane seasons than anyone remembers.

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Post by: aldo_14 on July 09, 2005, 10:53:34 am

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Originally posted by IceFire

Unfortnately, abnormal is now becoming normal.

Someone should tell the G8 that, then.

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Post by: IceFire on July 09, 2005, 01:51:06 pm

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Originally posted by aldo_14


Someone should tell the G8 that, then.

Even Bush conceded that science generally recognizes that humanity has caused changes in our own weather.  If that guy, who stubbornly refuses to go anywhere on climate change can at least agree to that, then we're making some progress.  But there has to be a point where these idiots in power figure out that its "bad for the economy" if they don't do something right now rather than its "bad for the economy" if they do.

Plus, there'd be an entirely new industry of R&D and industry building and operating green technology.  Job creation, boom industry, and new alternatives can definately substitute whatever is lost.

It just means a power shift....and the people in power don't want to see it.

In Canada we've got the one tonne challenge going and some are definately stepping upto the challenge.  My family has consistently been beating that challenge for years before it was ever invented.  Our community has two blue boxes at the moment (maybe three in the future?), I use a push lawnmower which I think is both superior to standard lawnmowers and entirely green (uses my muscle power only), our cars are tuned up (pass all government emissions tests with flying colours) as much as possible but I'd really like to see my parents and myself (when I can afford) to buy hybrids (or hydrogen in the future), I'd love to see geo-thermal (available in a city nearby now) and solar power added to our house and if those technologies were available in mass quanities then they would be cheap, renewable, and green.

We probably can't cut out pollution entirely.  But we can cut it down to levels where a little extra CO2 is not going to seriously alter the environment.  The earth does adapt and is capable of adapting to changes and alterations in the chemical mix that keeps us breathing...but put too much of an imbalance in it and we'll go teetering off the side.  I hope we never see that and can convice countries like the U.S. (but not specifically) to cut the emissions levels by 90% then we'll be making progress.

The ability is within our grasp...the technology is there or being developed.  It just requires the decisiveness and willpower of our politicians and leaders to enact the changes.  Bush is always talking about his ability to make decisive decisions and take the necessary course of action...lets do it.

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Post by: WeatherOp on July 11, 2005, 12:02:03 pm

Hurricane Dennis hit the Florida coast, at 2:15 yesterday as a Cat.3 hurricane with winds of 120 mph. While Dennis might be starting to dissipate, Tropical Depression #5 has formed and is heading toward the islands. And is expected to grow into Hurricane Emily later this week, possibly hitting the East side of the USA.

Welcome to the 2005 Hurricane Season.

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Post by: Kosh on July 11, 2005, 07:01:28 pm

Damn. I wonder if Emily could turn into another Andrew or Ivan. Rather than just Dennis the Menace.

The south east US got lucky this time, it weakened a fair amount when it hit Cuba.

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Post by: WeatherOp on July 12, 2005, 10:10:47 am

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Originally posted by Kosh
I wonder if Emily could turn into another Andrew or Ivan. Rather than just Dennis the Menace.

The south east US got lucky this time, it weakened a fair amount when it hit Cuba.

It's possible.:doubt: