Hurricane Advice

[Flashpoint]

That looks like a good spot !
Away from the edge ..ocean.

But remember she said that she lived at the base of the mountain with a stream or creek right in her front door. She had also put her sheep and chickens in the house with her, and had put her car under a porch roof that was really really tight. Now we have to be concerned About flash-flooding, mudslides, rockslides, trees coming down, and everything else.

 

[rjohns39]

So far all my reports from PR remain 3rd hand... But all news has been positive. Lots of folks still without power or internet. Cell service has been better than one would expect--but not great. All we can do is hope an pray.

 

[Flashpoint]

So far all my reports from PR remain 3rd hand... But all news has been positive. Lots of folks still without power or internet. Cell service has been better than one would expect--but not great. All we can do is hope an pray.

I know. I suppose the next 24-36 hours will tell.

 

[Bunnylady]

Wind speed at 10,000 feet is irrelevant. The Saffir-Simpson scale is based on wind speed at 10 meters to predict building damage. If NOAA has changed how they rate hurricanes I want to know about it because it's not comparing apples to apples to compare hurricane wind speed measured at 10 meters with that measured at 10,000 feet.

That's what the extrapolation is all about - trying to determine what the wind speed at that height would translate to if it was being measured at 10 meters. A 4-meter-high buoy on waves that must be bigger than that can hardly be expected to give you an accurate reading, surely.

But whatever you want to believe the wind speed is, a central pressure of 916 millibars is a whole lot more than a Category 1.

 

[HenOnAJuneBug]

That's what the extrapolation is all about - trying to determine what the wind speed at that height would translate to if it was being measured at 10 meters. A 4-meter-high buoy on waves that must be bigger than that can hardly be expected to give you an accurate reading, surely.

But whatever you want to believe the wind speed is, a central pressure of 916 millibars is a whole lot more than a Category 1.

By saying extrapolation I think you must mean modeling. I've read that's how they're coming up with these wind speeds - not actual measurements, but computer modeling. Where do you come up with 916 millibars? The pressure was 28.22" when it passed over buoy 62020, which is 956 millibar.

 

[Kiki]

By saying extrapolation I think you must mean modeling. I've read that's how they're coming up with these wind speeds - not actual measurements, but computer modeling. Where do you come up with 916 millibars? The pressure was 28.22" when it passed over buoy 62020, which is 956 millibars.

Don't me...but 916...956...same thing huh?

Just kidding!

 

[Kiki]

I like numbers!

 

[Kiki]

My phone just alerted me!
104 dead in a Mexico earthquake!

I had no clue there was an earthquake today.

 

[Kiki]

 

[pennyJo1960]

Wow did not know of the earthquake anywhere was out was notified finally BF's log splitter came in so headed out to get Richards birthday present really rips my cord bought the damn thing on the 5th his birthday the 4th just was able to pick it up today thanks Walmart bunch of ripoff no go jerks.. but had to say lets stop at tsc ooops picked up 10 cuckoo marans with Dominique mixed in so not sure at this point how many I have of one or the other and of course straight run so could all be cockerel in which case will not keep any