Official Hurricane season thread

[Snoogans]

Since storms facinate people, me included, I figure there will be enough push for this thread this year. We got Alberto, its almost like the fuckin hurricanes were just waiting for june to show up<br />

[Snoogans]

<p><img width="360" height="243" border="0" src="http://image.weather.com/images/maps/pt_BR/tropical/strm1_strike_720x486.jpg" /></p><p><img width="360" height="243" border="0" src="http://image.weather.com/images/maps/pt_BR/tropical/strm1_track_720x486.jpg" />&nbsp;</p>

[reeshy]

Do they make you scared, Snoogs?????? Do you get under the blanket with a flashlight and a peanut and jelly sandwich and your dog, Ralphie?????<br />

[Snoogans]

Actually when they come around this area, I like to stand out on the back porch. For some reason, all big weather stuff i find insanely interesting. I hope for blizzards and bad storms, I dont know why. <br />

[reeshy]

What about Ralphie??????<br />

[Snoogans]

and by bad storms i dont mean ones that kill people, but i like when the weather is incredibly bad outside for some reason. When floyd was here, I actually went outside a few times just to hang and see what it was like<br />

[Snoogans]

I dont have a dog<br />

[Bama]

I am firmly anti-Hurricane.

[Bama]

<strong>Snoogans</strong> wrote:<br />I dont have a dog<br /><p>Yes you do.</p>

[HBox]

<p>If the news has taught me anything, it's</p><p><img width="400" height="300" border="0" src="http://sealevel.jpl.nasa.gov/science/images/hurricane.jpg" /></p><p><strong><font size="7">AAAAHHHH!!!!!!!!</font></strong></p><p><img width="512" height="341" border="0" src="http://www.cbsnews.com/images/2006/05/23/imageNYET66305222052.jpg" /></p><p><strong><font size="7">RRRUUUUUNNN!!!!!!</font></strong></p><p><img width="217" height="266" border="0" src="http://www.hurricanes.net/images/index.27.jpg" /></p><p><strong><font size="7">WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!!!</font></strong></p><p><img width="361" height="237" border="0" src="http://www.cstx.gov/images/653312912004flood3.jpeg" /></p><p><font size="7"><strong>THERE IS NO HOPE!!!!</strong></font></p><p><img width="394" height="244" border="0" src="http://www.katrinahelp.com/hurricane-katrina-2.jpg" /></p><p><strong><font size="7">THE BLACK PEOPLE DESERVED IT!!!!!!</font></strong> <br /></p>

[Snoogans]

No i understand, especially to people in the south. i dont hope for them to come and do damage, and Im sorry if it comes off bad, especially after last year. but once they are here, im facinated<br />

[Bama]

<p>The worst part is losing electricity. Doesn't even have to be a big one. That crap happens when you don't even hear about these things on the news. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;It's like living in the fucking cave man days.</p>

[Snoogans]

yea, believe it or not, with all the money in the NY area, power seems to go out pretty easily here. At least around where I live, maybe cause its not so densly populated. I can only imagine, after the few New Jersey summer days ive spent without AC and lights and cold food, what its like in the southern heat and humidity<br />

[reeshy]

<img width="52" height="52" border="0" src="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/we/52/38.gif" />

[super turbo death shark]

hurricanes only happen to poor people don't worry <img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/smile.gif" border="0" />

[Dougie Brootal]

<p>i live right next door to a big time navy base so my lights never go out.... i can litereally go onto the beach in my backyard and see the planes take off less than 100 yards away!!! its fucking awesome!!!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>thats right, a beach in the backyard, ladies!<img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/wink.gif" border="0" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>i gotta stop all this now that christin is a board member, dammit!! j/k!</p>

[reeshy]

Did somebody say &quot;Pussy Whipped&quot;??????<br />

[Dougie Brootal]

<p>i love my girlfriend <img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/wub.gif" border="0" /></p>

[Bama]

<strong>douggrasso</strong> wrote:<br /><p>i live right next door to a big time navy base so my lights never go out.... i can litereally go onto the beach in my backyard and see the planes take off less than 100 yards away!!! its fucking awesome!!!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Yeah, well I got my own radio show.</p>

[Dougie Brootal]

<strong>Bama</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>douggrasso</strong> wrote:<br /><p>i live right next door to a big time navy base so my lights never go out.... i can litereally go onto the beach in my backyard and see the planes take off less than 100 yards away!!! its fucking awesome!!!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Yeah, well I got my own radio show.</p><p>best quote ever!!<img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/clap.gif" border="0" /></p>

[mendyweiss]

<img height="249" src="http://www.hebdo.bf/actualite2/hebdo304/george-bush.gif" width="200" border="0" />Bring em on! <strong>Snoogans</strong> wrote:<br />Since storms facinate people, me included, I figure there will be enough push for this thread this year. We got Alberto, its almost like the fuckin hurricanes were just waiting for june to show up<br />

[Bama]

<p>Yeah, I just made that up. Stick around. I got a million of them.</p>

[angrymissy]

<p>I used to love hurricaines, but now that I bought a house on the South Shore of Long Island I am not as fascinated with the idea of one hitting here.&nbsp; My house would flood out in 2 seconds and escaping with the cats would be a pain in the ass.</p>

[Snoogans]

yea, where I am is basically impossible to flood, so that worry is never here.<br />

[reeshy]

Fucking show off!!!!!!!! Go hang out with Ralphie!!!!!<br />

[Snoogans]

Ralphie's dead....his head is in a bowling bag somewhere<br />

[reeshy]

<img width="180" height="184" border="0" src="http://frea-far.com/blog/archives/animal_police.jpg" />

[Don Stugots]

<hr color="cococo" align="left"></font><strong>Snoogans</strong> wrote:<br>yea, where I am is basically impossible to flood, so that worry is never here.<br /><hr color="cococo" align="left"><p></p>


bragart.

[christinb]

<p>Well, me personally i love storms. i like to go right outside when a storm starts and run around in the rain! It's actually quite sensational. I like to get wet... </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>in the rain. <img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/tongue.gif" border="0" />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Anybody who is willing should try it sometime!</p>

[Don Stugots]

<hr color="cococo" align="left"></font><strong>christinb</strong> wrote:<br><p>Well, me personally i love storms. i like to go right outside when a storm starts and run around in the rain! It's actually quite sensational. I like to get wet... </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>in the rain. <img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/tongue.gif" border="0" /> Anybody who is willing should try it sometime!</p><hr color="cococo" align="left"><p></p>


Hot, Your boyfriend is a lucky guy.

[christinb]

<p>You're goddamn right he is!</p><p><img height="446" src="http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2005/12/06/donnie_darko_051205053233829_wideweb__300x446,1.jp g" width="300" border="0" /></p>

[Dougie Brootal]

<strong>christinb</strong> wrote:<br /><p>You're goddamn right he is!</p><p><img height="446" src="http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2005/12/06/donnie_darko_051205053233829_wideweb__300x446,1.jp g" width="300" border="0" /></p><p>hey break it up!!!</p>

[cougarjake13]

<p>the worst part is this fucker is coming right at me, and now work was cancelled tommorrow b/c it's suppossed to make landfall tommorrow and i'll have to work on saturday to make up for the missed day</p><p><img height="100" src="http://home.comcast.net/~bob80/RFnetCougarJake13.jpg" width="300" border="0" /></p>

[Dougie Brootal]

damn. that sucks. i hope everything turns out ok for you.

[Snoogans]

And on top of all that, Tampa doesnt even get the added benefit of NOT having to watch the DRays, since they play in a dome<br />

[cougarjake13]

<strong>douggrasso</strong> wrote:<br />damn. that sucks. i hope everything turns out ok for you. <p>well it's died down but all the fucking rain we got today and it hasnt even made landfall yet, which is the scary part, usually these hurricanes never come this way unless they get started in the gulf or on the off chance (as it did last year) starts in the atlantic and fish hooks around key west and comes up the gulf coast</p><p>worst part was to be off for the weekend, work today and then be off tommorrow, and go back on wednesday and then lose one day off the weekend, i'm a pretty routine person so when things dont go the way they normally do it usually fucks me up for a few days, so i'll probably be dragging ass for the next week and a half</p><p><img height="100" src="http://home.comcast.net/~bob80/RFnetCougarJake13.jpg" width="300" border="0" /></p>

[cougarjake13]

<strong>Snoogans</strong> wrote:<br />And on top of all that, Tampa doesnt even get the added benefit of NOT having to watch the DRays, since they play in a dome<br /><p>fuck even when its sunny out i dont watch them fuckers, for one thing its way too far, about 1 1/2 drive without traffic congestion, hell it was&nbsp;quicker for me to get to shea stadium from staten island, plus its in a horrible neighborhood, not as bad as the yanks in da bronx, but close</p><p><img height="100" src="http://home.comcast.net/~bob80/RFnetCougarJake13.jpg" width="300" border="0" /></p>

[Sleeves]

<strong>Snoogans</strong> wrote:<br /><p><img height="243" src="http://image.weather.com/images/maps/pt_BR/tropical/strm1_strike_720x486.jpg" width="360" border="0" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c244/sphurley/Brody.jpg<br /></p><p>According to my Adrien Brody Hurricane Profiler, we can say goodbye to Miami.</p>

[cougarjake13]

<strong>Sleeves</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>Snoogans</strong> wrote:<br /><p><img height="243" src="http://image.weather.com/images/maps/pt_BR/tropical/strm1_strike_720x486.jpg" width="360" border="0" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c244/sphurley/Brody.jpg" border="0" /><br /></p><p>According to my Adrien Brody Hurricane Profiler, we can say goodbye to Miami.</p><p>why its not headed anywhere near miami unless it makes a sharp right turn and goes south</p>

[sr71blackbird]

I do not like the prospect of how hard my job will become if indded we did get hit by a massive storm.&nbsp; I work for a uitility and what I have to do (I have a training session this month) is I have to report to a sub-station and me and a few guys have to go out with a trainer and trace along an electric circut that comes out from the sub-station in a drill that fakes a storms impact on the electric circuts taht imact neighborhoods.&nbsp; It is kind of cool, as I get out of my office and walk around peoples yards, looking for dammage to utility poles and what not, and have to report back to the sub-station commader and dammage.&nbsp; He would then radio the crews to repair what I find.&nbsp; I never had to actually do it, and we have been very lucky, but guys I know had done it when hurricane Gloria hit and they were out in the field for over a month! It is very intersting and I do also share Snoogans feelings about bad weather.&nbsp; When I was a kid I use to stand out on the porch hoping to see lightning hit something.&nbsp; I love that stuff.&nbsp; The harsher the weather, the more excited I become.&nbsp; I hate the notion now of being in a massive snow storm though...But big wind and rain?&nbsp;Massive lightning and thunder? &nbsp;Bring it on!

[Sleeves]

<strong>cougarjake13</strong> wrote:<br /><p><br />&nbsp;</p><p>According to my Adrien Brody Hurricane Profiler, we can say goodbye to Miami.</p><p>why its not headed anywhere near miami unless it makes a sharp right turn and goes south</p><p>Doesn't Adrien Brody's head make a sharp right turn and go south?&nbsp; </p><p>I'm confused.</p>

[cougarjake13]

<strong>Sleeves</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>cougarjake13</strong> wrote:<br /><p><br />&nbsp;</p><p>According to my Adrien Brody Hurricane Profiler, we can say goodbye to Miami.</p><p>why its not headed anywhere near miami unless it makes a sharp right turn and goes south</p><p>Doesn't Adrien Brody's head make a sharp right turn and go south?&nbsp; </p><p>I'm confused.</p><p>if you flip the pic then yes it does</p>

[cougarjake13]

<strong>sr71blackbird</strong> wrote:<br />&nbsp;It is very intersting and I do also share Snoogans feelings about bad weather.&nbsp; When I was a kid I use to stand out on the porch hoping to see lightning hit something.&nbsp; I love that stuff.&nbsp; The harsher the weather, the more excited I become.&nbsp; I hate the notion now of being in a massive snow storm though...But big wind and rain?&nbsp;Massive lightning and thunder? &nbsp;Bring it on! <p>what is it about human nature that we like to see other people suffer as long as it's no one we know or care about ??</p><p>i absolutely love it when the news reports on another tsunami hitting, or massive landslides, mudslides, etc. i dont know what it is but i just love it when everyone is going along in life and everything is going honky dory, and mother nature is there to remind us of how meaningless we really are, maybe i'm just a sadist</p><p><img height="100" src="http://home.comcast.net/~bob80/RFnetCougarJake13.jpg" width="300" border="0" /></p>

[Marc with a c]

<p>&nbsp;</p><strong>Sleeves</strong> wrote:<p><img border="0" src="http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c244/sphurley/Brody.jpg" /><br /></p><p>According to my Adrien Brody Hurricane Profiler, we can say goodbye to Miami.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>am i the only that can see an old and young lady in that pic?&nbsp;</p><blockquote /><p>&nbsp;</p>

[spoon]

<p>So you're all jumping on the NHL team in the finals now huh?!&nbsp; Well it looks good going home with a 3-1 lead. </p><p>Just kidding of course.&nbsp; </p>

[QueensideDave]

wow, Im not the only nerd who tracks hurricanes? I flew down to disney a day early to beat out hurrican Charlie a couple of years ago. Ive been around for hurricanes that hit NY but nothing like this. I have never seen anything like it.

*EDIT - I didnt fly down to be witness the hurricane, that would be insanity. I had plans to go to disney and wanted to wait out the storm rather than miss a whole day due to canceled flights.

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by QueensideDave on 6-13-06 @ 12:47 PM</span>

[Jujubees2]

<p><img height="400" src="http://findthebesthere.com/carolina_hurricanes_logo1022504.jpg" width="565" border="0" /></p><p>Damn, I thought this was a Stanley Cup thread.....</p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by Jujubees2 on 6-13-06 @ 12:54 PM</span>

[Furtherman]

<p>It's been a quiet season so far.&nbsp; <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2006/WEATHER/07/18/tropical.weather.ap/index.html" target="_blank">The second tropical depression just formed off the North Carolina coast.</a></p><p><img height="242" src="http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2006/WEATHER/07/18/tropical.weather.ap/storyvt.tues1032.sat.accu.jpg" width="220" border="0" /></p>

[Snoogans]

does it seem strange to anyone that this storm popped up already so far north? Usually the become TD's long before they get anywhere near where they are. I knew the water was warming up fast this year but damn<br />

[ozzie]

<p>Bama fucking nailed it.&nbsp; Besides the damage, losing power for days or weeks is the fucking worst.&nbsp; It's not like these things hit in the winter.&nbsp; It's always Africa hot, and forget humid.&nbsp; It's &quot;humid&quot; in New York.&nbsp; After a storm, it's goddamn STEAMING.</p><p>I hate to downplay any named storms, but this one doesn't look like it will strengthen much, and right now they're not predicting the eye to make landfall.&nbsp; It's drifting north, and they're predicting a turn to the NNE, and into colder water, and losing strength.</p><p>A lot of us on the gulf are pretty much fucked if we get another major storm down here.&nbsp; Because of the number of claims we've had the last two years (Ivan in '04, Danny &amp; Katrina in '05) and because of where our office/mfg building is located, we are now no longer able to get WIND DAMAGE coverage.&nbsp; </p><p>Soooo, we're not only NOT covered for the actual damage from the wind, but if we lose all or part of our roof (AGAIN), any&nbsp;rain or salt water damage&nbsp;like we had last time is NOT covered as well.&nbsp; Most people don't realize how much&nbsp;sea salt is in the rain that falls out of these fucking things.&nbsp; Being in the aircraft parts mfg biz, we stock a ton of aluminum extrusion and sheet metal, and the salt water corroded (pitted) a lot that had to be sold for scrap value.</p><p>I don't wish these things on anyone else, but God, please spare the gulf coast this year.</p><p>Oh, for you true weather geeks, or those of you that just can't get enough info on these storms, check out <a href="http://www.crownweather.com/tropical.html" target="_blank">THIS SITE</a>.&nbsp; During active storms, they'll update about every three hours.&nbsp; A TON of more coverage and information than you'll find anywhere else.</p>

[Furtherman]

<strong>ozzie10_86</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Oh, for you true weather geeks, or those of you that just can't get enough info on these storms, check out <a href="http://www.crownweather.com/tropical.html" target="_blank">THIS SITE</a>.&nbsp; During active storms, they'll update about every three hours.&nbsp; A TON of more coverage and information than you'll find anywhere else.</p><p>That is a great site!&nbsp; Very informative.</p><p>Latest update:&nbsp; (I like the pronunciation line)</p><p>THE LAST RECON PASS THROUGH THE CENTER OF BERYL THIS MORNING<br />INDICATED THE PRESSURE HAD DROPPED ANOTHER MILLIBAR DOWN TO 1004<br />MB. FLIGHT-LEVEL WINDS AT 850 MB WERE 52 KT IN THE EASTERN QUADRANT<br />IN CONVECTION...AND THAT IS THE JUSTIFICATION FOR INCREASING THE<br />INTENSITY TO 40 KT. ALSO...THE CORRECT PRONUNCIATION OF TROPICAL<br />STORM BERYL IS BERLE... LIKE THE LAST NAME OF MILTON BERLE.<br /></p>

[Snoogans]

what a wave maker this is gonna be. Im almost sad that this came up before i got down the shore, cause im sure things would look pretty cool right now and in the next few days<br />

[CuzBum]

<strong>Snoogans</strong> wrote:<br />what a wave maker this is gonna be. Im almost sad that this came up before i got down the shore, cause im sure things would look pretty cool right now and in the next few days<br /><p>Damn Benny!</p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by CuzBum on 7-19-06 @ 1:04 PM</span>

[Snoogans]

<p>how do you know, maybe i have a house and was just stuck workin and cant go down yet.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Im not, i am a benny, but what if....&nbsp;</p>

[Snoogans]

<img width="720" height="486" border="0" src="http://image.weather.com/images/maps/tropical/strm2_track_720x486.jpg" />

[Furtherman]

<strong>Snoogans</strong> wrote:<br /><p>how do you know, maybe i have a house and was just stuck workin and cant go down yet.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Im not, i am a benny, but what if....&nbsp;</p><p>Is a benny like a shoobie?</p>

[Snoogans]

a benny is someone who rents a place for a week down the shore<br />

[Furtherman]

Yep, that's a shoobie.

[Snoogans]

<p>yea i just looked up shoobie on wikipedia and they say Benny's is basically the monmouth and ocean county term</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[Furtherman]

I thought I'd revive this thread since Hurricane season is heading towards its peak!

Although I guess it has been quiet so far.

But... how about a National Hurricane Center scandal!

National Hurricane Center director Bill Proenza has left his position (http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/09/hurricane.official/index.html)

Why?

Apparently, the staff signed a petition wanting to oust him over comments he made last month:

Proenza caused an uproar last month with comments about a key hurricane satellite called QuikSCAT. The satellite is five years beyond its life expectancy and operating on a backup transmitter. Proenza said if it were to fail, forecast tracks could be thrown off by as much as 16 percent.

He said Washington reprimanded him for the remarks: "They wanted me to be quiet about it."

If something is broke, shouldn't it be your responsibility to fix it? I have a feeling that it would "cost too much" so Washington wanted him to SSHHHHHHHH.

Doesn't seem right to me.

[King Hippos Bandaid]

Ixne on the Hurricanes

All Cruises will go off without a hitch

Katrina lost me $1000s of Dollars in Comission

Thats why I hate all Girls named Katrina

:king: