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2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season Running Thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Driftwood, Mar 16, 2024.

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  1. Driftwood

    Driftwood Well-Known Member

    If I could go back in time to being a young man, I think I'd take my GI Bill money and get a degree in meteorology instead of journalism. I took meteorology class in college to satisfy a science credit (got a BA) and enjoyed. I'm obviously a hurricane honk.
     
    Driftwood, Oct 9, 2024
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  2. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    Same! (Minus the GI Bill money.) But this -- and all weather -- fascinates me.
     
    MileHigh, Oct 9, 2024
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  3. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    While having days of warning to batten everything down and evac is awesome, I'd hate having to stay and wait it out.
     
    Inky_Wretch, Oct 9, 2024
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  4. SixToe

    SixToe Well-Known Member

    He said by this time next year he may be living in his hometown 10 hours north and I couldn’t tell if he was serious or semi-kidding. With a young son, I’d like to see them move and get away from that ratrace down there.
     
    SixToe, Oct 9, 2024
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  5. tapintoamerica

    tapintoamerica Well-Known Member

    What would be the most interesting US market for a meteorologist to work? Anywhere in Florida is important now, but for 10 months, every day is basically the same: sunny and 85-92 with late afternoon thunderstorms. So I’m not sold there.
    Buffalo might be my call because of the wide variation in snowfall from lakefront to downtown etc.
    Any other ideas?
     
    tapintoamerica, Oct 9, 2024
    #677
  6. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    Oklahoma City - smack dab in the heart of Tornado Alley.
     
    Inky_Wretch, Oct 9, 2024
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  7. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    Inky_Wretch, Oct 9, 2024
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  8. tapintoamerica

    tapintoamerica Well-Known Member

    Trumpists who want to eradicate science and the fedruhl guvmint should be told to fuck off. Furthermore, they should be reminded that science gave Trumpist Florida a week’s notice on this storm.
     
    tapintoamerica, Oct 9, 2024
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  9. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    I'm biased and when I worked at a TV station I worked with mets, but Denver and Colorado as a whole are pretty tough to forecast and there are a lot of variables. Namely because of the Divide. Lots of times there is no idea how things are going to develop because of the winds aloft. You could call for a blizzard and just a little jog, like a hurricane, and you can get nothing.

    But we get everything here. Snow/cold/sometimes blizzards. Summer thunderstorms. Heat. Tornadoes on the Plains. We're in a bad dry/warm patch (no frost here yet; average first date is Oct. 7).

    There's a really good guy with a huge Facebook following who does weather here and he breaks it down into very simplistic terms and what to expect. And he doesn't put up with BS on his site. It's a go-to every day and he's been breaking down the dynamics of Milton very well.
     
    MileHigh, Oct 9, 2024
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  10. tapintoamerica

    tapintoamerica Well-Known Member

    Good call. Couple of years ago, they went from temps in the 90s to snow in ~ 48 hours.
     
    tapintoamerica, Oct 9, 2024
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  11. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    MileHigh, Oct 9, 2024
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  12. Driftwood

    Driftwood Well-Known Member

    Oh, I'd definitely want to work for NOAA and track hurricanes. I wouldn't want to be a TV guy.
     
    Driftwood, Oct 9, 2024
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