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2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season Running Thread

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

  1. 2muchcoffeeman

    2muchcoffeeman Well-Known Member

    Yeah, it's hauling the mail and is much further south than expected. The expected wind shear is kicking in, as well. I'm fairly pleased about that. I want this thing to head off to Bermuda.

    I'm at my brother and brother-in-law's house, about 45 minutes away as the truck flies from the evacuation zone I live in. We're getting a lot of rain but less wind than we expected. Power is still on for the moment. Somehow Osceola County, well to our south, has the bare minimum of reported power outages. I attribute that to a combination of lots of generators at Disney World and mostly cows everywhere else down there.
     
  2. 2muchcoffeeman

    2muchcoffeeman Well-Known Member

    Also, former board poster mentioned on Twitter that some guy in Tampa left his sprinklers on today. :cool:
     
  3. Twirling Time

    Twirling Time Well-Known Member

    Inland Florida is as desolate as it can get. It'll suck out your soul and spit it out along with the orange seeds.
     
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  4. swingline

    swingline Well-Known Member

    My ex’s cousin is a meteorologist for the national weather service in North Carolina.
     
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  5. 2muchcoffeeman

    2muchcoffeeman Well-Known Member

  6. Twirling Time

    Twirling Time Well-Known Member

    Texas not because it's a big state (although that has a lot to do with it), but you get everything possible: from hurricanes to tornadoes to blizzards to extreme drought to weather that's freaking gorgeous. Hell, they even get earthquakes too.
     
  7. Liut

    Liut Well-Known Member

    Too early. Lives are on the line. Take that itch to the politics thread.
     
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  8. dixiehack

    dixiehack Well-Known Member

    Of all places, Mississippi State is considered the gold standard for those looking to break into broadcast meteorology. (There are more schools where you can do straight meteorology, and then try and pick up the TV skills later.)
     
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  9. dixiehack

    dixiehack Well-Known Member

    OK, now this is making me curious if an ex-coworker was a member here and I never knew it. Either that or multiple journalists were watching the Weather Channel and found it funny.
     
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  10. 2muchcoffeeman

    2muchcoffeeman Well-Known Member

    Probably the latter.
     
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  11. 2muchcoffeeman

    2muchcoffeeman Well-Known Member

    You heard it here first, and not from Gannett's TSwift aggregator:

     
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  12. HappyCurmudgeon

    HappyCurmudgeon Well-Known Member

    Parts of the roof has been ripped off of Tropicana Field, two panels are ripped off and you can see right into the stadium.

    That has been the home for thousands of linemen waiting to be dispatched to turn power back on as soon as daylight hits.
     
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