The Swamp

New Orleans finna get slammed again, frogs.

Gunpowder wrote: ↑Fri Aug 27, 2021 10:08 pm New Orleans finna get slammed again, frogs.

Save Mother’s. (And Cochon.) (And Willa Mae’s)

Yeah, it ain’t gonna be good.

The sequels this year (Trump’s Beer Hall Putsch, Haiti, Vietganistan) have all sucked shit so why not?

I guess I remember being at work when Katrina made landfall but does it seem like every hurricane hits on a weekend?

The hurricane alert system here was just activated. Loudspeakers broadcast every hour with updates in English and Spanish.If Nora hits it’ll be in the middle of the night tonight. The waves down on the beach should be amazing this evening.

Ida breezy in Tampa today.

Ryan wrote: ↑Sat Aug 28, 2021 7:44 am I guess I remember being at work when Katrina made landfall but does it seem like every hurricane hits on a weekend?

I don't think so. I do spend more time following them on weekends, though.

I presume many of you remember the wording from NWS ahead of Katrina, well...this one is on par with that:

It’s gonna be bad.

Weather Nation just reported 150 MPH sustained winds with gusts at 180 MPH.

The hurricane should be a cat2 by the time its eye passes by New Orleans about 50 miles to the west.

Quite a bit of damage here in Puerto Vallarta from Nora. Our colonia was spared and never even lost power but the Rio Cuale flooded, destroyed some homes and business and severed the two bridges between the north and south of downtown. Fearing some families might have been lost in the building collapses.

When the camera pans to the left, the rubble there is a hotel sitting on a great Asian restaurant, one of our favorites.

Definitely not good reports coming out of Louisiana.

Glad you weathered the storm Brian.

brian wrote: ↑Sun Aug 29, 2021 10:51 am When the camera pans to the left, the rubble there is a hotel sitting on a great Asian restaurant, one of our favorites.

Yikes.

The 2021 Bonnaroo Music Festival (that probably never should’ve been green-lighted in the first place) was just scrapped after the remnants of Ida laid waste to the campgrounds.

The remnant rains from Ida are going to be a HUGE problem in PA, NJ and up to CT, NY and Mass today. For any of our swamp friends who live in those areas, please, if you come upon a roadway with water running over it, even if it looks shallow, do not drive into said water covered roadway.

Yeah we had some thunder boomers roll through overnight here in Baltimore (Canton), but what was supposed to be a direct hit turned out to be a ‘just missed.’ The system came through about 75 miles north of us.

tennbengal wrote: ↑Wed Sep 01, 2021 8:54 am The remnant rains from Ida are going to be a HUGE problem in PA, NJ and up to CT, NY and Mass today. For any of our swamp friends who live in those areas, please, if you come upon a roadway with water running over it, even if it looks shallow, do not drive into said water covered roadway.

Yeah, I did this about 10 years ago. My father-in-law mechanic was laughing with his co-workers about the idiots who do this, when he received a call that my car wouldn't start and I was one of those idiots.

Of course, I'm out on the road for work today for only the 5th time this year, and I get to drive through it all.

EnochRoot wrote: ↑Wed Sep 01, 2021 9:06 am Yeah we had some thunder boomers roll through overnight here in Baltimore (Canton), but what was supposed to be a direct hit turned out to be a ‘just missed.’ The system came through about 75 miles north of us.

Our area is in the high risk for tornados sector. Any storms today for us, be weather aware.

tennbengal wrote: ↑Wed Sep 01, 2021 8:54 am The remnant rains from Ida are going to be a HUGE problem in PA, NJ and up to CT, NY and Mass today. For any of our swamp friends who live in those areas, please, if you come upon a roadway with water running over it, even if it looks shallow, do not drive into said water covered roadway.

I'm expecting some major flooding here, water levels haven't gone down after the record rainfall we got last week.

I was in Philadelphia(-ish) last night for a fantasy draft with plans to stay over but everyone there was so freaked out about early rain I just left around 11:00.

FYI - as little as six inches of running water can sweep a car off a roadway.

Seems like the southern jersey shore is going to dodge not just the worst of it, but just about all of it. Just a little rain (conveniently) over night. Will still be enough to flood half of the island we’re on but better than the forecast looked on Sunday.

tennbengal wrote: ↑Wed Sep 01, 2021 10:05 am FYI - as little as six inches of running water can sweep a car off a roadway.

Carefully written. Nice work.

rass wrote: ↑Wed Sep 01, 2021 10:13 am Seems like the southern jersey shore is going to dodge not just the worst of it, but just about all of it. Just a little rain (conveniently) over night. Will still be enough to flood half of the island we’re on but better than the forecast looked on Sunday.

Warm sector - do not sleep on chance of storms that may be tornadic.

Gonna literally sleep on it overnight.

Meanwhile the Sierras are in flames, for lack of rain.

My 'Learn to Swim' shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt

And here is the torrential downpour. 2-3 inches expected over the course of 10 or 11 hours.

Some dummy (or their renter) down the street left their retractable awning not-retracted and it’s now ripped its way off both arms and is just flopping around real good. I think there might be a metal arm in there that could end up fucking up their skylights*. The immediate neighbors have taken great interest in this so I’m sure they informed anyone who could do something


*our current rental is on the second floor and has skylights in the bathrooms and I like them, except it gets bright in there and if I piss at night and forget to close the door it wakes me in the morning

[extreme Philadelphia accent] TORNADEAU!!!

Cops and FD are here to deal with the awning. Might be the biggest commotion of the summer down here