Storm Incoming!

[FiatLux]

No waves here in Fallbrook. Give it another 20 years of sea level rise and I might be able to walk to the beach.

Damn sandbars.

[mvscal]

These are UH-60 helicopters, better known as Black Hawks.

The Black Hawks were there again today. I'm clueless about their actual capacities, but they seem amazing. When they are on the ground with their engines on, you don't just hear them, you feel it. I suspect that when they get armed with missiles and guns, an opposing force shits their pants upon hearing them on the battlefield.

They aren't gunships. They're transports, search & rescue, medevac etc. Special ops might have a few specialized gunship variants. These things aren't exactly new. They've been around for about 40 years.

[Diego in Seattle]

When is Helene supposed to make landfall?

I need to know when I can start cheering for the storm in Tallahassee...

[Mikey]

Nice white boots. He's definitely well prepared for floodwaters. I wonder if he has elevators in them.

[FiatLux]

Why is it that only Republican states get hit with hurricanes? It must be their terrible policies.

[Mikey]

Why is it that only Republican states get hit with hurricanes? It must be their terrible policies.

God and ğØĐ's punishment.

[Roux]

Do any of the people here live in or near to Tallahassee?

This thing is going to be nasty.

[Softball Bat]

[FiatLux]

Do any of the people here live in or near to Tallahassee?

This thing is going to be nasty.

I just want to know how big the waves are.


I'm not getting much info.

https://www.surfline.com/surf-reports-f ... da/4155751

[Roux]

[FiatLux]

Perhaps a sharpie is needed to highlight the urgency.

[Sudden Sam]

Why is it that only Republican states get hit with hurricanes?

Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco and Gov. Lawton Chiles beg to differ.

[Mikey]

At this point it might be good to point out that Project 2025 (which Trump has nothing to do with ) would dismantle NOAA (including NWS and the National Hurricane Center) and either privatize the functions or dump them all together. So if you want to trust AccuWeather and Exxon to provide good hurricane data, then you know how to vote.

[HighPlainsGrifter]

Literally everyone: Hurricanes are nasty. Stay safe, everyone.

Mikey: But Trump! Reeeeee!

[Mikey]

HPG: But Trump. Anything he says or does is OK. Because he’s Trump.

[Softball Bat]

[FiatLux]

Another dud.

[Roux]

Only 5 reported deaths so far??

HUGE props to the first responders, storm hitting at night like that and with so many people who could not or would not evacuate, they did an incredible job of rescuing folks under really bad conditions. And that is going to continue for the next couple of days.

[Sudden Sam]

Friend’s place near Steinhatchee took nearly a direct hit. Not sure if home survived this one because everyone had evacuated.

Shitloads of flooding all over from south of Clearwater to the panhandle. This one was a mofo.

[HighPlainsGrifter]

Thanks for the updates, gang. With luck, Python will weigh in soon, but what I really want to know is which candidate I should vote for. That's what I want a weather thread. Hopefully Mikey shows up hyperventilating over a thing somebody said and lets us all know what's really important.

[Mikey]

Nothing I could possibly say would hold a candle to your genius commentary.

[88BuckeyeGrad]

My vote always comes down to the color of the candidate’s waders.

[Mikey]

My vote always comes down to the color of the candidate’s waders.

Seriously?
For me the most important thing is what their laugh sounds like.

[88BuckeyeGrad]

My vote always comes down to the color of the candidate’s waders.

Seriously?
For me the most important thing is what their laugh sounds like.

That is the second criteria for me. The third consideration involves the manner in which they wear their hair.

[Sudden Sam]

“ In Steinhatchee, a coastal town just miles from where Helene made landfall, John Kujawski drove a golf cart with his wife, Jamie Lee, over debris and around downed trees, horrified at the damage. The town of some 500 people took on 9.63 feet of storm surge, a record.”

BTW, Perry, where the mofo came ashore, makes rural Alabama look ultra-sophisticated. Biggest redneck enclave on the planet.

[Softball Bat]

North Carolina floods: Failure of Lake Lure Dam is imminent, officials say

RESIDENTS BELOW THE LAKE LURE DAM NEED TO EVACUATE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY!!
DAM FAILURE IMMINIENT!! EVACUATE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY!!

https://www.aol.com/north-carolina-floo ... 14551.html







#CAPS_LOCK
#imminent
#catastrophe
#get_to-high_ground

[Mikey]

This is getting serious. I hope everybody gets out OK.

Thoughts and prayers.

[HighPlainsGrifter]

Dammit!

[HighPlainsGrifter]

Or dam it. Whatever it takes.

[The Seer]

My vote always comes down to the color of the candidate’s waders.

Seriously?
For me the most important thing is what their laugh sounds like.

That is the second criteria for me. The third consideration involves the manner in which they wear their hair.

Regardless, we may have to delay the election.

Sincerely,

Mr. Elias

[Sudden Sam]

I just want to know how big the waves are.

This is at Pensacola Pier yesterday.

[Diego in Seattle]

What could go wrong with surfing when there a lot of rain water washing oil, paint & pollutants into the ocean?

I just want to know how big the waves are.

This is at Pensacola Pier yesterday.

[Sudden Sam]

What could go wrong with surfing when there a lot of rain water washing oil, paint & pollutants into the ocean?

At Pensacola?

[Softball Bat]

Catastrophic Failure

Tennessee's Waterville Dam.
Residents of Newport, Tennessee, have been ordered to evacuate the town "immediately."




https://www.newsweek.com/waterville-dam ... ne-1960600




Developing...

[The Seer]

Waterville

[HighPlainsGrifter]

Am I going to hell if I laughed at that?

[Ken]

Another dud.

And another dud of a post from you.
This hurricane will go down as one of the most destructive and costly in US history.

[Dr_Phibes]

Am I going to hell if I laughed at that?

Just go with the flow.

[Ken]

Am I going to hell if I laughed at that?

Just go with the flow.

Aaaaaand... rack

Love me some Phibes.

[Mikey]

2rd the RACK for Phibes.

This is truly unprecedented.