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An ocean drone launched from St. Petersburg into Hurricane Idalia. Here’s what it saw.
Tampa Bay Times ^
| 12 Sept 2023
| Max Chesnes
Posted on 09/13/2023 1:19:22 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
Shaped like a sailboat and stretching 23 feet long, the unmanned research vehicle, dubbed a saildrone, was a long way from its home in St. Petersburg. Roughly 200 nautical miles from Idalia’s eye on Aug. 29, as an angry sea tossed and toiled, the vehicle began recording video.
...What happens at the surface, where the wind meets water? Saildrone is now working directly with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to answer that question.
(Excerpt) Read more at tampabay.com ...
TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Weather
KEYWORDS: fl; florida; hurricane; idalia; saildrone
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Nine MPH!
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posted on
09/13/2023 1:19:22 PM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
To: DUMBGRUNT
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posted on
09/13/2023 1:23:42 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: DUMBGRUNT
From the linked article:
"Hurricane Idalia rapidly intensified from 75 mph to 130 mph before landfall as it churned toward the Big Bend, and there’s a growing body of research showing that rapid intensification is happening more often with climate change." Sigh... please identify for me all of the historical instances of rapid intensification ... or are they simply assuming that its happening more often since we don't have reliable records before the era or hurricane hunters and modern weather satellites?
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posted on
09/13/2023 1:24:26 PM PDT
by
alancarp
(George Orwell was an optimist.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
launched from St. Petersburg Russia
Russia
Russia
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posted on
09/13/2023 1:26:13 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(They say "Our Democracy" but they mean Cosa Nostra.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
My dad was on a light cruiser from 1939-1945 in the Pacific and the Atlantic, he described some incredible storms and waves.
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posted on
09/13/2023 1:27:18 PM PDT
by
ansel12
((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
To: Red Badger
“the sea was angry that day, my friend.”
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posted on
09/13/2023 1:27:33 PM PDT
by
subterfuge
(I'm a pure-blood!)
To: DUMBGRUNT
What happens at the surface, where the wind meets water?It's very windy and very wet.
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posted on
09/13/2023 1:28:13 PM PDT
by
1Old Pro
To: subterfuge
“the sea was angry that day, my friend.”
Is there a marine biologist here?
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posted on
09/13/2023 1:33:26 PM PDT
by
stanne
To: Red Badger
It saw ocean unicornzez!!!
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posted on
09/13/2023 1:35:07 PM PDT
by
z3n
(Kakistocracy)
To: DUMBGRUNT
it looks like what one would expect in a windy rainy storm. people can stand by their door or window and record similar, camera moving due to wind.
waste of money and time. just send the weather people out like they usually do. they get real footage and when it doesn’t look serious enough they fake it too.
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posted on
09/13/2023 1:36:41 PM PDT
by
b4me
To: DUMBGRUNT
Climate change made it so much worse. Yeh right. *snicker*
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posted on
09/13/2023 1:37:59 PM PDT
by
dforest
To: subterfuge
"“the sea was angry that day, my friend.”Like an old man, sending back soup at a deli.. (?)
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posted on
09/13/2023 1:45:17 PM PDT
by
unread
(I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the REPUBLIC..!)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Waves towering nearly 23 feet tall rolled violently as Idalia’s winds gusted to nearly 100 mph. Could've been worse.
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posted on
09/13/2023 1:45:40 PM PDT
by
Bounced2X
(Boomer - I survived childhood with no bike helmet.)
To: unread; subterfuge
“the sea was angry that day, my friend.” Like an old man, sending back soup at a deli.. (?) Suitable for framing. ;O)
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posted on
09/13/2023 1:52:02 PM PDT
by
Bounced2X
(Boomer - I survived childhood with no bike helmet.)
To: alancarp
here’s a growing body of research showing that rapid intensification is happening more often with climate change. By "Growing body of evidence" they mean the same lie repeated by more and more people.
To: ClearCase_guy
launched from St. PetersburgStuck around St. Petersburg/When I saw it was a time for a change
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posted on
09/13/2023 1:54:46 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: b4me
it looks like what one would expect in a windy rainy storm. people can stand by their door or window and record similar, camera moving due to wind. I didnt' want to say it but yeah, not very impressive.
To: dfwgator
Stuck around St. Petersburg/When I saw it was a time for a change No sympathy from me.
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posted on
09/13/2023 1:58:06 PM PDT
by
IYAS9YAS
(There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
To: Red Badger
The same thing only different.
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posted on
09/13/2023 1:58:59 PM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
( "The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
To: Bounced2X
—”Suitable for framing.”
Perhaps for those fully adapted to cellphone use?
I tend to prefer the size used by Jackson Pollock.
Not so much his content but the frame size.
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posted on
09/13/2023 2:04:20 PM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
( "The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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