A Reason Behind All The Media Hype About Irene? (VANITY)

My thoughts | August 28, 2011 | RetSignman

[gusopol3]

He said he’d been following it from Africa. It had pretty much followed the path and characteristics he had predicted for it; that’s why he was confident about his prediction.That’s to my untrained ear from the Hannity interviews on Thursday and Friday. Anyway, I wouldn’t be surprised if he bounces back and predicts another one to follow the same track, as he feels the conditions are right for that.

[justa-hairyape]

Very possible that we will see additional canes take that track, but initially everyone thought Irene was going to travel right up Florida. If memory serves me right, we had some activity last year, but they either went to far south or turned northward too early.

[miele man]

Thanks for your reply. I enjoyed reading it.

Like you, I lived in a place subject to hurricanes and I got to experience four of them. One of them, Hurricane Opal, came through when I lived in Montgomery, Alabama, some 170 miles from the Gulf Coast. Winds that night were in the 85 to 92 MPH. Experiencing the eye wall as it came overhead was an amazing thing to behold. From the fury of the winds and rains coming in from the east and some water running through and down the wall in one room to almost a dead calm as the eye wall passed and then the winds starting again, only from the west side of the house. Truly amazing and interesting amongst my anxiety and concern. It was my first ‘cane.

I later moved to Panama City Beach and was greeted by Hurricane Ivan. The eye wall was a mere 80 miles west so PCB caught hell from the storm since we were east of the wall. Being a ‘cane neophyte, I stayed and rode that one out. I’d trimmed back the palm tree branches so they would not (I hoped)touch my phone and power lines. To my delight...and relief, both stayed connected all during the storm so I was able to stay online. What struck me were how long the winds lasted after the storm moved north. Even though the now downgraded to tropical storm was centered 500+ miles north, the trailing winds at my house continued for close to 4 days. I thought it a bit eerie, and “primal”, as you say, especially at night. Debris was everywhere but my four beehives made it through the storm. My house was right on the beach. I probably should’ve evacuated and was fortunate that Ivan jagged west and clobbered Pensacola and Destin. I evacuated once for another ‘cane but when I returned the damage was negligible. Kind of ticked me off I’d left.

Now the monsoons in VietNam were a different kind of storm. Nothing like being a drowned rat for four months.

[Eva]

This storm was no big deal, much like the earthquake, last week. Most parts of the country have experienced far worse, with far less fanfare.

The first year that we moved to WA state, The town we moved to flooded and the main street was closed. A month later, we had a winter storm wit 90 mph winds and 17 inches of snow with 17 degrees Fahrenheit temperatures that turned to rain and lightning and was topped off with two inches of ice. The electric transformers were popping all over the county and we were without electricity for a week.

Did we cry for federal assistance??? No.

Then a similar storm occurred two more times that year, without the 90 mph winds, but with the loss of electricity. Pipes froze and when the temperature rose the pipes burst and the saga continured.

[miele man]

Hi Eva,

I agree with you this storm wasn’t such a big deal and yes, many other parts of the US are still digging out from the March/April tornadoes, for example. They will be doing so for the next 8-10 years.

I suspect, well, I know, stories like yours are legion, “weathered” by people who really are the backbone of this country. Folks who roll up their sleeves and get to work and fix whatever needs done.

Used to live up north. You can have the snow. Had enough of it.

Thanks for your reply. Very interesting reading.