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Posted on 08/20/2011 4:22:03 PM PDT by NautiNurse
Tropical Storm Irene has developed from Invest 97 in the Western Atlantic Ocean, east of the Leeward Islands.
Buoy Data:
Caribbean Sea
Florida
Does this report suggest it is now making a slight turn to the west.....or in future days will make a turn to the west?
For some time, I have been watching a NOAA resource here:
Click on the region of the map that interests you, and then on “Graphical Forecast Images”.
You can step through a series of images of what the NOAA computers think will be happening over a period of time, the images are spaced at 3 hour intervals. Also, they are updated quite frequently.
Right now, the overall time frame is long enough to cover the arrival and departure of Irene.
Obviously, what it shows is subject to change as this storm gets closer.
Also, I have watched this resource through a number of lesser storms, and for wind speed at least, reality has never been as bad as the graphical forecast.
It’s certainly interesting, though.
Future days ... as the storm moves past the Outer Banks, whether it will move NNE or more due North.
Thanks....I read it again, and realized that’s probably what it meant.
I’m not Beverly, but I did grow up with her.
Thanks, Gargoyle.
I’m a Norfolk native, born and raised in Ocean View!
If I recall, only one lady survived that party, and she told the story a few years ago before she departed.
Seems like she got washed into a tree?
>>>I cant believe some are going to ride it out on ocracoke island,really dumb.
The owner of one of the shops on Ocracoke has a blog. He is riding out the storm and will be updating the blog on occcasion.
http://villagecraftsmen.blogspot.com/
Ah yes...Good Night Irene. That was a great song, but, alas, this Irene is heading my way on Sunday. I’ve been through enough of hurricanes before to be very respectful.
I live in the Peoples Republic of New York, near Danbury, CT about 30 miles from the Long Island Sound. My problem is not with taking precautions and staying on top of the situation. My problem is with a media that overstates and exaggerates the situation to build drama and hype in the name of ratings. Maybe Irene is the real deal this time; or maybe the media is overstating the threat to keep people watching.
In a similar situation, I can recall a number of occasions that the media has pumped a snowstorm into the potential blizzard of a lifetime even as the storm is moving out to sea and away from the forecast area and the weather is 50 degrees and raining. Because the media was more interested in viewership ratings than accuracy and complete honesty in the weather forecast, schools and businesses closed; employees didn't show up for work; meetings, events, and appointments were canceled; commerce slowed to a crawl; and emergency crews were put on overtime. This all happened hours before the first snowfall was forecast to hit the ground. The hit to the local economy had to be enormous.
My point is that if the lastest data and models show the storm shifting to the east of Providence and Boston, then don't keep reporting potential doom and gloom in places like the New York City area, New Jersey, and Philly, knowing that the chances of that happening are quickly diminishing.
Should be interesting reading! Hope he makes it.
ok. So evil capitalistic advertising and viewer retention motives aside, what is your hurricane plan if Hurricane Irene proves a more westerly path than your current desired track east of Boston?
“Someone's roof is in my front yard. I don't know if it is from my house or my
neighbours. I am not able to go outside,” said Mr Roberts. The Tribune
Perhaps you are on the wrong thread.
This thread is for those of us who may actually be impacted by a hurricane to gather information and make plans accordingly.
You seem more interested in the reporting of said storm.
Have you actually been in a hurricane of any magnitude sir?
I have been in more hurricanes than you have have years under your belt, and I have been grateful for the information contained in these threads.
Even if it arrives as a Category 2 hurricane, the combination of winds approaching 100 mph plus the storm surge could heavily damage the city itself and it could be weeks before things like the subway system could be brought back to normal. I would not be surprised operations like ESPN--who is based on Bristol, CT in a possible direct path of the storm--may order people evacuated from its large campus and many of its on-air personalities temporarily moved to operate from ESPN's new Los Angeles studios at the LA Live complex until the storm damage is repaired.
I am from the People’s Republic of New York, Brooklyn to be exact, however I happen to now live in God’s country right on the coast in Virginia - what you claim as ratings grabbing exaggerations is actually necessary information to people where I live.
To be perfectly honest, those of us in the Carolinas and on Delmarva really don’t give a rip about NY, NJ and Conn. Many of us down here left those areas because of attitude problems associated with living there.
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