Posted on 08/31/2015 3:24:39 PM PDT by blam
Lydia Ramsey
August 31, 2015
there are some storms a-brewin'.
And, Although none of them have made landfall, they're making part of the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii resemble a Van Gogh painting.
three hurricanesNOAA
Here's a photo showing hurricanes Kilo, Ignacio, and Jimena from left to right. This is the first time three Category 4 storms have been seen in central and eastern Pacific Ocean at one time, according to The Weather Channel. Category 4 hurricanes have wind speeds anywhere from 130-156 miles per hour.
Hurricanes are categorized primarily by wind speeds. the higher the sustained wind speed, the stronger the hurricane. A category 1 hurricane has winds up to 74-95 mph, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) says they are typically expected to cause some damage to buildings as well as power outages for a few days. A category 4 hurricane is considered catastrophic, with severe damage to buildings and power outages for weeks if not months.
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Hurricanes are also in the Pacific, east of longitude 160E. Typhoons are west of the Date Line. It’s complicated, you know. ;-)
Both Dana and Slocumb's books are free reads on the web, or at least used to be.
Please just don’t shake it... please... aaaaggghhhh!!!!!
Include in your weather sensationalism the media now calling dust storms Haboobs.
:)
I hate open water. *SHUDDER* I wouldn’t have made it in that life, that’s for sure.
Beau wants to go on a cruise. Maybe a Viking River Cruise, but none of that stuff where I can’t see the shore. And, as an Added Bonus, there are critters in the ocean that think I’m bait! :)
This is definitely a weird season.
I think it was seven times, hurricanes formed off the southwest coast of Mexico, pointed at the tip of Baja, and then... just sat there before dissipating. Again and again, and you would think sucking a LOT of heat out of the water.
And is this the fifth hurricane to head towards Hawaii this season? Typically they veer North, but in one case, it went due West, parallel with the equator.
The new pair seem to be back to veering North.
To: LYDIA RAMSEY
They don’t have HURRICANES in the Pacific you moron; THEY HAVE TYPHOONS.
I recon I can still manage up heah in the holler.
Gadzooks-- Out in the Panhandle once upon a time... 
the wind blew so hard, we couldn't get the words out of our mouths. We had to speak into 30-30 rounds and use Saddle Ring '92 Winchesters to have a conversation--
And it was so cold in the Panhandle one winter... 
words froze as soon as we said them. Had to put them into a skillet on the potbelly to thaw them out to have a pow wow--
That's tell 'em... 
Bend--
And... 
how!
That's the truth... 
from Deep in the Heart of Texas!!!!!
With this historical drought Bender
I am hoping El Nino make Cali his b***h
Hey, what’s global warming and climate change supposed to be cured by electing Obama?
that’s only because all the media are haBOOBS.
Gadzooks, Seven-- As Donald Tee says... 
"It is all those illegal aliens drinking up water Real Americans would be using to irrigate our crops!"
Or to put it more accurately;
“I recon we’uns up heah inna holler cou giverago”.
Yes we even use profanity like bassersumbitch.
yup, it’s unbelievable. I do like the radar but go to NOAA to track the twisters.
I live in Arizona and nobody I know calls a dust storm anything but a dust storm. The may use several “strong” adjectives in association with it.
They used to be called typhoons. Wonder what happened?
p.s. Local news Tampa Bay is eyeing a system right off our coast. "If it should wind up overnight, we could be in for torrential rain."
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