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Hurricane Hilary Hits Category 4; First Tropical Storm Watch for California in History
Breitbart ^ | 08/18/2023 | Hurricane Hilary reached Category 4 status on Friday morning, and the National Hurricane Center issu

Posted on 08/18/2023 12:50:56 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Hurricane Hilary reached Category 4 status on Friday morning, and the National Hurricane Center issued its first-ever tropical storm watch for Southern California, as the entire southwestern region braces for heavy rains, high surf, and flash flooding.

The storm, off the west coast of Mexico and moving northwards as of midday Friday, has maximum sustained winds of 145 mlles per hour. Hurricane watches have been issued for Baja California, and a tropical storm watch for San Diego and Orange counties.

BC News noted:

A tropical storm watch is now in effect from the California-Mexico border to the county lines between Orange and Los Angeles counties, as well as for Catalina Island, the National Hurricane Center announced this morning.

This is the first time the NHC has issued a tropical storm watch for this region of the country.

Heavy rainfall is also expected, especially in the inland mountains and desert regions, which are normally dry this time of year.

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KEYWORDS: california; hilary; history; hurricane; theskyisfalling; weather
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To: Yogafist

Yes, they’re only naming it that, for the shock value.

First time! Nonsense

Hurricane Boris hit in 1990. Dumped a lot of rain on the
region.

More tropical storms to hit California.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_California_hurricanes


21 posted on 08/18/2023 1:10:42 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the USofA & to the Constitutional REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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To: rktman

“RECORDED history.”

They are talking about the satellite era only lol


22 posted on 08/18/2023 1:12:20 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: ChicagoConservative27; nutmeg

Sounds odd. It’s not at all uncommon for remnants of typhoons to hit So Cal, sometimes with the remnants streaming all the way up here to northern CA. As another poster noted, the water off shore is too cold to support them as hurricanes along the coast, but they can carry substantial remaining moisture inland. Sounds like fear porn, as others have suggested


23 posted on 08/18/2023 1:13:05 PM PDT by j.havenfarm (22 years on Free Republic, 12/10/22! more then 6500 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

LA washed away by Hillary. You can’t make this stuff up!! Prayers for the poor folks that have to endure this. The Global Warming mob will pour out their cries of worldwide destruction with SoCal being hit by the big storm!!


24 posted on 08/18/2023 1:14:35 PM PDT by RetiredArmy (The Bible speaks truth! Don't believe it, you do so at your own peril. You'd better be right!!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

This could give new meaning to the term “Hillary’s a bitch”.


25 posted on 08/18/2023 1:19:45 PM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (The road to tyranny is paved with compliance )
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To: ChicagoConservative27
This is the first time the NHC has issued a tropical storm watch for this region of the country.

This may be the first watch they issued but it is far from the first tropical storm to hit kalifornia. That is a load of BS. Hyperventilation on the part of the climate change freaks.

I made this post on another thread a few days ago about hurricanes and kalifornia:

Here is a sampling just since I was born:

September 19–21, 1952: The remnants of a hurricane brought rain to mountains in southern California.

July 17–19, 1954: The remnants of a hurricane moved into Arizona, bringing rain to the state and parts of California.

October 1–6, 1958: The remnants of a hurricane moved into Arizona, causing heavy rain in that state and in parts of California.

September 9–10, 1960: The remnants of Hurricane Estelle generated rain over California.

September 17–19, 1963: Tropical Storm Jennifer-Katherine dissipated over northern Baja California, and dropped several inches of rain over California.

September 4–5, 1965: Hurricane Emily's remnants brought rainfall to California.

September 9–12, 1976: Hurricane Kathleen crossed the Baja California peninsula moved into California as a tropical storm. Yuma, Arizona reported sustained winds of 57 mph. Rains from Kathleen caused catastrophic damage to Ocotillo, California and killed three to six people. (This cut completely new washes through Jacumba and completely changed the hydrologic topography of the area)

August 18–19, 1977: Hurricane Doreen degenerated into a remnant low off the coast of California. The remnants moved inland and caused flooding and crop damage as 7.01 inches of rain fell on Yuma Valley, Arizona.

October 6–7, 1977: Hurricane Heather's remnants moved into Arizona, bringing 8.30 inches of rain to Nogales, Arizona and up to 14 inches of rainfall to the adjacent mountains. The remnants also brought significant rainfall to southern California. This led to significant flooding in both states.

September 5–6, 1978: Tropical Depression Norman made landfall in California. Its remnants produced several inches of rain. (I was assigned to Vandenberg AFB in 1978, the hurricane flooded that area in the central coast and washed out bridges at the base.)

Personally, we have seen two Noras come through causing flooding in California and Arizona since we have lived in this region starting in 1992.

The bottom line is that weather like this is not uncommon, unusual or different. It is part of a well established pattern

26 posted on 08/18/2023 1:19:59 PM PDT by pfflier
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To: DoughtyOne

https://babylonbee.com/news/deaths-caused-by-hurricane-hilary-to-be-labeled-suicides


27 posted on 08/18/2023 1:20:08 PM PDT by Politically Correct (A member of the rabble in good standing)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Fingers crossed, at least SF streets will get washed.


28 posted on 08/18/2023 1:20:10 PM PDT by GailA (Constitution vs evil Treasonous political Apparatchiks, Constitutional Conservative.)
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To: DoughtyOne

LOL. LOL a different hurricane Hillary.......LOL.


29 posted on 08/18/2023 1:22:33 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Oh...

Smile...


30 posted on 08/18/2023 1:23:04 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the USofA & to the Constitutional REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

That’s because watches are fairly recent. They had a sizable storm in 39. There weren’t watches then.

They could probably say first tropical storm to hit on a Sunday or third week in august and be correct. It doesn’t make it unprecedented.


31 posted on 08/18/2023 1:25:24 PM PDT by rey
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To: nutmeg
It's still south of La Paz. Happens a lot and then they turn inland to N Mexico/Az or out to sea. Happens a half-dozen times every year.

Usually Baja gets slammed and the residual brings monsoon rains in the desert OR the hurricane goes out to sea, and builds or just dissipates. This was the company I worked for and they're pretty good:

Surfline, Hurrican Hillary watch

32 posted on 08/18/2023 1:28:51 PM PDT by Karliner (Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Inland valley east of LA, up to 10 inches vodka…


33 posted on 08/18/2023 1:32:53 PM PDT by jjotto ( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
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To: Libloather

The NHC didn’t even exist until 1965.


34 posted on 08/18/2023 1:37:56 PM PDT by pfflier
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To: unixfox

Exactly.

Specifically, it will be some fault of some El Niño which no one ever heard of before 1997, and uses a Latino wording to acclimate US to having illegals here.


35 posted on 08/18/2023 1:46:48 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: GulliverSwift

“Appropriately named.” At least with this Hilary it will not be accompanied by B...h Hilary’s Arcancide.


36 posted on 08/18/2023 1:47:06 PM PDT by Islander2
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“First ever huh...”

They did not institute the “tropical storm” watch until 1939. This is the first one since then.


37 posted on 08/18/2023 1:48:16 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: GulliverSwift

100% chance it moves to the left.

RLTW


38 posted on 08/18/2023 1:51:50 PM PDT by military cop (I carry a .45....cause they don't make a .46....)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

All 4.5 billion years.

One did hit Pangea where it would eventually become Cali though. I was there. Riding my chariot across the sky...I was there.


39 posted on 08/18/2023 1:54:57 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I live in rural N Nevada-—east of Carson City.

The cloud patterns we have had today & continuing are different than ANY I have EVER seen here in over 18 years. Long ‘strings’ if puffy clouds—look like pearls on a rope.
Despite the heat we have been battling, I have shut down all the windows in garage. Overcast getting darker & clouds building from the South/West as I type this. I can see all the way to Gardnerville & the south end of the Carson Valley & the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada Range.

Hay delivery isn’t expected for another 2-3 weeks.

Need at least 2 hours to tarp it all decently when delivery comes. Grower delivers & stacks to my wishes. Have tarps/pallets with hooks/ bungees/ braided ropes for securing down tarps all ready. Found some great tarps at HARBOR FREIGHT...THANKS TO THEM !!!! Winds/heat/low humidity here are BRUTAL on hay tarps.

List of OUTSIDE chores is on hold until this all passes.

Flooding is predicted. Snow Melt from Sierra Nevada already flooded along the Walker River & the Carson river.


40 posted on 08/18/2023 1:55:54 PM PDT by ridesthemiles
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