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What's the longest that any of you have ever been outside in a hurricane?

I was outside for a bit during Ian. I forgot to lock the lid on the generator, and it opened up and failed due to rain. Had to fix it and get it closed. 30 minutes or so. Not fun.

The we went for a walk when we got into the eye. Calm, sunny, weird. About an hour. The eye was huge.

Can a hurricane catch fire?

Torchanado.  

It's pretty easy to note a problem, and can be worth noting it.  It's much more difficult to contrive a practicable possible solution.  When asked if I have one, I'll just ssay "no" and move on instead of saying "Well, if people were smarter ...".


It's parallel to complaining about other drivers, a thing my wife does a fair bit.  She doesn't understand how I can be so blaise about it.  I guess it makes her feel better or something.

No doubt that Ian was a big storm....it's just that Harvey decimated the 3rd or 4th largest population center in the country.  I had no idea Ian did that much damage. 

It was a huge storm. It affected not only SW FL (1.5 Million), but Tampa (3.2), Orlando (2.7), etc. It was a very slow mover too, so the rain was biblical.

And then it made a second landfall in the Carolinas.

I'd rather not see another one like Ian, but I know I will.

be Ice age warnings soon

I don't know that this can ever be explained.

Scientists Left Worried After Extensive Patch of the Atlantic Ocean Begins Cooling at a Record Rate (msn.com)

In September 2023, a massive tsunami in remote eastern Greenland triggered seismic waves that captured the attention of researchers worldwide.

The event created a week-long oscillating wave in Dickson Fjord, according to a new report in The Seismic Record.

Angela Carrillo-Ponce of GFZ German Research Centre for Geoscience and her colleagues identified two distinct signals in the seismic data from the event: one high-energy signal caused by the massive rockslide that generated the tsunami, and one very long-period (VLP) signal that lasted over a week.

Their analysis of the VLP signal—which was detected as far as 5000 kilometers (3100 miles) away—suggests that the landslide and resulting tsunami created a seiche, or a standing wave that oscillates in a body of water. In this case, the seiche was churning for days between the shores of Dickson Fjord.

The hubris to think that we've got perfectly wise leaders who always are great at deciding what "good collective choices" are.

Building in a flood plain is demonstrably going to result in major flooding where people live.  Let's build on ground 10 feet higher.

It doesn't have to be a good choice vs bad choice.  It can be incremental and logic-based (for many things).  I just don't see the harm.  Why does Cedar Rapids, Iowa have to stay in the same location it has in the past?  Being a slave to tradition or saying "it's hard" aren't reason enough to dissuade me.