Hurricane Irene
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Re: Hurricane Irene
Been admiring pic 7 on my other board :thumbsup:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-14651327 Plus a Joke why do they give hurricanes girls names? because when they come they are all wet and wild but when they leave they take the house and car ! Stay safe everyone |
Re: Hurricane Irene
Interesting that it's only a Category 1 storm.
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Interesting too that there's rarely this much fuss when hurricanes are pounding the Caribbean.
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Re: Hurricane Irene
Originally Posted by Seasider
(Post 9585803)
Interesting too that there's rarely this much fuss when hurricanes are pounding the Caribbean.
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Originally Posted by Seasider
(Post 9585803)
Interesting too that there's rarely this much fuss when hurricanes are pounding the Caribbean.
I am very surprised that a Hurricane Irene, cat 1 at landfall, would result in fatalities. That should not be happening. |
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Originally Posted by Bermudashorts
(Post 9585812)
There was a hurricane in Bermuda when I lived there, Florence. Afterwards we called our relatives to tell them we were all well but they hadn't even heard there was a hurricane. :D
I am very surprised that a Hurricane Irene, cat 1 at landfall, would result in fatalities. That should not be happening. |
Re: Hurricane Irene
Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
(Post 9585813)
Houses in Bermuda are of a very different construction to US houses.
Actually I was more surprised that there were fewer fatalities following Yasi than Irene, I wondered if some people are not taking the threat seriously. |
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Yes, I've been in a hurricane in the Caribbean too. Thankfully I was in a well-built hotel and not a flimsy local house like the hotel staff running round looking after us whilst their roofs were flying off.
I'm not belittling what's happening in the US - I have friends in the expected path of Irene. Just doing a compare and contrast. |
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Originally Posted by Bermudashorts
(Post 9585812)
There was a hurricane in Bermuda when I lived there, Florence. Afterwards we called our relatives to tell them we were all well but they hadn't even heard there was a hurricane. :D
I am very surprised that a Hurricane Irene, cat 1 at landfall, would result in fatalities. That should not be happening. Irene is also a huge cyclone - her size has been compared to Katrina - which means that she will take longer to pass over an area than most hurricanes do, which means the sustained winds and rain can cause far more damage than a "short sharp shock". She was a Cat 3 at one point but has been downgraded as she moved across cooler water. |
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Originally Posted by Bermudashorts
(Post 9585821)
Was that a reference to the fewer fatalities? Houses in Bermuda are indeed substantial; concrete mainly, going nowhere.
Actually I was more surprised that there were fewer fatalities following Yasi than Irene, I wondered if some people are not taking the threat seriously. |
Re: Hurricane Irene
Originally Posted by Bermudashorts
(Post 9585812)
There was a hurricane in Bermuda when I lived there, Florence. Afterwards we called our relatives to tell them we were all well but they hadn't even heard there was a hurricane. :D
I am very surprised that a Hurricane Irene, cat 1 at landfall, would result in fatalities. That should not be happening. ---------------------------- A SURFER has died after "phenomenal" waves generated by Hurricane Irene knocked him off his board on a Florida beach. The surfer was brought ashore at New Smyrna Beach, 160km south of Jacksonville, by his friends, but he showed no vital signs and was pronounced dead, Authorities believe he may have suffered a fatal blow to the head. Witnesses said waves were between 1.5-2m high at the time of the accident ---------------------------- |
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What's the latest on Typhoon Mina, Polly? My friend in Manila says 6 people died in northern Luzon yesterday.
Mother Nature is obviously in a bad mood. |
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Originally Posted by deadVim
And then there are some fatalities that are just plain preventable ...
---------------------------- A SURFER has died after "phenomenal" waves generated by Hurricane Irene knocked him off his board on a Florida beach. The surfer was brought ashore at New Smyrna Beach, 160km south of Jacksonville, by his friends, but he showed no vital signs and was pronounced dead, Authorities believe he may have suffered a fatal blow to the head. Witnesses said waves were between 1.5-2m high at the time of the accident Radar Images of Hurricane Irene http://radar.weather.gov/Conus/northeast_lite_loop.php |
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Originally Posted by Seasider
What's the latest on Typhoon Mina, Polly? My friend in Manila says 6 people died in northern Luzon yesterday.
Mother Nature is obviously in a bad mood. Typhoon Mina - http://www.sunstar.com.ph/manila/loc...weakens-175828 Typhoon "Mina" (international codename: Namnadol) has weakened further and continues to move in a north northwest direction, said the weather bureau Sunday. Mina, which is packing winds of 140 kilometers per hour (kph) near the center and gustiness of up to 170 kph as of 5 a.m. Sunday, triggered landslides in Pangasinan and Baguio City on Saturday, causing the death of at least six people. Six other people also went missing due to the typhoon. Sadly sounds like most were children. http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eve...sgard&new=true for a track map etc |
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