Hurricanes

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  • Moonbiker
    Moonbiker Posts: 1,706
    Alot of thoose tin shacks don't seem very hurricane proof?

    Seems theres luxury villas for the tourists and tax haven exiles & tin shacks for the locals....

    If they are rebuilding could they make the new houses abit stronger....
  • big_harv
    big_harv Posts: 512
    Moonbiker wrote:
    Alot of thoose tin shacks don't seem very hurricane proof?

    Seems theres luxury villas for the tourists and tax haven exiles & tin shacks for the locals....

    If they are rebuilding could they make the new houses abit stronger....

    Ah, money. Again.

    A story that may have passed unnoticed by 99% of the world is that Mr Trump is repealing new laws for building standards in Florida. I'll see if I can post the link but the insurance press down there were all over it.

    Edit: yes I read that sh1t€. It's my job.
  • bompington
    bompington Posts: 7,674
    letap73 wrote:
    A week or so ago Breitbart news were sneering at the possibility of Harvey being intensified by global warning. The argument was that although Cat 4 landfall (as opposed to Cat 5 off shore) are rare on the US mainland they have happened. Two such events in a year are unheard of - but there is a possibility that the very next named storm - Irma may well be Cat 4 landfall when it hits Florida. Surprisingly Breitbart does not appear to be reporting on this. It is unbelievable - and frightening at the same time that two other lower Cat storms have formed at the same time. This is reminding me of 2005 when a record number of named storms formed.
    So by this logic, all the climate change has happened in the last 12 months, 'cos there weren't any severe storms last year.
  • Moonbiker
    Moonbiker Posts: 1,706
    Trump's rollback of flood protections risks further Houston-style calamity

    https://www.theguardian.com/business/20 ... ton-harvey

    How To Build Hurricane-Proof Cities

    https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/ar ... es/539319/
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,589
    Moonbiker wrote:
    Alot of thoose tin shacks don't seem very hurricane proof?

    Seems theres luxury villas for the tourists and tax haven exiles & tin shacks for the locals....

    If they are rebuilding could they make the new houses abit stronger....

    I assume the reasons that much of the local's accommodation is fairly basic is because of the risk of damage and subsequent replacement? I assume it's impossible or at least very expensive to insure a property there to cover hurricane damage so unless you're rich you live in something that is relatively quick and easy to rebuild.

    Incidentally, I noticed that on the whole those who originate from the area that have been interviewed seem to take the attitude 'we're still alive and well and everything else can be replaced' whilst the ex-pats moan about the damage, how hard it is going to be to get through it and how little help they are getting. Whilst this was a particularly devastating storm I would have thought that hurricane impact is something you would take into account when moving to open a bar in the Caribbean?
  • bendertherobot
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  • bendertherobot
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    Time is merely a construct but it's quite incredible that ex-Ophelia arrives 30 years to the day of the great storm.
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,491
    bendertherobot wrote:
    Time is merely a construct but it's quite incredible that ex-Ophelia arrives 30 years to the day of the great storm.

    I was in High Broom, Tunbridge Wells that day. My brother was going ape at 4am. I just went back to sleep. We had plenty of really high winds here in Scotland and it seemed quite normal. Except in the morning...
    I'll not forget that trip ever. Not because I remember the devastation of the storm, the cancelled local hill climb or the amount of rain on the trip down to... Six Oaks but more for the Suntour rear mech I bought from the local bike store in Tunbridge. My first ever proper shiny part for my bike.
    Anyone remember the name of that shop? It cost me £22, a fortune.
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  • bendertherobot
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    That's definitely one of the better anecdotes! :D
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  • letap73
    letap73 Posts: 1,608
    bompington wrote:
    letap73 wrote:
    A week or so ago Breitbart news were sneering at the possibility of Harvey being intensified by global warning. The argument was that although Cat 4 landfall (as opposed to Cat 5 off shore) are rare on the US mainland they have happened. Two such events in a year are unheard of - but there is a possibility that the very next named storm - Irma may well be Cat 4 landfall when it hits Florida. Surprisingly Breitbart does not appear to be reporting on this. It is unbelievable - and frightening at the same time that two other lower Cat storms have formed at the same time. This is reminding me of 2005 when a record number of named storms formed.
    So by this logic, all the climate change has happened in the last 12 months, 'cos there weren't any severe storms last year.

    No I didn't say anything like that - I implied conditions for hurricanes to become more intense have become more favourable - this is not saying that there will be more hurricances. If you look at the last 20 or so years then the ACE - accumulated storm energy for hurricane seasons has produced record aggregates - barring 1933.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,491
    edited October 2017
    It's a great time to head East on a round the world bike trip. Think of the continuous tail wind.
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  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    imagine Naomi battling a hurricane.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,482
    I must admit that it is a tad blowy.
    Other than that, meh. Other experiences are available.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,458
    The south of Ireland getting a battering.
    Schools and civil service all away home
    Bars called extra staff in
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,482
    TailWindHome wrote:
    ...Bars called extra staff in
    :lol::lol::lol:
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
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  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,698
    Pinno wrote:
    It's a great time to head East on a round the world bike trip. Think of the continuous tail wind.
    I was thinking about going for an hour or so's spin from Exeter, but I'm not sure I want to spend the night in Birmingham.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Well London currently looks like it's been attacked by mustard gas.

    Whole sky has gone really very dark and very yellow and brown.
    _
  • bendertherobot
    bendertherobot Posts: 11,684
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Well London currently looks like it's been attacked by mustard gas.

    Whole sky has gone really very dark and very yellow and brown.

    Typical London, rest of us have had that since early this morning and it's moved on now. 8)

    It's dust, btw.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    bendertherobot wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Well London currently looks like it's been attacked by mustard gas.

    Whole sky has gone really very dark and very yellow and brown.

    Typical London, rest of us have had that since early this morning and it's moved on now. 8)

    It's dust, btw.

    Yeah I know it's not actual mustard gas.

    But it's quite something up here in a tower.
    _
  • thistle_
    thistle_ Posts: 7,218
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Well London currently looks like it's been attacked by mustard gas.

    Whole sky has gone really very dark and very yellow and brown.
    It was like that here first thing and only cleared about 11 am. Still eerily hazy high up, although the sky is blue.
  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    It's from Portugal, isn't it?

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    Another reason for Brexit!

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  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,867
    Ben6899 wrote:
    It's from Portugal, isn't it?

    [Coopster]

    Another reason for Brexit!

    [/Coopster]

    sand is from North Africa

    [Coopster]

    Another reason for Brexit!

    [/Coopster]
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,491
    [Coopster]

    They should build a wall to keep the Gypo's and the sand out.
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,491
    Back OT:
    It has been very, very dark from about 1.30pm. I guess the cloud layer is not only full of dust, it's very thick (wide in a horizontal way of measuring... you know what I mean).
    Had fun driving my van back from the sticks at 30mph.
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  • redjeepǃ
    redjeepǃ Posts: 531
    TailWindHome wrote:
    The south of Ireland getting a battering.
    Schools and civil service all away home
    Bars called extra staff in

    Yup, it's pretty rough here at the moment. 'Here' being about a mile north from the south coast of Ireland. Just about every company closed up for the day.

    Can't vouch for the bars yet though.
  • bendertherobot
    bendertherobot Posts: 11,684
    Pinno wrote:
    Back OT:
    It has been very, very dark from about 1.30pm. I guess the cloud layer is not only full of dust, it's very thick (wide in a horizontal way of measuring... you know what I mean).
    Had fun driving my van back from the sticks at 30mph.

    It's got smoke from Iberia too. Quite the mix.
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  • bendertherobot
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    School, doomed.
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  • letap73
    letap73 Posts: 1,608
    Pinno wrote:
    [Coopster]

    They should build a wall to keep the Gypo's and the sand out.

    Unfair on Coopster - he's sounding far more sophisticated now and making far more rational arguments - its almost like he's posting like a more pro brexit Stevo...........
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,491
    bendertherobot wrote:
    Pinno wrote:
    Back OT:
    It has been very, very dark from about 1.30pm. I guess the cloud layer is not only full of dust, it's very thick (wide in a horizontal way of measuring... you know what I mean).
    Had fun driving my van back from the sticks at 30mph.

    It's got smoke from Iberia too. Quite the mix.

    Forest fires?!
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  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,698
    Pinno wrote:
    bendertherobot wrote:
    Pinno wrote:
    Back OT:
    It has been very, very dark from about 1.30pm. I guess the cloud layer is not only full of dust, it's very thick (wide in a horizontal way of measuring... you know what I mean).
    Had fun driving my van back from the sticks at 30mph.

    It's got smoke from Iberia too. Quite the mix.

    Forest fires?!
    Yes. I've a friend in Spain who was ready to evacuate (in the house sense), but the fires there died down for now. There are several fires in Spain and Portugal still raging.
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