Severe Weather Thread

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The track is moving toward being a lot more like Hugo now...actually even a bit more east. It could punch the outer banks in the mouth and then head on up the coast toward New York / New England.
 
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TennTradition said:
The track is moving toward being a lot more like Hugo now...actually even a bit more east. It could punch the outer banks in the mouth and then head on up the coast toward New York / New England.
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Hatteras could be devatated by a Cat 3. If you have never been there, there are sections that are less than 1/4 mile wide. Probably be several new inlets cut in the chain. Hope it's still there in May for my annual post school year fishing trip with my buds.
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JayVols said:
Hatteras could be devatated by a Cat 3. If you have never been there, there are sections that are less than 1/4 mile wide. Probably be several new inlets cut in the chain. Hope it's still there in May for my annual post school year fishing trip with my buds.
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I have been to the north side of the outerbanks, bit not down toward Ocrakoke. I came away with the impression that that area could take a punch in the mouth. Between the sand dunes and the house construction, it looked like they would handle it better than a lit of places.
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Irene will probably be a Cat4 by the time it reaches North Carolina. Water temps are in the 80s all the way north until you get off the Northern Virginia coast.
 
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CountVolcula said:
Tornado

Effects less area than a major earthquake and far less infrastructure
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i mean you personally. either in a major earthquake or take a direct hit from a f5. and you don't have a basement or storm shelter. take your pick of a closet or bathroom.

not sure which would be worse, but personally i think i'd take my chances of with the earthquake. if i can make it outside i'll be good
 
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Vol Mania 21 said:
i mean you personally. either in a major earthquake or take a direct hit from a f5. and you don't have a basement or storm shelter. take your pick of a closet or bathroom.

not sure which would be worse, but personally i think i'd take my chances of with the earthquake. if i can make it outside i'll be good
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I think I would agree. Tornados are so unpredictable.
 
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theFallGuy said:
I think I would agree. Tornados are so unpredictable.
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Tornadoes are far more predictable than Earthquakes.

Granted, you cant predict when and where one will form, but we at least know that one could happen when you look at the dynamics of a supercell thunderstorm. You can at least prepare in case one forms from a supercell by paying close attention to warnings prior to the event

Earthquakes just happen out of nowhere
 
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CountVolcula said:
Irene will probably be a Cat4 by the time it reaches North Carolina. Water temps are in the 80s all the way north until you get off the Northern Virginia coast.
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What sort of shear does she face as she moves north, though? Something is turning her north.
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CountVolcula said:
Tornadoes are far more predictable than Earthquakes.

Granted, you cant predict when and where one will form, but we at least know that one could happen when you look at the dynamics of a supercell thunderstorm. You can at least prepare in case one forms from a supercell by paying close attention to warnings prior to the event

Earthquakes just happen out of nowhere
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true to a certain extent. however in a super outbreak things are drastically diff. example on 4/27 power was out at my house since 11:45 that morning due to the 2nd tornado that came thru my community. the f5 didn't show up til 4:45, and i honestly had no idea it was coming. sure the sirens were going off, but they go off for the whole county. i knew it wasn't good by the color of the sky right before it hit. also the complete calmness outside was weird. but then i heard the roar and had about 5 seconds to hit the closet. then 20 minutes later a f1 hit. again had no idea until i heard the roar
 
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Vol Mania 21 said:
true to a certain extent. however in a super outbreak things are drastically diff. example on 4/27 power was out at my house since 11:45 that morning due to the 2nd tornado that came thru my community. the f5 didn't show up til 4:45, and i honestly had no idea it was coming. sure the sirens were going off, but they go off for the whole county. i knew it wasn't good by the color of the sky right before it hit. also the complete calmness outside was weird. but then i heard the roar and had about 5 seconds to hit the closet. then 20 minutes later a f1 hit. again had no idea until i heard the roar
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So you're saying you didn't stand outside with a video camera?
 
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def not, i couldn't see it anyways due to the tree line that goes around the entire neighborhood. now i can see stuff i was never able to see before. here's what my back yard looked like the next day
 

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I always find it comical where I'm at, when it gets nasty out and there are sirens going off people go outside to check it out like they are some sort of storm chaser. Stupid.
 
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my neighbors across the street were outside, which they always do trying to see it. i stuck my head out the door and they pointed at it and ran inside, that's when i went to the spare bedroom, and when i heard the roar i got in the closet
 
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TennTradition said:
I have been to the north side of the outerbanks, bit not down toward Ocrakoke. I came away with the impression that that area could take a punch in the mouth. Between the sand dunes and the house construction, it looked like they would handle it better than a lit of places.
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Ever seen aftermath pictures? I go to the Avon, Buxton, Frisco, Hatteras sections have gone every year for the last 18 years. A Cat 1 storm cut a new 3/4 mile wide inlet between Frisco and Hatteras a few years ago. Those dunes don't help as much as you would think. Plus, lots of the damage comes from water being pushed out of the sound. No dunes soundside.
 
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JayVols said:
Ever seen aftermath pictures? I go to the Avon, Buxton, Frisco, Hatteras sections have gone every year for the last 18 years. A Cat 1 storm cut a new 3/4 mile wide inlet between Frisco and Hatteras a few years ago. Those dunes don't help as much as you would think. Plus, lots of the damage comes from water being pushed out of the sound. No dunes soundside.
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With the track that this guy is taking, I would think that most of the damage will come from the sound side. The banks will dutifully do there job, though, and absorb it. The people and property aspects will be a mess, but hopefully everyone just leaves.
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Vol Mania 21 said:
its someones chimney
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Yeah that tornado basically went over my house in Memphis. I remember opening my front door and huge wind gusts were blowing the trees. It made me nervous because we have a heavily treed lot. We were just lucky, in that, it didn't touch down in our area. You guys got hit hard.
 
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