Weather Watch

[Sinny91]

Matthew Producing 70+ MPH Wind Gusts in East Florida; Potentially Catastrophic Hurricane Strike With 'Sandy-Like' Storm Surge For Parts of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina​

https://weather.com/storms/hurrican...ew-bahamas-florida-georgia-carolinas-forecast​

Hurricane Matthew: Hundreds dead in Haiti storm disaster​

he death toll in Haiti as a result of Hurricane Matthew - the most powerful Caribbean storm in a decade - has soared to more than 300, officials say.

Some 50 people were reported killed in the town of Roche-a-Bateau alone.
The nearby city of Jeremie saw 80% of its buildings levelled. In Sud province 30,000 homes were destroyed.

The hurricane, now a Category Three storm with sustained winds of 120mph (193km/h), is heading towards the US state of Florida.
At 02:00 local time (06:00 GMT) Matthew was still off the Florida coast, centred about 37 miles (60km) east of Vero Beach and was moving north-west at about 14mph (22km/h), the National Hurricane Center said.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-37582009​

Haiti again?! No warning systems in place?!​

 

[E404]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wopNdLgrBk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4iXzYaSDuo

 

[Sinny91]

I don't have data... Are those warnings?

The news is telling me lots of people are dead in Haiti, but are sparing me the details. What are the safety procedures in Haiti?

 

[E404]

I don't have data... Are those warnings?

Sort of. They are clips from a news station. The guy is being really... different about it though. Saying things like, "This moves 20 miles that way, and you and everyone you know are dead. All of you. (...) And your kids die too." Along with some other eloquent warnings and updates.

 

[Cheeseumpuffs]

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Ooh! I didn't know that Florida had a Melbourne as well!

What a world.

 

[E404]

The news is telling me lots of people are dead in Haiti, but are sparing me the details. What are the safety procedures in Haiti?

The hurricane is past Haiti I think... Hundreds dead, over 30,000 homes destroyed... I'll search for more.

Across the country, there were some 350,000 in need of assistance, according to the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

Why Haiti is vulnerable to disasters
More than half of Haiti's city-dwellers live in overcrowded shantytowns that take the full force of any earthquake, hurricane, or disease outbreak. An ongoing cholera epidemic, triggered by the arrival of UN troops after the 2010 earthquake, has killed thousands of people.
Massive deforestation has also led to soil erosion, leaving hillside huts and poorly-built houses in the capital, Port-au-Prince, dangerously exposed. In rural areas, topsoil used for agriculture is often washed away.
Political instability and corruption have been a factor. Without effective government for decades, Haiti currently ranks 163rd out of the 188 countries on the UN Human Development Index. It spends little on storm defences.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-37582009
The link and snippets above were posted 7 minutes ago.

Ooh! I didn't know that Florida had a Melbourne as well!

What a world.

It might not soon.

 

[E404]

000
WTNT64 KNHC 070751
TCUAT4

HURRICANE MATTHEW TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL142016
400 AM EDT FRI OCT 07 2016

...4 AM EDT POSITION UPDATE...
...WESTERN EDGE OF MATTHEW'S EYEWALL APPROACHING CAPE CANAVERAL...

During the past hour, a sustained wind of 46 mph (74 km/h) and a
gust of 70 mph (113 km/h) were reported at Melbourne, Florida,
while a gust of 45 mph (73 km/h) was reported at Orlando, Florida.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCUAT4+shtml/070157.shtml

 

[Sinny91]

Yea, I saw a weird American press release on the BBC and this guy was like "Evacuate or you will die"..

All seems rather sudden and dramatic... So I'm wondering about the notice period ya'll had.

The eye of the storm is 50 miles wide...
That's cool. Storms are cool. Apart from the death and destruction, like.

 

[E404]

Yea, I saw a weird American press release on the BBC and this guy was like "Evacuate or you will die"..

All seems rather sudden and dramatic... So I'm wondering about the notice period ya'll had.

The eye of the storm is 50 miles wide...
That's cool. Storms are cool. Apart from the death and destruction, like.

We had a day or two notice I think for evacuation, but people are honestly refusing to evacuate. People think they can weather it out.

The dramatic is to try to persuade them to actually evacuate.

Yeah, I love chasing storms. I think they're beautiful.

 

[Pyropyro]

I hope you guys are okay back there. Last time I checked the storm has downgraded to Category 3.

As for storms, well thunderstorms are majestic and beautiful. On the other hand typhoons aren't judging from the times they tried to kill me.

 

[Sinny91]

No mention of the Midlands in this report, but we're being battered by Storm Agnus too.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...amber-weather-warning-as-torrential-rain-and/

Its tipping down buckets... been raining 12 hours continually thus far, and it still has life yet.

I hope the thunder and lightening come to pass.

 

[PmjPmj]

Fun fact: (btw, I haven't seen this thread before).

'I'm going to log on to INTP and ask Sinny if Brummoy-land is also getting twatted by these winds'.

Then, this thread.

(It's shit, and it's cold. Fuck this country).

 

[Sinny91]

Its great and its moody, you bloomin pansy!

 

[PmjPmj]

Yeah - until you have to pick two kids up at two different nurseries, all the while fuck-arsing about with a 3 door car / simultaneously being drowned.

Then, it isn't so great >_>

 

[Sinny91]

Well, I done the school run this morning and this afternoon on the buses, which were 4 in total, and I didnt have the luxury of cars inbetween footslaps ..

I stand by my assertion

 

[PmjPmj]

You're unhinged.

 

[Sinny91]

You're unhinged.

Well, I thought you knew this.

 

[PmjPmj]

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/...ost_disturbing_scary/?st=ivs80fm1&sh=751ce29d

Enjoy

 

[Sinny91]

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/...ost_disturbing_scary/?st=ivs80fm1&sh=751ce29d

Enjoy

Hehe.. I raise you:
http://www.rigorousintuition.ca/board2/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=38620&p=619320#p619320

 

[PmjPmj]

Interesting read. Unsure as to what I believe.