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HURRICANE IRENE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 30ANWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL 092011 700 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011RENE IS A LARGE TROPICAL CYCLONE. HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES…140 KM…FROM THE CENTER
The highest I see within 80 miles (red circle) is 45 MPH
steven
just wanted to let you know that you are a moron who has no idea what you are talking about. you are a total waste of space and i hate your blog. eat shit and die by drowning in the storm surge of a hurricane that you call “over-hyped”. Maybe not this storm, but hopefully karma will fuck you up. Douche bag
Thanks. Which station above do you think is reporting more than 45 MPH?
Steve,
I am confused now. (not unusual for me)
I look at the map on my computer screen and see a bunch of little flag things and they have numbers in them. Most say 70 something. What am I missing?
By the way, I can not find any hurricane force winds anywhere I look today and I have been trying. Is that map of yours from weather underground? I can not get any wind speeds from them.
Those are temperatures in degrees F. Count the arms on the flag and multiply X 10 to get the wind speed in MPH
Damn, I finally got something from weather underground and looked at the legend and see that the number is temperature! and wind-speed is the flag on the pole.
You are overlooking the very basic fact that winds are higher on the EAST side of a hurricane.
Do hurricanes make landfall in the ocean?
What a stupid fucking question. What do you think will happen when it hits Long Island? Evaporate?
Moronic conspiracy theorists for weather? Are you people just determined to deny everything?
Which stations do you think are above 45 MPH?
That didn’t answer the question. Do you believe this is a conspiracy to increase wind speeds? And if you do, do you belive it’s to promote the global warming agenda?
What drugs are you taking?
Richmond,VA had sustained winds above 40mpg all day long….and we’re over 100miles inland. So maybe you should re-check your data?
Biff;
“Are you people just determined to deny everything?”
Oh my Deity! You just used the “D” word. Off with his head; off with his head!
Governor of Virginia Bob McDonald said some airports located 100 miles from the eye have measured wind gusts over 70mph within the last hour. (Live press conference
We get wind gusts over 70 MPH in Colorado all the time.
We get that all summer…..every time a T-storm collapses or in the winter with fronts
How many billions of dollars worth of damage do those winds cost in Colorado versus the East coast?
Does your mom know you’re on the computer this late? You don’t understand the difference between 8 inches of rain, plus 60mph gusts in Richmond? Let me help…go to dom.com (Dominion)…76% of Central VA doesn’t have power. The wind is blowing the water from the Chesapeake into populated areas…that already have a foot of rain. And this is occurring over the course of 12+ hours. Yeah, houses aren’t being blown away, but buildings are collapsing in downtown Richmond and trees are down in the thousands. We’re not talking about a random thunderstorm in the Rockies. And please, out of the respect of the people who have died today (including a 10 year boy crushed by a tree), please grow up.
OK, but 74mph wind is considered hurricane force on the Beaufort Scale. And that is official airport measurement 100 miles away. Consistent with what Masters said.
I once got hit by a wind gust when I opened a door to a bank. Geez, this is an odd debate.
Your brain is spinning in circles
Steven, you still haven’t answered the question yet you’re quick with the barbs. Simple explanation for all your new readers here: Why is it so important for you to show the discrepancies in wind speeds? Is it to downplay the severity of the storm. Simple question, but you don’t seem capable of answering.
I am reporting a discrepancy between the surface wind speeds and NOAA claims. NOAA has acknowledged and started to explain that discrepancy. You heard it here first.
Biff; it’s just a psychological defense mechanism. Rational discussion is pointless.
“Your brain is spinning in circles”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOKK8mAkiUI
It will be a lot less odd when you leave, Biff. You claimed to be from Wilmington and tried to lay a guilt trip on someone by claiming your roof was blown off. Turns out you are in California. Not many here odder than you, Biff.
Difficult to post on the Internet when your power and roof are off.
Irene is over warm water and on the radar it looks like an eye is forming. If an eywall forms again, with the pressure still at 28.06, strong winds might re-emerge. The torrential rain is a given; here in NE NJ where I live, over 0ver a foot of rain might fall. Irene may have “disappointed” so far, but I would not take this storm lightly.
News here around NYC is talking about the coming storm surge. How did the actual storm surge compare in NC with what was predicted?
My understanding is to expect high tide at 8:20PM to be about 4-6 feet higher than normal due to storm surge. That’s for the Virginia coast. I’ll post any info about the height of NC storm surge if I can find it.
Jeff, I’ve been looking for that too….
Post it if you can find it.
All I can find is some idiot reporter standing on the beach, telling every one to stay off the beach…………
Manteo, North Carolina is 6 feet above sea level and they had chest-high water in city streets. (Unconfirmed eyewitness reports and Manteo is on a barrier island)
Source: http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/27/latest-updates-on-hurricane-irene-2/#more-127267
Here’s a good interactive a Storm Surge predictor from NOAA:
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ssurge/risk/index.shtml?gm
He wants to be alone.
Dirk, did you see Julie Banderas on the beach?
She looked fabulous!
……………..LOL
http://www.dannyhellman.com/imgs/bush_nero.jp
Might NOAA be exaggerating? Sure. This is the same agency in charge of putting independent fishermen out of business in favor of factory farms.
No matter which way you slice it, Irene is going to be good for the economy. GDP doesn’t distinguish between catastrophe and creativity. So if the oligarchy can encourage people to spend a lot on stuff in preparation for an alleged potential calamity, then you ride a bigger economic surge.