Author Topic: The Weather (2024)  (Read 5195 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline Count Walewski

  • Posts: 2768
Re: The Weather (2024)
« Reply #175: October 09, 2024, 03:38:21 PM »
If I'm reading the charts correctly, the Fort Myers area is expected to receive 10+ foot of storm surge from the southern bands of Milton, which is what the area got from a direct hit by Hurricane Ian a few years ago. Insane.

Offline JCA-CrystalCity

  • Global Moderator
  • ****
  • Posts: 43893
  • Platoon - not just a movie, a baseball obsession
Re: The Weather (2024)
« Reply #176: October 09, 2024, 08:51:47 PM »
Quote
Milton swept ashore in Siesta Key near Sarasota along Florida’s west central coast at 8:30 p.m. eastern time. The Category 3 storm struck with peak winds of 120 mph and is heading east-northeast at 15 mph.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2024/10/09/hurricane-milton-florida-landfall-live-updates/

Offline JCA-CrystalCity

  • Global Moderator
  • ****
  • Posts: 43893
  • Platoon - not just a movie, a baseball obsession
Re: The Weather (2024)
« Reply #177: October 09, 2024, 09:23:00 PM »
and it's far enough south that Tampa Bay is getting and anti-surge with an outflow from the bay.

Surge is clobbering towns to the south as far as Fort Myers and Naples.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2024/10/09/hurricane-milton-florida-landfall-live-updates/#link-YUIFW36ZGZFINLQ6YQQQNDZWRE

Offline Natsinpwc

  • Posts: 27334
Re: The Weather (2024)
« Reply #178: October 09, 2024, 09:28:24 PM »
Tampa caught a break again. Looks like anyway.

Offline imref

  • Posts: 45892
  • Re-contending in 202...5?
Re: The Weather (2024)
« Reply #179: October 09, 2024, 11:40:06 PM »
Tampa caught a break again. Looks like anyway.

Tropicana Field is now an open-air stadium.
https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/local-news/the-roof-of-tropicana-field-was-ripped-off-by-hurricane-miltons-winds

The trop was being used as temporary housing for first responders and utility workers.

St. Pete has no water after a major water main break. The city is shutting off the water system until it's repaired.

Offline Count Walewski

  • Posts: 2768
Re: The Weather (2024)
« Reply #180: October 10, 2024, 08:43:49 AM »
The pictures of the Trop without a roof are truly mind-blowing. The Rays picked a good year to not make the playoffs, that's for sure.

Offline Natsinpwc

  • Posts: 27334
Re: The Weather (2024)
« Reply #181: October 10, 2024, 09:13:55 AM »
We survived but no power in our apartment.  Daughter says they have power which is good.  Just a few small trees down. 
Long live the Trop.

Offline imref

  • Posts: 45892
  • Re-contending in 202...5?
Re: The Weather (2024)
« Reply #182: October 10, 2024, 10:45:59 AM »
The pictures of the Trop without a roof are truly mind-blowing. The Rays picked a good year to not make the playoffs, that's for sure.
rough day for buildings named Tropicana

Offline JCA-CrystalCity

  • Global Moderator
  • ****
  • Posts: 43893
  • Platoon - not just a movie, a baseball obsession
Re: The Weather (2024)
« Reply #183: October 10, 2024, 10:48:46 AM »
We survived but no power in our apartment.  Daughter says they have power which is good.  Just a few small trees down. 
Long live the Trop.

good to hear from you. Conserve your batteries!

Offline Natsinpwc

  • Posts: 27334
Re: The Weather (2024)
« Reply #184: October 10, 2024, 12:03:55 PM »
good to hear from you. Conserve your batteries!
Power is back. Other than our internet.

Offline imref

  • Posts: 45892
  • Re-contending in 202...5?
Re: The Weather (2024)
« Reply #185: October 10, 2024, 02:54:06 PM »
Drone footage of Tropicana Field damage:

https://x.com/Ry_Bass/status/1844367980249178396

Offline machpost

  • Posts: 690
Re: The Weather (2024)
« Reply #186: October 10, 2024, 03:25:38 PM »
I keep wondering if they'll decide that it's too expensive to repair and just not worth it for a facility that's more or less condemned to demolition anyway.

Offline nfotiu

  • Posts: 5119
Re: The Weather (2024)
« Reply #187: October 10, 2024, 03:26:24 PM »
I keep wondering if they'll decide that it's too expensive to repair and just not worth it for a facility that's more or less condemned to demolition anyway.
Or leave it an outdoor stadium for a couple years??

Offline imref

  • Posts: 45892
  • Re-contending in 202...5?
Re: The Weather (2024)
« Reply #188: October 10, 2024, 03:41:47 PM »
It looks like it’s just the roof fabric that got destroyed. I assume they’ll fix it. It’s probably insured as well.

Offline imref

  • Posts: 45892
  • Re-contending in 202...5?
Re: The Weather (2024)
« Reply #189: October 10, 2024, 08:21:02 PM »
Anyone see the Northern Lights tonight?

Offline JCA-CrystalCity

  • Global Moderator
  • ****
  • Posts: 43893
  • Platoon - not just a movie, a baseball obsession
Re: The Weather (2024)
« Reply #190: October 10, 2024, 08:25:47 PM »
Anyone see the Northern Lights tonight?
probably somebody in the Trop could

Offline Ali the Baseball Cat

  • Posts: 17852
  • babble on
Re: The Weather (2024)
« Reply #191: October 11, 2024, 09:36:23 AM »
That would probably be a welcome break from looking up at the soles of the Red Sox  :P

Offline wj73

  • Posts: 830
Re: The Weather (2024)
« Reply #192: October 11, 2024, 12:33:59 PM »
Anyone see the Northern Lights tonight?


Got a magnificent display out here in the boonies, on South Mountain at the Frederick/Washington County line. Pinks, oranges, and greens across the sky. Breathtaking.


I’ve never seen them before. Bucket list item - checked off!! And a lot cheaper than a trip to Iceland or Alaska.

Offline imref

  • Posts: 45892
  • Re-contending in 202...5?
Re: The Weather (2024)
« Reply #193: October 30, 2024, 09:48:02 AM »
Horrific flooding in Valencia, Spain from a massive storm that dropped around 20" of rain in ~4 hours, along with massive hail. Reports are that at least 60 are dead/missing. Videos showed a river of cars washing down streets.

https://wapo.st/40nKUtU


Offline Ali the Baseball Cat

  • Posts: 17852
  • babble on
Re: The Weather (2024)
« Reply #194: October 30, 2024, 10:22:50 AM »
Didn't Valencia have terrible fires not so long ago?

Offline imref

  • Posts: 45892
  • Re-contending in 202...5?
Re: The Weather (2024)
« Reply #195: November 05, 2024, 12:25:22 PM »
34 days since it last rained in DC, tying a record. Rain is forecasted for Thursday morning.

Offline JCA-CrystalCity

  • Global Moderator
  • ****
  • Posts: 43893
  • Platoon - not just a movie, a baseball obsession
Re: The Weather (2024)
« Reply #196: November 05, 2024, 01:51:47 PM »
34 days since it last rained in DC, tying a record. Rain is forecasted for Thursday morning.
dang.  So much for my bike commute.