Not to derail further (with apologies to jbanda), but I remember Hurricane Katrina conspiracies pointed the other way. And the HAARP weather control **** has been flying around for years. The world's full of fruitcases and basketcases of all variety and always has been; they just get more amplification now from people who want to sound smart by pointing them out as being in error. Social media lets you do that without actually having to talk to the guy dancing on a street corner or trying to start up interesting debates at dive bars.

*but seriously, go check out that dude's author page. I think he's full of promise.

any accounting of how many dams broke?

Last I saw/heard, none of the dams outright failed.

https://open.substack.com/pub/michaelrlowry/p/tropical-deja-vu-another-week-another?r=krcyf&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

If anyone is looking for ways to help the people in western NC, Blue Ridge NPR has a list of organizations you can donate to. See link below.

https://www.bpr.org/bpr-news/2024-09-28/list-ways-to-donate-and-help-flood-victims-in-western-north-carolina-after-hurricane-helene

Additionally the United Way of North Carolina has a fund set up specifically for Helene relief. Link below.

https://www.unitedwaync.org/

My son and I were just up that way the weekend before for the NASCAR race in Bristol, TN on the TN/VA border. We went for a couple of drives thru a few of those mountain towns that got devastated a few days later. Really sad stuff.

Project Gemini said:

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Its a thread about hurricanes. If you dont want to read about potential hurricanes dont click on this thread.

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Yeah. The fear porn is the predictions showing direct Houston hits when it still hasn't formed a storm yet.

Here's the text that goes along with that graphic. Not exactly fear porn.

From nhc - noaa about the chart posted above. The narrative provides needed context.


Gulf of Mexico:
Disorganized showers and thunderstorms over portions of the Gulf of Mexico are associated with a surface trough. A broad area of low pressure is likely to develop over the Gulf of Mexico late this
weekend or early next week, but subsequent tropical or subtropical development could be limited by the system's potential interaction with a frontal boundary. Regardless of development, locally heavy
rains could occur over portions of Mexico during the next few days and over portions of the Florida Peninsula next week.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...30 percent.

What will Milton do?

Calling for a major hurricane at landfall is not good for florida.

Supposed to fly to Fort Lauderdale tomorrow for a conference through Thursday. WTF.

Well at least everything is already broke in yhat area so the damage should be minimal

My mom lives alone in Sarasota, looks like a direct hit projected currently.

Tampa had all kind of issues with Helene passing to the west but it was moving north. This one is coming perpendicular to the coast and will absolutely pile up water there. FEMA better be checking under their couch cushions bc this one could be really bad.

kelkel25 said:

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Tampa had all kind of issues with Helene passing to the west but it was moving north. This one is coming perpendicular to the coast and will absolutely pile up water there. FEMA better be checking under their couch cushions bc this one could be really bad.

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FEMA is out of money. Tampa residents are SOL.

flipper94 said:

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Supposed to fly to Fort Lauderdale tomorrow for a conference through Thursday. WTF.

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That's horrible.

I'm supposed to fly to Tampa Wednesday as part of a multi-stop itinerary. I guess I'll be spending some time on the phone with United since barring a miracle that leg of the trip will obviously not be happening.

Martin Q. Blank said:

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flipper94 said:

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Supposed to fly to Fort Lauderdale tomorrow for a conference through Thursday. WTF.

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That's horrible.

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Yes, I would simply cancel and ask them for rain check to next years conference.

My BIL has been working for FEMA with Helene and the one that hit Louisiana. They flew him home this morning and are flying him back to Florida on Tuesday.