http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86pNkK0uVMI
That's what just happened in Newfoundland when Igor hit as a "tiny" Cat 1.
That is one damn well built barn!!!
No shit, right? Those Canadians know how to build!
Made me jealous. Now I wonder if my buildings could stay together like that.
Most nor'easters > category 1 hurricane.
I mean, that thing doesn't even have snow.
Your Nor'Easter's have SNOW?!
Our's just sorta have horizontal freezing rain that instantly create black ice.
ours are basically a category 1 hurricane that dumps 3 to 6 feet of snow (depending on time of year) and can, in mid-winter, come with windchills of 20 to 50 degrees below zero.
Quote from: Exit City Hustle on September 22, 2010, 09:38:42 PM
ours are basically a category 1 hurricane that dumps 3 to 6 feet of snow (depending on time of year) and can, in mid-winter, come with windchills of 20 to 50 degrees below zero.
Maine is a different monster than Southern New England, though every so often we get a storm that basically shuts Boston down. They're usually conveniently timed to rush hour.
How are you people alive?
Why do you live there?
Quote from: Sigmatic on September 22, 2010, 10:06:21 PM
How are you people alive?
Why do you live there?
We are made from heartier stock than the rest of the US. We lovingly refer to the rest of you as pussies.
To be fair, Mainers say the same thing about Southern New Englanders.
Those pussies and their...non-floating-away-barns... :argh!:
The Northeastern US: We're children of Cyclones.
If it's not a Nor'easter, it's a hurricane, if it's not a hurricane, it's a frontal storm, if it's not a frontal storm, it's an isolated supercell, and right now, it's a gorgeous day in Providence. Currently 81 degrees and not a cloud to be seen...Gotta enjoy it while it lasts, because starting in November there's only really like a 30% chance we'll see the sun, especially since at the solstice it's only at 25 degrees in the sky.
We do this shit for science.
Don't forget that March through May is basically one continuous rainstorm.
New Englanders,
singlehandedly keeping the vitamin D industry afloat.
Quote from: Sigmatic on September 22, 2010, 10:06:21 PM
How are you people alive?
Why do you live there?
the further north/east you get in Maine, the more you can be assured that you are surrounded by REAL people.
Quote from: Doktor Blight on September 22, 2010, 10:21:10 PM
Don't forget that March through May is basically one continuous rainstorm.
New Englanders,
singlehandedly keeping the vitamin D industry afloat.
I'm the most unhealthy in March, I have to admit. Mostly because all it does for January and February is stay just above freezing so it sleets for days on end, and when it's not sleeting or the rain isn't freezing, then it's just gray and damp. Then we get that occasional cold front which will throw us below freezing, we'll get an inch or 2 of snow which will freeze solid and it won't get above 10 degrees for a week...but the sun will be out. :x
Also, they didn't name us "New" England for nuthin'.
Pilgrims: "I say, thyne weather sucketh as in back home."
Quote from: Doktor Princess on September 22, 2010, 10:58:43 PM
Also, they didn't name us "New" England for nuthin'.
Pilgrims: "I say, thyne weather sucketh as in back home."
:lulz:
The only difference is that Old England is noticeably warmer.
Quote from: Doktor Blight on September 22, 2010, 11:01:31 PM
Quote from: Doktor Princess on September 22, 2010, 10:58:43 PM
Also, they didn't name us "New" England for nuthin'.
Pilgrims: "I say, thyne weather sucketh as in back home."
:lulz:
The only difference is that Old England is noticeably warmer.
Rhode Island is about the same. Once you get north/west of I-495 though, you're in the hands of Aput. I mean, how else can Worcester, 30mi from Providence, get devastating ice storms that knock out power for weeks, while down here within the safe boundaries of the Sovereign Principality of Kaousuu, we'll get a dusting and a tree limb will fall. And then we'll tell the weatherman that they're lying...and go buy milk and bread anyway.
Quote from: Doktor Princess on September 22, 2010, 11:05:58 PM
Quote from: Doktor Blight on September 22, 2010, 11:01:31 PM
Quote from: Doktor Princess on September 22, 2010, 10:58:43 PM
Also, they didn't name us "New" England for nuthin'.
Pilgrims: "I say, thyne weather sucketh as in back home."
:lulz:
The only difference is that Old England is noticeably warmer.
Rhode Island is about the same. Once you get north/west of I-495 though, you're in the hands of Aput. I mean, how else can Worcester, 30mi from Providence, get devastating ice storms that knock out power for weeks, while down here within the safe boundaries of the Sovereign Principality of Kaousuu, we'll get a dusting and a tree limb will fall. And then we'll tell the weatherman that they're lying...and go buy milk and bread anyway.
True. Boston largely gets spared the worst of everything because of the heat trap/coastal city/fairly efficient snow removal combination. Once you get into the 'burbs it starts to get worse.
I do always find the mad scramble to get non-perishables funny.
Quote from: Exit City Hustle on September 22, 2010, 09:38:42 PM
ours are basically a category 1 hurricane that dumps 3 to 6 feet of snow (depending on time of year) and can, in mid-winter, come with windchills of 20 to 50 degrees below zero.
Fuuuuuuck.
G7P,
Never seen colder than -30
Quote from: Doktor Blight on September 22, 2010, 11:11:51 PM
Quote from: Doktor Princess on September 22, 2010, 11:05:58 PM
Quote from: Doktor Blight on September 22, 2010, 11:01:31 PM
Quote from: Doktor Princess on September 22, 2010, 10:58:43 PM
Also, they didn't name us "New" England for nuthin'.
Pilgrims: "I say, thyne weather sucketh as in back home."
:lulz:
The only difference is that Old England is noticeably warmer.
Rhode Island is about the same. Once you get north/west of I-495 though, you're in the hands of Aput. I mean, how else can Worcester, 30mi from Providence, get devastating ice storms that knock out power for weeks, while down here within the safe boundaries of the Sovereign Principality of Kaousuu, we'll get a dusting and a tree limb will fall. And then we'll tell the weatherman that they're lying...and go buy milk and bread anyway.
True. Boston largely gets spared the worst of everything because of the heat trap/coastal city/fairly efficient snow removal combination. Once you get into the 'burbs it starts to get worse.
I do always find the mad scramble to get non-perishables funny.
I just buy chips, salsa, and some sort of hard liquor.
Quote from: Doktor Princess on September 22, 2010, 11:16:00 PM
Quote from: Doktor Blight on September 22, 2010, 11:11:51 PM
Quote from: Doktor Princess on September 22, 2010, 11:05:58 PM
Quote from: Doktor Blight on September 22, 2010, 11:01:31 PM
Quote from: Doktor Princess on September 22, 2010, 10:58:43 PM
Also, they didn't name us "New" England for nuthin'.
Pilgrims: "I say, thyne weather sucketh as in back home."
:lulz:
The only difference is that Old England is noticeably warmer.
Rhode Island is about the same. Once you get north/west of I-495 though, you're in the hands of Aput. I mean, how else can Worcester, 30mi from Providence, get devastating ice storms that knock out power for weeks, while down here within the safe boundaries of the Sovereign Principality of Kaousuu, we'll get a dusting and a tree limb will fall. And then we'll tell the weatherman that they're lying...and go buy milk and bread anyway.
True. Boston largely gets spared the worst of everything because of the heat trap/coastal city/fairly efficient snow removal combination. Once you get into the 'burbs it starts to get worse.
I do always find the mad scramble to get non-perishables funny.
I just buy chips, salsa, and some sort of hard liquor.
Making it a party. I approve and will follow your example
Also, the winter is when I love being a pedestrian the most. Not because I actually LIKE walking on ice and in snowstorms, mind you, but if it's really bad out, I can get home in just about the same time I usually do when it will take cars HOURS because of traffic.
Quote from: Doktor Princess on September 22, 2010, 07:55:19 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86pNkK0uVMI
That's what just happened in Newfoundland when Igor hit as a "tiny" Cat 1.
I love the pavement a few meters left of them cracking into the drink and they're just filming away. :lol:
Actual quote from cbc:
"due to numerous road washouts and downed powerlines the town has declared a state of emergency and advises residents to stay off the roads unless it's an emergency."
My dad has to wait til the biggest craters in the trans canada highway are fixed before he can pick mom up from the city. A bunch of sewage systems are useless, communities are still cut off from power crews, some bridges are toast, etc. But other than that, everyone I know there is ok.
Pics of flooding: http://www.cbc.ca/nl/blogs/seen/2010/09/storm-photo.html
Quote from: Agent Rhizome on September 22, 2010, 11:29:56 PM
Quote from: Doktor Princess on September 22, 2010, 07:55:19 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86pNkK0uVMI
That's what just happened in Newfoundland when Igor hit as a "tiny" Cat 1.
I love the pavement a few meters left of them cracking into the drink and they're just filming away. :lol:
Actual quote from cbc:
"due to numerous road washouts and downed powerlines the town has declared a state of emergency and advises residents to stay off the roads unless it's an emergency."
My dad has to wait til the biggest craters in the trans canada highway are fixed before he can pick mom up from the city. A bunch of sewage systems are useless, communities are still cut off from power crews, some bridges are toast, etc. But other than that, everyone I know there is ok.
Pics of flooding: http://www.cbc.ca/nl/blogs/seen/2010/09/storm-photo.html
Holy shit...
Good thing your people are ok.
for suu
(http://img.myconfinedspace.com/wp-content/uploads/tdomf/165611/storm.jpg)
That looks like Kansas.
Took this from my front porch.
(http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu264/HawkShadowsoul/SANY0018.jpg)
Midwestern storms are an entirely different animal.
Quote from: Doktor Princess on September 23, 2010, 02:48:46 PM
Midwestern storms are an entirely different animal.
Ain't that a fact! Ours can often be hit and run, yours just move in.
Quote from: Charley Brown on September 23, 2010, 02:53:45 PM
Quote from: Doktor Princess on September 23, 2010, 02:48:46 PM
Midwestern storms are an entirely different animal.
Ain't that a fact! Ours can often be hit and run, yours just move in.
Rapid forming isolated super-cells VS Frontal/Cyclonic storms
Neither of them should be fucked with.
Quote from: Doktor Princess on September 23, 2010, 02:55:23 PM
Quote from: Charley Brown on September 23, 2010, 02:53:45 PM
Quote from: Doktor Princess on September 23, 2010, 02:48:46 PM
Midwestern storms are an entirely different animal.
Ain't that a fact! Ours can often be hit and run, yours just move in.
Rapid forming isolated super-cells VS Frontal/Cyclonic storms
Neither of them should be fucked with.
Awwww.
Redneck Tornado Survival Kit.
1) Lawn Chair
2) 6 pack
3) Camera
Quote from: Charley Brown on September 23, 2010, 02:56:54 PM
Quote from: Doktor Princess on September 23, 2010, 02:55:23 PM
Quote from: Charley Brown on September 23, 2010, 02:53:45 PM
Quote from: Doktor Princess on September 23, 2010, 02:48:46 PM
Midwestern storms are an entirely different animal.
Ain't that a fact! Ours can often be hit and run, yours just move in.
Rapid forming isolated super-cells VS Frontal/Cyclonic storms
Neither of them should be fucked with.
Awwww.
Redneck Tornado Survival Kit.
1) Lawn Chair
2) 6 pack
3) Camera
That's like my Florida hurricane kit...though the last time I actually witnessed a tornado first hand I was lying down face first in a ditch in Arkansas.
Close call, eh?
Quote from: Charley Brown on September 23, 2010, 03:30:15 PM
Close call, eh?
Yeah...it sounds more fun that it really was, I assure you. It was only an F2, and didn't go right over us...But my bladder control was better than others. Absolutely terrifying and awesome at the same time.
They are only fun from a safe distance.
Quote from: Charley Brown on September 23, 2010, 03:39:53 PM
They are only fun from a safe distance.
Like hurricanes or Nor'Easters...it's all fun and games until you lose power for 2 weeks, the water is undrinkable and you sustain significant damage to your property. As much as I generally can't stand RI, geographically if anyone has to live in New England, we're in the place to be, even though we're WAY overdue for a big ass hurricane to beat the shit out of us.
...of course, now that I've said that...
Oh hey, remember that Nor'Easter in March that flooded the shit out of Dimoland? They JUST reopened the mall that took on 10ft of water last week...a month ahead of schedule at least.
Todays weather, spooky with a chance of flying monkeys.
(http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu264/HawkShadowsoul/SANY0063.jpg)
(http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu264/HawkShadowsoul/SANY0064.jpg)
Man, I love those sky rifts, where the clouds make a perfect front across the sky, a perfect line, and you can see the curvature of the Earth.
Quote from: Kai on September 26, 2010, 12:03:50 AM
Man, I love those sky rifts, where the clouds make a perfect front across the sky, a perfect line, and you can see the curvature of the Earth.
This formation is very rare. Both clouds were at the same altitude, but moving in opposite directions. This storm shut down the K-State football game (2 miles from my house) for an hour and a half. Wild rotation.