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now you know what it's like to live on the gulf of mexico.....
I was in Ike... and it's crazy sh*t! Igor lost a shit tonne of energy too over cold water on it's way up there.... shit's a huge storm....
Neither would anyone in a Hurricane - that's what tey have the Gen set for! ha...
If it's as bad as it sounds - be prepared to be without power for a while... and when i say a while, down here in Houston after Ike, the average time without power was like 3-4 weeks! Some up to 6-8 weeks.....
I hope you don't have that misery!! Be grateful you have a Gen set!! lifesavers!!
Hide from the wind - run from the water!
Who'd of thought Newfoundland would be hit by "Tropical" weather....
ok - key questions to make sure you know your shit...
How fast is the storm moving? What's the current pressure? is it falling still?
How far away from the eye are you...
Are you on the dirty side of the storm - generally the front right quadrant, this quadrant produces the strongest winds, heavy rain and most likely for tornado formation...
get that shit in your report!
holy shit did you see that she used mm and km
the worlds ending!!!!!
The slower speed allowed Hugo to punish the island of St. Croix with the worst beating of any location along the hurricane's destructive path. At 2 am local time on September 18, Hugo's eyewall struck St. Croix, bringing incredibly ferocious Category 4 winds, sustained at 140 mph (230 km/h). The hurricane's gusts were remarkably violent, and many residents witnessed tornado-like vortices barreling across the island as the hurricane raged about them. A storm surge of 2–3 feet (0.61–0.91 m), topped by battering waves 20–23 feet (6.1–7.0 m) high, assaulted the coast, adding to the destruction. Wunderground member Mike Steers wrote and described his experience on St. Croix during the hurricane: "Hugo was incredible. Many vortexes came in that night. The roar and intensity of the winds that night were incredible. When the eyewall came over, we were forced to take refuge in the bathroom as the rest of the house came apart. The pressure was so low outside the house that all of the water was sucked out of the toilet and an air draft was created through the toilet. Just when I thought it was as bad as it would get, the intensity of it all dialed up even higher. Dozens and dozens of times, my ears would violently pop due to rapid pressure changes. The next morning, of course, the devastation was unbelievable. In my front yard was a 18-foot boat with an outboard on it, that had been picked up from a marina two miles away. I had lost my house, and job, the Seaplane company I was a pilot for. After a couple months, I had to leave everything behind. In some respects, after 20 years, there an many aspects of the society that have yet to recover". Two people were killed on St. Croix, 80 injured, and 90% of the buildings were damaged or destroyed. Damage estimates for St. Croix were astronomical, over $1 billion, and the island's entire infrastructure was virtually wiped out. Six weeks after the hurricane, only 25% of the public roads had been cleared, and only 25% of the island had power.
Adam Frederick, a resident of St. Croix, recorded the hurricane and aftermath on a VHS video camera. After being evacuated from the island days later, the video footage was aired on WGAL channel 8 from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and picked up by NBC and aired as part of the nightly news. Adam received credit as having the first "official" eye witness footage shown on U.S. national television.
There was massive looting and unrest, prompting President George H.W. Bush to send troops to St. Croix in Operation Hawkeye.[11] It also resulted in the first operational deployment of the National Disaster Medical System (NDMS), when the New Mexico-1 Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT) was deployed to assist in medical care needs of the stricken island. [12]
