Climate in the 21st Century

[ttystikk]

say hello to Hurricane Kristy......she the other wave that crossed over central america and allowed Hurricane Oscar to hit Cuba.....she is now a CAT 4 on verge to CAT 5 on the pacific side.....

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1849538511696703722

this is a close capture of the eye way, it's a short vid, but you can see the pacific ocean on the bottom and the vortex's inside the eye wall.....she's got some strength.......

the weather is really freaky these days.......beard scratcher

Had an interesting Reddit chat with a meteorologist about hurricanes today; he said there's a growing consensus that while hurricanes are not necessarily going to be more numerous as climate changes, they will carry and dump more water, on average they'll be more powerful with greater storm surge and rapid intensification will be more common.

So there's that.

 

[ttystikk]

say hello to Hurricane Kristy......she the other wave that crossed over central america and allowed Hurricane Oscar to hit Cuba.....she is now a CAT 4 on verge to CAT 5 on the pacific side.....

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1849538511696703722

this is a close capture of the eye way, it's a short vid, but you can see the pacific ocean on the bottom and the vortex's inside the eye wall.....she's got some strength.......

the weather is really freaky these days.......beard scratcher

Current Storm Information | Tropical Tidbits

The latest information on active storms in the Atlantic Ocean

www.tropicaltidbits.com

More info on Kristy. Fortunately, she looks like a fish storm, likely creating some great waves for surfers in the next few days.

 

[BudmanTX]

Had an interesting Reddit chat with a meteorologist about hurricanes today; he said there's a growing consensus that while hurricanes are not necessarily going to be more numerous as climate changes, they will carry and dump more water, on average they'll be more powerful with greater storm surge and rapid intensification will be more common.

So there's that.

yeah i can see that as well

what's gonna be interesting in the years to come, how more powerful these storms will get?

 

[doublejj]

Climate Groups Warn Third-Party Vote 'Could Hand Our Planet's Future Over to Trump'
"Every vote for Dr. Jill Stein or Cornel West instead of Kamala Harris makes it more likely that Donald Trump will win," wrote a coalition of leading environmental groups.

Climate Groups Warn Third-Party Vote 'Could Hand Our Planet's Future Over to Trump' | Common Dreams

"Every vote for Dr. Jill Stein or Cornel West instead of Kamala Harris makes it more likely that Donald Trump will win," wrote a coalition of leading environmental groups.

www.commondreams.org

 

[doublejj]

233 Mental Health Professionals Spell Out Dangers Of Donald Trump In Chilling Letter
"We have a duty to warn the public about the grave danger posed by returning this man to power."

233 Mental Health Professionals Spell Out Dangers Of Trump In Chilling Letter

"We have a duty to warn the public about the grave danger posed by returning this man to power."

www.huffpost.com

 

[Budley Doright]

Had an interesting Reddit chat with a meteorologist about hurricanes today; he said there's a growing consensus that while hurricanes are not necessarily going to be more numerous as climate changes, they will carry and dump more water, on average they'll be more powerful with greater storm surge and rapid intensification will be more common.

So there's that.

Ya shit gets real when the oceans hotter than my hot tub .

 

[ttystikk]

yeah i can see that as well

what's gonna be interesting in the years to come, how more powerful these storms will get?

There's increasingly serious discussion about creating a Category 6, with wind speeds of 196mph or greater.

You HAD TO ask...

https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/category-6-hurricane-saffir-simpson-wind-scale?origin=serp_auto

 

[ttystikk]

Ya shit gets real when the oceans hotter than my hot tub .

That's where the hurricane strength comes from. Fortunately, wind shear is the limiting factor for hurricane formation and that's not going anywhere.

 

[injinji]

There's increasingly serious discussion about creating a Category 6, with wind speeds of 196mph or greater.

You HAD TO ask...

https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/category-6-hurricane-saffir-simpson-wind-scale?origin=serp_auto

That is not really serous. It was made to freak folks out about some of the higher wind speeds being seen, mostly in the Pacific. As you can see, the differences between categories is 22, 15, 20 and 25 mph. So a real Cat 6 would be somewhere between 170-180 mph. Or if you just look at the last three, it increases by five each time, so 185mph would make sense too.

• Category 1: 74–95 miles per hour (mph)
• Category 2: 96–110 mph
• Category 3: 111–130 mph
• Category 4: 131–155 mph
• Category 5: Greater than 155 mph

 

[injinji]

I heard this list the other day on NPR. It is kind of shocking, but there has only been four storms to strike the US as Cat 5's.

Labor Day Storm 1935 (before we named them)
Camille 1969
Andrew 1992
Michael 2018

Here are all the Cat 5 storms: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Category_5_Atlantic_hurricanes

 

[injinji]

Speaking of hurricanes, I use my truck mostly for the radio and a place to sit during safety meetings, so I don't roll my windows up unless there is a real threat of rain. I haven't had to roll up my windows since hurricane before last. My pond is just about gone. And even with the half ass flood from the rain we had a couple three weeks ago, the river and creek are right back down to the low water mark.

 

[doublejj]

UC Berkeley scientists make groundbreaking climate discovery

Trees have long done the heavy lifting of sequestering carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, but no matter how big the planting spree, nature won’t catch up to human impact on our warming planet. But UC Berkeley scientists recently made a discovery that could help potentially mitigate the effects of climate change, and it’s just the beginning of more work with the groundbreaking material.
The specially designed, porous yellow powder dubbed COF-999 the group created can capture carbon dioxide from the air, keeping it from being released until it can be moved underground or to a capture facility

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/uc-berkeley-scientists-make-climate-discovery-19861548.php

 

[Budley Doright]

That's where the hurricane strength comes from. Fortunately, wind shear is the limiting factor for hurricane formation and that's not going anywhere.

Yup It does lol.

 

[ttystikk]

2018
President Donald Trump decided on Monday to slap tariffs on imported solar panels.
https://time.com/5113472/donald-trump-solar-panel-tariff/

I don't like sitting in the back seat.

As long as we let big corporations drown our political system in money, we're going to continue to fall behind, because entrenched business always has more money than the innovators.

The fossil fuel industry would like nothing more than to kill renewables, by any means necessary. As long as they continue to be successful, America loses.

 

[ttystikk]

That is not really serous. It was made to freak folks out about some of the higher wind speeds being seen, mostly in the Pacific. As you can see, the differences between categories is 22, 15, 20 and 25 mph. So a real Cat 6 would be somewhere between 170-180 mph. Or if you just look at the last three, it increases by five each time, so 185mph would make sense too.

• Category 1: 74–95 miles per hour (mph)
• Category 2: 96–110 mph
• Category 3: 111–130 mph
• Category 4: 131–155 mph
• Category 5: Greater than 155 mph

I agree. The category is more about quantifying extreme storms than it is about any differences in damage.

That said, there have occasionally been hurricanes with sustained wind speeds in excess of 200mph. I think it deserves a new category.

Another reason to do it is to make it more clear how storms are getting stronger as global warming takes hold.

 

[Drop That Sound]

"Oops, we're sorry Mr. SOL, your hurricane and flood insurance only covers Cats 1-5"

 

[ttystikk]

"Oops, we're sorry Mr. SOL, your hurricane and flood insurance only covers Cats 1-5"

Funny you should mention this. It is possible to build homes, condos, apartments and even whole neighborhoods to be damn near hurricane proof. It's pretty expensive but if it was code (like it damn well should be in Florida!) it would come down in price through economies of scale and practice. This is already happening with "passive homes" which are heavily insulated to the point that they need very little heating and cooling to maintain comfort.

 

[Budley Doright]

Funny you should mention this. It is possible to build homes, condos, apartments and even whole neighborhoods to be damn near hurricane proof. It's pretty expensive but if it was code (like it damn well should be in Florida!) it would come down in price through economies of scale and practice. This is already happening with "passive homes" which are heavily insulated to the point that they need very little heating and cooling to maintain comfort.

Just look to the east to Bermuda on how to build and save water as well. Direct hit cat 3 in summer and most had power restored in less than 24 hours. It was a slow moving storm with the eye over the island for 1.5-2 hrs. ! Daughter took the pup for a pee and walk and then headed back inside after sending vid. Very minimal damage to housing.

 

[Drop That Sound]

..and fireproof

 

[Drop That Sound]