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Hovering between a Cat 2 and Cat 3, Flossie is due to hit... or near miss the Big Island at 11 am HST.

Being that Mother Nature is a cast iron bitch, and prone to change her mind at a moment's notice. I am still preparing for a cat 3 or 4 hurricane to hit Oahu. so here I am at work... a Rated shelter, with a HUGE Emergency Generator, food, water and other necessities. awaiting news of wether it will be a Hurricane or Tropical storm that reaches the island of Oahu.

With my habit of looking for the positive in all situations, I must say, I enjoyed the nice breezes that Flossie sent ahead as well as the much needed rain.

so Generalites, I ask you, what was the worst Natrual Disaster you lived though?

and who the hell names a Hurricane 'Flossie'?

I thought hurricanes in the Pacific were named something else...? Wasn't it typhoon?

Couldn't you at least say Category once? I was reading all of that thinking "Jeez that must be a pretty big cat, or else its got big claws or something" ;)

I survived the remnants of Floyd in 1999, and the remnants of Isabel in 2003.

I only remember these because I got off from school for each. :p'


Good luck.

Well... we might have Dean coming soon here, but I'm not sure if it's coming directly towards us or not yet. It's going towards the Caribbean now and they think it's going to be a hurricane by the time it gets there.

My specific area of Florida has been pretty lucky. Hurricanes have passed through the state plenty of times of course, but the worst we've gotten in this place in my memory was tropical storm strength winds and rain...

I've actually been pretty lucky in the weather department except for that whole Blizzard of '93 deal.

I thought hurricanes in the Pacific were named something else...? Wasn't it typhoon? depends on where it is.

North Eastern Pacific storms are Hurricanes. North Western Pacific storms are Typhoons. See wiki: Intensity Classification (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane)

and wow... I really didn't know that. that's why storms hitting Japan and China are called Typhoons and storms hitting Hawaii and Alaska are Hurricanes.

and I really am now curious as to what the South Pacific calls em. since they don't use Hurricane or Typhoon... "Oh fuck" probably comes to mind...

Click Stand;12965565']I've actually been pretty lucky in the weather department except for that whole Blizzard of '93 deal.
never been in a Blizzard... what happened?

The South Pacific calls them typhoons. Americans always think they are better than everybody else, >_>.

The South Pacific calls them typhoons. Americans always think they are better than everybody else, >_>.

Americans?

only Americans edit Wiki? didn't know that either. :rolleyes:

depends on where it is.

North Eastern Pacific storms are Hurricanes. North Western Pacific storms are Typhoons. See wiki: Intensity Classification (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane)

and wow... I really didn't know that. that's why storms hitting Japan and China are called Typhoons and storms hitting Hawaii and Alaska are Hurricanes.

and I really am now curious as to what the South Pacific calls em. since they don't use Hurricane or Typhoon... "Oh fuck" probably comes to mind...


never been in a Blizzard... what happened?

Lights went out, roads shut down and phones disconnected. Not much different from any other type of storm except it was very cold.

Hovering between a Cat 2 and Cat 3, Flossie is due to hit... or near miss the Big Island at 11 am HST.

Being that Mother Nature is a cast iron bitch, and prone to change her mind at a moment's notice. I am still preparing for a cat 3 or 4 hurricane to hit Oahu. so here I am at work... a Rated shelter, with a HUGE Emergency Generator, food, water and other necessities. awaiting news of wether it will be a Hurricane or Tropical storm that reaches the island of Oahu.

With my habit of looking for the positive in all situations, I must say, I enjoyed the nice breezes that Flossie sent ahead as well as the much needed rain.

Take care! And have you layed in the dark and light rums, passionfruit syrup, and lime juice? Can't make a Hurricane w/o the passionfruit. ;)

so Generalites, I ask you, what was the worst Natrual Disaster you lived though?

That'd either be Hurricane Alicia (Cat. 3) or the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake (AKA the Kobe Earthquake).

Alicia didn't kill nearly as many, but I got run over directly by it after evacuating inland to Houston - I remember my little bro running out of the motel room as the eye passed over us.

The quake killed a lot more people but was a lot more tangental. I was about as minimally directly affected as I could be and still say I experienced it (it's still the biggest quake I've felt).

and who the hell names a Hurricane 'Flossie'?

In the news reports, I keep reading "Flossie" as "Flopsy", and giggling because I want to know when there'll be storms named Peter, Mopsy, and Cottontail...

Flossie? What the fuck kind of name for a Hurricane is that? It sounds more like what you name a pet rabbit.

and I really am now curious as to what the South Pacific calls em. since they don't use Hurricane or Typhoon... "Oh fuck" probably comes to mind...

I died imagining SP islander coming back on a boat just yelling and screaming "Oh fuck! oh fuck!" sending a town into chaos.


never been in a Blizzard... what happened?

Imagine three feet of snow. And zero visibility. And sub freezing temperatures. And gale force winds.

That's a lot to imagine. :p

The South Pacific calls them typhoons. Americans always think they are better than everybody else, >_>.

and also according to wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_cyclone_scales#South_Pacific)... Aussies call em "tropical cyclones"

The Australian Bureau of Meteorology uses a 1-5 scale called tropical cyclone severity categories. Unlike the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale, severity categories are based on estimated maximum wind gusts, which are a further 30-40% stronger than the 10-minute average sustained winds.[3] Severity categories are scaled lower than the Saffir-Simpson Scale - for example, a severity category 2 tropical cyclone is roughly equivalent to a strong tropical storm or a weak Saffir-Simpson category 1 hurricane.[4]

Again, I didn't know that... :p

Worst natural disaster...?


Well, one time a tornado hit a couple of dozen km away from my house and disappeared rather quickly.


Also, once lightening struck a tree... on campus... when I wasn't there...


Yeah, I've had an uneventful life in terms of natural disasters. One time I got stuck outside in a hail storm and pouring rain, that's about the worst that's happened to me. And yeah, hail fucking hurts. I had to go to a bus shelter to wait it out.

edit: Oh wait, blizzards are natural disasters? That changes everything... I've been in plenty of those... but nothing particularly bad happened, I would just go home (sometimes my dad would pick me up early from school if a particularly bad storm was due). Usually they didn't even cancel school the next day unless the bulk of the snow came down after 4 am so the plows couldn't clear the streets in time.

Take care! And have you layed in the dark and light rums, passionfruit syrup, and lime juice? Can't make a Hurricane w/o the passionfruit. ;) I'm praying it keeps it's course. but Pacific Hurricanes sometimes moves like a drunk driver...

and here, A proper Hurricane is Popcorn mixed with butter, furikake, and mochi crunch!

at least that is one the WHOLE family can enjoy. :p

A typhoon replaces the Furikake with powdered sour cream.

That'd either be Hurricane Alicia (Cat. 3) or the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake (AKA the Kobe Earthquake).

Alicia didn't kill nearly as many, but I got run over directly by it after evacuating inland to Houston - I remember my little bro running out of the motel room as the eye passed over us.

The quake killed a lot more people but was a lot more tangental. I was about as minimally directly affected as I could be and still say I experienced it (it's still the biggest quake I've felt). you experienced the Kobe Earthquake? :eek:

and I really am now curious as to what the South Pacific calls em. since they don't use Hurricane or Typhoon... "Oh fuck" probably comes to mind...

The South Pacific calls them typhoons.

Incorrect. In the South Pacific they are called tropical cyclones or simpl;y cyclones.

TROPICAL CYCLONE NAMES

Introduction

This page provides a listing of names that are used for tropical cyclones in the Australian Region. There are three lists of names that are used by the Bureau of Meteorology; one for each of the three Australian Tropical Cyclone Warning Centres (TCWC) in Perth, Darwin and Brisbane. Information on the zones of responsibility can be found here.

The name of a new tropical cyclone is usually selected from the list of names of the TCWC responsible for the area in which it first became a cyclone. If a cyclone moves into another TCWC's area of responsibility, its name is retained. Similarly, if a named cyclone moves into the Australian region from another country's zone of responsibility, the name assigned by that other country will be retained. The names are normaly chosen in sequence, when the list is exhausted, we return the the start of the list.
http://www.bom.gov.au/catalogue/warnings/cyclone_names.shtml


Americans always think they are better than everybody else, >_>.

And you appear to know less than Americans... :p ;)

"Flossie" sounds like the name of a cow.

Flossie, Cow God Of Wisconsin

http://www.hist.umn.edu/~sobek/cowmoo.gif

Or someone's southern US grandma...

http://www.flossiesfavorites.com/images/home_images/flossie_home.gif

Flossie? What the fuck kind of name for a Hurricane is that? It sounds more like what you name a pet rabbit.

Exactly. :D And Just imagine what it'll do to Mr. McGregor's garden... :D

(Now I'll have to hunt up that old classic "Peter Rabbit, Tank Killer...)

Again, I didn't know that... :p

I knew it because I have lots of Aussie mates.

I'm praying it keeps it's course. but Pacific Hurricanes sometimes moves like a drunk driver...

And let's hope it's a 2 or less when if it hit's ya'll.

and here, A proper Hurricane is Popcorn mixed with butter, furikake, and mochi crunch!

at least that is one the WHOLE family can enjoy. :p

A typhoon replaces the Furikake with powdered sour cream.

Crazy Hawaiians. :)

you experienced the Kobe Earthquake? :eek:

I was here in Sakai, which is far enough away that there wasn't any serious structual damage. But the shaking was strong enough to wake me up and keep me from standing. I had friends and aquaintances in Kobe. Nobody I knew well died, but I knew a few... One of my good freinds from the US made a narrow escape when the tiles all slid off his roof into the garden. And another good Chinese friend was delayed at Kansai Airport and couldn't get her train back to Kobe the night before. DShe was SO lucky to be staying at a hotel at the Airport because a big structural beam from her roof crushed her bed.

I think probably the worst I have lived through was May 3, 1999 when not one but two tornadoes directly hit the house I was in. It damaged/destroyed nearly all of the town I lived in, my entire neighborhood was rubble, and we never found my car.

A cross beam from a school 3 miles away landed in my backyard though, it was literally wrapped around a tree.

I saw parts of the Perfect Storm, as well as the Storm of the Century

Hovering between a Cat 2 and Cat 3, Flossie is due to hit... or near miss the Big Island at 11 am HST.

Being that Mother Nature is a cast iron bitch, and prone to change her mind at a moment's notice. I am still preparing for a cat 3 or 4 hurricane to hit Oahu. so here I am at work... a Rated shelter, with a HUGE Emergency Generator, food, water and other necessities. awaiting news of wether it will be a Hurricane or Tropical storm that reaches the island of Oahu.

With my habit of looking for the positive in all situations, I must say, I enjoyed the nice breezes that Flossie sent ahead as well as the much needed rain.

so Generalites, I ask you, what was the worst Natrual Disaster you lived though?

and who the hell names a Hurricane 'Flossie'?

The close thing up here was the far-out effects of Hurricane Isabel. And a huge two-week streak of rain.

The two tornadoes that hit Springfield, Illnois a few years back. Parts of the city looked like a warzone.

I think probably the worst I have lived through was May 3, 1999 when not one but two tornadoes directly hit the house I was in. It damaged/destroyed nearly all of the town I lived in, my entire neighborhood was rubble, and we never found my car. ... wonder what the insurance claim looked like for the car. Damages: Car stolen by Tornado

The two tornadoes that hit Springfield, Illnois a few years back. Parts of the city looked like a warzone. Glad you were not hurt.

Latest news: Flossie (snicker) is now a catagory 2 and arrival is now postponed for an hour.

man, this summer is not a good one for our Big Island. Lots of Brushfires, and with a Hurricane coming, they had an 5.8 earthquake yesterday...

... wonder what the insurance claim looked like for the car. Damages: Car stolen by Tornado
I only had liability. So, it didn't matter

depends on where it is.


never been in a Blizzard... what happened?

I saw that they have it as a category 3 now,down from 4. I hope it loses more power and changes its path so it doesnt go directly over the islands.

Either way- I hope you and your family are together and safe, hope you dont suffer any loses aside from maybe a day off from work.

In the blizzard of 93 the states of NY and NJ were closed for a few days- no one aside from essential persons-police,firemen,doctors,nurses,etc... were allowed on the roads.
I couldnt open my front door as snow was drifted to its top. I went out on my second story deck and jumped down into the snow and began the two day digging out process.
Were to throw snow when its that deep is a major problem- its hard to shovel it that high.

I had 6 foot high walls of snow on either side of my walks and driveway for well over a week.
But- we were prepared with plenty of necessities on hand, plenty of firewood already inside & dry,as well as propane heaters and kersosene heaters in the gagrage in case pwer went out.

Hovering between a Cat 2 and Cat 3, Flossie is due to hit... or near miss the Big Island at 11 am HST.

Being that Mother Nature is a cast iron bitch, and prone to change her mind at a moment's notice. I am still preparing for a cat 3 or 4 hurricane to hit Oahu. so here I am at work... a Rated shelter, with a HUGE Emergency Generator, food, water and other necessities. awaiting news of wether it will be a Hurricane or Tropical storm that reaches the island of Oahu.

With my habit of looking for the positive in all situations, I must say, I enjoyed the nice breezes that Flossie sent ahead as well as the much needed rain.

so Generalites, I ask you, what was the worst Natrual Disaster you lived though?

and who the hell names a Hurricane 'Flossie'?

I really thought until the second paragraph that you were talking about a pet cat about to have kittens.

I suppose the worst natural disaster I've ever lived through was the Great Storm of 1987. although I was quite young then and only remember a little bit of it.

I thought hurricanes in the Pacific were named something else...? Wasn't it typhoon?
Americans call them hurricanes. Aussies call them cyclones. We call them typhoons.

And it's hard for me to answer the OP. I live in a country so beloved by volcanoes, earthquakes, typhoons, floods, and landslides that I can't decide which is the worst natural disaster I have experienced. Y'know, just last week, classes were suspended for two days because of heavy rains. Mother Nature loves us so much. :rolleyes: