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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-27-11 01:36 PM Original message |
Jeez, Irene is a HUGE storm the outermost rain bands are already in New England. |
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FLPanhandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-27-11 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
1. In some ways it's good that it's big. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-27-11 01:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. But the big storms also are slow to weaken. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-27-11 01:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. True, but it also extends the time the storm is active in any given area. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-27-11 01:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Big storms also have big storm surges, a huge Cat1 can have a Cat3 storm surge. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-27-11 02:05 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Yup. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-27-11 02:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Yes, the worst is the water, not the wind or tides |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-27-11 02:30 PM Response to Reply #10 |
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NCarolinawoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-27-11 01:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Except huge and slow means massive flooding. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-27-11 02:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. In some ways it isn't. It's got more time to push water. Your posts on the hurricane are somewhat |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-27-11 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yep - and the eye is still over North Carolina. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-27-11 01:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Shared sacrifice. |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-27-11 01:59 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. This ^ |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-27-11 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
13. She was huge even when she was a tropical storm in the Caribbean |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-27-11 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
14. It's been overcast here |
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