[LeatherTrumpet]

https://google.org/crisismap/2018-florence


https://twitter.com/search?q=hurrica...Ctwgr%5Esearch

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_at...?cone#contents

[bitontheslide]

"It's tremendously big and tremendously wet”

Mr Trump's words

[LeatherTrumpet]

he is not lying either

[LeatherTrumpet]

wait this is about the hurricane right?

[bitontheslide]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

wait this is about the hurricane right?

[LeatherTrumpet]

20 inches of rain is 500mm

London gets about 750mm in a year


The most the UK has ever got in a day is probably around 340mm high up in the Lakes

[Twosugars]

That's wet

[Cherie]

Is category 2 stronger or weaker....

[Cherie]

oh so it has been downgraded... all these people evacuated for probably nothing....we really need to get a grip on the weather hysterics

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Is category 2 stronger or weaker....

weaker - cat 5 is the biggy

[arista]

They are saying
some are refusing to leave there homes.

They have been told
they will not get help.

[LeatherTrumpet]

RAINFALL: Florence is expected to produce heavy and excessive
rainfall in the following areas...

Coastal North Carolina...20 to 30 inches, isolated 40 inches. This
rainfall would produce catastrophic flash flooding and significant
river flooding.

South Carolina, western and northern North Carolina...5 to 10
inches, isolated 20 inches.
Elsewhere in the Appalachians and Mid-Atlantic states...3 to 6
inches, isolated 12 inches.


source: NOAA


40 inches of rain is more than most places in the UK get in a whole year!

[Nicky91]

i'm praying for those in the affected states to stay safe


btw Florence in cat 2, is less worse than Katrina was, cause that one was a cat 4 or 5 am i correct?

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by Nicky91

i'm praying for those in the affected states to stay safe


btw Florence in cat 2, is less worse than Katrina was, cause that one was a cat 4 or 5 am i correct?

I very much doubt you are and if you are who are you praying to and for what purpose?

Weather does not listen to humans mumbling under their breath ffs

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

I very much doubt you are and if you are who are you praying to and for what purpose?

Weather does not listen to humans mumbling under their breath ffs

praying for the people who live in those areas florence is going to hit


and i know that but still it would be disrespectful to not think about or care about those poor souls living there

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by Nicky91

praying for the people who live in those areas florence is going to hit


and i know that but still it would be disrespectful to not think about or care about those poor souls living there

Nicky you are just expressing what is called a platitude because you think that is what you should say.

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Nicky you are just expressing what is called a platitude because you think that is what you should say.

what's a platitude?

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by Nicky91

what's a platitude?

platitude
ˈplatɪtjuːd/

noun
noun: platitude; plural noun: platitudes

a remark or statement, especially one with a moral content, that has been used too often to be interesting or thoughtful.
"she began uttering liberal platitudes"
synonyms: cliché, truism, commonplace, hackneyed/trite/banal/overworked saying, banality, old chestnut; bromide, inanity, tag
"a string of empty platitudes"

[Nicky91]

thanks for explaining it then, and no i wasn't being that


i was more genuine about what i said that i pray for those people who live in that area what florence will hit

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by Nicky91

thanks for explaining it then, and no i wasn't being that


i was more genuine about what i said that i pray for those people who live in that area what florence will hit

well dont waste your time as its a meaningless activity

[Livia]

We were in North Carolina a few weeks ago, on holiday. Such a beautiful place, hope they all get through it okay.

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by Livia

We were in North Carolina a few weeks ago, on holiday. Such a beautiful place, hope they all get through it okay.

true, we had also been in North Carolina when we were on holiday there, more like a roadtrip from Tennessee to south and then north Carolina, all the way up to the Niagara Falls


lots of beautiful nature places as well in both south and north Carolina, hope whatever of that gets damaged from this storm, will recover tbh

[AnnieK]

I spent a lot of time in C and NC. The family I worked for live in South Carolina but have family living in Wilmington NC right on Cape Fear. They have been hit numerous times by these storms. Its so beautiful there but the storms do hit them.

[Maru]

Cat 2 isnt too bad. It may even downgrade before it comes on shore. They always hype these things. It depends on where the wet side is and how fast it comes on shore. Cat 2 is not so strong and after a downgrade or two, will be a TS... those are rainmakers with some gusty winds, so will introduce flooding, but nothing were unaccustomed to in the South.

[Nicky91]

i've heard there is still a risk of landslides in some areas, due to the huge amount of rain water