Hurricane Watch 2021 -

[Super-Chevy454]

Well I mean like 20-30 years ago they did start adding Hispanic names into the hurricane name list because most of the people dying were poor Centroamericano peasants, so it makes sense we get some hood names in the hurricane list just like the jokes would always say.

It's doubtful they'll use full names for hurricanes. Imagine an hurricane named Trayvon Martin or George Floyd.

 

[Stoneheart]

"He didn't take climate change seriously, if he had of then we wouldn't have 2 TWO already!!!!!!!"

why do people care about anything under a 4? most damage comes from poorly designed and maintained infrastructure.

On another note, i hope our little storm in germany will bring the promissed hail... somebody plans a bit of insurance fraud tonight.

 

[Jump]

The idea was around since the 50s and apparently it wouldn't work. Hurricanes actually beat nukes.

Unless you actually try this you have no idea which would win.
The USA used to nuke fake towns in the middle of the desert and little islands for the fuck of it. Why not try nuking a hurricane? What if it works?

 

[stupidpieceofshit]

why do people care about anything under a 4? most damage comes from poorly designed and maintained infrastructure.

On another note, i hope our little storm in germany will bring the promissed hail... somebody plans a bit of insurance fraud tonight.

3 is still a "strong hurricane". Yes most damage comes from poorly made/maintained infrastructure (in the sense it was made before the means/materials were around/cheap enough to use). Part of the issue is also say in New Orleans it being under sea level (even if we take the levees out of the equation), and erosion of areas that at one time were buffer areas that would weaken the hurricanes before hitting population centers.

Unless you actually try this you have no idea which would win.
The USA used to nuke fake towns in the middle of the desert and little islands for the fuck of it. Why not try nuking a hurricane? What if it works?

I would suspect treaties and the "Oh shit this didn't work and now the storm is going to send a shit ton of radioactive fallout to where ever it goes".

 

[teriyakiburns]

Unless you actually try this you have no idea which would win.
The USA used to nuke fake towns in the middle of the desert and little islands for the fuck of it. Why not try nuking a hurricane? What if it works?

A nuke is a gnat's wet fart to a hurricane. Hurricanes release (or more accurately transport), per day, as much energy as 200 times the electricity production of the entire planet*. A nuke is orders of magnitude less than that and is a one-time event. This is before you take into account the fact that adding energy to a hurricane is only going to make it stronger, not weaker. All you achieve by detonating a nuke inside a hurricane is to make it a slightly more powerful hurricane filled with radioactive debris.

Though there might be something to be said for sending an overcharged, nuclear maelstrom hurtling towards Florida.

*The first sources for this claim, that I found on the interwebs, described this in terms of "watts of energy" which is a nonsense phrase. A watt is a measure of instant power. Hurricanes nevertheless release several orders of magnitude more energy than a nuclear bomb every day.

 

[Stoneheart]

(in the sense it was made before the means/materials were around/cheap enough to use).

Thats BS... the house i life is from around 1845 and it took a direct bomb hit like a champ.

 

[Jump]

Thats BS... the house i life is from around 1845 and it took a direct bomb hit like a champ.

Doesn't matter apparently. People in this thread are claiming a hurricane can beat at nuclear bomb. So according to them no matter what bomb hit your house it isn't as powerful as a hurricane.

 

[stupidpieceofshit]

Thats BS... the house i life is from around 1845 and it took a direct bomb hit like a champ.

A house built in 1845 had different construction requirements then a house build even in 1960s in terms of cost of materials, code requirements, and what was required for it to be "Livable" both by code and by consumers.

A house so old also has survivor bias, it was built well and/or luckly enough to withstanding up to now, unlike many others of its era.

Doesn't matter apparently. People in this thread are claiming a hurricane can beat at nuclear bomb. So according to them no matter what bomb hit your house it isn't as powerful as a hurricane.

Remember buildings (well bank vaults and some buildings) and ships have survived being nuked.

 

[Aqua Panda]

Most people don't care about a Category 1 or 2. It's usually only branches and maybe an occasional power line down for those. The vast majority of modern buildings will withstand them no problem.

Category 3 is iffy and depends where you live. Good quality construction and infrastructure will be able to handle it. Older buildings will survive but with light to moderate damage. Flooding is more a concern here if you're on the coast.

Category 4 is "shit just got real" territory. You better pray you have a brick house and/or get a glancing blow. Moderate to severe damage even with brick if you are in the direct pathway. Lesser quality homes will get wrecked here. Major flooding as well.

Category 5 is basically 'Finger of God' destruction territory. I've lived through 2 of them and shit is not fun. You basically have to be in a underground concrete shelter and everything above you will sustain massive damage. Even fucking concrete can begin to chip/erode away for really strong ones. If you're in the mainline pathway do everything to get out of dodge before landfall. Save whatever you can, shit will be fucked.

 

[Stoneheart]

A house built in 1845 had different construction requirements then a house build even in 1960s in terms of cost of materials, code requirements, and what was required for it to be "Livable" both by code and by consumers.

Well stonewalls brick outer layer are very resistent and nothing new. code is mostly for fire safety.

 

[stupidpieceofshit]

Well stonewalls brick outer layer are very resistent and nothing new. code is mostly for fire safety.

In areas prone/that have been hit by hurricanes there are codes for being able to withstand wind (and in some cases storm surge/flood), including but not limited to hurricane struts for garage doors and on what to use to secure roofs.

Again consumers and market demands don't make stonewall outter layers a thing all the time.

 

[spinal gas chamber]

Power level: I live in south Florida and there’s all kinds of code about hurricane prep. Insurance is fun, too - you have to show how well your roof decking (the plywood on your trusses) is strapped down, your windows and doors are checked for Miami-Dade code compliance, etc.

hurricane prep is very real. I haven’t even gotten into hurricane supply tax holidays, water prep, things like that.

 

[PotatoSalad4711]

why do people care about anything under a 4? most damage comes from poorly designed and maintained infrastructure.

On another note, i hope our little storm in germany will bring the promissed hail... somebody plans a bit of insurance fraud tonight.

As others have pointed out, flooding and wind damage is a very real possibility. Each storm is a little different in what they bring, and depends entirely on how they move and how quickly/slowly they move.

Tornadoes are a risk, especially on the east side of a hurricane. It’s not uncommon for a home to withstand many hurricanes, but be toppled by a cat 2 because of sustained winds.

It’s scary as shit to try to hunker down even with a cat 1-3. Imagine the power out, no cell service, it’s night, and all you can hear is the relentless rain and violent wind howling (oh and occasional loud thumps against your house that you hope are just branches).

 

[XYZpdq]

Most people don't care about a Category 1 or 2.

I care about a good party.

 

[curbside]

As others have pointed out, flooding and wind damage is a very real possibility. Each storm is a little different in what they bring, and depends entirely on how they move and how quickly/slowly they move.

Tornadoes are a risk, especially on the east side of a hurricane. It’s not uncommon for a home to withstand many hurricanes, but be toppled by a cat 2 because of sustained winds.

It’s scary as shit to try to hunker down even with a cat 1-3. Imagine the power out, no cell service, it’s night, and all you can hear is the relentless rain and violent wind howling (oh and occasional loud thumps against your house that you hope are just branches).

It’s really not scary at all.