World Cyclonewatch 2020 - 2005: Electric Bugaloo

[Glad I couldn't help]

So earlier this year, hurricane forecasters made the prediction that there be an above-average season for Atlantic hurricanes, with 13-22 named storms (average 12) and 3-6 "major" hurricanes. So far, it's looking like it's accurate. We've seen some of the earliest named hurricanes since naming has begun, betting out the previous blockbuster year of 2005.

Right now there are two tropical storms out there: Tropical Storm Gonzalo is moving towards the Southern Caribbean, hitting the Windward as it moves along. Hopefully it isn't going to hit the poor fucks who live in Bolivarian Wonderland. Hanna looks like its going to hit Southern Texas before heading towards that big build up of dirt down there.

Hurricane Douglas seems like this going for the Hawaiian Islands, reaches its closest extent on Sunday.

In the Pacific, forecasts predict a below average typhoon season, but if anything develops, post it here.

 

[Lumin]

Keep it comin', 2020

I wonder what development we'll get next week. Any ideas?

 

[FatalTater]

This is just nature doing a little pressure washing to make things nice for when the aliens get here.

 

[Cutlass Supreme]

I really don't want to try to do a hurricane evac in the middle of this pandemic. It was one of my worst fears when these lockdowns started. It's always a shit show even without 2020s bullshit.

 

[Dell Conagher]

Hopefully we can get a good one to nuke houston off the map forever just pave it, then make it a costco

 

[FatalTater]

Hurricane Hanna is doing it's thing on the Texas coast.

 

[stupidpieceofshit]

Hurricane Douglas seems like this going for the Hawaiian Islands, reaches its closest extent on Sunday.

You know shit is fucked up with Hurricane Douglas which is predicted to hit the Islands directly isn't front page news. A hurricane hasn't hit Hawaii directly since the early 90s.

 

[Ad Lib Moaning]

Eh, every year is always an "above-average season" in the States from 'weather reporters'. Just have a hurricane evac plan ready when things look to go south.
Douglas is the only one so far that kind of needs attention, just because hurricanes hitting Hawaii is stupidly rare and the people need all they help they can hit if it turns out really bad.

 

[Return of the Freaker]

Eh, every year is always an "above-average season" in the States from 'weather reporters'. Just have a hurricane evac plan ready when things look to go south.
Douglas is the only one so far that kind of needs attention, just because hurricanes hitting Hawaii is stupidly rare and the people need all they help they can hit if it turns out really bad.

Forecast for Douglas ATM is no stronger than a category 2.

The key shows it by wind speed, but "H" is Hurricane (cat 1-2) and "M" is Major Hurricane (cat 3+). Also now looks like it'll sideswipe the northern islands instead of barreling straight through the middle of the islands.

 

[Jarolleon]

Spanish Twitter thinks Hanna huffed and it puffed and it blew Trump's wall down. Not sure if it was the actual wall or some old Bush-era bullshit.

https://twitter.com/raulbrindis/sta...MT6Ftj_ytGkEdRZV_ZTN0MXqHtnBF-nkb60-QB2UtnhKo

 

[Thiletonomics]

It appears that Hurricane Douglas spared Maui for the most part, and appears to be on track to dodge Oahu by what appears to be the narrowest of margins.

 

[The 3rd Hooligan]

Keep it comin', 2020

I wonder what development we'll get next week. Any ideas?

Rl Sharknado. Or huge ass solar flare. Or ayylmaos

 

[King Dead]

As @Ad Lib Moaning said, they always make predictions for above-average seasons. Sometimes they hedge their bets and say it'll only be slightly above average, but frequently it's hard for them to hide the giant boner they have at the thought of dozens of hurricanes forming every year. There's also some fuckery going on from time to time to pump the numbers up. Tropical Storm Fay, for example, was just a tropical depression that formed in the Gulf and cut across the Southeast for a bit, and then when it hit the Atlantic and strengthened just barely enough, they dubbed it a tropical storm. Because that makes sense, apparently. Not to mention that we've only had one hurricane so far (and only a category 1), and half the storms so far have just fizzled out in the Atlantic.

Mild powerlevel that I've mentioned before, I went through Katrina, and that's not something I'd wish on anyone. At least you have time to prepare, but when a storm's that powerful, there's going to be some major damage. Fifteen years later, there are quite a few empty lots still. It really sickens me sometimes when you see these TV meteorologists getting visibly giddy over another named storm because they've clearly never faced one of these first-hand. The Weather Channel is based out of Atlanta, they're not getting washed away. I can guarantee that's why they started naming winter storms too; they got tired of waiting for hurricane season to come around again so they could put all their fancy graphics up and report on a personified weather system.

If I had the power to, I'd force all meteorologists with a hurricane boner to live in a hurricane-prone area and come face-to-face with a monster storm. Bet they wouldn't get so excited if their homes were on the line.

 

[Oddjob OTP]

If I had the power to, I'd force all meteorologists with a hurricane boner to live in a hurricane-prone area and come face-to-face with a monster storm. Bet they wouldn't get so excited if their homes were on the line.

I dunno, I've lived in Florida for 20 years now and I still think they are pretty neat.

 

[King Dead]

I dunno, I've lived in Florida for 20 years now and I still think they are pretty neat.

If I'm being honest, I'd rather deal with hurricanes than any other severe weather. Tornadoes come out of the blue with zero warning, blizzards can knock out power and block you in your home, and while not technically weather, earthquakes don't have much warning either. At least with a hurricane, you get a heads-up when it's on its way, usually at least a couple days' notice, and preparing for them is pretty routine (even if some people are bad at keeping up that routine). As long as you don't live somewhere flood-prone, you're pretty much set.

I'm just bugged by meteorologists who have never had to go through that experience seemingly disappointed that a major storm didn't hit the US. If they had to live on the coasts, they'd learn it ain't fun to live through.

 

[Burd Turglar]

To be fair, Dana looks a little tarded too so is it even really a crime?

 

[Thiletonomics]

Mild powerlevel that I've mentioned before, I went through Katrina, and that's not something I'd wish on anyone. At least you have time to prepare, but when a storm's that powerful, there's going to be some major damage. Fifteen years later, there are quite a few empty lots still.

And the same can be said about some areas of Kauai that still haven't rebuilt after Hurricane Iniki struck the island almost 28 years ago.

 

[Samson Pumpkin Jr.]

Hurricane Isaias is gonna WRECK Florida. say goodbye to Miami and Jackonsville, Florida is over, forever.

 

[Cutlass Supreme]

Brb Publix run, stocking up on tendies and a hurricane cake.

This doesn't look THAT bad yet, the Waffle House is probably staying open.

Edit: if there were any evac orders this year, I wonder what the compliance rates would be. I know the city I'd usually evac to has a worse time with covid and less hospital beds in case anything actually did happen. I don't think I'd leave unless I was staring down a cat 4+. Looting would prob be far worse in an evacuated city right now as well.

 

[Jump]

Hurricane Isaias is gonna WRECK Florida. say goodbye to Miami and Jackonsville, Florida is over, forever.

Barely going to be a cat 2.
Florida Man don't even bring in the patio furniture for anything less then a strong 3.