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re: Anyone seen a Water Spout before?
Posted on 5/8/12 at 5:41 am to fishfighter
Posted on 5/8/12 at 5:41 am to fishfighter
One of our platforms crew had to rescue a liftboat crew that a water spot flipped the liftboat
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Posted on 5/8/12 at 6:45 am to wrc12
Seen as many as 8 at once.
Posted on 5/8/12 at 6:49 am to wrc12
Yea, I've seen a few. Pretty cool shite
Posted on 5/8/12 at 6:57 am to wrc12
saw three at one time in the Gulf out of GI once. kinda scary.
Posted on 5/8/12 at 7:17 am to wrc12
Delacroix last summer. It was pretty cool to watch from a distance.
Posted on 5/8/12 at 7:23 am to wrc12
I've seen many water spouts offshore, from boat and helicopter
They are very 'weak' and just blow shite around
They are very 'weak' and just blow shite around
Posted on 5/8/12 at 7:26 am to mylsuhat
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I've seen many water spouts offshore
Posted on 5/8/12 at 7:28 am to BigHoss
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One of our platforms crew had to rescue a liftboat crew that a water spot flipped the liftboat
I can see it now:
Life Boat Guy 1: Nice day for a litte cruise around the platform
LBG2: yupp sure is
LBG1: he bud, look at that water spout!
LBG2: Hope that doesnt come towards us
...
....
...
LBG1: did you grab the waterwings?
Posted on 5/8/12 at 7:35 am to Uncle JackD
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Imagine that sob popping up 5 feet from your boat
They are not as bad as they look. We have run through them before. All the hatches in the boat flew up and our chips and paper towels were sucked up, but not as strong as a tornado.
Posted on 5/8/12 at 7:35 am to crankbait
Was castnetting bait shrimp on the main hwy. in Fourchon one day.
Looked to the south and saw a spout that kept getting bigger and bigger for like 15 minutes.
Next thing I know a solid line of vehicles were hauling arse from the beach area
Motherfricker came onshore and turned into a tornado and fricked 3 kinds of shite up.
Probably stayed formed for at least 30 minutes.
Looked to the south and saw a spout that kept getting bigger and bigger for like 15 minutes.
Next thing I know a solid line of vehicles were hauling arse from the beach area
Motherfricker came onshore and turned into a tornado and fricked 3 kinds of shite up.
Probably stayed formed for at least 30 minutes.
Posted on 5/8/12 at 7:57 am to wrc12
Saw two about 6:15 on Sunday morning over Terrebonne Bay. And have seen many over the years, some very close. They aren't near a strong or organized as their inshore counter parts. More cool than scary to me. Still wouldn't want one to hit me though.
Posted on 5/8/12 at 8:14 am to wrc12
Seen a few of them.
Once in Grand Isle while at a friends camp.
Once in Ft. Walton Beach at our condo.
and once in Fourchon driving to my office for the spill. We all stood in the parking lot and watched it. Pretty cool shite.
Once in Grand Isle while at a friends camp.
Once in Ft. Walton Beach at our condo.
and once in Fourchon driving to my office for the spill. We all stood in the parking lot and watched it. Pretty cool shite.
Posted on 5/8/12 at 8:26 am to wrc12
Kinda...but it wasn't a waterspout, it was a legit tornado over mobile bay. We were on our way to the beach. Only time I've ever seen a tornado IRL. It was weird.
Posted on 5/8/12 at 8:27 am to LSU Coyote
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Yes, several out of Fourchon.
Was running in through Belle Pass with one right on the other side of the rocks. It was a pretty cool sight to see it hit land and go from a blue/green color to a brown color.
Also, was offshore and noticed the fish all coming to the top of the water in this big circle while we were over a sunken structure. My father looked up and noticed the spout was about to touch down on that spot and we took off. Apparently it does something wierd to the fish. Maybe someone else can elaborate on it.
Posted on 5/8/12 at 9:38 am to Scrowe
I've seen a few offshore. There easy to stay away from. The worst part is they normally include lots of lightening and wind.
Posted on 5/8/12 at 9:47 am to wrc12
I've seen twins over Big Lake before. Scary situation no matter where you are. Especially if your boat dock is on the other side of them from where you are presently.
Posted on 5/8/12 at 1:05 pm to Motorboat
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They are not as bad as they look. We have run through them before. All the hatches in the boat flew up and our chips and paper towels were sucked up, but not as strong as a tornado.
Guy with the camp next to us was duck hunting 2 years ago. Had one hit his blind while he was in it. He said it messed it up but didn't destroy it.
Posted on 5/8/12 at 2:03 pm to Topwater Trout
laffy weather report today:
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Very moist and tropical air-mass is in place across the region and vertical wind profile is light...meaning the chances of tropical funnel clouds forming are possible. Funnel clouds are usually short lived and do not reach the ground.
Posted on 5/8/12 at 2:19 pm to wrc12
yea just a small one in Vermilion Bay when I was probably like 13
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