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re: How did they track hurricanes in the 1900s?
Posted on 12/22/21 at 10:27 pm to BestBanker
Posted on 12/22/21 at 10:27 pm to BestBanker
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Nash Roberts
Anyone notice how those guys on old N.O. tv in the 70s looked like everybody’s uncle Carmine?
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Posted on 12/22/21 at 10:45 pm to biglego
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He already posted his sources to another poster who argued the same thing.
Posted on 12/22/21 at 10:50 pm to biglego
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He already posted his sources to another poster who argued the same thing.
I figured, hence the double-back I mentioned. It is a fascinating point in history in tracking monsters back in those days before modern satellites.
Posted on 12/22/21 at 10:53 pm to LSUmajek
Worked backwards
Posted on 12/22/21 at 11:55 pm to LSUmajek
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How did they track hurricanes in the 1900s?
Remember the fire beacons in Lord of the Rings?
Imagine these but with buoys.
Posted on 12/23/21 at 12:00 am to LSUmajek
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Having a debate over the 1900 storm that hit Galveston….
How did the meteorologists in the 1900s know the previous track / intensity of hurricanes
You and whoever is debating with you are a couple of frickin retards.
Posted on 12/23/21 at 12:04 am to Deactived
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Cuba meteorologists had messages being sent out about the storm but the US blocked all messages from them because of politics etc.
Googly says it's because they disagreed on the course. Either way you look at it, you're right. They knew about the storm and ignored warnings.
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In those days before satellites and radar, Cuba forecasters warned the storm was going toward Texas, but U.S. experts disagreed, saying it would veer northeast to the mid-Atlantic coast. ... “The (United States) weather bureau chose to ignore the warning, and 6,000 to 10,000 people lost their lives,” Thomas said.Apr 25, 2009
This post was edited on 12/23/21 at 2:55 pm
Posted on 12/23/21 at 1:10 am to LSUmajek
They probably walked outside and were like "ah shite it's a hurricane!"
This post was edited on 12/23/21 at 1:11 am
Posted on 12/23/21 at 3:19 am to mikelbr
US forecast that it would track harmlessly up the Atlantic. They didn’t want to deliver bad news. Cuba told us that wasn’t correct as the storm passed over their island, headed towards the gulf of Mexico. That storm also set the course for Houston and Galveston who were vying for superiority at the time.
Posted on 12/23/21 at 3:45 am to Soft_Parade
They used the same data collection systems for hurricanes as they did for tracking temperatures used in global warming tracking
Posted on 12/23/21 at 8:55 am to jcaz
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They tracked hurricanes from boats. That’s how they knew the track and strength. People were badass back then.
We fly airplanes thru em now. But how would they communicate back info in time while at sea? Smoke signal?
They could row faster than the storm to get ahead of it. Like I said, badasses.
Posted on 12/23/21 at 9:42 am to LSUmajek
My summer job in 1964 was on an off-shore rig below Timbalier Island. Tropical Storm Abby formed in the Gulf and we had almost no warning of its approach and thus, there was no way to evacuate us from the rig. We battened down everything and rode it out. No damage to the rig or equipment and no injuries. The company gave us a small bonus for ridding out the storm.
Posted on 12/23/21 at 3:04 pm to TheHarahanian
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They could row faster than the storm to get ahead of it. Like I said, badasses.
Steamships could do 18-19 knots by 1890. Hurricanes usually move around 10-12 knots.
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