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Posted on 9/12/18 at 11:27 am to NYNolaguy1
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50 years ago the GOAT Nash Roberts was still with us. Dont know what people did prior to that. Nash started broadcasting in 1951.
I remember Nash. I also remember the tracking maps they'd print in the newspaper. You'd cut it out, stick it to the refrigerator and if a storm was coming in, you'd get the latest position every day and mark a little dot on the map.
Before satellites they had the hurricane hunters but before that I don't know what people did.
This post was edited on 9/12/18 at 11:39 am
Posted on 9/12/18 at 11:29 am to jefffan
People that stayed for Katrina now say they will not say again.
If you survive, it's miserable for weeks to come. Generator will only get you for so long. Your gas will run out and good luck finding more. No water, no power, no food, no help, hope you don't get a flat tire with all that debirs, nothing for quite awhile.
If single and only have to deal with yourself, sure. Add in a family, get out of town and enjoy the AC, food, and water until you can get back.
If you survive, it's miserable for weeks to come. Generator will only get you for so long. Your gas will run out and good luck finding more. No water, no power, no food, no help, hope you don't get a flat tire with all that debirs, nothing for quite awhile.
If single and only have to deal with yourself, sure. Add in a family, get out of town and enjoy the AC, food, and water until you can get back.
Posted on 9/12/18 at 11:29 am to MountainTiger
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Before satellites they had the hurricane hunters but before that I don't know what people did.
I guess using a barometer could indicate that something is up and give a little heads up?
Posted on 9/12/18 at 11:31 am to LSUBoo
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I guess using a barometer could indicate that something is up and give a little heads up?
what's the barometer reading on shore in NC or SC right now?
ETA: legit question... not trying to be a smartass (this time)
This post was edited on 9/12/18 at 11:32 am
Posted on 9/12/18 at 11:32 am to PsychTiger
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Think I'm riding it out on Johns Island, as our elevation should help us. For my house the elevation is 14m / 46feet.
I know we talked about it on Monday, but you should be ok water wise. The drainage basin of the Stono River isn't big.
Posted on 9/12/18 at 11:33 am to LSUBoo
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I guess using a barometer could indicate that something is up and give a little heads up?
Yeah and I guess ships that had the misfortune of getting caught in a storm would report it. But as Fairhope said, Galveston 1900 is what you get in that situation.
Posted on 9/12/18 at 11:34 am to FairhopeTider
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The Galvaston Hurricane is probably an example of what we're talking about
Go read about the orphanage during that storm
Sad story
Posted on 9/12/18 at 11:34 am to rt3
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what's the barometer reading on shore in NC or SC right now?
ETA: legit question... not trying to be a smartass (this time)
Looks like 30.06"... not sure what that really means. (Currently in Myrtle Beach.)
I don't think it would give a LOT of heads up. Just a little indication that something is coming.
This post was edited on 9/12/18 at 11:35 am
Posted on 9/12/18 at 11:36 am to MountainTiger
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Before satellites they had the hurricane hunters but before that I don't know what people did.
You watched the clouds roll in and the barometer plummet and hoped it wouldn't be too bad.
Alt History POD: what if Columbus's fleet was wiped out by a hurricane in 1492 and never made it back to Spain?
Posted on 9/12/18 at 11:36 am to S
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Uh, yea exactly. That’s a month you’ll stay there (if you survive) WITHOUT electricity, running water, plumbing, etc. But hey, at least you weren’t scared! It’s about survival not fear or lack thereof.
Take a deep breath, life will go on.
Posted on 9/12/18 at 11:37 am to LSUBoo
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I don't think it would give a LOT of heads up. Just a little indication that something is coming.
Not that there'd be anything you could do about it back then anyway. No time to evac even if you had the means to do so, just hunker down and hope for the best.
Posted on 9/12/18 at 11:44 am to Whataburger
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Take a deep breath, life will go on.
For the people left alive, yes.
Posted on 9/12/18 at 11:44 am to MountainTiger
State of emergency just declared in ALL counties in Georgia
Posted on 9/12/18 at 11:44 am to dawgfan24348
I'd put 100 bucks on TABS.
This post was edited on 9/12/18 at 11:46 am
Posted on 9/12/18 at 11:45 am to Jim Rockford
Telegraph and underwater cables were placed in the Bahamas and various islands.
They knew about the storm coming to Galveston but didn't realize the size and power of it or where it was going at all. Just knew it it was in there
They knew about the storm coming to Galveston but didn't realize the size and power of it or where it was going at all. Just knew it it was in there
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By the 1890s, however, underwater cables were giving the Weather Bureau telegraphic links to a few Caribbean Islands and to Nassau in the Bahamas, which was a perfect outpost to watch for hurricanes that hit the U.S. East Coast.
The 131 mph (Category 4 by today’s standards) hurricane that hit Galveston, Texas, on Sept. 8, 1900 killed between 6,000 and 12,000 people (the official figure in 8,000) is the worst natural disaster in U.S. history. Weather Bureau headquarters in Washington, D.C., which handled all warnings at the time, had issued “storm warnings” from Pensacola, Fla., to Galveston, Texas, on Sept. 7 after a tropical storm that was growing into a hurricane moved into the Gulf of Mexico west of Key West, Fla.
At the time the Weather Bureau did not use the word “hurricane” in its bulletins. Some officials feared mentioning either “hurricane” or “tornado” would cause panic. As far as we know, few in Galveston were worried by the Sept. 7 “storm” warning. Concern grew during the afternoon of Sept. 8 when winds were steadily increasing and water of what would eventually be a 15-foot storm surge began flooding the city. By then it was too late to escape.
Posted on 9/12/18 at 11:46 am to LSU Patrick
WTF is the disturbance behind Florence???
Posted on 9/12/18 at 11:47 am to S
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“Ohh, we’re not leaving because we aren’t scared.”
“If we leave we won’t be able to come back for a month or longer.”
People get complacent with a storm. Storm is coming, pack up and leave and they need to report back to work but caught in horrendous traffic trying to get back. Then they get home only to find their lawn chair was knocked over.
It was an issue with hurricanes on the east coast for me in the 90's, then in Louisiana, and with Harvey in Houston. Then when a major hurricane hits, they stay and end up getting rescued.
Posted on 9/12/18 at 11:47 am to TigerDude80
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This post was edited on 9/12/18 at 11:50 am
Posted on 9/12/18 at 11:49 am to Drank
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State of emergency just declared in ALL counties in Georgia
If the track goes to Augusta, GA, by Sunday, how much of a punch will it still have?
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