re: Hurricane Season - No Current Gulf Threats

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People who try to shite on the damage and deaths from Sandy do so from a point of ignorance and, maybe, a little hate.

Sandy broke a lot of records. It was a monster that was going to have far-reaching impacts wherever it wound up.

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Eh

It had significant impact because it hit a vulnerable area that rarely gets significant tropical systems

For those thinking it hits remotely close to Clemson, it does not. Perfect weather for the game. No wind too which is biggest QB hurdle.

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It was a monster that was going to have far-reaching impacts wherever it wound up.

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Monster?

It was barely a Cat 1 at landfall, possibly just at tropical storm strength.

Costly because it hit a densely populated area not adequately able to handle storm surge and because the storm itself covered a wide area.

It would not have had the far reaching impacts had it made landfall elsewhere.

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30-35 foot seas showing up on buoy cam. No point of reference to see how crazy the waves really are.

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Pictures like that scare the heck out of me. Like that Baton Rouge HS senior who jumped off the boat probably not too far from where this storm is or went by.

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Lol, 95° isnt perfect

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The high is 78 in Clemson Aug 30th. Low is 65. Game starts at 7:30 Eastern time and will go until maybe 11 PM. With a high of 78 in a day, by 8 to 11, it'll be prob 72 or so. Wind is only 5 mph. That's perfect weather for football imo. Most QBs will say wind even more than rain effects their game most. This is good as offense will lean on pass more than run. I hope it's 50/50, but Fall Camp reports makes me think it won't.

The high in Houston is 95 on August 30th. Temperature drops East to West when you start at Phoenix. That'll be 118 in the summer, then El Paso like 110, then Dallas like 102, then Houston 100, then Tuscaloosa 93, then South Carolina like 89. The most humid cities in the US according to most online sources when you take out Alaska and PNW (as they don't usually get to 100) is the Coastal Texas to Louisiana area. I think 50 miles inland in Texas is the hottest part of the country as it doesn't get the coastal breeze lowering temps. I remember I saw Houston was 104 in 2023 summer, and Galveston at the same time with no rain was 89. 50 to 100 miles inland Texas is brutal. Louisiana is brutal, it's just marginal by 2 or 3 degrees heat index or so less.

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30-35 foot seas showing up on buoy cam. No point of reference to see how crazy the waves really are

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Here's a point of reference, thats about the height of a 3 level parking garage.

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Nice retort

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That is all your ignorant take warranted.

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Monster?

It was barely a Cat 1 at landfall, possibly just at tropical storm strength.

Costly because it hit a densely populated area not adequately able to handle storm surge and because the storm itself covered a wide area.

It would not have had the far reaching impacts had it made landfall elsewhere

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Exactly.

NO ONE is denying the storm had significant impacts on the area. Like you said, it struck a densely populated area that is not accustomed to hurricanes. But the labeling it as a "Superstorm" by the media SOLELY because it made landfall in the NE is absurd hyperbole relative to so many much stronger hurricanes that have struck the southern east coast and gulf coast.

It wasn't a "Superstorm". It made landfall with 80mph sustained winds...which barely made it a hurricane. That doesn't diminish the impact it had on the residents in the NE, but there is no reason to exaggerate the actual storm itself. I think that's what most are annoyed with.

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The real crazy thing is that 37 foot significant wave height is the average of the highest one-third of the waves. Individual waves can be up to twice that height or 70+ feet in this case.

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I hate to miss a chance to drop this fact about Ivan again:

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When Ivan entered the Gulf of Mexico, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory ocean-floor pressure sensors detected a freak wave, which was caused by the hurricane. The wave was around 91 feet (28 m) high from peak to trough, and around 660 feet (200 m) long.[4] Their computer models also indicated that waves may have exceeded 130 feet (40 m) in the eyewall.[5]

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That is hard to even imagine.

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- No Current Gulf Threats

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Determined to jinx us aren't you.