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What did people do before accurate hurricane tracking?
Posted on 9/23/24 at 10:29 pm
Posted on 9/23/24 at 10:29 pm
I mean I remember the Burger King charts when I was in grade school
But I'm talking back in the gap. Early 1900s and before.
Would ships report conditions coming in? Radio if it happened to crush through the Caribbean?
Would you just be sitting on your gulf coast porch when the surge started coming in and it was all you could do to get your family to the highest, strongest structure you knew, tie yourself down and pray?
Must have been absolutely terrifying and felt like the wrath of an angry god.
Bet they wished for one of these back then
I'll shut up and listen to the old heads, and people smarter than I.
But I'm talking back in the gap. Early 1900s and before.
Would ships report conditions coming in? Radio if it happened to crush through the Caribbean?
Would you just be sitting on your gulf coast porch when the surge started coming in and it was all you could do to get your family to the highest, strongest structure you knew, tie yourself down and pray?
Must have been absolutely terrifying and felt like the wrath of an angry god.
Bet they wished for one of these back then
I'll shut up and listen to the old heads, and people smarter than I.
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Posted on 9/23/24 at 10:30 pm to fr33manator
They died.
Posted on 9/23/24 at 10:31 pm to Slingscode
Posted on 9/23/24 at 10:33 pm to fr33manator
Burger King maps didn’t spell Gulfport as “Gulf Port”.
Posted on 9/23/24 at 10:34 pm to fr33manator
I know you mean farther back, but I have to say the god damn hurrtrack program that was on Windows 95 about caused me and my grandpa to never speak again.
Posted on 9/23/24 at 10:34 pm to fr33manator
We had this guy:
This post was edited on 9/23/24 at 10:36 pm
Posted on 9/23/24 at 10:35 pm to fr33manator
Lived above sea level.
Posted on 9/23/24 at 10:35 pm to fr33manator
Kids these days don’t know longitude & latitude cause they didn’t have to track hurricanes for a week straight on a K&B hurricane map
Posted on 9/23/24 at 10:36 pm to fr33manator
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Jack and Annie are on a mission! When the magic tree house whisks them back to Galveston, Texas, in 1900, they find out that a big storm is coming. But even though there is rain and wind, no one believes there is any danger. As the storm grows, seawater floods the city. Now everyone needs help! Jack and Annie have a little bit of magic and a lot of hope—but will it be enough
LINK
My kids read this book and visited the Galveston museum about the hurricane. They are now terrified about hurricanes.
This post was edited on 9/23/24 at 10:48 pm
Posted on 9/23/24 at 10:36 pm to fr33manator
Listen to Nash Roberts
Posted on 9/23/24 at 10:41 pm to fr33manator
Read about the hurricane that all but destroyed Galveston. The beginnings of a warning network existed and were, let's say, not appreciated as they should have been.
The book about Lost Island shouldn't be read during hurricane season.
Some of the overlooked reports (microfiche of the Southern Agriculturist) describe the storms hitting near Charleston and some of the tools that people invented to pull behind oxen to drain the flooded fields.
The book about Lost Island shouldn't be read during hurricane season.
Some of the overlooked reports (microfiche of the Southern Agriculturist) describe the storms hitting near Charleston and some of the tools that people invented to pull behind oxen to drain the flooded fields.
Posted on 9/23/24 at 10:47 pm to fr33manator
Good question OP.
Will say this, evacuating for Katrina on Sunday morning along US90 on the MS Gulf Coast was a stunning, sunny, and calm day. Hard to imagine that in 24 hours there would be nothing left but slabs.
That made me ponder how did people know if a hurricane was coming before all the tech we have today?
Will say this, evacuating for Katrina on Sunday morning along US90 on the MS Gulf Coast was a stunning, sunny, and calm day. Hard to imagine that in 24 hours there would be nothing left but slabs.
That made me ponder how did people know if a hurricane was coming before all the tech we have today?
This post was edited on 9/23/24 at 11:12 pm
Posted on 9/23/24 at 10:48 pm to fr33manator
They got pretty wet
Posted on 9/23/24 at 10:48 pm to real turf fan
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This post was edited on 9/23/24 at 10:49 pm
Posted on 9/23/24 at 10:49 pm to Ostrich
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They got pretty wet
Posted on 9/23/24 at 10:50 pm to PaBon
“ Some of the overlooked reports (microfiche of the Southern Agriculturist) describe the storms hitting near Charleston and some of the tools that people invented to pull behind oxen to drain the flooded fields.”
Huh? Somebody got into the Louie Louie’s this evening.
Huh? Somebody got into the Louie Louie’s this evening.
Posted on 9/23/24 at 10:51 pm to midcitycid
Hurricane Erin made landfall outside of Nash’s cone.
Posted on 9/23/24 at 11:02 pm to real turf fan
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The beginnings of a warning network existed
What were they?
I'm asking for myself but also to provide links for any interested parties.
I am ignorant in the subject. I follow hurricane threads and realize I understand far less than I wish i did about the phenomenon I've lived through too many times.
Posted on 9/23/24 at 11:15 pm to fr33manator
Well native Americans didn’t have to worry about power outages, didn’t have worry about keeping food refrigerated, housing was temporary/ seasonal for hunter/ gatherers so no big deal if huts were destroyed . No cars or real material possession to have to worry about insurance/ flooding . Not building below sea level . No electronics like TVs , radios , computers.
Farming plots have been on the bluffs.
I’m just spit balling these ideas but without permanent housing and little materiel possessions: I would think they stuck to naturally higher ground .
I recent heard ( possibly on this site) that natives secured themselves to live oaks trees during storm surge.
Farming plots have been on the bluffs.
I’m just spit balling these ideas but without permanent housing and little materiel possessions: I would think they stuck to naturally higher ground .
I recent heard ( possibly on this site) that natives secured themselves to live oaks trees during storm surge.
Posted on 9/23/24 at 11:19 pm to fr33manator
i read the original report of the 1856 last island hurricane a few years ago and it was wild as hell. ill try to find it.
eta: google sucks now but from what i remember the only warning they really got was the birds hauling arse
eta: google sucks now but from what i remember the only warning they really got was the birds hauling arse
This post was edited on 9/23/24 at 11:57 pm
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