*** Hurricane Marco and Laura Thread ***

[Millennial_Messiah]

Marco set to hit Louisiana as a category 1 or 2, minor hurricane tomorrow.

Laura could be a major direct hit next week, depending on track and land interaction with Cuba.

Bad news for Trump/current local administrations. Would be best if they both "split the difference" between Houston and New Orleans.

Discuss.

[baseline bum]

Damn didn't realize Little Marco had hit hurricane status

[NASpurs]

RIP the state of Louisiana

[GAustex]

Could use a weak TS over central Texas

[djohn2oo8]

Could use a weak TS over central Texas
Laura has potential for much worse than that.

[pgardn]

Laura has potential for much worse than that.
Turn her west.
Turn her off at the coast.

And then let her soak Central Texas.
If you could do that I’d be grateful.

[Dirks_Finale]

Seriously, was really looking forward to some rain...
Turn her west.
Turn her off at the coast.

And then let her soak Central Texas.
If you could do that I’d be grateful.

[baseline bum]

Could use a weak TS over central Texas

Weather forecast on the news today was just saying Marco would bring us some cloud cover and that's about it on its current projected track west through South Texas after turning when making landfall in Lousiana. Well, current track as of around five I think...

[Millennial_Messiah]

Laura has potential for much worse than that.

Katrina potential depending on track and intensity, but no reason to believe she won't at least, minimum, be a category 3 tbh.

[Darth_Pelican]

Marco turned out to be nothing but a weak TS, heading west of us.

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT14/refresh/AL142020_5day_cone_no_line_and_wind+png/092405_5day_cone_no_line_and_wind.png




Laura is heading toward the LA/TX border. Could be a strong one.

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT13/refresh/AL132020_5day_cone_no_line_and_wind+png/115514_5day_cone_no_line_and_wind.png

[ChumpDumper]

Good news about Marco anyway.

[djohn2oo8]

Katrina potential depending on track and intensity, but no reason to believe she won't at least, minimum, be a category 3 tbh.
Yep. She is more south of Cuba than anticipated. Rapid Intensification could be a problem because then that will create a more westward Track

[djohn2oo8]

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[djohn2oo8]

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[Millennial_Messiah]

yes but Darth_Pelican fortunately looks like more of a Rita track than a Katrina track, i.e. hitting a very sparsely populated area, splitting the difference between Houston and NOLA.

Don't know why Marco all of a sudden weakened from a cat 1 hurricane to a weak TS over open water. Maybe Laura strengthening was shearing him apart? Lol

[phxspurfan]

both completely underwhelming

[phxspurfan]

https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/2020-08-24-tropical-storm-laura-hurricane-forecast-texas-louisiana

Havana-na-na-na only measuring 20mph winds :sleep

[Trainwreck2100]

as i predicted 2020 is saving the good hurricane for September

[djohn2oo8]

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[GAustex]

Central Texas ain’t getting nothin

[djohn2oo8]

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[phxspurfan]

ECMWF has it hitting where all the dud hurricanes hit. That random spot on the TX/LA border. Non-issue

https://i.ibb.co/dW8Rk6Y/vote-biden.png

[SnakeBoy]

Two hurricanes in the gulf and I'm still going to have to buy water. Wtf can't catch a break.

[djohn2oo8]

Forecasted to be a cat 3 at landfall

[Spurtacular]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyrRCx8-fZk

[Millennial_Messiah]

ECMWF has it hitting where all the dud hurricanes hit. That random spot on the TX/LA border. Non-issue

https://i.ibb.co/dW8Rk6Y/vote-biden.png

Exactly.


Forecasted to be a cat 3 at landfall

Yeah, but it's hitting the exact spot hurricane Rita hit in 2005, similar intensity as well. Very sparsely populated area. Underwhelming. No threat to either of Houston/NOLA

[ChumpDumper]

Weird that people are disappointed when hurricanes don't hit population centers.

[pgardn]

Dammit.

We need rain.
The deer in Leon Creek Bike paths are starting to look horrible.
Id rather have a Mountain Lion in there taking them out than starving them.
They are way over populated.

On the bright side.
Houston is predicted right now to get minor rain so Joel Olsteen has no worries about yelling for people to get off his lawn.

[djohn2oo8]

Already a Cat 2 105MPH

[Darth_Pelican]

Cat 4 now expected

[Darth_Pelican]

Pelicans78 don’t you live in this area? If so good luck son.

[StormLuva]

Weird that people are disappointed when hurricanes don't hit population centers.

Manny on suicide watch tbh

[djohn2oo8]

Pelicans78 (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=15164) don’t you live in this area? If so good luck son.
My parents live in Port Arthur. They are here in Houston with me. But my old house is probably a goner.

[Trainwreck2100]

Marco was such a dud i didn't even know it made landfall already

[Darth_Pelican]

Marco was such a dud i didn't even know it made landfall already

It actually never made landfall. It stayed west in the Gulf and fizzled out.

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT14/refresh/AL142020_5day_cone_no_line_and_wind+png/092405_5day_cone_no_line_and_wind.png

[phxspurfan]

Cat 4 now, transforming into Super Saiyan

https://i.ibb.co/q9FFPvX/vote-biden-bitches.png

[Millennial_Messiah]

BULLETIN
Hurricane Laura Intermediate Advisory Number 27A
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL132020
100 PM CDT Wed Aug 26 2020
...AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT REPORTS LAURA HAS BECOME AN
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE...
...CATASTROPHIC STORM SURGE, EXTREME WINDS, AND FLASH FLOODING
EXPECTED ALONG THE NORTHWEST GULF COAST TONIGHT...
...LITTLE TIME REMAINS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY...
SUMMARY OF 100 PM CDT...1800 UTC...INFORMATION
----------------------------------------------
LOCATION...27.3N 92.5W
ABOUT 200 MI...320 KM SSE OF LAKE CHARLES LOUISIANA
ABOUT 200 MI...320 KM SSE OF PORT ARTHUR TEXAS
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...140 MPH...220 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 315 DEGREES AT 16 MPH...26 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...952 MB...28.11 INCHES

[Millennial_Messiah]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQ4yuUFXu28

[Millennial_Messiah]

It actually never made landfall. It stayed west in the Gulf and fizzled out.

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT14/refresh/AL142020_5day_cone_no_line_and_wind+png/092405_5day_cone_no_line_and_wind.png
:lol

Same area Laura is bombing out in today. It's amazing how wind shear patterns can change so rapidly.

[Millennial_Messiah]

1:00 PM CDT Wed Aug 26
Location: 27.3°N 92.5°W
Moving: NW at 16 mph
Min pressure: 952 mb
Max sustained: 140 mph

[Millennial_Messiah]

https://a.disquscdn.com/get?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov%2Fqpf% 2Fd13_fill.gif%3F1598464522383&key=F30J6GVz17wzN6BltuSXAA&w=600&h=426

[RD2191]

Got some friends up in Lake Charles, hopefully they'll be okay.

[baseline bum]

Got some friends up in Lake Charles, hopefully they'll be okay.

Were they good swimmers when you guys crossed the river?

[baseline bum]

Two hurricanes in the gulf and I'm still going to have to buy water. Wtf can't catch a break.

Well it blew in a shit ton of humidity today, felt like fucking Houston.

[RD2191]

Were they good swimmers when you guys crossed the river?
No. :depressed:depressed

[Xevious]

https://pics.me.me/joel-osteen-preparing-for-hurricane-season-truth-36256654.png

[SnakeBoy]

Well it blew in a shit ton of humidity today, felt like fucking Houston.

Yeah I had to do some shit outside today, was drenched.

Well as much as I need rain I'm happy to take a pass on Laura. Really just need a low pressure system to the west of SA to break the drought.

[djohn2oo8]

Lake Charles and Sulpur getting fucked with no Vaseline worse than Chucho’s mama

[Pelicans78]

Pelicans78 (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=15164) don’t you live in this area? If so good luck son.

Yeah I live in Lake Charles. We evacuated yesterday around 7am to my uncle’s in the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Our power went out at the house around 12:30am and our cameras went down. Anxious to get back but need to wait out the potential storm surge.

[Darth_Pelican]

Yeah I live in Lake Charles. We evacuated yesterday around 7am to my uncle’s in the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Our power went out at the house around 12:30am and our cameras went down. Anxious to get back but need to wait out the potential storm surge.

:tu I hope your property survived unscathed.

[Pelicans78]

:tu I hope your property survived unscathed.

So far just roof damage and fences are down.

[Darth_Pelican]

Chemical fire currently in Lake Charles



https://www.nxsttv.com/nmw/wp-content/uploads/sites/107/2020/08/GettyImages-1269130048.jpg?w=900

[RD2191]

So was this storm a dud or what?

[MultiTroll]

DJR210 are you out there?
Seems like you lived in or around the path.

Let us know how you are Porky.

[LkrFan]

No bullshit, I hope you farmers are okay :tu

[Pelicans78]

So was this storm a dud or what?

Not at all. Why even ask that? It was almost a category 5 storm that caused a ton of wind damage. The storm surge wasn’t as high as expected because the eye missed certain bodies of water.

[leemajors]

So far just roof damage and fences are down.

Glad the damage sounds minimal.

[Millennial_Messiah]

cat4 hit on the US, will still get retired

[Millennial_Messiah]

definitely low damage for a 150mph Cat 4 landfall.

[phxspurfan]

definitely low damage for a 150mph Cat 4 landfall.

If it went to the west or east it would have been bigger for sure. But at a random unpopulated spot on the TX/LA border, not much. Plus Harvey was ridiculous in that it stayed in the same spot and Hoovered back and forth

[SpursforSix]

If it went to the west or east it would have been bigger for sure. But at a random unpopulated spot on the TX/LA border, not much. Plus Harvey was ridiculous in that it stayed in the same spot and Hoovered back and forth

Bend over, I'll fucking hoover back and forth in the same spot.

[Pelicans78]

If it went to the west or east it would have been bigger for sure. But at a random unpopulated spot on the TX/LA border, not much. Plus Harvey was ridiculous in that it stayed in the same spot and Hoovered back and forth

Lake Charles is not unpopulated and the damage is pretty catastrophic. I drove back yesterday. Looks recognizable. Many homes and buildings destroyed. If the eye shifted a little west, it would have caused massive flooding in the city though it did submerge the coastal town south of it.

[phxspurfan]

Lake Charles is not unpopulated and the damage is pretty catastrophic. I drove back yesterday. Looks recognizable. Many homes and buildings destroyed. If the eye shifted a little west, it would have caused massive flooding in the city though it did submerge the coastal town south of it.

Not diminishing the impact, just saying if it went east or west it would have been much worse in terms of total damage and total life lost. I live on a random coastal town myself and no one would care if a hurricane hit my town. But a town up is San Francisco, and a town south is San Jose

That being said, prayers up for the affected and for the families of the lives lost. Not sure if this is the best place (Public Good (https://impact.publicgood.com/campaign/6a665fff-9c43-43f7-b09e-09ae4d4fcd98)) to donate to get money there, but I sent some there yesterday hoping it helps.