2020: And Now Hurricanes?

[Rafe]

The tracks have changed wildly the past 24 hours, but a record two hurricanes in the Gulf simultaneously. Looks like Texas will feel both of them, and now Laura is the one that looks maybe to be most problematic. A couple of hours ago Gov. Abbott declared a state of disaster for 23 counties in preparation, and asked the president to declare a federal emergency.

https://abc13.com/weather/gov-abbott-de ... s/6382325/

Marco's track looks like it will have the effect of pulling Laura in our direction, and some meteorologists think it also gives Laura prime ingredients to strengthen: warm Gulf water, a "soft" convection ceiling so that the storm can vent upward, and almost no possible wind shear in its way. NOAA is still saying landfall as a Cat 2, but some are guessing it might strengthen to a Cat 3 before it makes landfall. Ike made land as a Cat 2 and was a terror. If the cone of uncertainty shifts westward much more, then the center of the cone could put Galveston right it the middle.

What a year, am I right? First a global pandemic. Then antifa getting carte blanche in Blue cities to riot and loot and destroy property. Then Joe Biden becoming the Dem's nominee...during an election year like none ever before (with Joe hiding out in his basement for months). And now meteorological history in the Gulf. We'll know by tomorrow if Laura's forecast has shifted more toward Galveston/Houston.

[Tex1961]

Just please nobody say “I wonder what’s next”

[philip964]

Just please nobody say “I wonder what’s next”

[Tex1961]

Just please nobody say “I wonder what’s next”

[Ruark]

I just want to know if we're going to get any rain out here by Boerne..... the ground around our place is dry as cake flour.

[Rafe]

Just please nobody say “I wonder what’s next”

"The Cabin the Woods."

I forgot all about the November 4 (approximate) meteor strike. Looks very possible.

Except the little guy is about 7 feet across. Which means it has pretty much zero chance of contacting the earth except as maybe little shooting star bolides after it breaks up and is mostly vaporized in the atmosphere. But I wish I'd have remembered it. Kinda rounds out global pandemic, extended rioting in U.S. streets, Biden for president, double hurricanes, meteor strikes earth.

[The Annoyed Man]

Sure, why not? The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse seem to be out for a ride, so why not throw in a few hurricanes?

That bottle of Buffalo Trace on my shelf is looking better and better.

[striker55]

How about a asteroid flying by on the day before election day? https://www.businessinsider.com/nasa-as ... ion-2020-8

[Syntyr]

How about a asteroid flying by on the day before election day? https://www.businessinsider.com/nasa-as ... ion-2020-8

Its gonna be yuge! The best asteroid anyone has ever seen. I promise the best... like no one has ever seen!

[pushpullpete]

That bottle of Buffalo Trace on my shelf is looking better and better.

It would look better in a COLD frosted glass as it is raised to the lips.
I keep my bourbon and glass in the freezer. No ice to water it down.

[gtolbert09]

Check the National Hurricane Center for the most up to date paths and etc.

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

[tomneal]

A guy walks into a bar and orders Corona and two hurricanes

[Flightmare]

A guy walks into a bar and orders Corona and two hurricanes

Bartender says "Sure, that'll be 20.20"

[Rafe]

A guy walks into a bar and orders Corona and two hurricanes

Bartender says "Sure, that'll be 20.20"

You guys are cracking me up.

Well, the meteorologists definitely fubared Marco's forecast. Now the heaviest rain is showing up east of New Orleans. Pensacola may get the worst of it. Dry winds from the southwest have kinda shredded it, but it's still forecast to turn west and head toward texas. The 10:00 a.m. National Weather Center forecast has moved its tracking cone a little to the north, though, staying to the north of the Houston area.

What I expected and they didn't do was revise Laura's cone, at least not perceptibly. It's still off Cuba so the talking heads at the Weather Channel are thinking the NWC is waiting until the next update, which would be 4:00 p.m. Central, so they can gather more data before altering the forecast. But they seem to all be expecting at least a slight westward change to the cone, bringing it closer to Galveston. And they keep happily pointing out that a more westerly landfall means the storm will be out over open water longer, so more time to strengthen. If rapid intensification happens, we won't see it start until tomorrow.

[philip964]

A guy walks into a bar and orders Corona and two hurricanes

Bartender says "Sure, that'll be 20.20"

In a meme.