Hurricane Season (and other significant weather events) 2021

[malchior]

My foundation just sprang a leak where the sewer pipe comes into the house. We also are 95% sure we lost my wife's car. I agree with Kraken. This summer has just been a constant nightmare of wind, rain, and now flood damage.

[Kraken]

My foundation just sprang a leak where the sewer pipe comes into the house. We also are 95% sure we lost my wife's car. I agree with Kraken. This summer has just been a constant nightmare of wind, rain, and now flood damage.

We had our hottest June in history and the second-wettest July. August didn't set any records but continued the pattern of either being unbearably hot or raining (and sometimes both). We recorded four heat waves (one per year is normal). I guess I shouldn't complain about mere unpleasantness, given the severe weather that's afflicting much of the world. But I'm not feeling very optimistic about September, either.

I thought my lawn at least would like all the rain, but big patches of grass yielded to moss and fungi.

[jztemple2]

I have on the Weather Channel and they are saying that sixteen million in New Jersey are under a flash flood emergency. And NYC is currently receiving rain at a rate of 3-5 inches an hour. And now they are saying "191 miles of flash flood emergencies". Edison NJ has received ten inches of rain in three hours

[malchior]

I have on the Weather Channel and they are saying that sixteen million in New Jersey are under a flash flood emergency. And NYC is currently receiving rain at a rate of 3-5 inches an hour. And now they are saying "191 miles of flash flood emergencies". Edison NJ has received ten inches of rain in three hours

I'm in that vicinity (within a few miles). I think 10 inches sounds right. It was insanely heavy for hours. Also, keep in mind we got about that much rain a week and a half ago, and we had several light rain days in between so everything is just saturated to capacity.

In other news, my police department just had to evacuate. We just got the call from our office of emergency management. I'm getting ready because I just heard the purge siren go off. Time to 'release the beast'!

[jztemple2]

"purge siren"?

[malchior]

[jztemple2]

Yeah, I googled and found that. But what is it? Is it a real thing? Or some cultural reference?

[Isgrimnur]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Purge

The Purge is an American anthology media franchise centered on a series of dystopian action horror films distributed by Universal Pictures and produced by Blumhouse Productions and Platinum Dunes, which are written and in some cases also directed by James DeMonaco, who was inspired by a Star Trek: The Original Series episode, "The Return of the Archons". The films present a seemingly normal, crime-free America in the near-future. But the truth is that the country is a dystopia which celebrates an annual national holiday known as the Purge, a day in which all crime, including murder, becomes legal for a 12-hour period.

[malchior]

Also known as everyday in Chicago.

Edit: Also FWIW the first couple of Purge movies are 'fun' summer thrill fests with some surprisingly sharp social satire moments mixed in. Worth a watch if the subject matter isn't off-hand objectionable.

[jztemple2]

Thanks for the info.

[Smoove_B]

The flooding I'm seeing in NJ and NYC right now looks like it's out of a movie.

[malchior]

Yup. It's a giant climate change real-time experiment. What happens when you take one of the most overdeveloped areas of the world and dump billions of gallons of water on it in a couple of hours? Let's find out!

Edit: FWIW while it is a bit much I greatly appreciate the emergency alerting via cell phone. We got early warning about the rough t-storm cell that spun out a tornado and other threats. It was very helpful and greatly increased situational awareness.

[Octavious]

What happened to the car? I'm impervious to flooding at my house. We flood you are all dead anyway. I cancelled all my morning meetings as my power was out and my office will be flooded for sure. power came back. Fingers crossed it stays on.

[jztemple2]

A bit away from the current deluge in the northeast, but now we have Larry to keep an eye on. What is of interest is that within the past couple of days it has strengthen from a disturbance to a 70mph tropical storm. In the next two days it is expected to reach major hurricane strength. By the end of next week it could be approaching... someone.

[jztemple2]

[Ralph-Wiggum]

My brother's house in Pelham, NY got flooded yesterday. Fortunately, it was mostly confined to the basement where they don't keep anything too important. But he said they had about three feet of water in one area and he and the family spent much of last night bucketing it all out. The basement has a pump, but I don't think it could keep up.

[Octavious]

Power went out for about 2 hours. The power company was super quick to come in and fix it. Which is a first... I thought for sure I wouldn't have power for at least the night. I was so sure they wouldn't fix it that I had already cancelled my calls for the early morning.

I drove into work and it was perfectly fine on my route. From the videos I was seeing I was expecting to see a lot more flooding. The river next to my work is supposed to crest to major flood levels by tomorrow so that should close a few roads. Otherwise it wasn't that bad for me.

[Octavious]

I take that back. The entire town and the surrounding towns just went out lol.

[Isgrimnur]

[Holman]

Serious flooding in Philadelphia last night.

My house is fine because we live on top of a ridge, but here's a scene just down the hill from us:

[Octavious]

Be careful buying any used cars in the near future.

[Unagi]

Hard Rain

Wow, that is a Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon power-movie

[Holman]

Be careful buying any used cars in the near future.

Are you kidding? The wipers are still working on that bad boy. It can handle anything!

[Isgrimnur]

Hard Rain

Wow, that is a Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon power-movie

You ain't just whistling Dixie.

[malchior]

Finally got a sec to sit down. This entire morning has been responding. Evaluated my house and it is mostly ok. Despite all my trimming/maintenance efforts I partially lost another tree. Maybe I should just clear cut the whole yard.

I also got most of the water dried up in the basement and have drawn up a rough plan for a new drainage plan because...this just isn't going to go away. It'll probably just get worse.

I also got to The Home Depot, bought a shop vac, went to my MIL's, vacuumed out 2 inches of water in her basement, evaluated my wife's car (I think it'll make it but some water did make it into the cabin. We're airing it out.

I think from a flooding standpoint this was worse than Floyd, Irene, or Sandy. Which is saying a lot.

[Octavious]

The shack next door to me is for sale. Doesn't flood. Spacious 300-400? Square feet!

[jztemple2]

We got a cold call from a realtor last night, she had a buyer who was willing to pay a substantial amount of money, cash, for our house. We don't have our house listed nor have ever even talked to a realtor. Lots of folks apparently tired of living in drought, fire zones, etc and want to move to Florida. I guess the realtors will also be hearing from folks from the northeast who are tired of being hit with more hurricane related weather than Florida gets

[AWS260]

I live in this neighborhood! It's called Park Slope because it slopes steadily downward (from a park). This video is from the lower edge of the slope. Thankfully, we live on the higher side.

[Smoove_B]

I live in this neighborhood! It's called Park Slope because it slopes steadily downward (from a park). This video is from the lower edge of the slope. Thankfully, we live on the higher side.

Wow. It really looked like a movie set. I suspect there are people all over the Tri-State area leaning the clever names for locations in their neighborhoods actually mean something.

[jztemple2]

From Yale Climate Connections:

The unmissable fingerprints of climate change

The phrase “climate crisis” feels ominously apt when staring at an event like Wednesday’s titanic flood. For more than 20 years, a steadily growing body of research has found that the most intense U.S. downpours are getting more intense, particularly in the Northeast, as a result of human-produced greenhouse gases. This trend is only projected to get even worse.

Air “holds” about 4% more moisture for every 1 degree Fahrenheit (0.55 Celsius) increase in temperature. Air above the oceans has about 10% more moisture compared to 1970 because of the increase in global temperatures. This extra moisture leads to about a 10% increase in heavy rain as storms gather the excess moisture.

Ten percent may not sound like much, but when that extra moisture condenses inside the storms, it releases additional heat energy known as latent heat, which is the energy that was required to change the phase of water from liquid to gas during the evaporation process. That extra heat energy enlivens the updrafts and makes the storms more intense, allowing them to gather in moisture from a wider area and last longer. This phenomenon can lead to a 30% increase in rainfall, as has been documented in several cases of major flooding (e.g., this case in Colorado in 2013).

[Holman]

Yup. And the Schuylkill didn't even crest until five hours after that post.

Weather in Philly today has been sunny and pleasant, but water flow means I still might not be able to drive to work tomorrow.

[Holman]

I'm in Philly. I just called my Mom (who lives on Mobile Bay, Alabama) to remark on how we just enjoyed the same hurricane.

[McNutt]

Power company sent a text that they anticipate my street having power on September 8. Great.

[jztemple2]

Power company sent a text that they anticipate my street having power on September 8. Great.

Where are you?

[McNutt]

Baton Rouge

[Octavious]

I was in the same boat when Sandy came through. I believe it was 3 weeks before they restored my power. I was flat broke at the time so hotels weren't an option. I ended up in my MILs for weeks. I have zero idea what I would have done if I had no family.

[jztemple2]

The current situation. Larry looks to continue to be a fish storm, but that disturbance in the Gulf might bear watching.

Current Five Day Outlook Image is updated by NHC every few hours.

[Drazzil]

Dukes of Hazzard car "General Lee" destroyed by Ida.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/the-d ... ar-AAO5O1f

It fits somehow...

[jztemple2]

Dukes of Hazzard car "General Lee" destroyed by Ida.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/the-d ... ar-AAO5O1f

It fits somehow...

Doesn't look too bad. It'll buff out

[jztemple2]

This is kind of an interesting bit of data, showing the number of thunderstorm hours in an area in August.