Patricia is a real... (1 Viewer)

[bushdocda]

http://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/isobaric/1000hPa/orthographic=-102.41,20.13,1396

I don't know what the hell this, is but it is awesome.

Yes. Anyone able to tell me how to be smart with this?

 

[boilerdave]

http://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/isobaric/1000hPa/orthographic=-102.41,20.13,1396

I don't know what the hell this, is but it is awesome.

Yes. Anyone able to tell me how to be smart with this?

I just watch it to mellow down easy.

 

[sbonomo]

Nuevo Vallarta got by pretty much unscathed. Other than being in a cramped shelter no problems here.

Thanks again for the well wishes.

you still have internet access so that has to be a good sign. Did you dare step foot oitside during at any point? Glad to hear you and others in the area are all good!

 

[Chaka]

Nuevo Vallarta got by pretty much unscathed. Other than being in a cramped shelter no problems here.

Thanks again for the well wishes.

you still have internet access so that has to be a good sign. Did you dare step foot oitside during at any point? Glad to hear you and others in the area are all good!

Absolutely I went outside. The shelter was attached to a parking structure and I went to the top several times. Steady rain but not heavy, zero wind and not a flying shark to be seen.

Kinda upset that I spent 8 hours in a shelter and didn't see on flying shark. After all that build up it just disappeared like Andy Dufresne.

 

[cstu]

Hurricane Patricia—the strongest hurricane ever recorded—made landfall on Friday without causing the catastrophic damage that many had anticipated. That lack of destruction is in large part due to the storm’s record winds staying confined to a small area and hitting a relatively unpopulated region.

 

[3C's]

first hand account. https://www.facebook.com/iCyclone/photos/a.403096644596.183425.52553204596/10153433315334597/?type=3&theater

 

[TheIronSheik]

Hurricane Patricia—the strongest hurricane ever recorded—made landfall on Friday without causing the catastrophic damage that many had anticipated. That lack of destruction is in large part due to the storm’s record winds staying confined to a small area and hitting a relatively unpopulated region.

Intense hurricanes are usually very tightly compacted. This will cause the most dangerous winds to be only over a small area. And since Patricia ended up making landfall in a sparse area, the damage was minimized. Less intense hurricanes will not have 200 mph winds, but they will have a much larger area that they will affect.

One thing that will sadly come out of this is people will talk about how this storm was hyped up and it ended up doing nothing. But that is far from the truth. If this would have hit just 30 miles south, the devastation would have been horrific. While this really came down to people getting lucky, more people will remember it as the storm that got a lot of hype and did nothing. And when a hurricane comes barreling down those people's door in the future, they'll think twice about listening to warnings.

 

[George Jefferson Airplane]

Hurricane Patricia—the strongest hurricane ever recorded—made landfall on Friday without causing the catastrophic damage that many had anticipated. That lack of destruction is in large part due to the storm’s record winds staying confined to a small area and hitting a relatively unpopulated region.

Intense hurricanes are usually very tightly compacted. This will cause the most dangerous winds to be only over a small area. And since Patricia ended up making landfall in a sparse area, the damage was minimized. Less intense hurricanes will not have 200 mph winds, but they will have a much larger area that they will affect.

One thing that will sadly come out of this is people will talk about how this storm was hyped up and it ended up doing nothing. But that is far from the truth. If this would have hit just 30 miles south, the devastation would have been horrific. While this really came down to people getting lucky, more people will remember it as the storm that got a lot of hype and did nothing. And when a hurricane comes barreling down those people's door in the future, they'll think twice about listening to warnings.