Hurricanes Irma .. and Jose

[oldcolner]

Irma is going to devastate lots of Caribbean Islands with wind speeds of over 185 mph, lots of rain and storm surges 3 metres high. It's the size of France and looks like its heading for Florida.
This is bigger and stronger than Harvey which has killed 45 and left many parts of Texas still flooded and without electricity. It may take two weeks for it to clear.

It's the first time in many years that two category 5 storms have hit the US and a third one Jose, is already building so this could be a record year.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...IVE-storm.html

http://www.express.co.uk/news/weathe...ecast-NOAA-NHC

Is this global warming and if so where is this going to take us? Will it come here eventually?

[Balanbam00]

Yes O C .....where will it take us ''Global warning ''

Well, think of it this way the planet is spinning in its orbit and evenly balanced . But with global warming it means at some point the 'ice caps will melt' ? If the ice caps melt does that mean that the distribution of weight has change ? If so then it may cause a 'wobble'? Could it be happening already the Inuit say the the setting of the sun has changed plus the hours that they used to hunt.etc A lot of it is there but a short report https://youtu.be/LCWK74ulb68

If the poles melt then the earth could spin into a new orbit, then the earths magnetic field would change. The North pole could end up where the Pacific Ocean is ??

Now lets see we have 1) the Climate change 2) the Korean drama 3) China - India stand off 4) Middle East in conflict 5 )Conflict in the South China sea 6) Russia vs Ukraine conflict 7 ) Hurricane Irma and Jose. 8 )The fall of Capitalism!....and more??

But here is Loey !! https://youtu.be/A3yCcXgbKrE

I see trees of green, red roses too. I see them bloom, for me and you. And I think to myself,what a wonderful world




....nah just bluffing!!!

[oldcolner]

BBC reporting Hurricane Irma has caused widespread destruction across the Caribbean, reducing buildings to rubble and leaving at least nine people dead.
The small island of Barbuda is said to be "barely habitable". Officials warn that St Martin is almost destroyed, and the death toll is likely to rise.
Irma, a category five hurricane, the highest possible level, is passing north of Puerto Rico.
Two other storms have strengthened to become hurricanes.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-41182991

[afloatinclaret]

Possibly the worst North Atlantic Huricane ever? It's already the strongest ever with 200+ mph winds; all the news we're getting is USA based at it really annoyed me when their 'landfall' predictions were the date/time it was anticipated to hit Florida; all those island nations getting slammed ahead of then, including the US Virgin Islands and perhaps Puerto Rico (both US Territories) clearly don't count.

Barbuda's a very small proportion of the Antigua & Barbuda landmass/population, St Martin will get bankrolled by Holland/France, Anguilla and British Virgins will presumably be looking to the UK for help/aid - fortunately they're both very wealth states, so should still be OK, even if we let them down. USVI's obviously looking to the USA, but what about the Turks & Caicos and the Bahamas? Current predictions suggest that pretty much every island in the chain is going to get hammered, with 150-200 mph winds and 15-20' seas; I'd estimate that less than 5% of their landmasses are above twenty feet high!

[exilecanada]

All the news we're getting is USA based at it really annoyed me when their 'landfall' predictions were the date/time it was anticipated to hit Florida; all those island nations getting slammed ahead of then, including the US Virgin Islands and perhaps Puerto Rico (both US Territories) clearly don't count.

What do you expect from the Yanks? Most are hard wired to think the world ends outside their borders.

[oldcolner]

It's certainly causing massive devastation and some favourite holiday resorts are wrecked so badly it will take years to recover. Remember the pictures of planes coming in over the beach at St Martin's...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-41194959

I'm glad we didn't choose a Caribbean cruise for our special anniversary. I wonder if there will be many cruises going there now. Very sad.

Florida must be worried, very worried.

[sinkov]

The death and destruction caused by these storms in the Carribean illustrates just how infantile our Met Office and BBC is, giving names to the occasional high winds and bits of rain we get in this country. They ought to be ashamed of themselves as they get excited about Storm Betty, which has blown some roof tiles off in Sutton Coldfield and a pensioner's umbrella inside out in Pontefract. But they have no shame.

[oldcolner]

I guess it keeps someone in a job. I'm a Storm name picker.
When Irma gets here will it be Storm Irma or will it get a new name and if so will Europe accept it when it gets to them?

[sinkov]

I guess it keeps someone in a job.

It helps them push their environmental propaganda, makes us think the weather is far worse than it used to be, and worse than it actually is. That's the real reason.

[oldcolner]

It helps them push environmental propaganda, makes us think the weather is far worse than it used to be, and worse than it actually is. That's the real reason.

But who are they? the Met Office, the BBC. I know BT will blame Mrs May!!

Into Hovis mode
I remember when snow lay on the ground for weeks on end and we had to walk miles to school through snow drifts that were as big as me, and we had summers where we got temps in the 90s for weeks leading to us having to share bath water and then put it on the garden.
Where has it all gone.