Low Pressure "Bomb" coming ashore in the Pacific NW
Some forecasters are predicting winds along the coastline will hit 100
mph, (80-some knots), with seas up to 30-feet. That's up there in the
hurricane-force category, if I'm not mistaken."Auntie Em!" Supposed to be calmed down by the weekend. I hope so, I'm ready for a
couple of days away from the dock. If it's blowing hard enough to raise
30-foot seas in the ocean, even in the relatively sheltered waters of
Puget Sound conditions will be impossible/impassible. |
Chuck
Dec 13
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| LOL!!! |
Short
Dec 15
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| Better than being a disgruntled St. Louis Blues Hockey fan... where
winning is a mistake! |
Tim
Dec 15
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| Yeah, those niners and giants are something this year.... |
basskisser
Dec 15
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| And your Falcon's are one of the teams that has never won a Superbowl. |
Calif
Dec 15
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| The "big" storm is supposed to hit around the middle of the night
tonight. Right now, at 1630 PST it's raining like a firehose and I'm watching a
pretty stout evergreen tree bending around like a spaghetti noodle. And
this is just a prelude. Depending on the direction of the wind, this should make for some
interesting kicking plays in tonight's Seahawk's game The weatherman is really on our side this year. On the Monday night
game a couple of weeks ago every football fan in the country got to
watch our annual blizzard, and tonight they will be treated to a
monsoon. :-) Nothing like a little bad weather to stem the
overwhelming rush of
newcomers up this direction. |
Chuck
Dec 14
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| >tonight. |
JohnH
Dec 14
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| >tonight. |
Short
Dec 15
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| Yeah, but they are one of the best awful teams you will ever see.
Last year they got to the Superbowl in spite of themselves, and
certainly outplayed Pittsburgh in that game (regardless of the
referee-assisted final score). This year they aren't as good as last
year- but they could easily win their division and once in the playoffs
anything could happen. They are a long ways from the top team in the
NFL, but on any given day, any given team.....etc. |
Chuck
Dec 14
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| Thanks for being worse than the SF Bay area teams! |
Calif
Dec 14
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| Sustained winds (not gusts) of 74 mph defines hurricane force.
100 mph sustained would make it equal to a minimum Cat 2. I am curious. Has any Pacific hurricanes ever tracked up the coast as far
as you are and hit land? Eisboch |
Eisboch
Dec 13
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| "Have" not "Has" (duh) |
Eisboch
Dec 13
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| >mph, (80-some knots), with seas up to 30-feet. That's up there in the |
Short
Dec 13
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| I understand that Canada is responsible for Global Warming, hence they
are responsible for both. |
Reginald
Dec 13
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| I still remember this one, and I was only 11 years old at the time.
This clipping doesn't give wind speeds in Seattle, but it does mention
winds of well over 100 mph and up to 170 mph in Oregon. http://www.usatoday.com/weather/news/2002/2002-10-12-columbus-day-storm_x.htm The last *really* big storm we had in the Pacific NW was on the day
that GWB was sworn in for his second term. We all joked that it was
divine punishment for being a blue state, but I won't get any deeper
into that subject or we all know where this thread will wind up. :-) |
Chuck
Dec 13
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| Chuck,
That last sentence will be the downfall of rec.boats. ;) |
Reginald
Dec 13
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| Mr. President - is that you?!? |
JoeSpareBedroom
Dec 13
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| Wonder how many nitwits the Coasties will have to risk their lives
rescuing from this...
JR
I don't think we're in Kansas anymore...
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JR
Dec 13
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| In the interest of being entirely non-partisan (as usual, of
course.....) we also had a big windstorm back in 1993 when the previous
president was sworn in for his first term.
So, what is it about days when there's a lot of political speech making
going on and enormous winds? Seems more than a little coincidental, at
least to me. |
Chuck
Dec 13
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| I saw a clip on the news this morning of a smaller plane trying to land
at SeaTac. Unreal! I've had some dubious landings there in large
commercial craft! One time we hit the runway so hard the oxygen masks
came down! |
basskisser
Dec 14
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