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How are our left-coast members?
« on: October 16, 2016, 08:28:52 AM »
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« Reply #1 on: October 16, 2016, 03:57:07 PM »
To paraphrase a friend: I’m happy that Stormageddon 2016 really didn't amount to the hype! yes.gif  rolleyes.gif  tongue.gif
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« Reply #2 on: October 16, 2016, 10:41:23 PM »
Well, 80 mph winds on the Oregon coast is more than enough to damage many structures... and not a few trees!
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« Reply #3 on: October 16, 2016, 11:29:06 PM »
First, I should have said: thank you for your concern and for checking on all of us. This could have been the storm to end all storms. I'm thankful it wasn't.

QUOTE(Xairbusdriver @ Oct 16 2016, 08:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Well, 80 mph winds on the Oregon coast is more than enough to damage many structures... and not a few trees!

Totally agree, and the tornado in Manzanita was unexpected and not the norm. Fortunately no one was hurt. Every year we get a storm or two with 70-80mph winds; after all, gale force winds seem to be the norm on the central and northern Oregon coast.

However, the media and weather folks told us to prepare for 100-150 mph winds, 6-10 inches of rain, week long power outages, etc. My cell phone pinged constantly with alerts, my landline rang at least once an hour with the local recorded alerts, and I eventually started to panic. Actually so did most folks around me as the stores were packed with folks buying supplies and food—which may be a good thing if they were never prepared. wink.gif

In my area, the highest gust was 42mph, although there were a few areas around me with 50-60 mph winds—but these are "normal" for this time of year. My town had the most rain in my area at 4.28”; but, again, this isn't out of the norm for this time of year.

Sadly, this is the second time in around 30 days (give or take a week) that the media and weather service has hyped us all up for something that hasn't happened. My biggest fear is that the next time, folks will ignore the warnings and that's when the serious storm will hit.

And now you know why I roll my eyes and say it's was no biggy. tongue.gif
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« Reply #4 on: October 17, 2016, 10:23:41 AM »
The NWS just errs on the side of caution. As they should. Part of their DNA comes from the centuries when there was not a NWS and thousands died almost every year because of no warnings.

As for "hype", I believe the TV stations already have that covered. rolleyes.gif

Fortunately, most of these Cyclones/Typhoons/Hurricanes need warm water to keep going. Once they make landfall, that kind of water is scarce. All these storms also usually travel eastwardly so those off the left-coast die rather quickly as there is very little water (cold or warm) east of the coast! And those pesky mountains tend to cool all the air that flows up and over them! It helps to also have a cooler water flow coming down from Alaska. I'd say the left-coast does have an advantage against these kinds of events than the right one. thumbup.gif And the whole area is more beautiful, at least north of LA... laughhard.gif
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« Reply #5 on: October 17, 2016, 01:02:16 PM »
Your last paragraph is a very good explanation of the difference between east and west coast USA storms. The NWS has issued a statement about their "fizzled forecast", and it was interesting. You'd probably find it interesting also (and I apologize in advance for the ugly site and their awful blinking gif ads!):

http://www.newslincolncounty.com/archives/169156

Here's an update: last night around 10:30 a major storm (or series of small storms?) rolled in with loads of lightening, thunder that rumbled the floor, buckets of rain, and then hail. In 15 minutes we received an inch of rain in my town, but the town 8 miles south of me got very little. The rain was so heavy, and so loud, I had to turn closed captions on to watch my TV show. LOL! All through the night we had periods of heavy rain, lightening, thunder, and hail. I watched out the window and the lightening strikes were very impressive. I looked at my one iPad app, but I can't seem to get the screen capture to work, so I can't show you the "image" of the strikes from the NWS. It was pretty fascinating to enjoy the whole thing, and I’m grateful my house didn't leak.

Sometime in the wee hours, the hail must have been larger in size as it woke me up and sounded like tennis balls hitting my house. I was warm and snuggly and simply rolled over and went back to sleep, so I don't know how big the hail actually was. tongue.gif

I understand that Mt. Hood (the major ski resort in Oregon) received 4" of snow from this storm. If this keeps up it will be a good winter here in the PNW.

I've been praying for all those on the east coast. Several friends were hit with the week long power outage, flooding, etc, and my heart breaks for them—but they all survived, and that's a blessing considering the lives that were lost. I did wonder if you had flooding in your area, xABD, but I watch your weather site and all looked okay.

I'm hoping the rest of the week is calmer as I have "must do" errands. If not, oh well ... I'm glad Sneakers left me his wonderful Gore-tex raincoat.
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« Reply #6 on: October 17, 2016, 02:58:30 PM »
A fellow weather watcher/reporter posted <this link> to a video he captured as Matthew past by his area. Many of us have cameras and we all use the same Mac-only software to capture the data and post it to our web sites. If you watch it full screen, you can see the data that the software adds to each image used to create the video. Unfortunately, full screen makes the images way bigger (video technical term for waY too big!) than needed. This vid stops when the house lost power. The PWS, bout dead center in the image, is solar-powered, with a large capacitor and a battery as backup. It continued to report the data during the storm. "Neither snow, nor rain, nor hurricane..." laughhard.gif

Not sure why he lost power, looks like a high-voltage line right next door... dntknw.gif A long extension cord, a drop down transformer and... eek2.gif
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« Reply #7 on: October 17, 2016, 03:16:28 PM »
QUOTE(Xairbusdriver @ Oct 17 2016, 12:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
A fellow weather watcher/reporter posted <this link> to a video he captured as Matthew past by his area.


jawdrop.gif  Impressive! How did those vehicles manage to get through all that water?


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Many of us have cameras and we all use the same Mac-only software to capture the data and post it to our web sites.


One of these days, I'll get serious about this and then I'll ask for your help in getting camera, software, etc.

We had sunshine this morning, but now it's becoming overcast and we again have lightening and thunder. I'm meeting a friend for dinner and I'm thinking we are gonna get wet running from our cars to the restaurant. tongue.gif
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« Reply #8 on: October 17, 2016, 03:44:32 PM »
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I'm thinking we are gonna get wet running from our cars to the restaurant.
At least you don't have to worry, like I do, about melting! Groaner.gif
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