Hurricane Irma - What would you do?

B.A._Baracus

Academic wrote: »

No he wasn't. He was in the eye. The lower half of the storm (admittedly always the lesser of the two so far as wind, rain, etc.) had yet to hit him.

Think of a hurricane as a circle moving north. He was in the middle, not yet having been hit by the bottom half.

I posted that in the early hours of the morning. You replied back after 12pm today.

You don't know what you're bloody talking about. CNN had loads of reporters in places waiting to be hit, places it past, Didn't hit etc.

So tell me..
What did the reporter look like?
What city was the reporter?
You didn't even see broadcast and you're arguing with me :pac:


This takes the biscuit man.

Captain_Crash

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Joking aside at least here houses are built of things like brick and blocks. In the States wood shacks and mobile homes are where a large chunk of the population live.

I was in Florida last week and was watching a demo on the difference between houses made of brick and wood and to be honest, there isn't much in it. If a projectile hits a wall in Cat 3+ winds, doesn't matter if its made of brick, wood or unicorn tears... its going trough it like bog roll.

The science is that as wood has more flex it has more give in strong sustained winds, much like tall buildings have a natural sway or an airplane wing flexes up when flying.

Fact of the matter is if a hurricane ever hit Dublin, the damage would be devastating. Just think of the damage done by Charlie in '86, and that was a weakening tropical storm when it hit, who's strongest gust was recorded at 65mph, well short of hurricane force.

PandaPoo

My parents flew out to Haines city last week. I thought they were absolutely nuts to go over there. They're doing ok, which could be a lie because they dont want us to worry.

My dad's 75 and he can't swim!