hurricane coming...

I wonder how much of an effort was made to offer accommodations to those who have financial considerations - escape pods of some kind

you'd think they'd factor in the costs of potential rescue operations and maybe foot the bill to help people who couldn't afford to leave otherwise. idk.

there are plenty of stubborn people who had the resources to leave and chose not to do so. also plenty of people who couldn't afford to leave.

sorry to Both Sides this, but it's true

yeah just bums me you to see rescue personnel risking their lives because someone thought they could just wait it out .

on the + side traffic very light in the area

$10 million to Ice from FEMA and $29 from the coastguard really does seem so thought through at this moment in time doesn't it?

sorry to Both Sides this, but it's true

― Karl Malone, Friday, September 14, 2018

Yep. Lester Holt, cited here earlier, interviewed a family on Wednesday that couldn't afford to leave.

xp $29 million that was supposed to be.

lol Trump is petty enough to take just $29 from the Coast Guard--"No snacks today!".

600,000 w/out power so far

https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/2018-09-14-hurricane-florence-north-carolina-impacts

On the redeye to Boston Tuesday someone near me was a lineman flying out with a crew to rent a truck and go down to the Carolinas to be ready to work. He anticipated a couple months of work.

... and if it floods that stretch down south, etc etc

I just got back from lunch with an 82-year-old friend (legally blind, limited mobility, pancreatic cancer) who evacuated with his wife (diabetic, needs back surgery, chronically depressed). Fortunately his son, daughter-in-law, other relatives, and four dogs were able to convoy to safer ground in a camper truck and a Jeep. These are people who could afford to evacuate in the sense that they had the means to get out of North Carolina, but I doubt they can afford to be away from home for very long. The old folks are staying in a hotel, the younger ones are camping at a relative's house. A neighbor who didn't evacuate is an essential phone contact, giving them updates on property damage, power outages, etc. The decision to stay or go can be very complicated, even when the dangers of staying are obvious.

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/dont-condemn-people-who-dont-evacuate-for-hurricane-florence/

I haven't been able to follow this closely but I get the sense Florence has not been nearly as awful as it could have been?

the flooding is 10 to 17 feet above normal in some areas

early on, too - record rainfall is going to be happening for the next several days, and flooding will be happening for weeks.

but yeah, it's true that it could have been worse, in terms of windspeed. a lot of people are focused on the category designation - it was predicted to be a category 3 or 4 on landfall, and "only" ended up being a category 1. which is great news, of course, but it only feeds the suspicions of some people that all of this hurricane stuff is a bunch of overblown bullshit. humans are shortsighted fucking morons, sometimes.

No reporst I've read or seen quote residents in NC or SC who think the meteorologists exaggerated.

The rain and flooding can be devastating. Sure houses being blown down is dramatic, but flooding can have more widespread impact.

this is hysterical

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZz8LwuKyyI

not sure how I feel about the term "crisis actor" entering popular usage

oh christ, i didn't spot that. gross.

Trying to hold your ground and do a broadcast in fierce winds is harder than just walking.

rmde

I just saw there was a real place called Surf City turned up on one of the maps of the hurricane course. Or at least was .

only 1 girl for every boy now tho

Let's look at the areas due to get +30 inches of rain and the hog waste lagoons. pic.twitter.com/JO7xyONQfU

— Lori Lou Freshwater (@loufreshwater) September 15, 2018

Right in the middle of that is where I grew up. Smelling hot shit for 20ish years.

Starting a thread of various videos today in HK and Shenzhen as the world’s strongest storm #TyphoonManghkut wiping our cities. (Videos are not mine but collected from messages doing the rounds w WhatsApp and WeChat) pic.twitter.com/FXU5ITrFqN

— Jen Zhu (@jenzhuscott) September 16, 2018

wtf!

high-rise building swinging :o

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/15/hurricane-category-6-this-is-how-world-ends-book-climate-change

The footage of cranes an scaffolding coming down is scary as shit.

what a delightful read

man, that thread of videos is something

A bunch of my coworkers are in Shenzhen right now. I had a plane ticket to be there too but an unexpected passport issue made me miss the trip :/

I can't tell if this is real or a clip from an upcoming Pacific Rim sequel

All my friends in #HongKong, #Shenzhen, #Guangzhou and #Macau, stay safe! 🙏🙏🙏 #typhoon #manghkut pic.twitter.com/i1bxK4Pbg6

— Pavel Šídlo (@PavelSidlo) September 16, 2018

So I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like this hong kong footage. Thoughts to the millions of people who live there

uh

The wind is here 170km/h 😔 #Shenzhen, #HongKong, #Guangzhou, #Macau stay strong! #typhoon #manghkut pic.twitter.com/0LRNKL1tjl

— Pavel Šídlo (@PavelSidlo) September 16, 2018

Ok, pretty convinced at this point that clip I posted is fake. It's not any more terrifying than some of the legit clips floating around, though.

oh. i was more shocked by the footage of like, wind ripping up paving stones and knocking cranes off skyscrapers

3 more months. If the season goes by the old pattern .
I don't remember hearing much about the summer months in it. So is this about the heaviest time normally or doies it actually tend to get worse as the season continues.

I mean hurricane season is listed as June to November so a nice polite squall should stick to that schedule innit.

Not really that reassuring but there's some comfort in knowing that those swaying buildings are doing exactly what they're supposed to

^^^

what would winds like that do to brooklyn with its aging infrastructure?

Wait I thought godzilla was set in japan

Gulf hurricane season is generally at it's worst august-september.