Hurricane Earl

[canadianbacon]

Getting a direct hit here Saturday, Probably still going to be a weak category 2 or strong category 1. We've had them before, I'm not freaking out like everybody else around here is, I doubt it's going to do as much damage as people are thinking here.

[Bryan732]

well hes here! and he brought lots of rain (1-2in.) and heavy winds (i'd say 10-20mph.).

[constantmotion]

Originally Posted by Bryan732

well hes here! and he brought lots of rain (1-2in.) and heavy winds (i'd say 10-20mph.).

That's it???

[JeremyH]

Originally Posted by constantmotion

That's it???

Haha.....no joke. 10-20 mph is nothing!

[Bryan732]

Originally Posted by constantmotion

That's it???

yeah pretty weak. their calling it a tropical storm now. by the time it gets up to canada its going to be like a 1/4 category "hurricane"

[JeremyH]

Originally Posted by Bryan732

yeah pretty weak. their calling it a tropical storm now. by the time it gets up to canada its going to be like a 1/4 category "hurricane"

I told you.....cold ocean water weakens hurricanes....

[canadianbacon]

It'll be over top of Moncton at 3pm on Saturday, winds are supposed to be like 110km/h or so, and we're supposed to get around 90mm of rain. It should be fun.

Originally Posted by JeremyH

I told you.....cold ocean water weakens hurricanes....

The waters below Nova Scotia are still 21 or 22 degrees, the water in the Bay of Fundy is around 16 degrees, that should drain the life out of it quite a bit.

[redbaron]

Originally Posted by Bryan732

heavy winds (i'd say 10-20mph.).

Hell, we've got that much wind today and it nice, sunny and pleasant today!!!

[JeremyH]

Originally Posted by canadianbacon12

The waters below Nova Scotia are still 21 or 22 degrees

The waters in the gulf are typically ~30*C (85*F).....that is quite a large difference.

[Bryan732]

Originally Posted by redbaron

Hell, we've got that much wind today and it nice, sunny and pleasant today!!!

im being sarcastic. i was expecting something to punch out a window or two but i guess not

[dezfan]

Most of this hurricane's drama was initiated by the media to drum up veiwers.

[canadianbacon]

Originally Posted by dezfan

Most of this hurricane's drama was initiated by the media to drum up veiwers.

Definitely, on the "local" news (local as in Halifax, Nova Scotia) they've been going on about how bad it's going to be, and how it's going to be like Hurricane Juan which hit them 7 years ago that they still bitch about to this day.

[Grumpster1980]

I'll take California Earth Quakes any day over Hurricanes!

[big bronco]

uhmmm... this hurrican sucks. its 3;10 over here and my street is staring to dry up....

[Bryan732]

yeah. it was just another rainy day.

[canadianbacon]

Man, this "hurricane" was fawking weak. It hit us as a tropical storm, and the winds only went up to like 70km/h and we only got 22mm of rain, we've had thunderstorms that were stronger than that.