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2021-08-20 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

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Posted by Lord Garth 2021-08-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

3 Hurricanes in a WEEK - Nasty Weather !

Posted by Albert Hatrack7070 2021-08-20 00:13|| 2021-08-20 00:13|| Front Page Top

#2 Tropical Storm Henri: Massachusetts in the ‘cone of uncertainty’ as track shifts west From the Boston Herald (A city Known for Beans) - Bet "The Gas" Will Be At "HIGH DISCHARGE" Soon - ⚠ Warning - Extremely Flammable Natural Gas Area - No Smoking or Open Fire 🔥 - Pass Anything (Solid, Liquid or Gas) at Your Own Risk!

Posted by Albert Hatrack7070 2021-08-20 00:24|| 2021-08-20 00:24|| Front Page Top

#3 I'm 1,000 feet from Quincy Bay; I'm not sweating this at all.

Posted by Raj 2021-08-20 00:29|| 2021-08-20 00:29|| Front Page Top

#4
Raj - You are a Crazy Man & We all KNOW IT !
Your Reply is As Expected ---
Only Thing We ASK is
Please Check In as Your House Passes Halifax Nova Scotia
So we know you are OK 👌

Posted by Albert Hatrack7070 2021-08-20 01:06|| 2021-08-20 01:06|| Front Page Top

#5 ☺ House Speaker Pelosi blames Trump'ers
for Henri threatening Massachusetts.

She went on to call for Democrats to investigate the application of Pronouns in Naming and the lack of Transgenderism.

Stating just because the storm is still deciding what it wants to be. It should not be forced to be labeled Herricane, Him-acane, Tropical Storm or a North Easterly. Let it decide. ☺

Posted by NN2N1 2021-08-20 06:54|| 2021-08-20 06:54|| Front Page Top

#6 /\ I would suggest a numbering system, but it employs a certain level of math.

Posted by Besoeker 2021-08-20 06:57|| 2021-08-20 06:57|| Front Page Top

#7 AHHHH! but what numbering system?
Roman, European, Greek, Arabic, Africana, or Chinese)
☺

Posted by NN2N1 2021-08-20 07:09|| 2021-08-20 07:09|| Front Page Top

#8 Raj, I see you survived hurricane Bob. I was in Woburn at the time. I wasn't impressed having suffered through 10 other hurricanes while live in south Alabama and South Carolina

Posted by Deacon Blues 2021-08-20 08:24|| 2021-08-20 08:24|| Front Page Top

#9 Henri curved a bit to the left (west) and currently a 2-5' surge is forecast for Martha's Vineyard as well as other parts of the NY, RI and MA coast. This assumes the storm will reach minimal hurricane intensity but come ashore as a Tropical Storm.

this would be enough to do some physical damage but not catastrophic by any means

fwiw, Hurricane Bob in 1991, which came ashore near Newport RI with about 100mph winds, produced a general 5-8' surge but in places it exceeded 12'. Property damage was well over $1B, several lives were lost and it caused extensive beach erosion,

Posted by Lord Garth 2021-08-20 14:39|| 2021-08-20 14:39|| Front Page Top

#10 Can we ignore anything less than seriously major storms, please? I don’t know enough to judge when articles on the subject are submitted, so please choose your articles carefully — we had 89 articles published today, which is a bit much of the unimportant stuff when there is a major situation using up bandwidth. We spend more time on the fun stuff when the world is quieter.

My heartfelt thanks to you all for making Rantburg the wonderful place that it is.

Posted by trailing wife 2021-08-20 22:03|| 2021-08-20 22:03|| Front Page Top

#11 Tropical Storm HENRI near hurricane strength to become the first 21st Century for NE; (1st) NE hurricane in 30 Years! Will effect Northern New Jersey, New York City and All New England States

Important enough ?

The Northeast megalopolis is the most populous megalopolis located entirely in the United States, with over 50 million residents, as well as the most urbanized megalopolis in the United States and the megalopolis with the world's largest economic output.

GRACE heads for second landfall tonight

Posted by Glereper Gleamble3946 2021-08-20 22:36|| 2021-08-20 22:36|| Front Page Top

#12 Important enough ?

I have no idea, my dear. Is it that much worse than the usual? Lord Garth and Raj don’t seem to think it’s terrifying, though Lord Garth posted the article, whereas you are concerned. I depend on Rantburgers to put in perspective for me the many, many things you know that I don’t.

Posted by trailing wife 2021-08-20 22:44|| 2021-08-20 22:44|| Front Page Top

#13 On July 8th 2021, as a month’s worth of rain deluged the city inside of two hours, the vulnerability of the subway went on full display in videos of commuters wading waist-deep into pool-like stations.

That was just a severe weather front lasting 2 hours - Henri is going to be a full time job of survival - the infrastructure - water systems, electrical lines & substations, communication hubs, cell towers have not been challenged by a hurricane 🌀 in 3 Decades.

So yea, I sent in a link for your consideration for tomorrows RB Post - If this doesn't meet the threshold - don't post - your the moderator/editor-

The Worlds Premier Economic Region
Most Concentrated Megalopolis Region in the USA

Thanks for your time TW

Posted by Glereper Gleamble3946 2021-08-20 23:12|| 2021-08-20 23:12|| Front Page Top

#14 Thank you for explaining, Glereper Gleamble3946. I noticed your article in the hopper — it’ll be published along with the rest in half an hour. I’ve added a link to this discussion so all our readers will have this perspective.

Posted by trailing wife 2021-08-20 23:29|| 2021-08-20 23:29|| Front Page Top

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