We probably thought we were in the UK, until 1987...

1987 Hurricane

That'll learn us...

But if you mean safe from hurricanes, wouldn't you be pretty safe in the Arctic and Antarctic? (If the hurricane don't get you, the white-out will).

Anway, hope things don't turn out to be too much of a mess at the Cape - and for the rest of FA...

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Actually, it seems like the UK is a pretty safe place from natural hazards, though that 1987 storm (it wasn't officially classified as a hurricane even though gusts reached up to 80 mph) caused tons of tree damage and structural damage. This British guy said for the most part England weather is considered "rather dull and boring" but it has its surprises.
It appears there were forecasting issues with the 1987 Storm--not even a tropically formed storm, but packed a wallop. Sort of reminds me of reading "Fastnet" years ago about the race that ended in tragedy--there were two depressions colliding causing a freak storm and they couldn't radio to the sailboats. But all in all, it doesn't seem like you all in the UK get heavy blizzards very often or extreme storms like tornados and such.

Also, I read something by a Scottish guy who said Northern Scotland was a very safe place, geologically speaking; that goes along with earthquake specialists' stating that old continental shelf zones, though suffer minor earthquakes of very little consequence, are safe from major ones. He also said Northern Scotland is rising, while the South is lowering. I was thinking of southern Australia as a good place at least from tsunamis and typhoons and not a big earthquake risk. I guess studies have been done on long ago mega-tsunamis and meteorite-caused tsunamis, but their earthquakes of any size are infrequent. The storm reports seems to show damage from the Brisbane area and north, for the most part:
http://australiasevereweather.com/cy...-eastcoast.pdf
I'm not sure about Antartica, polar cyclonic storms are pretty nasty and I sure as heck wouldn't want to live there.

With all this hurricane business going on, here's a quicky hurricane quiz. A lot of people did poorly--I didn't get 100% either #-o

I got them all, though there are a couple of "trick" questions. 8)

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I could not get the link you provided to work, Grendl.

Try this one:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/wea...778.triviaquiz

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Sorry about the link--gotta watch those when I view and edit. But, good for you on the quiz--even people in FL said they did poorly and they have much exposure to hurricane info. I got #2 wrong--just went blank, and #7 I bet a lot of people get wrong, understandably.

Well, shuttles and things look OK at KSC (you know, Buzz's hello always jolts me):

My brother-in-law's house, as well as his parent's house next to it, didn't fare too well in Grant, which is next to Sebastian on the Intracoastal, close to the Inlet. Their two boats were upside down on the yard, a very nice deck and dock ruined, porch gone, part of roof collapsed. That area was considered destruction. I expected that, as the walls are not even 6 feet high. It could have been worse.

I got 46% correct. ops:

Well, I did have a big advantage. :wink: :wink:

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That's alright, Candy, if I wasn't obsessed with hurricane info, I wouldn't have fared well either. In fact, I know they say tape doesn't help windows, but I'd still do it if I had no boards, because it's worked in helping shards sort of hang together, though it won't really help a projectile plowing through.

Happy birthday, btw. Being 38 is not so bad...being there, doing that.

Ohhhhhh....cyswxman, I just looked at you're profile #-o. Yes, I guess it wouldn't bode well for you if you failed the quiz!

BTW, I would never stay in a church in a storm--this is the inside of the one in Cocoa Beach, but the same thing happened in Vero.


Also, on the incessant looping Weather Channel, when the guy was in Palm Bay and the wind was pelting him with sea spray and he had a hard time seeing and kept wiping his eyes, why don't these people wear goggles? I'd have had my snorkeling mask on or something. Who cares if I looked like a dork--we wear them when skiing. I remember when I was caught in a squall in Cozumel riding the scooter back to the docks, I had to wear my sunglasses even though it was dark--there was no way I could see well enough driving at 40 with rain pelting my face. It hurt too.

Ok, did this guy become a meteorologist because of his name or in spite of his name?

Chris Landsea, a meteorologist with NOAA’s Hurricane Research Division, analyzes data as the Gulfstream IV drops the instrumented capsules around the periphery of Hurricane Frances. Photo by Chris Kridler, FLORIDA TODAY


Pretty...

The sun rises over the periphery of Hurricane Frances as NOAA’s Gulfstream IV jet flies around the storm, collecting readings on pressure, temperature and humidity by dropping capsules with instruments from the airplane. Photo by Chris Kridler, FLORIDA TODAY

Is that an apparition on the ceiling?


Did you see Geraldo swaying back and forth like he was going to get swept away?

Heh, heh, no I didn't, but at least he wasn't drawing in the sand again.

I'm having a hard time finding pictures of Vero Beach's actual beach, but I found this one. This is where I park--beach seriously underminded, turtle nests gone. The destruction along the beach south to Hutchinson Island was very bad. Lots of people have the beach in their houses and restaurants. BTW, Vero won't allow anymore condos that high as those in the background. Not only for light purposes, but when the sun goes down it shadows the beach.



This is the other side of that parking:
Conn Beach (town beach)

Poor rocket is right, what caught my attention is the line " A rocket similar to this was used to launch Alan Shepard on the first unmanned suborbital mission." Wouldn't launching him, make it a manned mission????

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Just a typo--poor writer is thinking #-o . NASA has the same AP photo and caption.

Here's the only photo of the VAB I could find without registering into many newspapers.:
http://www.local6.com/news/3709265/detail.html

More detailed report about damage:
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewnews.html?id=974

Scary tornado.

Here ya go...


Taken at TAM 1, two days before Columbia...

There are numerous shots on the web showing that side of the building with biiiiiiiiiig holes in it now...

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Did you hear 'bout their dock?

They had a nice dock before Frances, now they have a pair a doxs. Levity from the levy. :wink:

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Oops. I accidentaly hit "quote" in lieu of "edit". As you can see, I'm making it up as I go. :roll:

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Now Jeanne is wandering towards KSC. May hit as early as Sunday as a Cat 2 or 3. Very uncertain path, but the eye is well defined.

http://www.wunderground.com/tropical...0411_5day.html

http://www.wunderground.com/tropical...00411_sat.html

The forecast has taken a big swerve to the southwest from yesterday - last forecast I saw had Jeanne hitting around the North Carolina/South Carolina border. My usual impression is that these trends tend to continue, and that the forecasters can get behind. So Jeanne might actually hit down toward Miami.

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Or maybe not:

KSC preparing for Jeanne

(CCAFS is the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, adjacent to KSC.)

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Over the last two days the forecast have not changed much. They do believe it will hit the Florida coust and run up it. But then again Charlie literally changed at the last second, so who knows.

And Spectrum Astro just shipped Swift to KSC. 3 launch vehicles on the pads are vulnerable.

The latest track (5 am EDT saturday) Shows it hitting almost exactly where Francis hit as a Cat 3. About 2 am tomorrow.
http://www.wunderground.com/tropical.../at200411.html

Still a lot of uncertainty.

Further damage from Jeanne

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KSC Reopens Tuesday As Space Center Weathers Hurricane Jeanne

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