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Cincydawg

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Re: Weather, Climate, Environment, and Energy
« Reply #10402 on: July 31, 2024, 11:31:13 AM »
I know the heart of the season is about to start, but so far, not too bad.  Dust I guess.  Always something.
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Re: Weather, Climate, Environment, and Energy
« Reply #10403 on: July 31, 2024, 11:32:27 AM »
I once scanned over a proposal to "green the Sahara", it was interesting, expensive of course.  Idea was to use solar cells to generate RO water from the ocean and start planting and irrigating thinking it would induce long term stability, and greenery.  That would of course reduce dust a lot, and thus MIGHT ...
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Re: Weather, Climate, Environment, and Energy
« Reply #10404 on: July 31, 2024, 11:36:44 AM »
Dust season is coming to a close soon, like mid-August. That's when I start thinking about plans and such.

I rode out Ian. I don't know that I want to do that again, despite the house being even more fortified than it was then.
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Re: Weather, Climate, Environment, and Energy
« Reply #10405 on: July 31, 2024, 11:39:49 AM »
The motel where we stay in North Port is four floors (Hampton Inn, about 5 years old).  They told me the hurricane got water from the adjacent canal up onto the roof and into the AC intakes.  The whole building was drowned.  They were still working on two floors when we came down in January 2022.  

The baseball facility was badly damaged, they were not sure they'd be ready for Spring Training, or us.
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Re: Weather, Climate, Environment, and Energy
« Reply #10406 on: July 31, 2024, 11:41:34 AM »
In most cases I really hate the Saharan dust.  Turns the air quality to absolute shite.

But, it can make for pretty sunsets, and it can help minimize tropical activity.  So there is that.
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Re: Weather, Climate, Environment, and Energy
« Reply #10407 on: July 31, 2024, 11:54:22 AM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on July 31, 2024, 11:39:49 AM
The motel where we stay in North Port is four floors (Hampton Inn, about 5 years old).  They told me the hurricane got water from the adjacent canal up onto the roof and into the AC intakes.  The whole building was drowned.  They were still working on two floors when we came down in January 2022. 

The baseball facility was badly damaged, they were not sure they'd be ready for Spring Training, or us.
Ian was September 28, 2022.

Something is also not right. There is no way there was 60 feet of storm surge - ever. Maybe the roof got damaged and the 12" of rain poured in.

Fort Myers Beach got the most storm surge, with 15-18 feet or so. We got none, being in the eye. Charlotte Harbor rose about 6 feet, which is what would drive that canal next to the Hampton.



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Re: Weather, Climate, Environment, and Energy
« Reply #10408 on: July 31, 2024, 11:58:02 AM »
My year is off by one, sorry.  The told me the wind "sucked up the water in the canal into the roof vents".  A lot of water damage was evident on the closed floors.

It was January 2023 when we were there after Ian.  I knew it was two camps ago, but my dates are wonky,.  You can see the canal in your overhead.

It might also be that the heavy rain swamped the roof vents.  
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« Reply #10409 on: July 31, 2024, 12:33:37 PM »
It was the rain. If there was a high enough surge (60' or more) to overtop that building, the entire state would be gone, including me.
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Re: Weather, Climate, Environment, and Energy
« Reply #10410 on: July 31, 2024, 12:49:47 PM »
What they said was the wind whipped the water out of the canal, not just some storm surge.  That might have been a pure guess as no one was present watching what happened, though one person told me she rode it out in the motel.  She said it was scary, there was water coming in from the ceiling everywhere.  The glass held up she said except for a couple windows.

It's a nice motel for a Hampton.
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Re: Weather, Climate, Environment, and Energy
« Reply #10411 on: August 01, 2024, 07:44:34 AM »
They keep pushing this thing further West. Probably gonna be nothing more than a rainmaker.

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Re: Weather, Climate, Environment, and Energy
« Reply #10412 on: August 01, 2024, 02:28:10 PM »


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Re: Weather, Climate, Environment, and Energy
« Reply #10413 on: August 01, 2024, 02:44:11 PM »
European model looks like it's already drunk on Oktoberfest, American model doing its best to imitate.
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Re: Weather, Climate, Environment, and Energy
« Reply #10414 on: August 01, 2024, 02:57:34 PM »
What's that second image from, anyway?
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Re: Weather, Climate, Environment, and Energy
« Reply #10415 on: August 01, 2024, 03:03:12 PM »
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