1 Million Ordered To Evacuate As "Nightmare" Hurricane Bears Down On Carolinas

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"Hurricane Florence may end up being the worst natural disaster in recorded history for the Carolinas and Virginia. 3 to 4 feet of rain, IF predictions hold."

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster ordered an estimated 1 million people to evacuate from coastal areas of his state as Florence strengthened to a Category 4 storm. While Florence isn't expected to make landfall until Thursday or Friday, hurricane-force winds of 130 mph or more will start whipping up a deadly storm surge late Wednesday. The evacuation order follows a similar order issued by North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, who ordered an estimated 250,000 residents and visitors to begin evacuating the Outer Banks barrier islands.

As of noon ET, Florence was about 1,170 miles east-southeast of Cape Fear, North Carolina. Cooper said he has asked President Trump to declare a federal state of emergency for his state. Trump, for his part, tweeted that the federal government is already "mobilizing its assets."

Of course, Florence isn't the only storm headed for the eastern seaboard. At least three other storms (Hurricanes Isaac and Helen), as well as a tropical storm forming on the horizon.

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-...aster-recorded

[Bouncer]

They are now saying this fucker will hit category 5 status by early tomorrow morning. If it makes landfall as a Cat 5 there will be nothing left of the the Carolina coast.

[Scrumhalf]

I was reading an article quoting some of the weather scientists saying that ocean temperatures are almost 10F above normal, and this is providing near-unprecedented amounts of energy to the storm. Gonna be a bad one for sure.

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I was reading an article quoting some of the weather scientists saying that ocean temperatures are almost 10F above normal, and this is providing near-unprecedented amounts of energy to the storm. Gonna be a bad one for sure.

and there is like a train of hurricanes behind it from what I understand.

[lipripper]

I was reading an article quoting some of the weather scientists saying that ocean temperatures are almost 10F above normal, and this is providing near-unprecedented amounts of energy to the storm. Gonna be a bad one for sure.

according to SST satellite image reports that are up dated daily the water temps along the whole east coast are normal for this time of year scrum. look at SST charts, they have been doing it for years and years daily tracking of water temps broken down from the coast to way off shore, to include inland waterways in some locations. they are used by and verified by fisherman both commercial and recreational daily.:agreed:

[Scrumhalf]

I'm talking about further out in open ocean where the storm incubates. I'll try to find the report where the researcher was talking about it. It might have been on Twitter.

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[Scrumhalf]

Here:

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/im.../#.W5f6CDNlB-E

Low wind shear and anomalously high sea temperatures. A perfect combo for monster storms.

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Nuclear Power Plants At Risk Of Direct Hit By Hurricane Florence

North and South Carolina nuclear power plants are in line for a possible direct hit from Hurricane Florence.

According to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), there are twelve operating nuclear power plants in the Carolinas that make electricity by the continuous splitting of uranium atoms (i.e., a nuclear reaction). These plants generally reside near a body of water—a river, lake, estuary or ocean—because they require a constant source of water for cooling purposes. Without cooling water, a nuclear reactor will overheat, leading to core damage, containment failure, and release of harmful radiation into the environment.

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-...icane-florence

[rado]

That's a walk in the park for us Floridians.


Bah...let's chat up on hurricane King, Hugo, Andrew, Katrina, just to name a few.

But in all seriousness, that one is going to leave a nice dent in that state, if one is left.

[lipripper]

This happens every year at this time all that stuff coming off the coast of Africa..do some research folks...its nothing abnormal, to have several storms lined up in this region at this time of year.

[Bouncer]

This happens every year at this time all that stuff coming off the coast of Africa..do some research folks...its nothing abnormal, to have several storms lined up in this region at this time of year.

what happened to the Caribbean last year was unprecedented. there were 3 separate f4's simultaneously last year. that has never been observed in history.

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"Worst Storm In US History" Florence Set To Break All-Time Records

The latest computer forecasts from Tuesday afternoon have predicted that Hurricane Florence, still a Category 4 yet growing larger and more powerful, may shift and hit somewhere near the border between North and South Carolina as coastal residents flee what may be the most powerful hurricane to hit the state in 64 years, according to Bloomberg.

"Florence is expected to stall and wander near or over the coast for as many as four days, dumping prodigious amounts of rain," said meteorologist Jeff Masters of Weather Underground, who added "If a significant portion of the storm’s circulation remains over water, as occurred last year with Hurricane Harvey’s stall over Southeast Texas — or even if Florence were to move into the higher terrain of western North Carolina and then stall — the rain may break all-time state records for rainfall from a hurricane or tropical storm."

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-...rst-us-history

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The Hurricane Florence forecast has gone from bad to worse

Recent trends in the forecast models now indicate a rare—if not unprecedented—track.

As of early Wednesday morning, Hurricane Florence had weakened slightly with sustained winds of 130mph, but this is of little consequence as the track forecast now shows a dangerous stalling out near the coast, or just onshore by late Thursday or Friday morning. This will exacerbate already extremely heightened concerns about inland flooding due to torrential rainfall from Florence.

Hurricanes produce three major kinds of threats: storm surge, damaging winds, and inland flooding from rainfall. Most hurricanes produce a combination of the above with varying severity, but rarely does a hurricane present all three threats at an extreme level. Florence is such a hurricane, with what the National Hurricane Center characterizes as a "life-threatening" storm surge for portions of the North and South Carolina coast and "damaging" winds for these same coastal areas.

However, probably the biggest concern with Florence is inland flooding, especially as the storm is now likely to become nearly stationary along the Carolina coast and then slowly trudge inland. Adding to these concerns is a new twist the forecast models are indicating will happen—a southwestward jog toward Georgia.

This should only amplify rainfall totals as the storm's core remains offshore, with access to warm Atlantic waters to regenerate rain-making bands of precipitation. Texas saw a similar scenario in 2017, when Hurricane Harvey's center moved just inland, and its counter-clockwise rotation allowed the storm to continually pull moisture inland from the Gulf of Mexico.

The southwest jog
As recently as Monday morning, hurricane models were forecasting a fairly conventional landfall for Florence, bringing the storm to the coast before bringing it slowly inland on a generally northwestward track. However, recent trends in the forecast models now indicate a rare—if not unprecedented for an Atlantic hurricane this far north and west—turn to the southwest before Florence resumes its west-northwest motion.

This change in track can be discerned from the ensemble forecast from the European model initialized at 8am Monday (12:00 UTC) on the left in the image below, and the European model initialized at 8pm Tuesday (00:00 UTC Wednesday). Ensemble forecasts capture the uncertainty in a forecast by initializing a computer model with slightly different starting conditions. It is striking that nearly all of the ensemble members now show a southwestern jog, which raises confidence in this forecast.

So what is causing this? A ridge of high pressure situated over the Central and Eastern United States is forecast to be a little stronger than anticipated, and this feature should force Florence to move around its periphery. As Florence trances the edge of this high pressure system, by later Friday or so, the atmospheric steering currents essentially break down.

Normally, when hurricanes get above 30 degrees North in latitude, they get pulled poleward by the westerly pattern in the atmosphere between the tropics and poles. However, because the aforementioned high pressure will be blocking a northward movement by Florence, this rapid turn to the north and eventually northeast will not happen for some time.

Major flooding event
All of this means that, in addition to very strong winds and storm surge beginning Thursday along the Carolina coasts, the southeastern United States will have to prepare for a major, and perhaps historic, flooding event.

It really is impossible to say where a "bullseye" will occur in terms of rainfall due to the uncertain storm motion, but coastal areas of the Carolinas likely face the greatest threat. Forecast modeling indicates broad areas may receive 10 to 30 inches of rain, with higher localized totals of 30 to 40 inches over the next week or so.

It is worth noting that both the European and US Global Forecast System models forecast isolated totals of more than 40 inches. We cannot rule such extremes out should Florence stall out near the coast, or just inland. Needless to say, with soils already sodden in the southeast, this would present a dire scenario for inland flooding.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2018...se/?comments=1

[lipripper]

looks like this will be fucking up the rest of gator season... Florence....you fucking bitch..

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looks like this will be fucking up the rest of gator season... Florence....you fucking bitch..

Were you able to fill up the freezer at least? Send me some faggot.

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