tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post3462385296114520433..comments2024-03-19T07:10:27.303-07:00Comments on Quark Soup by David Appell: Hurricanes Irene and BeforeDavid Appellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03318269033139447591noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post-76515398774995505842011-09-02T06:54:40.432-07:002011-09-02T06:54:40.432-07:00In what way was Irene *not* a typical hurricane?In what way was Irene *not* a typical hurricane?The Croquistnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post-26755522435578446372011-08-31T11:15:55.225-07:002011-08-31T11:15:55.225-07:00And above it all stands The Croquist.
BTW, TC, yo...And above it all stands The Croquist.<br /><br />BTW, TC, you missed the main way in which Irene was *not* a typical hurricane.Steve Bloomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12943109973917998380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post-50002522611384945842011-08-31T04:42:14.461-07:002011-08-31T04:42:14.461-07:00Serious post here:
Good for you David. I hadn’t b...Serious post here:<br /><br />Good for you David. I hadn’t been here in a while so I missed your first post on this. Calling out McKibben when he’s basically supporting your side shows class. Now that the storm has turned out to be a pretty typical hurricane McKibben has egg on his face.<br /><br />Done being serious:<br />I’m calling this your “Sister Sojourn” moment. Have you considered a run for the White House?<br /><br />Back to being serious:<br /><br />I’ve had at least two friends impacted by the storm. The first is Debbi on Long Island. (She’s a babe even if she is a grandmother)* She lost power for about 30 hours. Ironically her daughter just bought and moved into a house about 2 miles from the south shore and didn’t lose power.<br /><br />My friend Larry summers in Newcomb NY. You can look up Newcomb up if you want but as a hint, it’s probably the closest equivalent to “Big Foot” land on the east coast. He pulled a boat out of Lake Harris for flooding concerns. It proved to be a good move because it helped break the fall of the tree that landed on the boat and trailer in his driveway. It was just the top of the tree so he doesn’t think there was significant damage but the irony is priceless. He was out of power for about 6 hours.<br /><br />Both sides use individual weather events to further their agenda. Thanks for not being one.<br /><br />* God I’m getting old.The Croquistnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post-11899557959634651612011-08-29T21:18:14.740-07:002011-08-29T21:18:14.740-07:00David, after carefully re-reading McKibben's c...David, after carefully re-reading McKibben's column, I really don't see the problem. Your main objection (the unprecedentedness or lack thereof) is addressed in his third and fourth paragraphs via extensive quotes from hurricane expert Jeff Masters. <br /><br />As Masters says, what's really unusual are the high SSTs all the way north to NYC, high enough to support lots of Cat. 3 hurricanes if they stay that way. The increasing North Atlantic SST trend, BTW, has been scientifically pinned to AGW.<br /><br />Of note, the end of the Masters quote emphasized the rainfall threat, which was the aspect of Irene that wasn't subject to disruption by shear winds. And indeed, it came to pass just as predicted. NYC dodged a bullet on the wind and storm surge, but if those SSTs stay up that won't last.Steve Bloomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12943109973917998380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post-5904185915695340802011-08-29T17:37:33.220-07:002011-08-29T17:37:33.220-07:00Now that's more like it.Now that's more like it.Larry Hoguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05596168202991567228noreply@blogger.com