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MattBarry
United States4006 Posts
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LiamTheZerg
United States523 Posts
On October 30 2012 23:50 DarkPlasmaBall wrote: Those of us from north jersey want to make it quite clear that we're not related to those who are from south jersey ::shudders:: You kidding? We thank god we're not from North Jersey, which it's shitty ski slopes and meh beaches. And god help anyone in Jersey city. Though we have Camden too, even though it barely counts. | ||
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Mondieu
Romania803 Posts
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Medrea
10003 Posts
On October 30 2012 23:57 Mondieu wrote: oh boy; reading this thread made me realize how much americans hate each other ^^ Don't tell that to the rest of the world that thinks we are all zealots. | ||
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Lukeeze[zR]
Switzerland6838 Posts
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MattBarry
United States4006 Posts
On October 30 2012 23:57 Mondieu wrote: oh boy; reading this thread made me realize how much americans hate each other ^^ Americans only unite when we're at war basically. Like, people the north shore hate the people from the south shore in southeastern louisiana, but we're one in the same when we hate the north Louisiana people together, and then we hate Mississippi together as a state, but the south hates the north together which unites the south, and the country hates the middle east together. Unity through hatred. | ||
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happyft
United States470 Posts
On October 31 2012 00:01 MattBarry wrote: Americans only unite when we're at war basically. Like, people the north shore hate the people from the south shore in southeastern louisiana, but we're one in the same when we hate the north Louisiana people together, and then we hate Mississippi together as a state, but the south hates the north together which unites the south, and the country hates the middle east together. Unity through hatred. "War is Peace" -- brought to you by the Ministry of "Peace" Btw apparently this storm brought an unprecedented 13ft surge of seawater, 3ft above the previous record. So even though this was a Cat 1 cane, the barometric pressure was extremely low, indicating the massive amount of energy it would bring | ||
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Skullflower
United States3779 Posts
On October 30 2012 23:57 LiamTheZerg wrote: You kidding? We thank god we're not from North Jersey, which it's shitty ski slopes and meh beaches. And god help anyone in Jersey city. Though we have Camden too, even though it barely counts. The lesson here being that all of New Jersey sucks guys | ||
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xHQx
Russian Federation601 Posts
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heliusx
United States2306 Posts
Hurricane categories are based on wind speed so it was a cat 1 not "2 or 3". The pressure is basically what creates the winds, it's not a destructive force itself that will cause flooding and what not. Basically the category system is based on it's wind speed not hindsight of how much damage it caused. | ||
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Diizzy
United States828 Posts
On October 31 2012 00:57 xHQx wrote: lol lmao gangnam style cant be stopped | ||
micronesia
United States24805 Posts
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Ian Ian Ian
915 Posts
On October 31 2012 01:06 heliusx wrote: A 13ft storm surge is pretty typical for a direct hit from a cat 1. I'm imagining most of the damage is from lack of preparation to deal with the water. There are no city wide water pumps? I believe new orleans (another low lying city) can drain around 6 billion gallons a day. Hurricane categories are based on wind speed so it was a cat 1 not "2 or 3". The pressure is basically what creates the winds, it's not a destructive force itself that will cause flooding and what not. Basically the category system is based on it's wind speed not hindsight of how much damage it caused. Congratulations on pointing out what everyone else has already mentioned | ||
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Medrea
10003 Posts
Which is probably what we should be doing. So this hurricane was basically Cat 3 almost Cat 4 in terms of momentum. | ||
tofucake
Hyrule19260 Posts
On October 30 2012 23:31 happyft wrote: 85%+ of Long Island lost power, could take up to 7-10 days to restore In Manhattan, everything 39th street to the southern tip lost power due to a transformer exploding (i.e. about half of Manhattan, including Wall Street) + Show Spoiler + Most roads and bridges closed except for two major highways From what I hear on the radio, high tide flooding has inundated southern Long Island. Also flooding east of 2nd avenue Manahttan, and western part of Queens/Brooklyn (basically anything a mile of East River). And I've heard NJ shore has gotten hit the worst It's kind of bizarre how much damage this storm has caused, because the wind was like sustained 35-40mph (50-60mph gusts), barely any rain. But a lot of damage was from flooding from high tides and trees destroying power lines. The shore isn't really there anymore... All of the dunes got washed away. On October 30 2012 23:50 DarkPlasmaBall wrote: Those of us from north jersey want to make it quite clear that we're not related to those who are from south jersey ::shudders:: I have relatives in North Jersey... | ||
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whatevername
471 Posts
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raf3776
United States1904 Posts
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archonOOid
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trifecta
United States6795 Posts
On October 31 2012 01:06 heliusx wrote: A 13ft storm surge is pretty typical for a direct hit from a cat 1. I'm imagining most of the damage is from lack of preparation to deal with the water. There are no city wide water pumps? I believe new orleans (another low lying city) can drain around 6 billion gallons a day. Hurricane categories are based on wind speed so it was a cat 1 not "2 or 3". The pressure is basically what creates the winds, it's not a destructive force itself that will cause flooding and what not. Basically the category system is based on it's wind speed not hindsight of how much damage it caused. Fortunately, only certain parts of NYC are low lying, and storms like these hit us 1-2 times a century, thus not too many pumps installed. | ||
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heliusx
United States2306 Posts
On October 31 2012 01:32 trifecta wrote: Fortunately, only certain parts of NYC are low lying, and storms like these hit us 1-2 times a century, thus not too many pumps installed. I see, I was under the impression that the flooding last year was pretty bad also. On October 31 2012 01:15 Ian Ian Ian wrote: Congratulations on pointing out what everyone else has already mentioned On the other hand your post was very good. 5/5 | ||
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