Everyone's flipping out over some rain and some wind

Kinja'd!!! "TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
10/14/2016 at 00:06 • Filed to: None

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What did I do to prepare? I Rain-X’d my windshield.

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DISCUSSION (9)


Kinja'd!!! wafflesnfalafel > TheHondaBro
10/14/2016 at 01:05

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ha - that’s what we did too, just yesterday, (and pulled out the candles and flashlights...) No hurricane, but it’s blowing pretty good here already - just knocked the neighbors trash can over...


Kinja'd!!! someassemblyrequired > TheHondaBro
10/14/2016 at 01:38

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Ha good first step. Now get your hurricane kit, cause that’s effectively what’s coming.


Kinja'd!!! AMGtech - now with more recalls! > TheHondaBro
10/14/2016 at 02:03

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The wife thinks it’s the apocalypse 


Kinja'd!!! RPM esq. > TheHondaBro
10/14/2016 at 02:05

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I had the tall trees around my house trimmed quite aggressively last week. Good decision as it turns out....but hopefully the city’s trees don’t fall on my three cars parked neatly in a row under them. Now all I have to do is drink wine and listen to the downpour and the rising wind.


Kinja'd!!! TheHondaBro > someassemblyrequired
10/14/2016 at 03:43

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Remnants of a typhoon, maybe, but a hurricane it is not.


Kinja'd!!! TheHondaBro > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
10/14/2016 at 03:44

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So does everyone else, apparently. This will pass.


Kinja'd!!! someassemblyrequired > TheHondaBro
10/14/2016 at 10:10

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Typhoon = hurricane in the Pacific. High winds in Western Washington are a lot more dangerous due to tall trees and shallow roots. Even if we don’t see hurricane force winds, the damage could be significant. I guess what I’m saying is that if forecast models hold, Saturday afternoon/evening stay at home.


Kinja'd!!! TheHondaBro > someassemblyrequired
10/14/2016 at 12:45

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A typhoon is a hurricane that spins in the opposite direction, usually in the southern hemisphere. Typhoons and hurricanes have very specific characteristics. If this were a typhoon or hurricane, meteorologists would have given it a name by now.


Kinja'd!!! someassemblyrequired > TheHondaBro
10/14/2016 at 13:18

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Yeah it’s remnants - but typhoons are in the northern hemisphere and spin in the same direction (they spin in the opposite direction in the southern hemisphere and are called cyclones there - it’s the Simpsons toilet bowl coriolis effect). While it’s an extratropical storm now (i.e. no eye) 40-50 mile/hr+ winds will mess some stuff up bad here. Wife says buoy readings are off the charts, they are expecting 40ft seas and hurricane force winds offshore. The Olympics will knock it down some, but be safe out there.