2020....Setting records all over the place

"Future next gen S2000 owner" (future-next-gen-s2000-owner) 07/22/2020 at 16:10 • Filed to: weather

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I really can’t wait to fall asleep in front of my fireplace on New Year’s Eve this year. A new record! Y’all remember way back in ‘05 when the SE got hammered by hurricanes?

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farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Future next gen S2000 owner 07/22/2020 at 16:18

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welp...there go the islands again

(hopefully not for them)

E90M3 > Future next gen S2000 owner 07/22/2020 at 16:22

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Might have set a record, but it’s still not as bad as 2005, at least not yet. 

Future next gen S2000 owner > E90M3 07/22/2020 at 16:28

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Let’s hope it doesn’t get as bad as ‘05.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Future next gen S2000 owner 07/22/2020 at 16:32

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Earth is trying to shake us off!  

Ash78, voting early and often > Future next gen S2000 owner 07/22/2020 at 16:37

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2004 still sticks out with me as the year Florida got hit by 4 hurricanes. There were a few spots in central FL where THREE separate hurricane eyes passed over in just 6 weeks. Crazy. My grandmother was just ~84 at the time and had to pack up her cats and find a hotel in Orlando to avoid the coast. Took her 7 hours to get there (normally 90 minutes)

Of course, that all got overshadowed by the 2005 devastation of Katrina and Rita (even though I still consider Katrina more of a flood event based on the damage received)

Nick Has an Exocet > Future next gen S2000 owner 07/22/2020 at 16:43

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There’s a bit of an asterisk to this: recency bias.

We’ve really only been tracking storms like this to this level of detail since the 90s (perhaps 80s with the GOES system coming online but only a handful of meteorologists had access pre-internet). 30-40 years seems like a long time, but in terms of the various cycles that occur on a planetary scale, that’s really small.

Future next gen S2000 owner > Nick Has an Exocet 07/22/2020 at 16:46

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True but it does state that the naming convention goes back to the 50's. Still just a blink in terms of a planetary scale.

Nick Has an Exocet > Future next gen S2000 owner 07/22/2020 at 17:37

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Yeah, but we’re talking about storms that are in the middle of the ocean. The criteria for naming in the 50s weren’t met until someone could get a reading from a storm chasing plane or it hit an island. It wasn’t until the 80s that it was even really possible to get barometric pressure or wind speed from space. 

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > Future next gen S2000 owner 07/22/2020 at 18:05

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Oh it definitely will. With luck though...that won't happen this year.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > Future next gen S2000 owner 07/22/2020 at 19:49

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