***TROPICAL ALERT*** TROPICAL STORM ETA (Late season tropical outlook discussion) (1 Viewer)

[guidomerkinsrules]

Came to work today - I’ll let them believe it’s my professionalism, but we all know it’s for the internet

 

[livefromDC]

Definitely sounded like a tornado coming through huh? You able to get on the road? All our streets in Woodstock are blocked. Waiting for the sun to come up to assess our situation better.

Cool. My in-laws used to live in Woodstock. They're in Canton now. I prefer Woodstock. My usual route was blocked by a giant downed tree, but there's multiple routes I can take out of the neighborhood. Dunwoody was a complete deadzone yesterday though. Couldn't even get on a hotspot until electricity came back.

 

[livefromDC]

Came to work today - I’ll let them believe it’s my professionalism, but we all know it’s for the internet

They know

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

They know

I think the surge protector and an arm full of devices was the giveaway

 

[brandon8283]

Still no power in my neck of OS, MS.

 

[superchuck500]

This is interesting. Not sure if posted.

 

[gboudx]

Same system that GFS brings into Gulf. I agree though, way too soon.

Here's Jeff Lindner's update on it with discussion of turn to north for a stronger system.

A strong tropical wave over the eastern Caribbean Sea has become much better organized and it is likely that a tropical system is starting to form. Deep convection has developed into a more consolidated organization this morning near a possible low level center over the east-central Caribbean Sea.

96L is embbedded within deep easterly flow on the south side of deep layer ridge of high pressure over the southwest Atlantic which will drive the system westward toward the western Caribbean Sea. Conditions appear favorable for additional development.

Forecast models are in general agreement on a general westward motion through the next several days with a stronger more organized system turning toward the NW or N over the western Caribbean Sea and a weaker less organized system moving more westward toward central America.

Jeff Lindner
Director Hydrologic Operations Division/Meteorologist
Harris County Flood Control District

 

[livefromDC]

This is interesting. Not sure if posted.

Because 2020. Apparently, nature isn't immune from lunacy either.

 

[superchuck500]

Because 2020. Apparently, nature isn't immune from lunacy either.

That's an interesting word to use - its origin (luna = moon) was that some mentally ill people seemed to go from lucid to delusional, and without a better explanation they associated it with the changing phases of the moon.

Both Hurricane Zeta's late intensification and the global SARS-CoV-2 outbreak remind us that there is still so much about the natural world that we don't understand and certainly don't control.

 

[Doug B]

Everytime my family/friends come over from Sweden, they mention how our power lines look like a movie scene from the 50s. I love living here, but it’s definitely not due to our “amazing” infrastructure. Slightly off topic, but I moved to the States in the late 90s and I didn’t know anything about writing checks. They don’t exist in the rest of the Western world!

At least we party much better than them!

Thank you! I knew I wasn’t crazy to think it’s not right to accept multi-day power outages after every named storm as something that can’t be overcome.

 

[bclemms]

I am beginning to suspect you of using some sort of dark meteorogical sorcery

I'm just as tired of them as everyone else.

 

[efil4stnias]

Thank you! I knew I wasn’t crazy to think it’s not right to accept multi-day power outages after every named storm as something that can’t be overcome.

It can be overcome. it just costs $$$

Entergy rates are regulated by LPSC ( LA public service commission ) - The Director is an elected official, not appointed. ( not that this makes any difference in Louisiana lol )

Urban planning, suburban sprawl ( and lack of planning ), government, and private industry all meet up in an event like this and this is the result.

YAY!

 

[brandon8283]

Just got power back in OS, MS.

 

[St. Widge]

It can be overcome. it just costs $$$

Entergy rates are regulated by LPSC ( LA public service commission ) - The Director is an elected official, not appointed. ( not that this makes any difference in Louisiana lol )

Urban planning, suburban sprawl ( and lack of planning ), government, and private industry all meet up in an event like this and this is the result.

YAY!

I'd imagine the best solution is to bury all the power lines. It just seems to make sense in a place that gets hurricanes. That being said, I'd imagine our very wet soil and below sea level status makes putting power lines underground more of a challenge than we might think. Also, given the issues the City has with roads and the sewerage and water system, it probably wouldn't get any better if they were digging to bury and repair power lines. Not to mention the damage that would be cased to both the roads and water/sewer lines by all that digging. But, of course, lots and lots of money would fix all those problems. Money that the City doesn't have and that Entergy won't spend because they would never be able to raise their rates high enough to make the money back.

 

[mb504]

It can be overcome. it just costs $$$

Entergy rates are regulated by LPSC ( LA public service commission ) - The Director is an elected official, not appointed. ( not that this makes any difference in Louisiana lol )

Urban planning, suburban sprawl ( and lack of planning ), government, and private industry all meet up in an event like this and this is the result.

YAY!

For Entergy New Orleans (Orleans only, as opposed to Entergy Louisiana), the rates are regulated by the New Orleans City Council.