Stuff before the hurricane got here..







The dude from the weather channel in the blue






I'm uploading pictures from after. Most of the stuff I got during was video. It's hard to take pictures of wind...

8/29/2011 10:01:11 PM

post the videos!

8/29/2011 10:02:29 PM

I'll upload the videos when I'm done with the pictures.

8/29/2011 10:08:09 PM

Here is some pictures of the damage...

I have a video of this happening




































If you want to see the whole album it's right here
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10100251838091359.2573824.11816258&l=c22784c152&type=1

[Edited on August 29, 2011 at 11:10 PM. Reason : ]

8/29/2011 11:08:33 PM

Man did the pier ever get boned.

8/29/2011 11:12:04 PM

God left the Outer Banks a long time ago

8/29/2011 11:21:42 PM

So it looks like I'm going to be helping with a fundraiser to rebuild the Sheraton Pier.

8/30/2011 10:28:30 PM

Yeeeeeah, why? Did anyone really go to the Sheraton Pier? Just saying.

8/30/2011 10:46:31 PM

Dude...everyone hangs out there...On Saturdays we are ALL out there.

8/30/2011 10:47:51 PM

The Hurricanes should definitely make the playoffs.

8/30/2011 10:48:41 PM

http://obsweatherguy.blogspot.com/2011/09/katias-future-look-to-japan.html

Interesting read, says that the strength of a tropical storm near Japan (Talas) should have a trickle down effect on whether Katia will hit the east coast or veer out to sea

weak Talas --> Katia makes landfall
strong Talas --> Katia steers away from coast

Quote :

"Many of the computer models show a slow-moving but strong Hurricane Katia moving northwest for a few days, but then veering westward toward the Carolinas coast. That westward turn depends on the strength of a trough (low pressure) along the U.S. East Coast. A deep trough would recurve Katia away from the United States. A not-so-weak trough would allow high pressure in the Atlantic to strengthen. And the clockwise flow around the high would push Katia into the East Coast. So what about the Japanese storm? Tropical Storm Talas is expected to move into Japan on Saturday morning, then convert to a non-tropical storm -- and a very strong one -- in the Gulf of Alaska. That Gulf of Alaska storm is predicted to have a ripple effect on smaller storm systems downstream -- across Canada and into the United States, including the trough in the East. If Talas becomes a very strong storm, the thinking is that it will deepen the trough in the East and push Katia away from the United States. A weaker Alaskan low, and Katia could push toward the United States."

9/2/2011 4:54:45 PM

^^^(6-ish) what is the thing in the second-to-last pic?

9/2/2011 7:01:16 PM

that is a dog houseish type thing that covers something in my parent's neighbors yard....you know how some people have those fake rocks to cover whatever it is sticking out of the ground? Well they have a little mini house there....I mean they DID

9/3/2011 8:34:32 AM

THE HORROR

9/4/2011 6:36:03 PM

listening to npr today and they were talking about this

http://ipwatchdog.com/2009/07/13/bill-gates-seeks-patent-on-hurricane-prevention/id=4576/

this article doesn't actually go into what the devices physically are but it would be basically 100's of giant tubes suspended vertically in the ocean with the lip at the very edge of the water. as the waves crash over the lip the warm water would be forced down into the depths of the ocean displacing the cold water and forcing it up. sounded pretty interesting

9/6/2011 7:59:01 PM

I don't think he should do that....he is ruining our opportunities for hurricane parties and hurricane days at work.

9/6/2011 8:31:17 PM

disaster cleanup companies will be devastated if his invention works

9/6/2011 8:45:31 PM

theres gotta be some sort of environmental repercussion, thats a pretty massive affect to the climate

9/6/2011 8:47:52 PM

Yeah...I mean damn...just let weather happen.

9/6/2011 8:49:45 PM

why you gotta be all fucking with the weather and shit

9/6/2011 8:51:59 PM

Yea Greg Fischel was talking about how important hurricanes were for heat displacement between the poles. Or some shit like that.

9/6/2011 8:54:14 PM

that (the hurricane tube thing) was in a book i read. super freakonomics maybe? idk. lemme search a bit


yes, it was super freakonomics. the guy whose idea it was is Nathan Myhrvold. iirc, it was initially his idea, not bill gates' idea.

[Edited on September 6, 2011 at 8:59 PM. Reason : ]

9/6/2011 8:54:26 PM

ya, I was trying to find an article about the actual devices themselves but couldnt remember what they were called, something like salt rings

9/6/2011 8:57:16 PM

salter sinks
http://intellectualventureslab.com/?tag=salter-sink

9/6/2011 9:00:49 PM

excellent

9/6/2011 9:01:44 PM

Here we fucking go again...

9/6/2011 11:37:25 PM

Ophelia

9/21/2011 8:52:43 AM

I"m not sure how helpful that umbrella is going to be

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