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Post by Zappa on Oct 29, 2005 23:57:41 GMT -5
Heh, I guess as Ass-tros losing was too much for him.  Fucking Astros. I'll hate them for life for not beating the Bitch Sox. |
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Post by Scott on Oct 30, 2005 0:22:28 GMT -5
didn't he once say something about going back to wherever the hell it is he lives, and having to start school again or something?
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Post by cejababy on Oct 30, 2005 0:38:12 GMT -5
A.I.D.S. from Daric Barton is a terrible thing....o, he didnt tell you?
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Post by GoldSlime35 on Oct 30, 2005 1:20:11 GMT -5
didn't he once say something about going back to wherever the hell it is he lives, and having to start school again or something? Yeah, he said he might not have internet access for a while. |
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Post by Zappa on Oct 30, 2005 11:34:23 GMT -5
Hah, we'll I went through a hurricane and got my power back a lot faster then him. >_>
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Post by Dave on Oct 30, 2005 12:26:14 GMT -5
I think Florida is probably a lot better equipped for bouncing back from a hurricane than fucking Texas.
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Post by Scott on Oct 30, 2005 12:49:15 GMT -5
not to mention the one that hit florida last week was a nice breeze compared to the one that hit texas.
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Post by Zappa on Oct 30, 2005 13:04:59 GMT -5
Actually, Wilma had max sustained winds of 125 MPH when it made landfall and Rita had only 120 MPH sustained winds. So Wilma was actually stronger.
And yes, Dave is correct. Floridian houses are the toughest in the nation. We have the strongest and strictist building codes.
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Post by Scott on Oct 30, 2005 13:13:30 GMT -5
wasn't wilma moving much faster than rita was? and i thought rita had a much bigger eye.
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Post by Zappa on Oct 30, 2005 14:19:30 GMT -5
The eye of a hurricane isn't what matters, its the wind field. I'm unsure how fast Rita was moving or how large her eye was. Wilma had a decent sized, large eye actually when it made landfall. Usually, when hurricanes have pinhole tiny eyes, that means they are very strong or rapidly strengthening. From what I remember, Rita had neither. Rita was weakening even before it made landfall, where as Wilma strengthened from 105 MPH to 125 MPH in 12 hours before landfall in Florida.
And it doesn't matter how fast a storm is moving for winds to be a concern. Slow moving storms cause mass flooding, where fast moving storms are just wind threats. Look at Hurricane Andrew. Moved 25 MPH over Florida (Which is lightning fast for hurricanes) and only spent three hours over land, yet it remains as one of the most catastrophic natural disasters in the nation's history. Wilma was moving at 23-25 MPH as it moved over Florida too.
So there. I just gave you a lesson in hurricanes. >_>
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Post by Scott on Oct 30, 2005 16:00:42 GMT -5
And it doesn't matter how fast a storm is moving for winds to be a concern. Slow moving storms cause mass flooding, where fast moving storms are just wind threats. thats my point. wind speed doesn't show how destructive a hurricane will be. the higher the wind speed is, the more potential it might have, but that isn't the only thing. if rita was a slow moving storm, it is much more destructive, making the similar wind speeds irrelevent. |
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Post by Zappa on Oct 30, 2005 16:55:53 GMT -5
Well, I imagine that Rita caused some flooding. All hurricanes cause flooding, some very minor others major such as Irene, Mitch, and Katrina. (Though, Katrina is different because the dams broke. Katrina was moving at a decently fast paced)
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