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You forecasters get off my lawn
Aug. 31st, 2023 04:00 amI am confused with Idalia, and possibly storms in general right now. Are my tracking skills rusty or did they change how they track shit? I ask because Idalia's track ran (is running?) about what they said it would on our end with one seriously big exception: the timing for everything.
For days if you looked at the forecast, they kept saying overnight, overnight, overnight. Yeah, our tornado fuckery? This afternoon when people were trying to go home from the jobs that didn't close until 5pm, which is when a good chunk of the rain/wind kicked up, btw. Or picking their kids up from half days at school, for the earlier part of the afternoon. But I've been awake since *thinks* 11pm or so, and other than the occasional light band of rain and a few gusts (I'm being generous with those), it's been very, very quiet. I won't say that other parts of the area are feeling the same things, because work is pretty close to the beach, and downtown is likely underwater just because we're below fucking sea level, but yeah. I'm thinking while I dozed on the couch after dinner (so 8-10) we had some heavy rain bands based on what Mums said, and what I could hear anytime I woke up briefly, but the timing of everything just felt off.
I'm not complaining about the storm not being more, though. Just that trying to figure out the timing seems waaaaaaaaaay off compared to any other storm. Maybe it's how Idalia was shaped? I did sleep through the afternoon entirely (well, from 1 onward), so it's possible/probable I missed a good chunk of stuff, but even then, they weren't calling for it to be as severe then anyway. So again, I ask, wtf? If anything, the tornado action proved that they should've just called Wednesday a major weather day and cancelled everything to keep everyone off the road. But at dinner they kept talking about how we were getting "part two" of the storm and um...k? I'm not saying that had one been dumb enough to be out in it they wouldn't have regretted it, especially on ANY bridge (we have to cross 4 to get to work, though they are varying sizes and one is technically an overpass but I'm counting it) but part two didn't feel like much either.
I am curious as to how they'll report stuff in the morning.
It was great fun having to walk someone through their first tropical storm of any kind. She had so many questions and the timing of shit made telling her what to expect so much of a pain in my ass.
Now I wait for the headache to go away. Might have to find a hand towel and just apply heat because fuck this. Gonna try and walk around once the sun comes up, depending on the wind.
For days if you looked at the forecast, they kept saying overnight, overnight, overnight. Yeah, our tornado fuckery? This afternoon when people were trying to go home from the jobs that didn't close until 5pm, which is when a good chunk of the rain/wind kicked up, btw. Or picking their kids up from half days at school, for the earlier part of the afternoon. But I've been awake since *thinks* 11pm or so, and other than the occasional light band of rain and a few gusts (I'm being generous with those), it's been very, very quiet. I won't say that other parts of the area are feeling the same things, because work is pretty close to the beach, and downtown is likely underwater just because we're below fucking sea level, but yeah. I'm thinking while I dozed on the couch after dinner (so 8-10) we had some heavy rain bands based on what Mums said, and what I could hear anytime I woke up briefly, but the timing of everything just felt off.
I'm not complaining about the storm not being more, though. Just that trying to figure out the timing seems waaaaaaaaaay off compared to any other storm. Maybe it's how Idalia was shaped? I did sleep through the afternoon entirely (well, from 1 onward), so it's possible/probable I missed a good chunk of stuff, but even then, they weren't calling for it to be as severe then anyway. So again, I ask, wtf? If anything, the tornado action proved that they should've just called Wednesday a major weather day and cancelled everything to keep everyone off the road. But at dinner they kept talking about how we were getting "part two" of the storm and um...k? I'm not saying that had one been dumb enough to be out in it they wouldn't have regretted it, especially on ANY bridge (we have to cross 4 to get to work, though they are varying sizes and one is technically an overpass but I'm counting it) but part two didn't feel like much either.
I am curious as to how they'll report stuff in the morning.
It was great fun having to walk someone through their first tropical storm of any kind. She had so many questions and the timing of shit made telling her what to expect so much of a pain in my ass.
Now I wait for the headache to go away. Might have to find a hand towel and just apply heat because fuck this. Gonna try and walk around once the sun comes up, depending on the wind.