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Eddie Haskell (817 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 07:09 PM Original message |
Any hurricane experts out there? |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
1. Not an expert, but remember that an ice skater is out on the ice alone |
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Eddie Haskell (817 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 07:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Yes, but all else being equal, do larger storms lose intensity? |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
2. That's a good point. |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 07:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. (off topic) |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 08:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. You can learn the coordination if you still wanted to try it. |
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uberblonde (993 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
3. You're right. |
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Eddie Haskell (817 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 07:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I'm just thinking size may become a limiting factor. |
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amerikat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
6. Not an authority on hurricanes but |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
7. There has been a lot of debate on the weather sites |
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Eddie Haskell (817 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 07:53 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I agree, flooding is often the major contributer to damage, |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 08:00 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. We are trained to focus on wind damage |
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NRaleighLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
11. This storm really confounded the Raleigh NC weather experts.... |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
12. Why a hurricane is not an ice skater |
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Eddie Haskell (817 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 04:33 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Convergence is not unlike a skaters arms. |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
13. Do you really think that we can ever understand all the factors |
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Eddie Haskell (817 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 04:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. No, but we're getting better all the time. |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 04:37 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. I believe scientists and researchers can figure out a hell of a lot |
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TygrBright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
16. Thousands. You're on DU, after all. n/t |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
19. Andrew was a very small, very destructive hurricane. |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
20. I don't know |
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