Dorian - a name that will be retired

monster · 09-07-2019, 04:57 PM

I didn't realize Dorian was supposed to be a male name. Suggestions for new name:

Denzel -now there's a good strong name for a hurricane.
Draco
Duke
Disney -there's a name I could definitely live with being retired

But maybe it's time to go with non-human names. They can still have personality...

Dog. "Hurricane Dog is currently threatening mainland Florida ......oh no, off it goes towards Africa.... we think it saw a squirrel..." ok maybe not.

Dustpan. "Hurricane Dustpan is sweeping along the seaboard." potential there I think

Doofus. "Residents are refusing to lose their dignity by evacuating for a hurricane named Doofus." Hmmmm

Domino
Dentist
Dissident

no wait..... Dick. Please let there be a Hurricane Dick. After all, the state most likely to be hit and most of the path projections are appropriately shaped....

sexobon · 09-07-2019, 10:14 PM

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… Dog. "Hurricane Dog is currently threatening mainland Florida ......oh no, off it goes towards Africa.... we think it saw a squirrel..." ok maybe not. ...

Dog is a nickname for Duane.

Gravdigr · 09-09-2019, 12:49 PM

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Domino

Home destruction in thirty minutes or less, or the next one's free.

Any hurricane over Cat 3 should be called Hurricane! Run, motherfucker!!!

tw · 09-10-2019, 09:28 AM

Another tropical disturbance will move over Bahamas. It will not be a tropical storm. But it will dump much rain. Either that is good (it will wash things down) or is bad (makes recovery and storage of supplies miserable). Storage facilities are a major problem there.

tw · 09-14-2019, 03:23 PM

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Another tropical disturbance will move over Bahamas. It will not be a tropical storm. But it will dump much rain.

Well it did become a tropical storm. It was predicted to dump 7 inches of rain. It may only dump 6 inches. But it has stalled off the Bahamas. And is now predicted to become a hurricane.

An island without almost no roofs to store necessary supplies now must deal with more massive rains as expected. Can anyone in Houston appreciate it?

tw · 10-02-2019, 08:57 AM

Looks like Hurricane Lorenzo will hit Ireland Thursday with winds expected to be 60 mph.

Gravdigr · 10-02-2019, 12:03 PM

Wind speeds have to be faster than that (60 mph)to be a hurricane, don't they?

tw · 10-02-2019, 05:46 PM

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Wind speeds have to be faster than that (60 mph)to be a hurricane,

As I always do, I down play numbers so as to be conservative (not to be confused with wacko extremists). Another example was horsepower per liter. A car must do at least 70. This hurricane will approach as a Force 12 storm. That means 73 MPH plus.

Interesting is always the data buoy numbers for wave heights. Unfortunately, this storm is predicated to approach where no data buoys exist.

How bad is a hurricane? Once waves exceed 30 feet (ie 10 meters), then this is a serious storm.

Hurricane Sandy was barely a Category 1 - about 75 MPH. And it never stuck any land (where massive damage happened). I suspect Ireland is built by product people. So damage will be less. But this is the experiment. We will have facts after Thursday.

09-07-2019, 04:57 PM	#1
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I didn't realize Dorian was supposed to be a male name. Suggestions for new name: Denzel -now there's a good strong name for a hurricane. Draco Duke Disney -there's a name I could definitely live with being retired But maybe it's time to go with non-human names. They can still have personality... Dog. "Hurricane Dog is currently threatening mainland Florida ......oh no, off it goes towards Africa.... we think it saw a squirrel..." ok maybe not. Dustpan. "Hurricane Dustpan is sweeping along the seaboard." potential there I think Doofus. "Residents are refusing to lose their dignity by evacuating for a hurricane named Doofus." Hmmmm Domino Dentist Dissident no wait..... Dick. Please let there be a Hurricane Dick. After all, the state most likely to be hit and most of the path projections are appropriately shaped.... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-02-2019, 12:03 PM	#7
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09-10-2019, 09:28 AM	#4
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	Another tropical disturbance will move over Bahamas. It will not be a tropical storm. But it will dump much rain. Either that is good (it will wash things down) or is bad (makes recovery and storage of supplies miserable). Storage facilities are a major problem there.

10-02-2019, 08:57 AM	#6
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	Looks like Hurricane Lorenzo will hit Ireland Thursday with winds expected to be 60 mph.

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