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rjsquirrel

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138. What does that mean?

Fri Oct 23, 2015, 10:57 PM

Oct 2015

Last edited Sat Oct 24, 2015, 06:01 AM - Edit history (1)

I can imagine it just fine.

Not good but not so different from many other big cyclones.

ETA: lol it petered out a few hours after hitting the coast. But yeah HUUUUUGE and THE WORDT EVAH!

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Holy Shit Hurricane Patricia is now 200mph with the lowest [View all] malaise Oct 2015 OP

Looks like it ultimately will give us some rain here too madokie Oct 2015 #1

Gusts are 246mph - I can't even contemplate that malaise Oct 2015 #4

That is just a very large Tornado... Lochloosa Oct 2015 #16

not just a tornado, a low-end EF5 tornado phantom power Oct 2015 #33

A tornado that takes hours to pass. Aerows Oct 2015 #71

Those readings may exceed the 1935 Memorial Day hurricane in the FL Keys. Eleanors38 Oct 2015 #86

During Hurricane Andrew, we had sustained winds of 264 MPH for 21 minutes before it blew the Ghost in the Machine Oct 2015 #22

Wow! malaise Oct 2015 #24

Andrew was one of the rarest forms of hurricanes. Lochloosa Oct 2015 #39

I had a friend in ohheckyeah Oct 2015 #54

I can speak from experience Aerows Oct 2015 #73

It was sad to see. She ohheckyeah Oct 2015 #101

I was in a house on Card Sound Rd. MynameisBlarney Oct 2015 #44

I wasn't far from you.. at a motel right at Palm Drive & US 1 in Florida City! I used to frequent Ghost in the Machine Oct 2015 #48

I love Alabama Jack's MynameisBlarney Oct 2015 #49

Better off without it. nt Flying Squirrel Oct 2015 #62

I rode out Katrina Aerows Oct 2015 #72

I spent that night in a walk-in-closet w/ wife & child. Scurrilous Oct 2015 #97

What, you never been on a busa'? snooper2 Oct 2015 #41

Ha malaise Oct 2015 #42

Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2015 #59

Do I read that right? KansDem Oct 2015 #78

Yeah, conversions are cool like that snooper2 Oct 2015 #83

How do you even hold on at that speed? n/t leveymg Oct 2015 #98

Man, that's not on MY bucket list. PatrickforO Oct 2015 #130

Better: ret5hd Oct 2015 #137

Very scary. narnian60 Oct 2015 #2

"mantenerse a salvo" safeinOhio Oct 2015 #3

Damn glad I'm not down there yet nt newfie11 Oct 2015 #5

Well I'm betting that if you're planning to head to where Pat is going to malaise Oct 2015 #6

if that is sustained, I'm afraid there is not much that will be left standing where it lands. Ed Suspicious Oct 2015 #20

You are 100% correct malaise Oct 2015 #67

Look at that eye. Scurrilous Oct 2015 #103

I'm thinking your right! Nt newfie11 Oct 2015 #131

I still wish we would get some rain yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #7

Please, people. This is not a rain storm! Ed Suspicious Oct 2015 #21

well duh! yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #55

Texas and Louisiana MelungeonWoman Oct 2015 #37

I saw a house floating down a street near Austin, Texas on TV this morning malaise Oct 2015 #38

San Francisco California yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #56

Wait 'til Wednesday KamaAina Oct 2015 #57

okay looking at the weather forecast yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #58

k and r... Stuart G Oct 2015 #8

This story will be big news by Sunday. B Calm Oct 2015 #9

Landfall expected today muriel_volestrangler Oct 2015 #10

When I posted about this two days ago, she was expected malaise Oct 2015 #12

Will be big news from today malaise Oct 2015 #11

I hope everyone on the coast evacuated. LuvNewcastle Oct 2015 #13

I hope people brer cat Oct 2015 #14

Cut from tornado-facts.com . . . ReasonableToo Oct 2015 #15

Yep then add the storm surge malaise Oct 2015 #18

holy shit restorefreedom Oct 2015 #17

Incredible wind map BadgerKid Oct 2015 #19

Global Met folks say this is comparable to typhoon Haiyan that malaise Oct 2015 #23

I was checking that out of my Living Earth app Blue_In_AK Oct 2015 #66

Olaf malaise Oct 2015 #104

Thank you. Blue_In_AK Oct 2015 #113

Holy cats! 200mph max sustained winds? meow2u3 Oct 2015 #25

From NOAA malaise Oct 2015 #26

This going to be worse than anyone can imagine MynameisBlarney Oct 2015 #27

Experts say to expect the devastation associated with Cyclone Haiyan malaise Oct 2015 #28

I was in the upper Keys during hurricane Andrew MynameisBlarney Oct 2015 #29

We survived Gilbert malaise Oct 2015 #30

I hop those mountains MynameisBlarney Oct 2015 #31

Sadly that will happen after it flattens the coastal areas malaise Oct 2015 #43

I just hope people evacuate and don't try to ride it out. smirkymonkey Oct 2015 #92

Agreed. MynameisBlarney Oct 2015 #95

Many have no choice - roads are now blocked and airports closed malaise Oct 2015 #100

Oh dear, those poor people. This is going to be awful. smirkymonkey Oct 2015 #105

What does that mean? rjsquirrel Oct 2015 #138

This storm is horrid BumRushDaShow Oct 2015 #32

They're expecting 39ft waves malaise Oct 2015 #36

I was in Acapulco back in '89 when Cosme passed overhead BumRushDaShow Oct 2015 #40

Oh my god... MynameisBlarney Oct 2015 #52

I could not imagine a 6 mile wide tornado of that power. Glassunion Oct 2015 #45

I turned on the weather channel and have been watching for 15 minutes...... a kennedy Oct 2015 #34

They only care about what affects the US malaise Oct 2015 #35

Worse, Bain Capital. Cassiopeia Oct 2015 #107

I pity the poor folks who live in pieced-together shacks. lpbk2713 Oct 2015 #46

Major evacuations are taking place malaise Oct 2015 #63

This storm has my name on it and I don't like it.. mountain grammy Oct 2015 #47

Hurricane Wilma (2005) blew a large tree down on my roof. lpbk2713 Oct 2015 #51

Thank you.. Not being threatened by hurricanes I lose track, mountain grammy Oct 2015 #119

Those unfortunate people in its path are going to catch hell. lpbk2713 Oct 2015 #121

The Pacific has had lots of cyclones this year malaise Oct 2015 #64

Yikes! City Lights Oct 2015 #50

I was in a typhoon on Okinawa workinclasszero Oct 2015 #53

My worst storm was Gilbert malaise Oct 2015 #112

I was in the eyewall of Hurricane Andrew in South Florida. geomon666 Oct 2015 #122

Eyewall -damn!!! malaise Oct 2015 #125

Yeah our house survived too, but the ceiling collapsed in my bedroom. geomon666 Oct 2015 #129

Scary stories guys workinclasszero Oct 2015 #132

Seriously TBF Oct 2015 #60

Stay safe malaise Oct 2015 #65

Weather Channel is showing all of the flooding there, from current storm system countryjake Oct 2015 #70

Dam we are going to get some of that. Rex Oct 2015 #61

Well you're already facing a lot of rain malaise Oct 2015 #68

Thanks malaise. Will do. Rex Oct 2015 #69

That's one incredible image! countryjake Oct 2015 #77

Yes - I hope the ewarning reached all the folks in rural regions and malaise Oct 2015 #80

Since that Oso landslide up here last year, I've decided there's no safe place countryjake Oct 2015 #89

Good post malaise Oct 2015 #90

Yup, I read that, too! countryjake Oct 2015 #99

cue the senator.... spanone Oct 2015 #74

Stupid moron malaise Oct 2015 #81

bwahahahahaaa... spanone Oct 2015 #82

He'll find some gawd forsaken justification malaise Oct 2015 #84

This one is going to be so bad. herding cats Oct 2015 #75

Very scary suffragette Oct 2015 #76

Right workinclasszero Oct 2015 #94

Airports closed and folks are trying to get further inland via roads KeepItReal Oct 2015 #79

Not a good day to fly in to Puerto Vallarta Warpy Oct 2015 #85

Yep I started a thread when it was a TS and said it would be Cat3 malaise Oct 2015 #87

Over at the BBC, analysts are predicting a sharp turn inland Warpy Oct 2015 #88

This is going to be bad malaise Oct 2015 #93

It's like an overloaded, unbalanced washing machine on spin cycle... countryjake Oct 2015 #96

. Liberal_in_LA Oct 2015 #91

For those who want to watch although I can't think of anything worse malaise Oct 2015 #102

That webcam had been out ever since the storm passed through. lpbk2713 Nov 2015 #139

Dear god, and sure as god made little green apples (well he didnt actually) one of these randys1 Oct 2015 #106

One will hit one of our Caribbean islands these days malaise Oct 2015 #108

You are in the caribe? randys1 Oct 2015 #109

Jamaica malaise Oct 2015 #110

Oh man....My great/great grandfather has a highway named after him on Maui, where I belong randys1 Oct 2015 #111

I'm with you. Anything under 80 degrees is freezing! gvstn Oct 2015 #114

I hate the cold malaise Oct 2015 #115

My mom was sick this past winter. gvstn Oct 2015 #126

Having been on Maui several times, I might be able to scope out which one KamaAina Oct 2015 #116

dont say it here, please randys1 Oct 2015 #117

Wouldn't dream of it. KamaAina Oct 2015 #118

Best of luck to the people in the path tonight. geomon666 Oct 2015 #120

ReTHUGs might start by confirming the Ambassador malaise Oct 2015 #123

Rubio is such a piece of shit. geomon666 Oct 2015 #124

One day soon MFM008 Oct 2015 #127

Geez. The strongest hurricane ever recorded? PatrickforO Oct 2015 #128

It made landfall at 165mph - a very serious Cat5 but not the strongest ever malaise Oct 2015 #133

Found this video on Facebook geomon666 Oct 2015 #134

BBC also has videos Warpy Oct 2015 #135

Thanks for the link. n/t geomon666 Oct 2015 #136