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    Ghost of Ida Impacts Thread

    in New England

    Posted

    2 minutes ago, Snugharbor said:

    It is. Reminds me of numerous snow storms since I've been following this board. Before that, growing up, I always thought my mom was just kidding when she said Narragansett Bay had an odd effect on the weather!

    I'm figuring there will be more action overnight for RI as stuff moves east out of CT.  Tornado watch for all of RI now as of 11:35 PM...

    Ghost of Ida Impacts Thread

    in New England

    Posted

    6 minutes ago, NeonPeon said:

    I've been pouring, but there's less consistent rain already now. The bands will be building where I am, with heavier and lighter rain as they move through, but there will be more consistent rain north and west, as modeled, no? The one feeder band seems to be just missing to the east too. Some of those cells look gnarly.

    It's probably gonna fill in... but southern ri always looked like it was going to be in the 2-4" zone... 3-6" central northern ri...

    Ghost of Ida Impacts Thread

    in New England

    Posted

    1 minute ago, radarman said:

    Per the NOAA Atlas, ~5" in 2 hours in the NYC area is basically 1000 year return period (with all the caveats about return period calculation)... but anyway, yeah, crazy stuff.

    Yes, BOX 7:30 discussion mentioned 1 in 200 year for SNE this evening... glad we are getting 800 years less of rain over here... lol...

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    Met Summer Banter

    in New England

    Posted

    1 hour ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

    It’s amazing how few sedans are sold anymore.  I don’t think the US Big 3 manufacturers make any anymore?  I could be wrong

    Tesla does but that’s a different story entirely. 

    The Asian car makers have decimated the US in sedan sales for a while. Camry, Corolla, Accord, Civic were in the top 10 each year for at least a decade, probably longer. With people buying less of them, it just wasn’t worth it for them to continue to invest in them when many are switching over to compact and sub-compact SUV’s instead.

    Met Summer Banter

    in New England

    Posted

    33 minutes ago, bobbutts said:

    Ouch.. IIRC they have had a 10 year warranty covering those years.  That's pretty crazy, usually the warranty is timed to run out before common major issues like that.

    Someone probably got fired for this. Usually an engine seize is caused by some sort of oil leak, or, lack of maintenance and they try to blame the owner. They probably started taking notice when dealers were putting in for engine replacements on cars that had all their proper scheduled maintenance.

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    Obs. : TROPICAL STORM Henri

    in New England

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Hailstoned said:

    With 1938 conspicuously absent, don't quite catch your drift here. In August, maybe September, tropical systems affecting us may meander relatively harmlessly like Henri, but in a warming world with increased baroclinic instability as the fall season progresses, it's reasonable to surmise that an accelerating major hurricane affecting us is becoming more likely  than but once every century or so.

    Except they do affect us more than once a century...

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    Met Summer Banter

    in New England

    Posted

    1 hour ago, STILL N OF PIKE said:

    I got a new one 

    but yes I kept it , I owe a few grand on it and nobody is buying a car with a seized engine so I just held and hoped the recall would help me out .

    So when I get it back in a week , I gotta add new tires and touch up a couple things And detail it to get best sales price , but It is a huge turn around from seized engine on car with a 120k miles to new Factory engine . 

    Just curious as to what brand/model of car has enough seizing issues to issue a recall... so I can avoid it :-)

    Obs. : TROPICAL STORM Henri

    in New England

    Posted

    I don't think we quite know yet how global warming will affect hurricane landfalls in New England.  There seem to be factors in play that would make landfalls both more likely and less likely.  I think the only thing that's truly increasing our chance of a hurricane making landfall is each year goes by that it doesn't happen, lol...

    Met Summer Banter

    in New England

    Posted

    6 hours ago, Typhoon Tip said:

    Sad ... for the world, that's gotta be the end of the road for TRS - right?

    I mean, the man was 80 ( congrats! being in proximal to that life - ), and I'm pretty sure Jagger's 1028.   Richards, as the joke meme goes is being propped up by who knows what ..  I just don't see them really necessarily ... anyway, their music is older than 3/4 of the living population. 

    I think Elton John did it the right way... He like announce retirement - does cameos and junkets and such... but it's less egregious to watch.  You know, go out with a sense of dignity in a little bit of planned resolve.  It is kind of painful to watch when aging celebrities "pretend" they are still pop-relevent.  Maybe sad is a better word - but ... Watts was neither interested in celebrity, or casting delusions of grandeur - just speaking in general. 

    Some actually know it ... sorta kid around with it. Like, I think it was Clint Eastwood?  Not sure .. .but went something like, "I direct now because look at me - there's no way I could do the other thing" in a ha ha way. 

    Heh, Rolling Stone:  "What a drag it is getting old"

    I agree with you in principal but disagree with you in regards to The Rolling Stones.  I'm not a huge fan myself, but their fanbase spans all ages.  A lot of college students that are still into rock/alternative are fans, and I know current college age fans that have attended their shows.  I don't think they pretend to be pop-relevant, they know their current place in the world of music.  They were probably more irrelevant in the mid 1980's than they are now.

    Their most recent tour, which is still ongoing (and delayed at times due to COVID), has grossed almost a half-billion dollars.  I don't see them stopping even with Watts passing away - he already had to bow out from the current tour for his medical issues and they continued with a different drummer.  There may be a compromise where they may still tour on occasion but there may not be any more new recordings now that he has passed.  RIP...

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    Obs. : TROPICAL STORM Henri

    in New England

    Posted

    Man, look at this historical track on Henri… he was never strong and confident. From the beginning he was drunk after leaving the club in Bermuda, wandering around looking for a food truck, and accidentally ended up in Westerly, RI.

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    Tropical Storm Henri

    in New England

    Posted

    9 minutes ago, NeonPeon said:

    I toured the damage in Newport by bike, which says it all. Some limbs, esp right on the water. That's it. Less than a moderate noreaster. Normally the Northeast side of a storm like this has teeth, but not if there no longer is an east side to the storm at all.

    Yeah, with most of the energy pivoting WNW despite the eyewall over Westerly, we were mostly spared the heavier winds gusts… some trees and branches down here but nothing too major.

    Obs. : TROPICAL STORM Henri

    in New England

    Posted

    7 minutes ago, OceanStWx said:

    Maybe Henri has tilted over in the other direction now. Wouldn't be that shocking honestly.

    I think we all knew that western turn was gonna happen after landfall… it’s been fun watching this storm zigzag itself through various atmospheric elements…

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