Big Jims Videos Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 There's so much awesomeness in the Hurricane Carla, from the theatrical score to the CLASSIC 1950's sounding voice-over artist. EVERYTHING is so bad*** from that generation....like the old b/w duck and cover videos from the 50's... If reincarnation is real, I'd want a voice like a 1950's news reel narrator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Lizard Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 They should just keep coming up with alternate ways to spell "Charlie" and we're eventually guaranteed something sexy... I hadn't thought of that. Carla is the Spanish feminine form of Charles. Charles, Carlo, Carlos. Maybe Charlize... Pope John Paul II's given Polish name, Karol, is a variant of Charles... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurricaneJosh Posted August 20, 2012 Author Share Posted August 20, 2012 There's so much awesomeness in the Hurricane Carla, from the theatrical score to the CLASSIC 1950's sounding voice-over artist. EVERYTHING is so bad*** from that generation....like the old b/w duck and cover videos from the 50's... If reincarnation is real, I'd want a voice like a 1950's news reel narrator. Ha ha ha, totally agreed. Same thing in this video of the Dallas 1957 tornado-- the same awesome combo of the over-the-top score and the melodramatic, almost operatic narration. Start at 0:30: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1uY3evy61k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gymengineer Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Just image what a Carla would look like with the technology today... I love how robust the precip shield ahead of the eyewall looked. Definitely not a Jeanne (or Ernesto) doughnut. And this was a deep tropics monster, not an unraveling Floyd interacting with a front. Haha, it's sick that radar shots can elicit an almost emotional response, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurricaneJosh Posted August 20, 2012 Author Share Posted August 20, 2012 I love how robust the precip shield ahead of the eyewall looked. Definitely not a Jeanne (or Ernesto) doughnut. And this was a deep tropics monster, not an unraveling Floyd interacting with a front. Haha, it's sick that radar shots can elicit an almost emotional response, eh? Are you talking about Carla or Anita? That crazy, ultra-hawt radar shot on that page is Anita. P.S. Re: Ernie, you're not going to find a better-looking Cat 1 (or 2). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gymengineer Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Are you talking about Carla or Anita? That crazy, ultra-hawt radar shot on that page is Anita. P.S. Re: Ernie, you're not going to find a better-looking Cat 1 (or 2). Talking about Carla in the youtube clip--- yeah the radar skips and clutters, etc, but they were all the way from Galveston! I was referring to the mounds of rainbands well before the center even gets there. Somehow, I've always preferred that radar presentation to the wall-calm-wall ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srain Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 I love how robust the precip shield ahead of the eyewall looked. Definitely not a Jeanne (or Ernesto) eyewall doughnut. And this was a deep tropics monster, not an unraveling Floyd interacting with a front. Haha, it's sick that radar shots can elicit an almost emotional response, eh? What I find interesting are the emotions of those 40+ hours that flood back anytime I see those radar images. This past weekend I was in the Kemah/Seabrook area and was reminiscing with other weather enthusiasts that were way too young to understand the impact that Carla left on the minds of those of us that lived through it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurricaneJosh Posted August 20, 2012 Author Share Posted August 20, 2012 Talking about Carla in the youtube clip--- yeah the radar skips and clutters, etc, but they were all the way from Galveston! I was referring to the mounds of rainbands well before the center even gets there. Somehow, I've always preferred that radar presentation to the wall-calm-wall ones. Oh, OK. The Anita one just kinda blows everything else out of the water, in my mind. Like Jorge said, the eyewall doesn't even look real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gymengineer Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Oh, OK. The Anita one just kinda blows everything else out of the water, in my mind. Like Jorge said, the eyewall doesn't even look real. Oh of course--- I wonder if the Andrew landfall radar would have looked a bit 'cleaner,' almost like the Anita shot, in that older style of radar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurricaneJosh Posted August 20, 2012 Author Share Posted August 20, 2012 Oh of course--- I wonder if the Andrew landfall radar would have looked a bit 'cleaner,' almost like the Anita shot, in that older style of radar. Ha ha, I was wondering the same thing-- whether the older, two-tone style makes core structures look cleaner and more geometric than they really were! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nycsnow Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Ha ha, I was wondering the same thing-- whether the older, two-tone style makes core structures look cleaner and more geometric than they really were! I watched your Irene chase recently & I live in Brooklyn the damage here was really scattered, my neighborhood got hit pretty hard with a lot of tree damage & power outages but then other neighborhoods had nothing! Great video though good job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aslkahuna Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 BTW, two of Josh's hawt list storms, Hattie and Joan made it into EPAC for a regen. Hattie became Simone and then turned back around and back onto the BOC and became a new storm. I believe it's the only time we had three storms in this manner. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toad strangler Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 It's times like this that I start gettin' all nostalgic and whipping out the vintage porn. Gimme one of them old-style sexycanes, please-- one of them deep-tropical, industrial-strength, no-messin'-around deals. Here are my faves, in order of hawtness: Damn, just one US landfall There is room for another chaser around here right? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurricaneJosh Posted August 21, 2012 Author Share Posted August 21, 2012 I watched your Irene chase recently & I live in Brooklyn the damage here was really scattered, my neighborhood got hit pretty hard with a lot of tree damage & power outages but then other neighborhoods had nothing! Great video though good job Oh, thank you very much for watching the video-- I appreciate that. (It's one of my less-frequently watched videos.) I noticed exactly what you did-- that the damage was very random and erratic. It seems like some areas had a little more wind than others. BTW, two of Josh's hawt list storms, Hattie and Joan made it into EPAC for a regen. Hattie became Simone and then turned back around and back onto the BOC and became a new storm. I believe it's the only time we had three storms in this manner. Steve Oh, wow-- I didn't even know that. But it totally makes since, since the list has such low-latitude systems, and that's where Central America is skinniest and most traversable. Damn, just one US landfall There is room for another chaser around here right? lol I apologize. It's terrible of me to neglect my American roots, especially because there are a lot of American sexycanes, too. I'm gonna make my list now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floydbuster Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 This is for Josh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeoman Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 ahh the good old days.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurricaneJosh Posted August 21, 2012 Author Share Posted August 21, 2012 And here are some American options-- some of the sexier landfalling American storms. I tried not to make it all the obvious picks. Ones like Andrew and Hugo and Charley need no explanation-- but some of these other lesser-known ones are hawt for various reasons: Freeport 1932: Extremely severe microcane with winds estimated at 130 kt (as per recent reanalysis). By the way, Strat747 (iCyclone's right-hand man) lives in this one's ground zero. Fort Lauderdale 1947: A big, mighty, WPAC-style chinacane that raked Fort Lauderdale and Boca Raton. Recent research suggests winds were ~115 kt. King 1950: The microcane of microcanes, this tiny but very intense cyclone smashed downtown Miami head-on with winds estimated at 110 kt. The RMW was probably smaller than 5 n mi. Gracie 1959: Solid, meat-and-potatoes Carolina major. Celia 1970: Another microcane that totally bombed out right before landfall, with the max winds in the S eyewall raking Corpus Christi. The Airport measured a gust to a whopping 140 kt. There's a good chance this will be upgraded to Cat 4 in reanalysis. Eloise 1975: A rare example of a N-Gulf major that strengthened up to landfall on the FL Panhandle as a strong Cat 3. Note: Don't pay too much attention to the indicated intensities; a couple of them are pre-reanalysis and are too low (King, Andrew): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurricaneJosh Posted August 21, 2012 Author Share Posted August 21, 2012 This is for Josh. Wow-- I actually hadn't seen this image. It's awesome-- thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Man I wish my name could be used again...but I'd say the 3rd Cat 5 landfall in US history is enough. Eloise is a nice example of how island hopping is survivable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmagan Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 That weather underground map does not have 'Andrew' as landfalling as a Category five. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toad strangler Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 1947 Fort Lauderdale .... what an awesome track. Now I feel better. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathergeek5 Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 A lady Called Camille: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurricaneJosh Posted August 21, 2012 Author Share Posted August 21, 2012 Man I wish my name could be used again...but I'd say the 3rd Cat 5 landfall in US history is enough. Exactly! Let's please not be greedy! Eloise is a nice example of how island hopping is survivable. Good observation-- I didn't even notice that! That weather underground map does not have 'Andrew' as landfalling as a Category five. It's because it became a Cat 5 and made landfall in between the 6-hourly points. One of the shortcomings of the Wunderground tracks is that they don't show the landfall fixes. 1947 Fort Lauderdale .... what an awesome track. Now I feel better. Thanks! P.S. I've always been interested in that one because my grandparents live in Boca Raton and I've spent so much time there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurricaneJosh Posted August 21, 2012 Author Share Posted August 21, 2012 A lady named Camille: I didn't include it because 1) it's sort of expected and 2) there's a lot of controversy now as to whether it was even a Cat 5. The evidence is mixed. Reanalysis will be interesting with this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathergeek5 Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 I didn't include it because 1) it's sort of expected and 2) there's a lot of controversy now as to whether it was even a Cat 5. The evidence is mixed. Reanalysis will be interesting with this one. Never heard of the controversy. what is that about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmagan Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Here is the 'Andrew' advisory at landfall. Upgraded to Category five at landfall many years later. ZCZC MIATCPAT4 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN HURRICANE ANDREW ADVISORY NUMBER 32 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 5 AM EDT MON AUG 24 1992 ...ANDREW ASHORE NEAR HOMESTEAD FLORIDA... HURRICANE WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR BIMINI ISLAND AND GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND BUT HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED FOR THE REST OF THE BAHAMAS. HURRICANE WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR THE FLORIDA EAST COAST FROM VERO BEACH SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE FLORIDA KEYS TO THE DRY TORTUGAS INCLUDING FLORIDA BAY...THE FLORIDA WEST COAST SOUTH OF VENICE...AND FOR LAKE OKEECHOBEE. A HURRICANE WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA EAST COAST FROM VERO BEACH NORTHWARD TO TITUSVILLE...AND ON THE FLORIDA WEST COAST NORTH OF VENICE TO BAYPORT. AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF ANDREW WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 25.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 80.3 WEST NEAR TURKEY POINT FLORIDA. THIS POSITION IS ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF HOMESTEAD AND 25 MILES SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN MIAMI. ANDREW IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 18 MPH AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO TODAY. THE HURRICANE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTHERN FLORIDA PENINSULA TODAY BEFORE EMERGING INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 140 MPH AND SOME WEAKENING IS LIKELY AS THE CENTER OF ANDREW PASSES OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA. DURING THE PAST HOUR...A SUSTAINED WIND OF 115 MPH WITH A GUST TO 138 MPH OCCURRED AT THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 45 MILES FROM THE CENTER ...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES FROM THE CENTER. THE CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT AIRCRAFT IS 932 MB...27.52 INCHES. STORM SURGE FLOODING IS RECEDING IN THE BAHAMAS. STORM SURGES OF 7 TO 10 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDES ARE POSSIBLE FOR THE FLORIDA EAST COAST AND KEYS NEAR TO WHERE THE CENTER MAKES LANDFALL IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA...WITH POSSIBLE HEIGHTS OF 9 TO 13 FEET IN BISCAYNE BAY. STORM SURGES OF 5 TO 8 FEET ARE POSSIBLE ON THE FLORIDA WEST COAST NEAR AND TO THE SOUTH OF THE CENTER AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THE HURRICANE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE PATH OF THE HURRICANE. A FEW ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN SOUTH AND CENTRAL FLORIDA TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. REPEATING THE 5 AM EDT POSITION...25.4 N... 80.3 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD ...WEST NEAR 18 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...140 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 932 MB. INTERMEDIATE ADVISORIES WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 7 AM EDT AND 9 AM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY ISSUANCE AT 11 AM EDT. RAPPAPORT/GERRISH/PASCH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurricaneJosh Posted August 21, 2012 Author Share Posted August 21, 2012 Never heard of the controversy. what is that out about? Some very knowledgeable researchers don't feel the evidence supports Cat 5. In pictures, the trees and houses in Pass Christian, which would have had the max winds, just don't look like they were hit by winds of 140 kt. The images look nothing like, say, the suburbs S of Miami after Andrew. The other thing is that the intensity estimate rests largely on a barometer reading of 909 mb in the eye, and it's hard to verify this source or its accuracy. Personally, I'm neutral on this one-- haven't researched it closely enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathergeek5 Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Me neither so I cannot comment on this one way or another. This was the storm that ad the highest winds in an adbvisory right 190 MPH? in other hurricanes how about Hazel or the long island express? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurricaneJosh Posted August 21, 2012 Author Share Posted August 21, 2012 Me neither so I cannot comment on this one way or another. This was the storm that ad the highest winds in an adbvisory right 190 MPH? in other hurricanes how about Hazel or the long island express? Modern research suggests Hazel was a low-end Cat 4 (115 kt) in NC and the Long Island Express was a mid-range Cat 3 (105 kt) in NY. Reports of higher wind in New England were the result of high elevation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathergeek5 Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Would you like to chase a Hurricane Gilbert type storm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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