Hurricane hits New York City!

Queen Cynder · Oct 30, 2012 2:25 PM

Last night, a hurricane hit New York city, flooding parts of Manhattan and leaving millions without power. Coincidence? Global warming? i want your feedback on how such a powerful storm could get that far north (i've always believed the ocean water was too cold to support such powerful storms).

A Guy · Oct 30, 2012 2:36 PM

Well, as climate change causes certain parts of the ocean to become warmer, hurricanes are expected, but for a second hurricane to hit NE United States in such a short time period... it's not what I was expecting.

Swaffy · Oct 30, 2012 4:38 PM

Nature does stuff we don't expect. It's not a program that does the same thing
over and over again. Yes, the storm's path may have been unusual, but we
should be preparing for things such as that. A storm can change direction
without us fully understanding why. It's just nature. I don't know how I can
better explain it.

I live in San Antonio, Texas. The most we get out of hurricanes are rain
storms with, at most, a good thunderstorm. Even though we are not in the
normal path of weather conditions such as tornadoes and hurricanes, I try to
be aware of the storm in case it plays a tricky card and turns toward us.

Clock-la · Oct 30, 2012 6:07 PM

Not a believer on globelwarming i pressume? We a small talk about that in geography once tongue

ontels · Oct 30, 2012 6:07 PM

An opportunity to learn something! big_smile Does anyone know how these hurricanes are formed? You said it was something to do with warm water?

Queen Cynder · Oct 30, 2012 9:25 PM

The Water Cycle. Water evaporates and forms clouds...as i'm sure we are all fairly aware. In warm areas of the ocean, those clouds gather to from storms, which are capable of generating their own air pressure and wind currents; The longer the storm stays over an area of warm water, the stronger it gets, feeding off thermal energy in the Ocean. when these storms hit land, they weaken-and cause major devastation to cities.

Clock-la · Oct 30, 2012 9:46 PM

Did new york really flood first on 2012? I don't remember that bit...witch reminds me I'm in for some 2012 fun, i wanna see buildings fall all in magical blu-ray big_smile

...what? 2012 is a fun movie! Stop looking at me like that!!!

Neotyguy40 · Oct 30, 2012 11:45 PM

Clock-la · Oct 31, 2012 12:11 AM

Neotyguy40 wrote:

Is it just me or is that hurricane tecnacly over england? I mean i know its not wooshing over england but...its over us..kinda...

ontels · Oct 31, 2012 12:48 AM

Clock-la as a fellow English citizen I am appalled that you can not even recognize our perpetual rain clouds.

Swaffy · Oct 31, 2012 4:26 AM

ontels wrote:

Clock-la as a fellow English citizen I am appalled that you can not even recognize our perpetual rain clouds.

I'm sorry if I seem rude, but I laughed.

You're fine, Clocky. Those white parts are just clouds. It's quite interesting.

ontels · Oct 31, 2012 10:34 AM

Why would you be being rude? It was a joke, it's meant to be laughed at. wink

Clock-la · Oct 31, 2012 10:55 AM

ontels wrote:

Clock-la as a fellow English citizen I am appalled that you can not even recognize our perpetual rain clouds.

I can see them! Its just theres no rain from them!

ontels · Oct 31, 2012 12:01 PM

There biding there time...waiting for you to take a trip to the beach.

Clock-la · Oct 31, 2012 12:26 PM

Good thing today is showgirls day tongue

Queen Cynder · Oct 31, 2012 2:04 PM

Anyone hear about the fire in Queens? the storm fanned it and prevented firefighters from putting it out. last thing you'd expect in the middle of a hurricane.

Hwd45 · Oct 31, 2012 4:54 PM

Clock-la wrote:

Neotyguy40 wrote:

Is it just me or is that hurricane tecnacly over england? I mean i know its not wooshing over england but...its over us..kinda...

We often get the tail ends of hurricanes. This just looks like regular clouds over England, as per usual, but when we get the tail end of hurricanes, it gets really windy. Not like England-windy, like more than England-windy. So very windy and not normal windy. Yes.

ontels · Oct 31, 2012 5:03 PM

Clock-la wrote:

Good thing today is showgirls day

Today is what?

Clock-la · Oct 31, 2012 5:21 PM

ontels wrote:

Clock-la wrote:
Good thing today is showgirls day
Today is what?

We were going to watch the godawful film, showgirls, however my friend who said that we will watch it on wednesday, now claims she said friday...despite the fact everyone heard her say wednesday -_- and the worst part she she refuses to even say she agreed to wednesday, i mean its not a big deal, just say you made a mistake as opposed to telling us all that you had planned it for friday from day one -_-

SilverDragon7 · Nov 01, 2012 6:21 PM

ok so it is the largest hurricane in recorded history and its only a category one. NYC is not designed to withstand such a thing. it is a fairy windy place and there are sections of it that could probably create wind tunnels which would make it that much stronger/devastating. However after this i really hope that those people in NY will stop all their complaining when Texas Louisiana, Alabama, and Florida get hit by category 3 or higher hurricanes and receive federal aid. because from the looks of it they are going to need a lot of help to recover from this.

as a side note while most of us down here and SE Texas usually do not evacuate for anything that is a cat 2 or lower we do not simply walk around in the middle of a freaking hurricane while it is hitting our area of the world. so then will someone please tell me what the bloody heck these morons were thinking walking around shirtless with horse masks, dancing in the middle of the street, and taking walks through central park!? i swear those idiots have/had a death wish (i do feel bad about the people who died in central park and the other people that got killed and i do not mean to offend but it really was a very stupid thing to do during a hurricane).

Clock-la · Nov 01, 2012 6:45 PM

Is it wrong that i found the sandy from spongbob images funny?

ontels · Nov 02, 2012 8:40 AM

Clock-la wrote:

Is it wrong that i found the sandy from spongbob images funny?

What?

Clock-la · Nov 02, 2012 11:41 AM

ontels wrote:

Clock-la wrote:
Is it wrong that i found the sandy from spongbob images funny?
What?

http://www.businessinsider.com/hurrican … es-2012-10

ontels · Nov 02, 2012 12:33 PM

Oh, those. lol! XD

Queen Cynder · Nov 02, 2012 2:59 PM

NYC is not designed to withstand such a thing. it is a fairy windy place and there are sections of it that could probably create wind tunnels which would make it that much stronger/devastating.

Very true Silverdragon7. NYC's buildings were not designed to withstand such weather, and i agree that the nature of the city's buildings are likely to create wind tunnel-like conditions in the streets, with the likely effect of increasing their destructive power.

Also people walking in Central Park in a hurricane? i also agree, not a very good or smart idea.

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