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Probably true, especially since they're willing to 'share' it with TV stations for free.Warren Faidley said:Really amazing how many people were shooting footage with phone cameras in the Bahamas. Really kills the value of footage, unlike the old days.
Also interesting how anyone who labels themselves a "hurricane chaser" and just casually risks their life to simply experience the mayhem, instead having any legitimate reason for being there, is looked upon as some type of hero. I guess this falls under the heading of "storm Influencer?" Kind of like Paris Hilton or Kim Kardashian.
Jim Edds has not yet made it out of Hope Town, and apparently the island has not yet received any assistance.
TWC needs to hand out some Xanax tabs to the crews in SC. I understand the inertia of covering a Category 5 that did not pan out the way you thought it would, but really? Winds of 30 mph are not destructive and you don't need your crew to be considering "taking shelter" as a leaf blows down the street under light rain. How about showing some ba__s and sending someone to the Bahamas?
Earlier this evening I looked at the NHC website to check on Dorian, see if it'd made it to Canada. (which it had)
But there's something I'm curious on they said "Post-Tropical Cyclone Dorian", but it still had 100mph sustained winds.
That's still within hurricane strength...so why does it not rate "Hurricane Dorian" anymore?
Simply because its gone so far north??
Thanks for the information! It helped me understand that as well.Itâs not *because* itâs so far north, but it is a transition that typically occurs as tropical systems move to more northern latitudes (although it doesnât necessarily have to wait until itâs as far north as Canada). Iâm no expert, and hopefully someone else will provide a better and more technical answer, but basically a tropical system undergoes a transition whereby it loses its tropical characteristics / structure and becomes more like a typical mid-latitude cyclone. Sometimes it combines or gets caught up with other existing frontal boundaries or mid-latitude storms. There are some specific criteria, like it no longer has a âwarm coreâ and it is more baroclinically driven, i.e., driven by temperature contrasts and frontal boundaries. If you look at it on satellite, it transitions from a tight circular spiral to the familiar âcommaâ shape of typical mid-latitude storm systems that you see traverse the continental US anytime of year, containing a warm sector and a cold front. There are specific differences between post-tropical, extratropical and subtropical. You can learn more on the NHC site.
This classification issue caused some interesting issues with Sandy back in 2012. At some point it was no longer a hurricane or tropical storm, but still had hurricane strength winds and storm surge. Back then, once it was no longer a tropical system, IIRC warning responsibility shifted from NHC to local NWS offices. There was a lot of confusion and mixed messaging as a result - people thought they were safe because it was no longer a hurricane, and yet got slammed by wind and especially surge. The general public, of course, does not care about these technical distinctions between tropical, subtropical, extratropical, etc. Changes were made going forward, so I believe now NHC continues to be responsible for warnings on the storm even when it is no longer âofficiallyâ a tropical system. Also with Sandy I heard there were insurance issues, whether or not it was âofficiallyâ a hurricane affected whether policies covered the damage. I canât remember the details, but if youâre interested you can Google it. A good source to read about the warning issue, if youâre interested at the âinside baseballâ level, is the NWS Service Assessment on Hurricane Sandy, which is publicly available.