Water spouts are fun to see too.

(September 2, 2017 at 11:18 pm)Fireball Wrote:

(September 2, 2017 at 10:22 pm)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: Can the typical homeowner afford the extra $100-$200 a month for flood insurance?

The real answer is to analyze the geography and weather patterns and live in a place that doesn't have flooding (for example) problems. This information may not be obvious, on first examination, though, when one moves to a new area (like 100 years ago!).

If can be difficult to find a place to live that doesn't have some kind of bad weather or geographic problem that wouldn't drive people away. There are certainly worse places, IMO, than others - I'd never move tornado alley or the Southeast coast with the hurricanes if I could help it, but the northwest isn't exactly risk free.

Oregon and Washington have active volcanoes and we have the Cascadia subduction zone which is a ticking time bomb but they're less frequent then hurricanes or tornados. But they might also be worse in terms of after effects depending on the strength of the quake.

Then there's southern California on very active faultlines and struggling with drough. Every where you go there's a down side. If just depends on what you're willing to put up with.

(September 3, 2017 at 9:26 am)pocaracas Wrote:

(September 3, 2017 at 9:11 am)Hammy Wrote: What about whirlwinds and twisters?

Those are land based and are mostly made up of air and dust. A different phenomenon, though similar.

See, I thought cyclones were them too.

I thought hurricanes were different to all the others. I thought all the others were "spinning swirly wind thingies" but only hurricanes were "bad ass motherfucking wind storms."

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(September 3, 2017 at 9:30 am)Nymphadora Wrote: Water spouts are fun to see too.

I totally misread that.

Probably because of my thread elsewhere

(September 2, 2017 at 10:03 pm)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: Since the consensus is that it's impossible to stop a house from getting flooded what's the suggested plan of action when hundreds of thousands of buildings get flooded in a hurricane?

Get out and walk. 

Seriously, it's called a disaster for a reason.

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(September 3, 2017 at 10:11 am)Hammy Wrote:

(September 3, 2017 at 9:26 am)pocaracas Wrote: Those are land based and are mostly made up of air and dust. A different phenomenon, though similar.

See, I thought cyclones were them too.

I thought hurricanes were different to all the others. I thought all the others were "spinning swirly wind thingies" but only hurricanes were "bad ass motherfucking wind storms."

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(September 3, 2017 at 9:30 am)Nymphadora Wrote: Water spouts are fun to see too.

I totally misread that.

Probably because of my thread elsewhere

Cyclones (Indian Ocean), hurricanes (Atlantic), typhoons (Pacific), depends on the ocean.

(September 3, 2017 at 10:11 am)Hammy Wrote:

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(September 3, 2017 at 9:30 am)Nymphadora Wrote: Water spouts are fun to see too.

I totally misread that.

Probably because of my thread elsewhere

Ha ha ha. OMG I actually went back and read my post again because I thought I spelled that wrong.... then realized it wasn't an actual error at all. Wow.... I need to eat breakfast and drink some coffee.

Hehehe. We should talk more

As I said, Fuck yhwh.

(September 3, 2017 at 9:30 am)Nymphadora Wrote: Water spouts are fun to see too.

Not so much when you're at sea though....