Pacific storm

0patience
0patience Posts: 10,665 ✭✭✭✭✭
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This thing is picking up speed. Blowing the hell out of everything. Power is out, as usual
Dumping tons of water everywhere. 

Supposed to hammer us until sunday night.
What a pain.
I'm on call all weekend.
If the storm picks up to 80-90 mph winds like they are calling for, I may get called in.
On the bright side, I get $240 for on call for the weekend and any overtime.

The worse it gets, the more likely I get called in.

In Fumo Pax
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.

Wylaff said:
Atmospheric pressure and crap.

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  • dirtdude
    dirtdude Posts: 6,196 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Kind of early for a winter storm isn't it Tony, stay safe and cash in on the cha-ching
    A little dirt never hurt
  • 0patience
    0patience Posts: 10,665 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 2016
    Really early.
    Usually mid November.
    If this is any indication of what this winter will be like, it's gonna suck.

    Storms for me, mean more work and while I don't mind the work, I do mind 30" trees coming down around me.
    And when the wind is howling like crazy, it's dark and you can't tell where the crack sound of the tree is coming from, it's rather unnerving.

    But at the same time, it's a hell of an adrenaline rush.

    http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/hurricane-force-winds-flooding-to-slam-northwest-us-through-the-weekend/60662504
    In Fumo Pax
    Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.

    Wylaff said:
    Atmospheric pressure and crap.
  • silvermouse
    silvermouse Posts: 23,482 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Stay safe. Keep your head up, your eyes open and your feet dry,Tony. My brother, who lives on Camano Island, said it was likely to be a nasty one.
  • LiquidChaos66
    LiquidChaos66 Posts: 3,767 ✭✭✭✭
    Yeah this thing is the leftovers of some typhoon from a week or so ago in the pacific islands area. Portland got nailed with rain but the real stuff isn't supposed to hit till today/tonight. Stay safe out there on the coast. hopefully it isn't as brutal as they expect it to be.
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  • Wylaff
    Wylaff Posts: 5,483 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I woke up to 70 mph winds this morning. It's crazy out there.
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  • webmost
    webmost Posts: 7,713 ✭✭✭✭✭
    0patience said:

    But at the same time, it's a hell of an adrenaline rush.


    Weather is the red headed step child of conversation ... but this is why I love big weather. It's a thrill. There's nothing like sailing thru a typhoon and coming out alive to make you give thanks.
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  • 0patience
    0patience Posts: 10,665 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This storm is starting out rough. Flooding, lightning, high winds and a tornado hit one of the little towns south of us.
    Out on the ocean, there are 20-30' swells. It's possible we will see a 7' storm surge on the beaches.
    In Fumo Pax
    Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.

    Wylaff said:
    Atmospheric pressure and crap.
  • LiquidChaos66
    LiquidChaos66 Posts: 3,767 ✭✭✭✭
    Yeah I heard about the twister in Manzanita. THATS INSANE!!!!! Tillamook isn't looking much better. tornado warnings for most of the day. Didn't know how bad the swells are though! I would love to be out there to see the storm.... wouldn't want to have to drive out there though.
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  • Yakster
    Yakster Posts: 31,373 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Try searching for coastal web cams, Santa Cruz has one AFAIK. 
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  • 0patience
    0patience Posts: 10,665 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Seaside, Depot Bay and Lincoln City, Oregon have beach cams, I'm pretty sure.
    There is a bridge cam on the Astoria bridge on tripcheck.com
    In Fumo Pax
    Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.

    Wylaff said:
    Atmospheric pressure and crap.
  • dirtdude
    dirtdude Posts: 6,196 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 2016
    http://www.northwestwebcams.com/oregon-web-cams.shtm

    http://katu.com/weather/cameras

    A little dirt never hurt
  • Nolagizmo
    Nolagizmo Posts: 1,914 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I can do hurricane relief... let me consult with the keeper of the Bork o dex
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  • TaraLee
    TaraLee Posts: 179 ✭✭✭
    I don't know if I should wish you a nice quiet weekend, or a fat paycheck @0patience
    Either way, stay safe up there! 
  • 0patience
    0patience Posts: 10,665 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This evening we had a lull in the storm. I got home around 5:30, ate dinner and promptly fell asleep for a couple hours. It's been a very long time since I did that.  :o


    In Fumo Pax
    Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.

    Wylaff said:
    Atmospheric pressure and crap.
  • Bigshizza
    Bigshizza Posts: 15,659 ✭✭✭✭✭
    In-land we have had gusts and lots of rain, nothing too major yet.
  • 0patience
    0patience Posts: 10,665 ✭✭✭✭✭
    http://www.kgw.com/mb/news/local/central-coast/tornado-reportedly-hits-manzanita-on-oregon-coast/336083743

    Here is the news on the tornado.
    2 small businesses were wiped out. Luckily, the tornado hit before the stores were open.
    It's fortunate that while it wiped out some buildings, there were minimal injuries and it was quite small.
    Had it it a few hours later, it could have been devastating.
    In Fumo Pax
    Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.

    Wylaff said:
    Atmospheric pressure and crap.
  • genareddog
    genareddog Posts: 4,440 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Stay safe.
  • 0patience
    0patience Posts: 10,665 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Well, I think this storm was way over rated.


    In Fumo Pax
    Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.

    Wylaff said:
    Atmospheric pressure and crap.
  • LiquidChaos66
    LiquidChaos66 Posts: 3,767 ✭✭✭✭
    We got rain and some wind. Lol Portland WAY OVER HYPED this storm. 
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