WTF: Really SoCal, a HURRICANE!?!?

[OGG]

Yup.

But even stranger... it hit Arizona first... let that soak in a bit.

So this "Rosa" came up the Gulf of California between Baja and Yucatan as some sort of sneaky ass backdoor slider. Pummeling the Buhgeezis out of the Desert Southwest is now underway. The first outer bands gave us an intense lighting show last night. It was far off in the distance, on the back side of the mountains that separate San Diego from the actual Desert (Mt. Laguna, Mt. Palomar), but damn was it fast and furious! By far the most lightning I've ever seen outside of Florida. Shit was nonstop.

It remains to be seen how much of it makes it over the mountains to us, but my weather app is lit up with pretty much every watch and warning they could come up with.

It's the apocalypse, I'm sure of it.

More pedals than the Tour De France

 

[baimun]

Yeah, but Global Warming and intensified weather is all some big liberal hoax.... right?

 

[OGG]

Yeah, but Global Warming and intensified weather is all some big liberal hoax.... right?

While Hurricanes aren't at all common here, there have been a few in recorded history that came in from the Pacific and hit the SoCal coastline dead on.

Never has one come in from fucking Arizona!!!

That's not just an anomaly, it's an historic impossibility. The "why" part of the Climate Change discussion may be a political hot tater that I won't get into, but it's now just a few outliers that deny it is actually happening. At least we've come that far...

All I know for certain, is that if ever you needed empirical proof...

Rosa's your Huckleberry.

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[DdBob]

We got some sprinkles last night and it's 60 percent chance rain today then about 20 tomorrow, cloudy through wednesday and temps in the mid to upper 80's. I did not put sandbags out yet nor did I stock up on extra batteries and provisions.

 

[tiger roach]

I did not put sandbags out yet nor did I stock up on extra batteries and provisions.

If the storm surge reaches you, you're pretty much hosed anyway.

 

[Tig]

The models show it returning to it's birthplace in AZ like a yoyo.

 

[bsman]

I thought they were called 'monsoons' when they hit Arizona...

 

[DdBob]

If the storm surge reaches you, you're pretty much hosed anyway.

It raining as i type. It almost never rains this time of year.

 

[DdBob]

I thought they were called 'monsoons' when they hit Arizona...

We have a monsoonal season from about the last week of June until the middle of September. we get like 60 or 70 percent of our annual moisture during that time.

 

[baimun]

I thought they were called 'monsoons' when they hit Arizona...

Monsoons when they come from the Pacific Ocean....


... Hurricanes when originated from the Atlantic.


If it's the South Pacific or Indian Ocean then it's a "tropical cyclone".

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

Probably the best backdoor slider San Diego has seen since Kevin Brown.

 

[OGG]

Probably the best backdoor slider San Diego has seen since Kevin Brown.

Gaylord Perry.

Kevin Brown was an elite level asshole. I was at his first game back in SD after he went to the Dodgers. He got shelled! It was brutal. Tony Gwynn spanked a monster dinger off of him in the first inning. Tony always said he only hit homers by accident, but if there was a time he was actually swinging for the fence... that was it.

Between the Padres batters straight up punking him, and the fans booing and jeering, old Kev lost his mind. I don't remember what inning he got pulled, but it was before the 4th.

He never really did much for anyone after leaving the Padres.
He was great while he was here, but became an also ran before the ink on his LA contract was dry. I honestly think that night at The Murph of getting pounded shook his marbles beyond recovery.

More pedals than the Tour De France

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

Gaylord Perry.

Kevin Brown was an elite level asshole. I was at his first game back in SD after he went to the Dodgers. He got shelled! It was brutal. Tony Gwynn spanked a monster dinger off of him in the first inning. Tony always said he only hit homers by accident, but if there was a time he was actually swinging for the fence... that was it.

Between the Padres batters straight up punking him, and the fans booing and jeering, old Kev lost his mind. I don't remember what inning he got pulled, but it was before the 4th.

He never really did much for anyone after leaving the Padres.
He was great while he was here, but became an also ran before the ink on his LA contract was dry. I honestly think that night at The Murph of getting pounded shook his marbles beyond recovery.

More pedals than the Tour De France

I never think of Perry as anything more than a spitballer. A hall of fame spitballer, but a spitballer nonetheless. Brown was definitely a douche. But his slider never stuck to the bat either. Also, he was the first Padres pitcher who came to mind.

 

[OGG]

I never think of Perry as anything more than a spitballer. A hall of fame spitballer, but a spitballer nonetheless. Brown was definitely a douche. But his slider never stuck to the bat either. Also, he was the first Padres pitcher who came to mind.

I'll allow it.

Also:
Randy Jones
Trevor Hoffman
Greg Maddux
Andy Benes
Chris Young
Eric Show
Jake Peavey
Heath "Taco" Bell
David Wells
Ed Whitson
Bruce Hurst
Andy Ashby
Sterling Hitchcock
Joey Hamilton
Rollie Fingers
Goose Gossage
Randy Myers
Dave Dravecky


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[nuke_diver]

Well Rosa isn't a hurricane anymore. Going to be a lot of rain for that area

From the NWS

Tropical Storm Rosa Discussion Number 27
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL EP202018
200 PM PDT Mon Oct 01 2018

Rosa has no deep convection near its center, but there are plenty
of rain-bearing clouds over areas well to the north and northeast of
the center, including the northern Baja California peninsula,
Sonora, and portions of the southwestern United States. The
scatterometer recently missed Rosa, but assuming a steady spin down
since the last overpass 12 hours ago, the advisory intensity is set
at 35 kt. Continued weakening, due to very strong vertical shear,
cool waters, and then interaction with land, should reduce Rosa to a
tropical depression very soon. Rosa is likely to degenerate into a
remnant low over the southwestern United States tomorrow.

The cyclone continues moving north-northeastward, or 030/9 kt. The
track forecast philosophy is the same as in the previous advisory
package. The flow ahead of a broad mid-level trough should advect
Rosa, or its remnant, north-northeastward until dissipation. The
official track forecast continues to follow the multi-model
consensus closely.


Key Messages:

1. The main hazard expected from Rosa or its remnants is very heavy
rainfall in Baja California, northwestern Sonora, and the U.S.
Desert Southwest. These rains are expected to produce
life-threatening flash flooding and debris flows in the deserts, and
landslides in mountainous terrain. For more information about
potential rainfall in that area, please see products from the
Weather Prediction Center and your local NWS forecast office.

2. Tropical storm conditions are affecting portions of the
central and northern Baja California peninsula, especially over
higher elevations. These conditions could spread into the northern
Gulf of California later tonight. Interests in those locations
should monitor the progress of Rosa.

 

[bsman]

Monsoons when they come from the Pacific Ocean....


... Hurricanes when originated from the Atlantic.


If it's the South Pacific or Indian Ocean then it's a "tropical cyclone".

I thought the last was a “Typhoon”!

 

[rickenvox]

I'm still taking public transit tomorrow. Thunderstorms on Wednesday. Going sailing on Sunday. I'm pretty sure we'll survive.

 

[baimun]

I thought the last was a “Typhoon”!

Might be. Im positive on the first two though.

 

[rickenvox]

I just made popcorn. I'm waiting.

See the real trick to living in So Cal is location. Don't live on a hillside. Don't live on the edge of the forest. Don't live on a cliff in Malibu. Don't live in those areas near the coast that are prone to flooding. Live in the foothills of the mountains, but far enough away from potential brush fires. Don't live in neighborhoods where people have those security screen doors and bars over their windows. Live in a one story wood framed home that won't collapse in an earthquake.

Everything will be cool.

 

[OGG]

I just made popcorn. I'm waiting.

See the real trick to living in So Cal is location. Don't live on a hillside. Don't live on the edge of the forest. Don't live on a cliff in Malibu. Don't live in those areas near the coast that are prone to flooding. Live in the foothills of the mountains, but far enough away from potential brush fires. Don't live in neighborhoods where people have those security screen doors and bars over their windows. Live in a one story wood framed home that won't collapse in an earthquake.

Everything will be cool.

Nailed it.


FWIW, the big bad storm was a total dud. Aside from a nifty lightning show off in the distance, we got jack diddley.

No rain.

A couple pathetic breezes.

90°+ temps with way too much juice.

Some clouds.

Weaksauce.

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