Bear Down Wildcats

ASUHATER! wrote:Supposed to be like 96/97 next Tuesday Wednesday in Tucson. Bleh

Don't want to hear it, one of us does not work in an air conditioned office.

he doesn't have a/c at his work haha. spends a lot of time outside.

scumdevils86 wrote:he doesn't have a/c at his work haha. spends a lot of time outside.

he's got jorts, he's good to go.

Oftentimes gets 90+ in my building. Ac there I'd worthless.

azgreg wrote:

scumdevils86 wrote:he doesn't have a/c at his work haha. spends a lot of time outside.

he's got jorts, he's good to go.

Only at home! Never at work. I just wear cargo shorts. Need all the pockets.

Merkin wrote:

azgreg wrote:

scumdevils86 wrote:he doesn't have a/c at his work haha. spends a lot of time outside.

he's got jorts, he's good to go.

Only at home! Never at work. I just wear cargo shorts. Need all the pockets.

What? No murse?

Pouring like a bitch here in Phoenix right now. Supposed to rain all night. I'm scheduled to umpire in the morning. I don't think it's going to happen. Big tournament too. teams from all along the Southwest.

Lauri was in Tucson for this crap?

Rained and rained last night in Tucson. Got down to the low 50s. This morning on mount Graham..

That is a great pic. Hopefully we have a reallly wet el nino year and get lots of snow in the rockies and the AZ white mountains

Last night was crazy. Woke up around 11pm to what sounded like rocks being thrown at every window in the house. Best I could describe it is what it would sound like if you threw golf balls at those tin patio roofs. Lightning, loud thunder and strong winds. The whole family woke up, 3-year-old who is a heavy sleeper screaming. Quarter-sized hail. It has hailed at my house before, but this stuff was coming down hard. The hail/heavy rain went on for like 15-20 minutes. Never in my life been in a storm that loud in Tucson.

Talked to several friends who don't live too far away, all they got was the thunder and heavy rain.

rgdeuce wrote:Last night was crazy. Woke up around 11pm to what sounded like rocks being thrown at every window in the house. Best I could describe it is what it would sound like if you threw golf balls at those tin patio roofs. Lightning, loud thunder and strong winds. The whole family woke up, 3-year-old who is a heavy sleeper screaming. Quarter-sized hail. It has hailed at my house before, but this stuff was coming down hard. The hail/heavy rain went on for like 15-20 minutes. Never in my life been in a storm that loud in Tucson.

Talked to several friends who don't live too far away, all they got was the thunder and heavy rain.

We had hail the other day in Phx as well, some golf ball size. My 15 year old son thought it would be fun to run around in it untill he almost got knocked the fuck out.

Ya woke me up at 4:30 as well, so loud. Reminded me of the earthquake last year that also woke me up

azgreg wrote: We had hail the other day in Phx as well, some golf ball size. My 15 year old son thought it would be fun to run around in it untill he almost got knocked the fuck out.

holy crap this absolutly killed me this morning -- thank you so very much, greg

Anyone know whether this hurricane bearing down on Mexico is going to have any impact on Tucson?
Yes I am localcentric.

Daryl Zero wrote:Anyone know whether this hurricane bearing down on Mexico is going to have any impact on Tucson?
Yes I am localcentric.

Don't think so. It's too far south and is turning northeast. Eventually heading towards south Texas.

Hurricane Patricia will make landfall about 5 pm today. atm it has a sustained wind of 205 mph, making it the strongest hurricane in history for the Western Hemisphere. The wind will slow to 150 mph when the t hits land. Texas, especially around Dallas and Houston, are expected to get hit with about a foot of rain. That area already is experiencing massive flooding. This hurricane is serious.

http://www.weather.com/storms/hurricane ... xico-coast" target="_blank

Catintheheat wrote:Hurricane Patrcia will make landfall about 5 pm today. atm it has a sustained wind of 205 mph, making it the strongest hurricane in history for the Western Hemisphere. The wind will slow to 150 mph when the t hits land. Texas, especially around Dallas and Houston, are expected to get hit with about a foot of rain. That area already is experiencing massive flooding. This hurricane is serious.

http://www.weather.com/storms/hurricane ... xico-coast" target="_blank

Patricia went from a TS to a Cat 5 in 24 hours. It's like she walked in our husband with an 18 year old.

Hurricane hunters are finding unreal barometric readings. The readings aren't confirmed yet, but currently 891mb, which beats the previous record of Linda 1997 at 902mb.

For comparison-
Strongest Atlantic storm on record, Wilma 882mb.
Strongest western Pacific storm on record, Typhoon Tip 870mb. (also strongest storm anywhere)

Some addl intensification may occur and Patricia could flirt with breaking Wilma's record.

200+ MPH winds with a 30 mile diameter will kill a lot of people.

Merkin wrote:

strongest storm EVER measured on the planet

It's going to be a very interesting day for Puerto Vallarta and surrounding area

I hope they make it through ok

SCCats wrote:It's going to be a very interesting day for Puerto Vallarta and surrounding area

I hope they make it through ok

I hope CST got out OK.

A small portion of the wedding group last night. Everyone was loaded on buses and sent 190 miles east to Guadalajara. Luckily the wedding was 2 days ago



Update 7 hours ago said they were there in Guad camping out in a ballroom

SCCats wrote:It's going to be a very interesting day for Puerto Vallarta and surrounding area

I hope they make it through ok

this is what happens with 200mph winds. This was Newcastle, OK in 2013.



This webcam is about to get pretty rowdy

http://www.lamanzanilla.info/web_cam.html" target="_blank

Check out this graphic

http://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wi ... 17.62,2059" target="_blank

They are tracking 40' waves out in the middle of the ocean

Another webcam:

I'm already practically in tears thinking about the damage to Puerto Vallarta. Truly one of my favorite places on the face of this planet. Not to mention the incredibly warm and open people of that town.

I'm not a praying man, but I truly do hope that everyone makes it through safely and that they can restore anything that is damaged.

I've been to manzanillo once and it was nice. Great people and a nice town.

the real dill wrote:

Merkin wrote:

strongest storm EVER measured on the planet

Hurricanes don't usually just spring up literally out of nowhere in less than 100 hours, and when they do they are usually minor category 1 storms with poor structures.

This one is like Mother Nature flipped a switch and went straight to 100.

Guess I better hit up Costco this weekend.

Live streaming:

Pretty sure I would shit myself if I was on a plane that dropped 1,500 feet in 30 seconds.

https://twitter.com/kgriffin0/status/657637734337658880" target="_blank

Merkin wrote:Live streaming:

There is some idiot on the beach in that cam taking pictures of the surf right now.

http://www.lamanzanilla.info/web_cam.html" target="_blank

the real dill wrote:Pretty sure I would shit myself if I was on a plane that dropped 1,500 feet in 30 seconds.

https://twitter.com/kgriffin0/status/657637734337658880" target="_blank

You'd be too busy throwing up.

That guy is still by that webcam wiping the screen and adjusting the angle. Hes in the direct path of the eye. Hope he makes it

his bio

In early 1999 some events occurred that made me finally give up on the idea of moving when I was organized and ready to move. I sold my business of 27 years for what I could get for it, sold or gave away everything that I did not want to take down and bought a used travel trailer. I loaded the travel trailer full of stuff and at 3 am on Christmas morning of 1999 I crossed the boarder into Mexico basically dropping out of society as I knew it at 49 years of age to live full time in La Manzanilla Mexico.

he just posted this after power went out

189.164.110.4

Well see how long the car battery holds out. If it does much more of the crazy
shit it did a bit ago I'm going to split.

azgreg wrote:

SCCats wrote:It's going to be a very interesting day for Puerto Vallarta and surrounding area

I hope they make it through ok

I hope CST got out OK.

Thanks guys. Yeah Marriott was on the ball and evacuated us at 9pm last night. Shut down the whole hotel. The only one to do so that early. Bused to Guadalajara, got to the room at 3am. Supposed to fly out of Gaud tomorrow, but looking increasingly unlikely.

We are safe, in a high part of the city that doesn't usually flood. The sky outside is a foreboding brownish grey. We have food and water for 72 hours. We are on the 12th floor, which I am someone concerned about, and I got in a fight with my in-laws today when I demanded that they stay in our room tonight, because they are on the 21st and winds in buildings get worse the higher you go. I'm worried about the glass breaking as Bitch Trish is supposed to be a Category 3 when it hits Gaud tonight/early morning.

I pretty good at keeping it together and have been on war footing to keep my family safe, hydrated, and fed since yesterday and I don't scare too easy, but I've from freaking Arizona and hurricanes are only something held in my imagination. Trying to stay positive for everyone else, but inside I'm a bit tense.

Overall, we'll be fine, just want this night to pass without glass breaking and my wife and daughter remaining safe.

Thanks for the well wishes guys. I really appreciate it. Bear town.

Fuck, now the lights just flickered. Power is going to go.
Bear Down.

that funnel pic is not from Patricia...

Jefe wrote:that funnel pic is not from Patricia...

*googles*

Yup. From Tampa, July 17 2013.

Cst may still be seeing 4+ inches of rain and 75-100 mph winds in Guadalajara

not even full strength yet

Hotel has been switching between the grid and generator power, but so far so good. hearing this thing may pass to the west and north of Gaud and will pass by 7am.

fingers crossed.

haven't been able to find out, does anyone know why how this got so big so fast?

Yesterday morning we're all the pool talking bout a rain storm, 4pm a hurricane that we can ride out, 9pm getting evacuated.

CalStateTempe wrote:haven't been able to find out, does anyone know why how this got so big so fast?

Yesterday morning we're all the pool talking bout a rain storm, 4pm a hurricane that we can ride out, 9pm getting evacuated.

God disagrees with your bridal choice?

lol...awesome.

CalStateTempe wrote:lol...awesome.

Seriously, as someone who has been through 4 of these, protect yourself from flying glass. If shit gets real, sleep in the bathroom. After Rita, we had large shards of glass embedded in our bedroom wall from our south facing windows. We were in a no window hallway, and it sounded like shotgun blasts when our windows blew out. I think Rita was only F2 by the time it got to Houston.

the real dill wrote:

not even full strength yet

That would probably fuck up my kite.