Steve/sewell
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Hurricane Sandy will turn out to be the most expensive storm to ever hit the U.S. causing damage to 15 states and power outages to over 8 million people and I was warning all of you through the storm and caught a little heck for it from one member here yet the National Hurricane Center did not issue hurricane warnings north of North Carolina. Mayor Bloomberg in New York City was confused and did not implement enough procedures which could have saved a few lives that were lost. Governor Christie in New Jersey was a little more proactive and treated the storm as a Hurricane.
Here is the NHC reason....Typically, hurricane watches are announced 48 hours in advance of the expected onset of tropical storm-force winds. Hurricane warnings are usually issued 36 hours in advance. The National Hurricane Center issued a statement on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012, that there would be no advisories issued for Sandy to the north of North Carolina.
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) issues advisories, forecasts, and warnings on tropical cyclones - the generic term for hurricanes, tropical storms, and tropical depressions. Sometime prior to making landfall, Hurricane Sandy is expected to lose its characteristics as a tropical cyclone and take on the structure of a wintertime low-pressure area. Because the National Hurricane Center only issues advisories on tropical cyclones, there will be changes in the flow of information coming out of the NWS when this transition occurs.
This is a poor excuse on their part every private weather organization in the US was showing just how dangerous the storm was becoming and yet some by the book knucklehead cost some people their lives because Sandy had become a winter time type of Low Pressure system because of the cold core in the storm and was no longer a Hurricane by definition yet the central pressure was that of a strong category 3 and the surrounding wind field of the storm was a category 1.
Olditractor John sorry for the misunderstanding in the other post if you want to be angry with someone be angry with the National Hurricane Center not me, I was warning all of you and knew how grave the situation was becoming . The director at a minimum should resign if not fired for incompetency. Sorry for rehashing this it has been eating at me
Here is the NHC reason....Typically, hurricane watches are announced 48 hours in advance of the expected onset of tropical storm-force winds. Hurricane warnings are usually issued 36 hours in advance. The National Hurricane Center issued a statement on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012, that there would be no advisories issued for Sandy to the north of North Carolina.
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) issues advisories, forecasts, and warnings on tropical cyclones - the generic term for hurricanes, tropical storms, and tropical depressions. Sometime prior to making landfall, Hurricane Sandy is expected to lose its characteristics as a tropical cyclone and take on the structure of a wintertime low-pressure area. Because the National Hurricane Center only issues advisories on tropical cyclones, there will be changes in the flow of information coming out of the NWS when this transition occurs.
This is a poor excuse on their part every private weather organization in the US was showing just how dangerous the storm was becoming and yet some by the book knucklehead cost some people their lives because Sandy had become a winter time type of Low Pressure system because of the cold core in the storm and was no longer a Hurricane by definition yet the central pressure was that of a strong category 3 and the surrounding wind field of the storm was a category 1.
Olditractor John sorry for the misunderstanding in the other post if you want to be angry with someone be angry with the National Hurricane Center not me, I was warning all of you and knew how grave the situation was becoming . The director at a minimum should resign if not fired for incompetency. Sorry for rehashing this it has been eating at me
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