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When the National Weather Service calls something “insane” in their bulletins, you know it’s actually insane.
by huy-nguyen 6y ago
When the National Weather Service calls something “insane” in their bulletins, you know it’s actually insane.
- ak217 6y agoIt's insane by Bay Area standards, but having lived in Atlanta it reminds me of typical Southeast summer weather.
- 40four 6y agoYeah, I read most of it. Sounds nasty. Lots of wind, lightning, only scattered rain though? I can’t really figure out what is so insane, or even very interesting about this at all? Just that it’s uncharacteristic for the area? Is it that a large number of HNers are in the Bay Area this is trending?
- c54 6y agoIt’s quite unexpected weather for the region— though of course what’s seriously abnormal in one place might be old normal hat for another. The dumb example here is “Oh, snow in the sahara? Well, here in Alaska we get snow all the time so what’s the big deal!” For me the chief concerning thing is the “literally dozens of new fires” around the area.
- 40four 6y agoThis is true. I was confused at first, but I can imagine how it would be jarring to locals. Let’s hope the fires don’t get out of control. I live in the south east, I remember a few years ago we were in a serious drought, and we experienced a run of widespread wildfires. For weeks on end there was a visible ‘fog’ in the air from the smoke. Very strange.
- Izkata 6y ago> Let’s hope the fires don’t get out of control. In the realm of Apocalypse 2020, yesterday (Saturday) northern California had a fire tornado.
- vvanders 6y agoThe red flag conditions make it ideal for fire starts, combined with high winds that can get out of control real quick.
- humbledrone 6y agoIt's just really unusual for the area. I've lived here for about 8 years, and during that time I've heard exactly two claps of thunder (until last night). Thunderstorms are just not a thing here.
- megameter 6y agoLifelong resident. It's unprecedented in my experience to see such a rapid change in the weather pattern here. We have rainstorms often enough, and we get heat waves at this time of year too, but our heat waves don't ordinarily get interrupted by storms with gale winds - they will always diffuse gradually into windy or foggy weather. I had to remind myself seeing it suddenly pick up last night that no, the world isn't ending, this is an ordinary tropical pattern.
- samdixon 6y agoThis comment is dismissive and doesn't seem to be relevant. Of course insane weather in location X may not be insane in location Y.