Everything You Need To Know-Hurricanes - Discovery Channel

[TampaFl]

Tonight on the Discovery Channel @ 8:00pm the Discovery Channel will air "Everything You Need To KNow-Hurricanes" Should be interesting.


http://dsc.discovery.com/tvlistings/episode.jsp?episode=4&cpi=25398&gid=0&channel=DSC


Robert

[HurricaneGirl]

Thanks for the heads up

[HURAKAN]

NOW!!!

[Jim Cantore]

Hurricane is coming! forget the supplies GET BEER AND POP TARTS!

[HURAKAN]

Hurricane is coming! forget the supplies GET BEER AND POP TARTS!

I know, people don't change!!!

[Derek Ortt]

they really need to get their facts straight

Ivan didn't even bring gusts close to 130 mph in Pensacola, much less sustained winds. This is how the myths that people surived winds greater than they actually did get started

[jlauderdal]

they really need to get their facts straight

Ivan didn't even bring gusts close to 130 mph in Pensacola, much less sustained winds. This is how the myths that people surived winds greater than they actually did get started

i just read this thread and was going to ask for an update but derek already has, let us know of anymore 1/2 truths...im tired of the media nonsense getting this stuff flat out wrong, consistently happens on local south florida tv

[Derek Ortt]

also said a cat 3 produces a 9-12 foot surge

well... apparantly they missed a little storm that goes by the name of KATRINA... a low to mid cat 3 that produced surge of 30 feet in Mississippi

[miamicanes177]

According to the Saffir Simpson scale used by the National Hurricane Center, a cat 3 generally produces 9-12 foot of surge. Katrina was an exception, not the rule.

[jlauderdal]

also said a cat 3 produces a 9-12 foot surge

well... apparantly they missed a little storm that goes by the name of KATRINA... a low to mid cat 3 that produced surge of 30 feet in Mississippi

thanks, its pretty depressing when a channel like discovery cnt get the facts correct.

a show on poisons followed that hurricane special and they just 100,000 people per year in the world die from poisonous snake bites, i wonder if that is true.

[The_OD_42]

Yeah I stopped watching after they started talking about New York City...again. I don't think theres been one special about hurricanes this year on TV that hasnt spent most of the show talking about how a massive hurricane will hit NYC. There are definately other cities and towns in the path of hurricanes as well. But hey, that's what NYC and the media do...once a disaster happens somehwere, it automatically will happen in NYC.

[Derek Ortt]

9-12 feet applies ONLY to Biscayne Bay


The Florida EC mainland south of about Daytona, the max for a very large Jeanne sized cat 3 is 6 feet, but on the WC, that produces about 20

There is a reason why NHC advisories typically have cat 3 expected surge heights of 15-20 feet

[jlauderdal]

also said a cat 3 produces a 9-12 foot surge

well... apparantly they missed a little storm that goes by the name of KATRINA... a low to mid cat 3 that produced surge of 30 feet in Mississippi

thanks, its pretty depressing when a channel like discovery cnt get the facts correct.

a show on poisons followed that hurricane special and they just 100,000 people per year in the world die from poisonous snake bites, i wonder if that is true.

i realize i got off topic and this will be the last post on the bites but apparently 100k is accurate but not all snake bites so discovery was inaccurate

FACTS

Of the 5 million victims of snake bites, scorpion and insect stings and bites, 100,000 die each year, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). Most of these victims are farm workers and hunters in Asia, Africa and Latin America.

[mikey mike]

also said a cat 3 produces a 9-12 foot surge

well... apparantly they missed a little storm that goes by the name of KATRINA... a low to mid cat 3 that produced surge of 30 feet in Mississippi

Come on Derek! Katrina only hit New Orleans.At least if you listen to the msm that's what one would think.Something happens here it tends to get ignored.The msm attitude is ‘it's just Missisippi’

[miamicanes177]

I'm just saying it's not like the discovery channel is trying to give 1/2 truths. It's not like they made up 9-12 feet of storm surge and decided to put it on national television. The 9-12 foot number is coming from the NHC website.

[DanKellFla]

9-12 feet applies ONLY to Biscayne Bay


The Florida EC mainland south of about Daytona, the max for a very large Jeanne sized cat 3 is 6 feet, but on the WC, that produces about 20

There is a reason why NHC advisories typically have cat 3 expected surge heights of 15-20 feet

VERY Interesting. I always wondered how the NHC could publish a predicted surge hight for a storm without taking the underwater geography into account. I guess they had to publish something. Is there anything published that shows the expected surge along coastlines?

[Derek Ortt]

I believe that there are FEMA surge maps, and they totally discredit the SS scale surge numbers

Even the NHC does not use that surge value for cat 3, as nearly every cat 3, except for those hitting the EC of Florida, produces higher than 12 feet

[Jim Cantore]

also said a cat 3 produces a 9-12 foot surge

well... apparantly they missed a little storm that goes by the name of KATRINA... a low to mid cat 3 that produced surge of 30 feet in Mississippi

Show Producer: Uhhhh, whos Katrina?

I've been too busy picking up pop tarts and beer, the peak of the season is coming.

[TSmith274]

Man, the graphics on this show are laughable. Everytime they mention storm surge, they show a computer generated 100'+ wall of water. Come on. Who produces these shows?

[StrongWind]

I've been too busy picking up pop tarts and beer, the peak of the season is coming.

No, no, no. You have to buy the pop-tarts AFTER the storm. Otherwise you'll throw off the statistics. Now I'll have to go out and buy more beer to set things right. Sheesh.