The Weather Thread | San Francisco under rare tornado warning

[SmilingJack]

NYCFan just got to say thank you for the work you do to bring an old like me the X content. I just can't do it with my current tech skills. I'm hoping that you helping me helps you with your confession that you dig looking into the "alternative" weirdness out there as somewhat of a hobby. You're my canary in the coal mine and I thank you again!

 

[CHAMTRAIN]

This is insane

 

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storm surge hitting Sarasota Bay

 

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my grandparents used to live in Venice. Apparently they are getting some of the peak storm surges.

 

[1moretimeagain]

Was the Tropicana Field roof intended to be able to withstand Florida?

 

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St. Petersburg has had 18" of rain so far

 

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[Rougemont]

Seems like the kind of thing someone would have thought to disassemble prior to one of the most destructive hurricanes ever to hit the area, no?

 

[1moretimeagain]

Seems like the kind of thing someone would have thought to disassemble prior to one of the most destructive hurricanes ever to hit the area, no?

I think standard procedure is to leave them up and let them spin with the wind. I’ve seeing comments stating it takes a week to take the crane down.

 

[circlesky88]

Looks like the peak storm surge was 5.1 feet at Naples

 

[BillOfRights]

Was the Tropicana Field roof intended to be able to withstand Florida?

Wasn't that the staging area for linemen or something?

 

[Granville]

Seems like the kind of thing someone would have thought to disassemble prior to one of the most destructive hurricanes ever to hit the area, no?

They didn’t have enough warning time as it takes several days to take one down.

 

[uncgriff]

it seems the worst case scenarios have been largely avoided. Anxious to see how Sanibel fared and St Pete.

 

[uncsig]

Wasn't that the staging area for linemen or something?

Yes it was. They had something like 5,000 cots across the field. When the roof started tearing away, everyone inside had to move to the concourses. Crazy.

 

[1moretimeagain]

Yes it was. They had something like 5,000 cots across the field. When the roof started tearing away, everyone inside had to move to the concourses. Crazy.

One of the Florida PR people posted that the lineman were moved elsewhere before the storm landed.

 

[nycfan]

 

[Calheel]

They didn’t have enough warning time as it takes several days to take one down.

Several weeks. You simply can’t get large cranes down before a hurricane, unless you remove them in August and put them back up in December.

 

[Granville]

Three to ten days depending on the size and conditions.

 

[superrific]

Wasn't that the staging area for linemen or something?

Thought it was a stadium for baseball, not football.