ATL: LAURA - Post-Tropical - Discussion

[sbcc]

Reed gone again. Jeff dodging the swamp coolers coming off the building!

[Hurrilurker]

"Get down!! Air conditioners are flying! This building's coming apart." yikes

[cfisher]

Lake Charles is going to look like a war zone tomorrow

[northjaxpro]

The Weather Channel going to commercial just as the eyewall hits where their reporters are...

Hopefully they are getting the hell out of there and finding some type of refuge. Just onsane beinhg out there in those conditions!

[HurryKane]

The Weather Channel going to commercial just as the eyewall hits where their reporters are...

Right? Abrams: "I'm going to be quiet so you can hear this..." *DOMINO'S PIZZA IS CHANGING DELIVERY*

[Miamimeetro]

a little over dramatic

[Texas Snowman]

Big pieces of concrete are coming off that building/garage?!?!?

[HurryKane]

Is Cantore wearing a bulletproof vest? LMAOOOOOOOOOOO

[bob rulz]

https://mobile.twitter.com/iCyclone/sta ... 0946294784

Josh got an amazing look at a blowing transformer.

[sbcc]

"QUIT CALLING MY CELLPHONE!

[Jag95]

a little over dramatic

Yeah, as terrible as this is for those people over there, I've caught myself grinning a little bit listening to Jeff.

[Hurrilurker]

a little over dramatic

Yeah, as terrible as this is for those people over there, I've caught myself grinning a little bit listening to Jeff.

I'd say hilariously over-dramatic, but yeah. That said, I'm sure we'd all be pretty amped up in that situation.

[Sanibel]

Jeff P Going to stairwell shelter...Says 145mph coming in to Lake Charles now...

[Shell Mound]

Well what a storm Laura has been. In the end, not Hispaniola, not Cuba, not Marco's cold wake, and not even the shear were going to stand in its way. It did what it wanted to do. Remarkable. I hope those affected recover quickly and hope there are no lives lost. God speed.

It’s remarkable to note just how similar this storm has been to Michael (2018). Even structurally, Laura intensified right up until landfall, with the eye contracting, and just as in Michael the western eyewall has yielded some of the strongest radar returns. The storms even appear somewhat similar on satellite imagery. Both made or are making landfall either as low-end Category-5 cyclones or borderline Cat-4/-5 systems at the very least. Data from reconnaissance and radar are similar. Both may end up being upgraded to Cat-5 status during posthumous analysis. Both may also end up being operationally analysed at 135 knots around the time of landfall, only to be upgraded to 140 knots after the fact, based on the aircraft and radar data as well as the fact that the strongest winds are likely to be missed, especially as the RMW moves ashore.

[Sciencerocks]

[northjaxpro]

Is Cantore wearing a bulletproof vest? LMAOOOOOOOOOOO

LMAO.. It is funny to see him in that. However this is deadly serious. But, at least he came prepared to battte the elements as you would expect from him.
But, he and his crew really.are out of theirr minds bring out there in 130.mph winds.

[Hurrilurker]

Cantore's audio really good considering he's standing in probably tropical storm force winds (at least).

[cfisher]

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img923/108/NUTHJb.gif

When's the last time there was lightning in the eyewall during a landfall?

[Kingarabian]

No signs of real degradation yet. As if the area it hit was a body of water.

[Shell Mound]

Look at how similar Laura is to Michael:
 https://twitter.com/philklotzbach/status/1298869239089000451





Additionally, just like Michael, Laura is holding its own even after landfall.