Discovery Channel presents "Perfect Disaster"

[KWT]

Katrina weren't even close to hypercane status, heck Katrina would look like a ordinary category-1 compared to those sorts of systems that occur on other planet.

sounds like a good program to watch though it'll be on at a different time here.

[terstorm1012]

i'll take a look.

does anyone find it strange there's this rise in programs/movies that destroy everything? Or has it always been that way . . . .

[Jim Cantore]

The Ultimate disaster would be a Hypercane into NYC

explain to me what a hypercane is

A hypercane is a insanely powerful hurricane packing winds at 500+mph and spanning bigger then Supertyphoon Tip

[OuterBanker]

Interesting theory on the Discovery hurricane program the other night. Theory that maybe a hyper cane also aided in the extinction of the dinosaurs. Some theorize that when the comet hit the ocean it superheated the ocean allowing a hyper cane to develop.

[weatherwoman132]

I autotuned it...

[f5]

Jupiter has a hypercane bigger than planet earth.imagine the NE eyewall the size of a hemisphere

[HURAKAN]

"PERFECT DISASTER"
TONIGHT AT 9 EDT
DISCOVERY CHANNEL

[weatherwoman132]

"PERFECT DISASTER"
TONIGHT AT 9 EDT
DISCOVERY CHANNEL

I'm gonna watch it! it sounds really good!

[johngaltfla]

The Ultimate disaster would be a Hypercane into NYC

Nah. The thread with the 107 degree SST's would be the ultimate disaster.

I'd have to move up north where it gasps, SNOWS!!!!!!

[Hybridstorm_November2001]

Didn't snow much this season But I'll take a Nor'Easter/Blizzard over a cat 5 any day (though ice storms and wind storms can be VERY bad up here in the Maritimes at times)

[JtSmarts]

:rarrow: BUMP

JUST FOR EVERYONE TO REMEMBER THAT THIS SUNDAY IS "PERFECT "DISASTER AT THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL"

Thanks for reminding, Im tuning in now.

[JonathanBelles]

fish falling from the sky lol

[aerojad]

Why do they keep singling out Dallas? We really don't get that many tornadoes here...

Probably because Dallas is the biggest city closest to Tornado Alley. I mean maybe Denver, but Dallas is much bigger than Kansas City, right?

[Audrey2Katrina]

Why do they keep singling out Dallas? We really don't get that many tornadoes here...

I was going to ask the same question. Why always Dallas? Unless it's just that it's probably the biggest metro area in what is called tornado alley; and like you said--such tornados just aren't as common in that area as the panic-peddlars are pushing. Sure, one "could" happen", and it makes for great sensationalism--ultra disasters, and I guess Dallas was just a good target for them.

A2K

[aerojad]

Why do they keep singling out Dallas? We really don't get that many tornadoes here...

I was going to ask the same question. Why always Dallas? Unless it's just that it's probably the biggest metro area in what is called tornado alley; and like you said--such tornados just aren't as common in that area as the panic-peddlars are pushing. Sure, one "could" happen", and it makes for great sensationalism--ultra disasters, and I guess Dallas was just a good target for them.

A2K

Of course, up until 2005 the same thing was said about New Orleans



It *will* happen, the question is if it'll be in our lifetime or not.

[Audrey2Katrina]

Katrina weren't even close to hypercane status, heck Katrina would look like a ordinary category-1 compared to those sorts of systems that occur on other planet.

sounds like a good program to watch though it'll be on at a different time here.

ummm the so-called "Hypercane" is a phenomenon that has never occured with any certainty on planet Earth with the sole possible exception being during its earliest formative years billions of years ago. And yeah, it would be bigger than Katrina, or Wilma, or Rita, or Supertyphoon Tip... in fact bigger and stronger than all of 'em combined. Fortunately it's not a thing any of us have to worry about unless an asteroid were to hit the ocean an heat an area to temps over 120 degrees--in which case the hurricane would in all likelihood NOT be the worst consequence of such an occurance. The Giant Red Spot on Jupiter is what many scientists call an example of a hypercane, and it's at least 400 years old, and big enough to swallow the entire planet Earth.

A2K

[Audrey2Katrina]

Of course, up until 2005 the same thing was said about New Orleans

Extremely VALID point!... and scary enough!

A2K

[Dr. Jonah Rainwater]

Of course, up until 2005 the same thing was said about New Orleans

Extremely VALID point!... and scary enough!

A2K

A couple of other major cities that I'd say are at equal or greater risk than Dallas....

Fort Worth
San Antonio
Amarillo
Lubbock
Waco
Abilene
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Topeka
Wichita
Kansas City
St. Louis
Memphis
Little Rock
Nashville
Chicago
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Cincinnati
Columbus
Louisville

Springfield, IL - the state capital - was hit directly just last weekend.

The list goes on. OKC almost got it. The Weather Channel version bothered me because their "it did happen" scenario was the Moore tornado of May 3, 1999, which really doesn't even faze me as a resident of the Metroplex. Oklahoma's weather tends to be alot more volatile than Texas. A scenario that does scare me would be a repeat of the 2000 Fort Worth tornado. That was an F2, not an F5, but I wish they had shown that on It Could Happen Tomorrow...

Does anyone think this thread should be moved, since we're not really talking tropics?

I'm going to go watch my Tivo now. (wasn't home to catch the 8pm airing)

[JonathanBelles]

that guy said that the other guy should drive parellel to the tornado, i have heard otherwise. opinions?

[Dr. Jonah Rainwater]

I've heard that it's best to keep a tornado in your REAR view mirror. Just hope road conditions are still passable.