hurricanes

How are we able to track large hurricanes with out satellites?

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Then how can we know the eye size? there is only 1 vehicle in the world that can penetrate a hurricane and i doubt it follows it every where, even over the ocean.

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You don't know much about hurricanes do you...?

Quote from: Althalus on October 22, 2008, 12:46:58 PM

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You don't know much about hurricanes do you...?

Do you?

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You don't know much about hurricanes do you...?

Do you?

Look at the clouds...now tell me how big they are. oh need an over head view? sure just use an airplane...what? a HURRICANE?!?! well you will need satellite imaging, OH WAIT A MINUET! satellites don't exist! guess we'll use magic to get an over head view, and see how big it is.

Satellites are not necessary to track hurricanes.

Could the pseudolites or stratalites be employed for such uses?

Satellites are not necessary to track hurricanes.

Not necessary, but mighty handy.

Satellites are not necessary to track hurricanes.

Then what IS used to find the intensity and position of a hurricane at all times?

Quote from: Althalus on October 23, 2008, 05:09:48 PM

Satellites are not necessary to track hurricanes.

Then what IS used to find the intensity and position of a hurricane at all times?

Well, they're not exactly difficult to find. Colossal storms which rip up houses and send debris flying usually get noticed by a few people.

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Quote from: Althalus on October 23, 2008, 05:09:48 PM

Satellites are not necessary to track hurricanes.

Then what IS used to find the intensity and position of a hurricane at all times?

Well, they're not exactly difficult to find. Colossal storms which rip up houses and send debris flying usually get noticed by a few people.

Agreed, but how do they get noticed out in the middle of an ocean?

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Quote from: Althalus on October 23, 2008, 05:09:48 PM

Satellites are not necessary to track hurricanes.

Then what IS used to find the intensity and position of a hurricane at all times?

Well, they're not exactly difficult to find. Colossal storms which rip up houses and send debris flying usually get noticed by a few people.

Agreed, but how do they get noticed out in the middle of an ocean?

Well, there are these things called boats...

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Quote from: Osama  bin Laden on October 24, 2008, 10:29:42 AM

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Quote from: Althalus on October 23, 2008, 05:09:48 PM

Satellites are not necessary to track hurricanes.

Then what IS used to find the intensity and position of a hurricane at all times?

Well, they're not exactly difficult to find. Colossal storms which rip up houses and send debris flying usually get noticed by a few people.

Agreed, but how do they get noticed out in the middle of an ocean?

Well, there are these things called boats...

Call me a land lubber, but I'm guessing that anywhere near a colossal storm in the middle of the ocean is about the last place that a boat wants to be.  That and the fact that satellites (if they actually existed) could find and track these storms long before they even become colossal storms (tropical depression, etc.).

Stratellites are far above anything a hurricane could influence.

Stratellites are far above anything a hurricane could influence.

You are contradicting each other.

First, Mr. Bin Laden kindly implies that BOATS find hurricanes, saying it, if I might add, as if he is the encyclopedia and everyone else is dirt. But, when challenged, the Great Tom steps in and says no, it's STRATELITES!!

So which is it, Mighty Tom? Stratelites or boats? Either way, at least one of you is wrong.

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Stratellites are far above anything a hurricane could influence.

You are contradicting each other.

First, Mr. Bin Laden kindly implies that BOATS find hurricanes, saying it, if I might add, as if he is the encyclopedia and everyone else is dirt. But, when challenged, the Great Tom steps in and says no, it's STRATELITES!!

So which is it, Mighty Tom? Stratelites or boats? Either way, at least one of you is wrong.

They both proposed possible solutions, and why can't both be used?

You are contradicting each other.

First, Mr. Bin Laden kindly implies that BOATS find hurricanes, saying it, if I might add, as if he is the encyclopedia and everyone else is dirt. But, when challenged, the Great Tom steps in and says no, it's STRATELITES!!

So which is it, Mighty Tom? Stratelites or boats? Either way, at least one of you is wrong.

The US government actually has a very large cluster of remote weather monitoring buoys all across the Atlantic and Pacific.

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You are contradicting each other.

First, Mr. Bin Laden kindly implies that BOATS find hurricanes, saying it, if I might add, as if he is the encyclopedia and everyone else is dirt. But, when challenged, the Great Tom steps in and says no, it's STRATELITES!!

So which is it, Mighty Tom? Stratelites or boats? Either way, at least one of you is wrong.

The US government actually has a very large cluster remote weather monitoring buoys all across the Atlantic and Pacific.

Oh my. We're having two different conversations here, Tom! I asked you a question and you sidestepped like this was Gym Class. You did give me the answer I wanted, though. Thanks, Tom.

The truth is that the government uses a great number of different technologies to monitor the weather. It's not only buoys; every military ship and plane also has advanced on board weather radar which streams to the NOAA.

The truth is that the government uses a great number of different technologies to monitor the weather. It's not only buoys; every military ship and plane also has advanced on board weather radar which streams to the NOAA.

 

The truth is that the government uses a great number of different technologies to monitor the weather. It's not only buoys; every military ship and plane also has advanced on board weather radar which streams to the NOAA.

Wouldn't the military just not tell people?  So they could make money.

Wouldn't the military just not tell people?  So they could make money.

I wouldn't be surprised if large parts of the military's computer models of the earth's weather systems was randomly or predicatively generated based on their limited data points.

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Wouldn't the military just not tell people?  So they could make money.

I wouldn't be surprised if large parts of the military's computer models of the earth's weather was randomly or predicatively generated based on their limited data points.

Q: Does this sentence mean anything?
A: No.

You must have been good at dodgeball in school Tom.

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Wouldn't the military just not tell people?  So they could make money.

I wouldn't be surprised if large parts of the military's computer models of the earth's weather systems was randomly or predicatively generated based on their limited data points.

So are you trying to say they just "guess" the weather but it's almost always right?

So are you trying to say they just "guess" the weather but it's almost always right?

The weatherman's hardly ever right in his predictions for the week. What are you talking about? 

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So are you trying to say they just "guess" the weather but it's almost always right?

The weatherman's hardly ever right in his predictions for the week. What are you talking about? 

For the week, maybe.  For the next 24-36 hours, the weatherman is pretty close more often than not.

Quote from: GravitySlave on October 24, 2008, 10:46:17 AM

Quote from: Osama  bin Laden on October 24, 2008, 10:29:42 AM

Quote from: Kingcosmo7 on October 24, 2008, 10:26:24 AM

Quote from: Althalus on October 23, 2008, 05:09:48 PM

Satellites are not necessary to track hurricanes.

Then what IS used to find the intensity and position of a hurricane at all times?

Well, they're not exactly difficult to find. Colossal storms which rip up houses and send debris flying usually get noticed by a few people.

Agreed, but how do they get noticed out in the middle of an ocean?

Well, there are these things called boats...

hahahahahahaha Try taking a boat up to a category 5 hurricane with winds up to 155+ mphs.... Then you'll realize how dumb that statement made you look..

hahahahahahaha Try taking a boat up to a category 5 hurricane with winds up to 155+ mphs.... Then you'll realize how dumb that statement made you look..

They don't need to go right up close to it to notice its effects. lrn2vision

Quote from: Osama  bin Laden on October 24, 2008, 10:29:42 AM

Quote from: Kingcosmo7 on October 24, 2008, 10:26:24 AM

Quote from: Althalus on October 23, 2008, 05:09:48 PM

Satellites are not necessary to track hurricanes.

Then what IS used to find the intensity and position of a hurricane at all times?

Well, they're not exactly difficult to find. Colossal storms which rip up houses and send debris flying usually get noticed by a few people.

Agreed, but how do they get noticed out in the middle of an ocean?

The crews piloting the thousands of helicopters guarding the 80,000 mile wall of ice spot the hurricanes and notify NASA about them.