Isabel...

[freakray]

Originally Posted by stubacca

I think I'd feel pretty safe on that super tanker, but I'm not sure I'd want to be out on a fishing boat.... yikes!

That's not a super tanker, this is a super tanker:



I saw the ship above just after she went through a tropical storm, breached holds and broken steering gears - a super tanker is not as safe as you would think.

Compared to a regular tanker, like the one in the first photo:

[JD@af]

Originally Posted by YogsVR4

That first picture is pretty damn impressive. Scary looking storm to see while out at sea.

Agreed! Nice find, YM.

Locally in CT we got next to nothing when you look at the damage caused in places like Kill Devil Hills, NC and Virginia Beach, VA. It was strange how it moved into the state, in these broken up bands of precipitation. But ultimately, it wound up covering just about every square inch of the state (try and find a weather station in Connecticut that didn't get at least 0.2" of rain today) in rain in just a few hours.

Isabel collided with what was a very impressive cold front as it moved through the mid west (it formed a solid line of strong storms from Wisconsin all the way down into central Texas). They collided in Ohio and West Virginia, and now the weakened, remaining mass is pushing east by northeast through Pennsylvania and New York.

[JD@af]

Damn my brother is smart. He took one look at that first picture and called bullshit. He's right. With a hurricane over open ocean comes huge waves. Every see a hurricane swirling over an ocean like glass, as in the first picture? It looks so cool, because it must be a photochop.

[Sean]

Oi, tis a fine vessel. I must agree me hearties, thar picture be takin' us fer a fool. And Isabella be a wretched name for thar wrath of thee storm.

[YellowMaranello]

Originally Posted by JD@af

Damn my brother is smart. He took one look at that first picture and called bullshit. He's right. With a hurricane over open ocean comes huge waves. Every see a hurricane swirling over an ocean like glass, as in the first picture? It looks so cool, because it must be a photochop.

I thought the same thing when I first saw it, but for some reason photoshop never occured to me.

[Jimster]

You call that a Cyclone???????? You make me sick





















Not that I felt a thing

[GundamExpo]

Thanks for sharing those pics! I need to go to the east coast some day and see what a real storm is like. About that first picture, could be the hurricane, could be something else. The sky does wierd stuff.

[carrrnuttt]

Originally Posted by JD@af

Damn my brother is smart. He took one look at that first picture and called bullshit. He's right. With a hurricane over open ocean comes huge waves. Every see a hurricane swirling over an ocean like glass, as in the first picture? It looks so cool, because it must be a photochop.

Judging distances over the ocean is a tricky thing, unless you have something in the distance to measure against.

The horizon you see in the middle of that picture is going to be around at least 80 or so miles away.

Judging from satellite pictures of Isabel, which shows it's size capable of almost covering whole states, and the image of Isabel on that pic, there might be 100-ft waves underneath it, but we won't see it. Also, the waves won't ripple 50 miles or so toward the ship, especially since the ocean is "only" being whipped in a large circle, as opposed to a large explosion that has force going outwards.

[JD@af]

Originally Posted by carrrnuttt

Judging distances over the ocean is a tricky thing, unless you have something in the distance to measure against.

The horizon you see in the middle of that picture is going to be around at least 80 or so miles away.

Judging from satellite pictures of Isabel, which shows it's size capable of almost covering whole states, and the image of Isabel on that pic, there might be 100-ft waves underneath it, but we won't see it. Also, the waves won't ripple 50 miles or so toward the ship, especially since the ocean is "only" being whipped in a large circle, as opposed to a large explosion that has force going outwards.

That's a good point. I thought about that too, but I figured that one would still see more "disturbance" on the surface of the ocean than is shown here.

Originally Posted by Jimster

You call that a Cyclone???????? You make me sick

Actually, here on the Atlantic Ocean, we call them hurricanes I know in New Zealand and those portions of the Pacific those manner of storms are called typhoons.

[TheNotoriousMogg]

thank god for no hurricanes in AK, but those are some nice ass photos

[carrrnuttt]

Originally Posted by JD@af

That's a good point. I thought about that too, but I figured that one would still see more "disturbance" on the surface of the ocean than is shown here.

Ever heard of "the calm before the storm"?

That is exactly what you're seeing there. Also, to be close enough to see the ocean being whipped by storm winds, is TOO close for any ship. The way the ocean works underneath the storm, the ship will have to fight currents that will be trying to suck that ship in to its heart.

How do know all this? I've lived in a tropical country that was composed of mostly islands, and annual typhoons was a way of life. Oh, and my parents owned a shipping company, and I got to cruise in plenty of ships when I was young...even alone.

[freakray]

For those of you that insist the photos above are for real:

http://www.snopes.com/photos/isabel.asp

[YellowMaranello]

Originally Posted by freakray

For those of you that insist the photos above are for real:

http://www.snopes.com/photos/isabel.asp

Well then, good find.

[JD@af]

Originally Posted by YellowMaranello

Well then, good find.

Indeed. Nice going, Ray

[YellowMaranello]

Although, you have to admit, even if it isn't Isabel, it is still damn impressive that something like that forms naturally.