Art Walk Dec. 2009

[reednavy]

Well, the last Art Walk of the year is tomorrow, and hopefully it'll be a big showing. That said though, I want everyone to be well aware of tomorrow's forecast.

There is a high chance that we'll see some severe storms tomorrow, and as a meteorologist, this is one of the bigger setups I've seen since I got here in 2006. Everyone going out tomorrow, please keep alert to the threat of a nasty line of storms that is currently looking to come through aroun 8pm. it'll be windy tomorrow regardless, but these could pack a punch, so keep an eye to the western sky and follow any warnings.

A large event packed with people and the possibility of severe storms is a meteorologist's worst nightmare.

[Ocklawaha]

OKAY BOYS AND GIRLS, GUESS WHICH PHOTO WAS TAKEN IN FLORIDA!

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Thanks Reednavy, I am always concerned about this in Jacksonville. Most of our population has zero experience with tornadic weather, earthquakes or tsunamis. As someone from "The OU School of Advanced Meteorology," you know as well as I, "The OSU school of getting our butts kicked on May 3, 1999, these things are NOTHING to play with.

Back then I was a city councilman, and represented my area at the NWS seminars on the "worst tornado outbreak in history." Came out a full fledged storm spotter/chaser and learned a bunch of stuff in the experiments on how to build to withstand these damn things. The Mulhall EF4 and EF3 tracked right over my ranchette. We were in the cellar expecting to see a clean slab when we came out. Our little city got lucky. These twins, tore the hell out of places from El Reno to Piedmont, with the worst in Richland, then hoped us, tore through south Crescent and LEVELED MULHALL.

Wonder if you and I could interest this city in some facts? Also in installation of warning sirens.

I'm also not convinced a "safe room" is all that safe either, yes they can withstand a 2x4 shot out of a cannon, but a Navy pilot friend and I ran some numbers on a theoretical VW Beetle picked up 500-1,000 feet and dropped on a safe room or cellar...   No thanks, I'll stay down stairs!

OCKLAWAHA

ANSWER? ALL OF THEM!

[Reaper man]

Well, the last Art Walk

GAAAAAAAAAAAH! NOOOOOOOOOOO! ;_;  *cries in a corner*

of the year is tomorrow,

oh, phew, you had me worried for a second there. ;p

Thanks Reednavy, I am always concerned about this in Jacksonville. Most of our population has zero experience with tornadic weather, earthquakes or tsunamis.

Don't you think you're overreacting just a wee little bit?  It's just a bloody thunder storm ffs.  A huge one, yeah, but still.

Anyway, yah I'll be there tonight, of course. I'll seek shelter in the old library (or MOCA, depending on where I am) if it gets too.... rainy.

[Bativac]

I have a piece in the AIGA toy show tonight, so it's fantastic that this big storm system is coming thru today. Even better, I was hoping to sell a few copies of my new children's book out in front of my holiday display.

Why hasn't mankind yet invented some method of reliably controlling the weather? We can set up a massive particle accelerator, we can get a space station in orbit, we can land men on the moon but we can't hold off a thunderstorm for a couple hours?

I eagerly await the day humans completely enslave planet Earth and its climate.

[Ocklawaha]

Thanks Reednavy, I am always concerned about this in Jacksonville. Most of our population has zero experience with tornadic weather, earthquakes or tsunamis.

Don't you think you're overreacting just a wee little bit?  It's just a bloody thunder storm ffs.  A huge one, yeah, but still.

Not a bit Reaper Man, I'm a historian and have survived the worst Tornado outbreak in history, as I said, two passed right over us, screaming winds and popping ears. A killer tornado, such as the one that wiped out 40 some folks in Orlando a few years ago is something to fear, at least enough to know what to do. I also was at Daytona Beach when a "rogue wave" hit the seawall, while not a tsunami it had incredible power and did millions in damage. That "little" wave gave me respect for the Tsunami that is awaiting Florida from the volcanic Canary Islands... Maybe not today or tomorrow, but unless science is totally wrong, it's coming. Earthquakes, been there and done that too. Both California and Colombia have regular temblor's. Going through a 7.4 in Landers, as well as several 5+ quakes, gets ones attention, probably the most helpless feeling one can have on earth. So what does that have to do with Florida? The little known FACT that our area is the most active seismic zone in the state, home to at least 2 known fault lines, one of which (St. Augustine) is large. We have had at least 4 damaging earthquakes, from the 1500's until about 1900. It's been sleeping quietly, maybe too quietly for almost 100 years. The Charleston Fault, one of the most deadly in America ends in the northside of our city.

I don't run and hide, in fact I am completely fascinated by this stuff. When talking to others in our city mention this sometime, you'll see what I mean that NOBODY even knows we are in mother natures cross hairs in more departments then we might suspect. Florida ranks in the top three states in number of tornadoes per year, and we are number one in tornadoes per square mile. This is why I'd like to see the tornado sirens go up all over NE Florida, when a funnel is sighted, the "air raid" sounds and people at work, play or sleeping, not watching the weather are warned to take cover.

OCKLAWAHA

[Sportmotor]

anytime I hear an air-raid I think of WWII videos. not a tornado

[reednavy]

Well, thankfully the more potent energy of this system went around us. That said though, what a nasty night for Art Walk.

[Bativac]

Well, thankfully the more potent energy of this system went around us. That said though, what a nasty night for Art Walk.

No kidding - the winds destroyed my dollar store umbrella. We called it a night at around 7:30 (long enough to embarrass myself by how my piece in the AIGA show compared with everyone else's).

Ran into an old friend from college and we got to talking - has the Art Walk gotten smaller recently? I mean, as regards local businesses that regularly participate? Or was this just an "off night?"

[tufsu1]

this was likely just an off-night...I'm sure vendors and customers stayed away because of the weather

[reednavy]

Hopefully the weather will cooperate better with Luminaria weekend.