August 31, 2015: Three concurrent Cat 4 Pacific hurricanes

Undertoad · 08-31-2015, 05:45 PM

Here's something that hasn't happened since humanity has been watching: there are three Category 4 hurricanes in the Pacific Ocean right now.

Kilo, Ignacio, and Jimena from left to right, threatening Hawaii which you can see in the center-left. This is the result of the massive El Nino, which has left sections of the Pacific 4 degrees C warmer than the waters would usually be:

footfootfoot · 09-01-2015, 08:09 AM

Kind of puts tigers on horseback into perspective in the "we're fucked" category.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-01-2015, 08:56 AM

It's the fertility drugs flushed through the sewer into the ocean.

08-31-2015, 05:45 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	August 31, 2015: Three concurrent Cat 4 Pacific hurricanes Here's something that hasn't happened since humanity has been watching: there are three Category 4 hurricanes in the Pacific Ocean right now. Kilo, Ignacio, and Jimena from left to right, threatening Hawaii which you can see in the center-left. This is the result of the massive El Nino, which has left sections of the Pacific 4 degrees C warmer than the waters would usually be:

09-01-2015, 08:09 AM	#2
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Kind of puts tigers on horseback into perspective in the "we're fucked" category. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

09-01-2015, 08:56 AM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	It's the fertility drugs flushed through the sewer into the ocean. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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