tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7965215084022057128.post4275518428472911657..comments2024-03-28T14:54:34.646-05:00Comments on MSE CREATIVE CONSULTING BLOG: Unprecedented Rain ForecastMike Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17435605216805307424noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7965215084022057128.post-67782940932174721282015-09-30T14:53:36.057-05:002015-09-30T14:53:36.057-05:00Totals through *Monday*, not Sunday, OK, thanks!
...Totals through *Monday*, not Sunday, OK, thanks!<br /><br />That helps me decide that both Friday and the beginning of next week are times I should be prepared to potentially be stuck at work.<br /><br />...and I've *been* checking AccuWeather. ;) But AccuWeather focuses so strongly on day-by-day predictions that it's hard to get a bigger picture. I wish they'd provide more regional writeups. They do some, but I wish they'd do more. As it is, they are so specific and you are so general that it can be hard for a layman to connect the two and make sense of the result.<br /><br />This writeup that went up today was helpful: http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/how-will-joaquin-compare-to-superstorm-sandy-hurricane-isabelle-east-coast-impact-new-jersey-north-carolina/52693970<br /><br />I hope they'll keep doing writeups like that.<br /><br />I'll just make sure to keep at least a week's worth of medications with me. And I haven't forgotten that video you've posted before, from the dashcam of someone who drove into a flooded ditch! Thanks for posting it--I thought it was very useful in a "Here is how you can be tempted to try to drive through water that's actually dangerously deep; this is how it can look" kind of way. If I'm on my way home and come to a flooded road...I'll *turn around*. ;)<br /><br />Thanks again!Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12016514139909035199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7965215084022057128.post-59955413668505095192015-09-30T14:03:27.757-05:002015-09-30T14:03:27.757-05:00Great, I'm meant to drive from MA to MN this w...Great, I'm meant to drive from MA to MN this weekend. People should start paying me not to take trips! XAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11987776749722142805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7965215084022057128.post-13366432595500350222015-09-30T13:20:19.964-05:002015-09-30T13:20:19.964-05:00I wonder if anyone remembers the October outlook, ...I wonder if anyone remembers the October outlook, issued with a 0.5 month lead time. Well here it is:<br />http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/30day/index.php<br /><br />One word on the precip predictions for Mid-Atlantic and NE: OOPS. Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08331066509646364037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7965215084022057128.post-45595090055265504762015-09-30T10:17:45.287-05:002015-09-30T10:17:45.287-05:00I guarantee some areas will get more than a foot o...I guarantee some areas will get more than a foot of rain.Mike Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17435605216805307424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7965215084022057128.post-78519445078719174992015-09-30T10:16:12.193-05:002015-09-30T10:16:12.193-05:00This is what we call a "storm total" for...This is what we call a "storm total" forecast and it goes through Monday night. <br /><br />Unfortunately, it is impossible on a map, or on a blog, give the timing for every single city. So, I suggest going to AccuWeather.com and look up your specific area for the timing. <br /><br />Thank you for your comment. Mike Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17435605216805307424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7965215084022057128.post-89246267646667578372015-09-30T10:09:49.095-05:002015-09-30T10:09:49.095-05:00It's all blown completely out of proportion by...It's all blown completely out of proportion by the media. Try the National Weather Service for a forecast a little more realistic! Reports of "a foot" of rain are hilarious. So far the NWS has nailed it.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03562582745717168460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7965215084022057128.post-33938103706902900082015-09-30T10:00:06.526-05:002015-09-30T10:00:06.526-05:00Thanks, Mike!
I have a problem: I'm unclear a...Thanks, Mike!<br /><br />I have a problem: I'm unclear as to exactly when this forecast is for. Is your graphic a "totals through Sunday" forecast?<br /><br />Where I live isn't low-lying, but where I work is, and all routes there even more so.<br /><br />Should I be planning for a possible evacuation from work, and/or getting stuck there/in the area? On Friday? On Monday? "River flooding can be delayed after rain," I get that, but by how much? (Can't make a hotel reservation if I don't know for when.)<br /><br />I'm only in the Northeast, not the Middle Atlantic, so I'm not as concerned. I did bring a few days worth of my medications to the office just in case. But it seems more likely any flooding will keep me away from work rather than stuck there...or am I misunderstanding the forecast?<br /><br />BTW: I've commented here before about my weather radio that I could never get to work. I discovered the problem was that that model of weather radio (an Eton, I believe) *only accepts digital SAME*, and the local NWS stations--in both my former county *and* my current county in another state--use analog. So I replaced it with a new one that accepts analog SAME (a Midland WR-300).<br /><br />Anyway, thanks again for all your hard work!Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12016514139909035199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7965215084022057128.post-82957956415623869012015-09-30T09:55:01.952-05:002015-09-30T09:55:01.952-05:00Thank you. My daughter lives in Dewey Beach, DE ....Thank you. My daughter lives in Dewey Beach, DE . I haven't been following this weather event. Kristihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893331362155647093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7965215084022057128.post-78897431501345666082015-09-30T09:54:27.420-05:002015-09-30T09:54:27.420-05:00Thank you. My daughter lives in Dewey Beach, DE ....Thank you. My daughter lives in Dewey Beach, DE . I haven't been following this weather event. Kristihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893331362155647093noreply@blogger.com