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With Sam jumping to Cat 4 (my fear was it would hit ECU next weekend, but relax, it's almost certainly heading to Nova Scotia), this story popped up in my feed... and it's got a LOT of interesting info, especially the various maps of historical late September and early October storms. I also didn't realize that after last year they'd ditched going to the Greek alphabet as a supplement and now have another name list (some interesting names on that one).

https://www.severe-weather.eu/tropical- ... y-four-mk/
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No Xavier? Come on!
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doncecco wrote: Mon Sep 27, 2021 4:11 am No Xavier? Come on!
That's more of a middle name! :wink:
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PeteRasche wrote: Mon Sep 27, 2021 9:53 am
doncecco wrote: Mon Sep 27, 2021 4:11 am No Xavier? Come on!
That's more of a middle name! :wink:
not entirely true... I think the reason is because half the population would call it "zavier", half would call it "hahvier" and the other half "eggzavier" (yes, I used ManBearPig math)

one thing that really pi88es me off about the hurricane "chicken littles" is them pointing to "oh, we've already had X number of named storms and we're all gonna DIE!!!!" when the bulk of the named storms haven't come close to land... look at Peter, Rose and Teresa... and Sam, too... NONE have threatened any land... total wastes of names. But the chicken littles will talk about how there are so many more storms and global warming and STOP DRIVING CARS!!!

I have been using a site Track the Tropics because they put a bunch of the spaghetti models out for the Invests, not just the named storms... but even they are a little guilty of going "full Weather Channel".. they edited this morning's NHC map to have red X's instead of orange (70% likely formation vs. 40% likely formation). I get the reason they want to be hyper cautious.. but they also lose the public's confidence with too many blown calls.
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Johnny Mac wrote: Mon Sep 27, 2021 11:00 am
PeteRasche wrote: Mon Sep 27, 2021 9:53 am
doncecco wrote: Mon Sep 27, 2021 4:11 am No Xavier? Come on!
That's more of a middle name! :wink:
not entirely true... I think the reason is because half the population would call it "zavier", half would call it "hahvier" and the other half "eggzavier" (yes, I used ManBearPig math)

one thing that really pi88es me off about the hurricane "chicken littles" is them pointing to "oh, we've already had X number of named storms and we're all gonna DIE!!!!" when the bulk of the named storms haven't come close to land... look at Peter, Rose and Teresa... and Sam, too... NONE have threatened any land... total wastes of names. But the chicken littles will talk about how there are so many more storms and global warming and STOP DRIVING CARS!!!

I have been using a site Track the Tropics because they put a bunch of the spaghetti models out for the Invests, not just the named storms... but even they are a little guilty of going "full Weather Channel".. they edited this morning's NHC map to have red X's instead of orange (70% likely formation vs. 40% likely formation). I get the reason they want to be hyper cautious.. but they also lose the public's confidence with too many blown calls.
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Johnny Mac wrote: Mon Sep 27, 2021 11:00 am
PeteRasche wrote: Mon Sep 27, 2021 9:53 am
doncecco wrote: Mon Sep 27, 2021 4:11 am No Xavier? Come on!
That's more of a middle name! :wink:
not entirely true... I think the reason is because half the population would call it "zavier", half would call it "hahvier" and the other half "eggzavier" (yes, I used ManBearPig math)

one thing that really pi88es me off about the hurricane "chicken littles" is them pointing to "oh, we've already had X number of named storms and we're all gonna DIE!!!!" when the bulk of the named storms haven't come close to land... look at Peter, Rose and Teresa... and Sam, too... NONE have threatened any land... total wastes of names. But the chicken littles will talk about how there are so many more storms and global warming and STOP DRIVING CARS!!!

I have been using a site Track the Tropics because they put a bunch of the spaghetti models out for the Invests, not just the named storms... but even they are a little guilty of going "full Weather Channel".. they edited this morning's NHC map to have red X's instead of orange (70% likely formation vs. 40% likely formation). I get the reason they want to be hyper cautious.. but they also lose the public's confidence with too many blown calls.
Yeah, when did this eggzavier become a thing, anyway?

Re: storms...maybe it's because I've still got sheetrock piled on the curb, but it sure seems like it's something we're dealing with way more frequently (and with way more intensity) now.
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ml wave wrote: Mon Sep 27, 2021 11:41 am
Johnny Mac wrote: Mon Sep 27, 2021 11:00 am
PeteRasche wrote: Mon Sep 27, 2021 9:53 am
doncecco wrote: Mon Sep 27, 2021 4:11 am No Xavier? Come on!
That's more of a middle name! :wink:
not entirely true... I think the reason is because half the population would call it "zavier", half would call it "hahvier" and the other half "eggzavier" (yes, I used ManBearPig math)

one thing that really pi88es me off about the hurricane "chicken littles" is them pointing to "oh, we've already had X number of named storms and we're all gonna DIE!!!!" when the bulk of the named storms haven't come close to land... look at Peter, Rose and Teresa... and Sam, too... NONE have threatened any land... total wastes of names. But the chicken littles will talk about how there are so many more storms and global warming and STOP DRIVING CARS!!!

I have been using a site Track the Tropics because they put a bunch of the spaghetti models out for the Invests, not just the named storms... but even they are a little guilty of going "full Weather Channel".. they edited this morning's NHC map to have red X's instead of orange (70% likely formation vs. 40% likely formation). I get the reason they want to be hyper cautious.. but they also lose the public's confidence with too many blown calls.
Yeah, when did this eggzavier become a thing, anyway?

Re: storms...maybe it's because I've still got sheetrock piled on the curb, but it sure seems like it's something we're dealing with way more frequently (and with way more intensity) now.
Ex-zavier? Like in X-Men movies? I'd heard former Wichita State and NBA star Xavier McDaniel pronounced both ways...
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you will find that eggzavier is generally an African American pronunciation of Xavier

it was Charles eggzavier in the movies because of the emphasis on X for X Men

ml, I don't disagree that storms are more frequent and stronger now.. I use my personal Tulane benchmark as an example... four years in New Orleans (81 to 85) and not even a sniff of a storm... continued until what.. the late 90s when Georges threatened early in that football season? Then a few more years of nothing.. then BAM.. Katrina.

BUT, I do not approve of the overhyping... because then the public gets desensitized after you miss and miss and miss. eventually, people will stop listening.
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Johnny Mac wrote: Mon Sep 27, 2021 1:44 pm you will find that eggzavier is generally an African American pronunciation of Xavier

it was Charles eggzavier in the movies because of the emphasis on X for X Men

ml, I don't disagree that storms are more frequent and stronger now.. I use my personal Tulane benchmark as an example... four years in New Orleans (81 to 85) and not even a sniff of a storm... continued until what.. the late 90s when Georges threatened early in that football season? Then a few more years of nothing.. then BAM.. Katrina.

BUT, I do not approve of the overhyping... because then the public gets desensitized after you miss and miss and miss. eventually, people will stop listening.
I don't think there's anyone here that's desensitized after Katrina...before, sure.
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Johnny Mac wrote: Mon Sep 27, 2021 1:44 pm
BUT, I do not approve of the overhyping... because then the public gets desensitized after you miss and miss and miss. eventually, people will stop listening.
THIS. And it applies to a lot of things. Just because something is a real threat and just because the public is underestimating that thread does not = it's a good idea to overstate that threat to try to jolt the public
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Damn, I should've suggested Xander or Xiomora instead. :roll:
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doncecco wrote: Mon Sep 27, 2021 5:23 pm Damn, I should've suggested Xander or Xiomora instead. :roll:
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ml wave wrote: Mon Sep 27, 2021 6:20 pm
doncecco wrote: Mon Sep 27, 2021 5:23 pm Damn, I should've suggested Xander or Xiomora instead. :roll:
Eggzander!
Eggsyomora??
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Johnny Mac wrote: Mon Sep 27, 2021 9:08 pm
ml wave wrote: Mon Sep 27, 2021 6:20 pm
doncecco wrote: Mon Sep 27, 2021 5:23 pm Damn, I should've suggested Xander or Xiomora instead. :roll:
Eggzander!
Eggsyomora??
I think it's egg-salad-sandwich
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Johnny Mac wrote: Mon Sep 27, 2021 9:08 pm
ml wave wrote: Mon Sep 27, 2021 6:20 pm
doncecco wrote: Mon Sep 27, 2021 5:23 pm Damn, I should've suggested Xander or Xiomora instead. :roll:
Eggzander!
Eggsyomora??
I think I had that at Brennan's once.
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doncecco wrote: Tue Sep 28, 2021 3:58 am
Johnny Mac wrote: Mon Sep 27, 2021 9:08 pm
ml wave wrote: Mon Sep 27, 2021 6:20 pm
doncecco wrote: Mon Sep 27, 2021 5:23 pm Damn, I should've suggested Xander or Xiomora instead. :roll:
Eggzander!
Eggsyomora??
I think I had that at Brennan's once.
cool story bro time... once a buddy of mine asked on Facebook (he lives in Atlanta)... "anyone know a good Midtown plumber?" Well, Midtown Atlanta has a larger than average gay population so I said "Midtown plumber sounds like something that you'd find on Urban Dictionary"... so I decided to make up a definition, which I will not share here, and it got accepted. I am one of the rare folks who have been published on both Urban Dictionary and in Maxim magazine, BTW.

Anyway, point of my referencing this.. we should make up a dish Eggsyomora to fit the name... sounds Japanese to me... perhaps an egg scramble mixed with teriyaki beef and veggies?
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Alright JM, I gotta know what you had published in Maxim.
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Johnny Mac wrote: Tue Sep 28, 2021 8:15 am
doncecco wrote: Tue Sep 28, 2021 3:58 am
Johnny Mac wrote: Mon Sep 27, 2021 9:08 pm
ml wave wrote: Mon Sep 27, 2021 6:20 pm
doncecco wrote: Mon Sep 27, 2021 5:23 pm Damn, I should've suggested Xander or Xiomora instead. :roll:
Eggzander!
Eggsyomora??
I think I had that at Brennan's once.
cool story bro time... once a buddy of mine asked on Facebook (he lives in Atlanta)... "anyone know a good Midtown plumber?" Well, Midtown Atlanta has a larger than average gay population so I said "Midtown plumber sounds like something that you'd find on Urban Dictionary"... so I decided to make up a definition, which I will not share here, and it got accepted. I am one of the rare folks who have been published on both Urban Dictionary and in Maxim magazine, BTW.

Anyway, point of my referencing this.. we should make up a dish Eggsyomora to fit the name... sounds Japanese to me... perhaps an egg scramble mixed with teriyaki beef and veggies?
Xiomora is Mexican/Latino!
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doncecco wrote: Tue Sep 28, 2021 6:09 pm
Johnny Mac wrote: Tue Sep 28, 2021 8:15 am
doncecco wrote: Tue Sep 28, 2021 3:58 am
Johnny Mac wrote: Mon Sep 27, 2021 9:08 pm
ml wave wrote: Mon Sep 27, 2021 6:20 pm
doncecco wrote: Mon Sep 27, 2021 5:23 pm Damn, I should've suggested Xander or Xiomora instead. :roll:
Eggzander!
Eggsyomora??
I think I had that at Brennan's once.
cool story bro time... once a buddy of mine asked on Facebook (he lives in Atlanta)... "anyone know a good Midtown plumber?" Well, Midtown Atlanta has a larger than average gay population so I said "Midtown plumber sounds like something that you'd find on Urban Dictionary"... so I decided to make up a definition, which I will not share here, and it got accepted. I am one of the rare folks who have been published on both Urban Dictionary and in Maxim magazine, BTW.

Anyway, point of my referencing this.. we should make up a dish Eggsyomora to fit the name... sounds Japanese to me... perhaps an egg scramble mixed with teriyaki beef and veggies?
Xiomora is Mexican/Latino!
I realize that.. but I am saying that "eggsyomora" sounds Japanese to me
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Johnny Mac wrote: Wed Sep 29, 2021 9:22 am
doncecco wrote: Tue Sep 28, 2021 6:09 pm
Johnny Mac wrote: Tue Sep 28, 2021 8:15 am
doncecco wrote: Tue Sep 28, 2021 3:58 am
Johnny Mac wrote: Mon Sep 27, 2021 9:08 pm
ml wave wrote: Mon Sep 27, 2021 6:20 pm
doncecco wrote: Mon Sep 27, 2021 5:23 pm Damn, I should've suggested Xander or Xiomora instead. :roll:
Eggzander!
Eggsyomora??
I think I had that at Brennan's once.
cool story bro time... once a buddy of mine asked on Facebook (he lives in Atlanta)... "anyone know a good Midtown plumber?" Well, Midtown Atlanta has a larger than average gay population so I said "Midtown plumber sounds like something that you'd find on Urban Dictionary"... so I decided to make up a definition, which I will not share here, and it got accepted. I am one of the rare folks who have been published on both Urban Dictionary and in Maxim magazine, BTW.

Anyway, point of my referencing this.. we should make up a dish Eggsyomora to fit the name... sounds Japanese to me... perhaps an egg scramble mixed with teriyaki beef and veggies?
Xiomora is Mexican/Latino!
I realize that.. but I am saying that "eggsyomora" sounds Japanese to me
Sounds more fake Asian; kinda like Yakamein.
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GretnaGrn wrote: Wed Sep 29, 2021 11:20 am
Johnny Mac wrote: Wed Sep 29, 2021 9:22 am
doncecco wrote: Tue Sep 28, 2021 6:09 pm
Johnny Mac wrote: Tue Sep 28, 2021 8:15 am
doncecco wrote: Tue Sep 28, 2021 3:58 am
Johnny Mac wrote: Mon Sep 27, 2021 9:08 pm
ml wave wrote: Mon Sep 27, 2021 6:20 pm
doncecco wrote: Mon Sep 27, 2021 5:23 pm Damn, I should've suggested Xander or Xiomora instead. :roll:
Eggzander!
Eggsyomora??
I think I had that at Brennan's once.
cool story bro time... once a buddy of mine asked on Facebook (he lives in Atlanta)... "anyone know a good Midtown plumber?" Well, Midtown Atlanta has a larger than average gay population so I said "Midtown plumber sounds like something that you'd find on Urban Dictionary"... so I decided to make up a definition, which I will not share here, and it got accepted. I am one of the rare folks who have been published on both Urban Dictionary and in Maxim magazine, BTW.

Anyway, point of my referencing this.. we should make up a dish Eggsyomora to fit the name... sounds Japanese to me... perhaps an egg scramble mixed with teriyaki beef and veggies?
Xiomora is Mexican/Latino!
I realize that.. but I am saying that "eggsyomora" sounds Japanese to me
Sounds more fake Asian; kinda like Yakamein.
Chinese place by me has Yat Gaw Mein, I was like:

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