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1. Toto, this is a BFD! n/t

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Fri Mar 29, 2013, 08:03 AM

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(Holy shit) Incredible North Atlantic Storm Spans Atlantic Ocean From US to Europe [View all] WilliamPitt Mar 2013 OP

Toto, this is a BFD! n/t RKP5637 Mar 2013 #1

Whoa... ewagner Mar 2013 #2

, we're truly f-cked if this is now the new normal, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , leveymg Mar 2013 #3

Probably not, despite the hysterical cries of the doomsayers. AverageJoe90 Mar 2013 #24

Thank you for your expertise. Hissyspit Mar 2013 #33

Lulz. xD AverageJoe90 Mar 2013 #34

Tell that to the good people of Staten Island. They'll tell you about hysterical. leveymg Mar 2013 #40

So what do you think is the new normal? lunatica Mar 2013 #49

Yes, we do need to address the issue, but no, this planet is NOT going to turn into Venus........ AverageJoe90 Mar 2013 #53

You don't know any more about this than anyone else does lunatica Mar 2013 #54

Yes, I do. Because it's not possible. Period. AverageJoe90 Mar 2013 #55

And there was almost a world record high pressure over Greenland, just last week muriel_volestrangler Mar 2013 #4

What does that mean? lapislzi Mar 2013 #18

To be honest, I can't say what it means at all muriel_volestrangler Mar 2013 #26

You sound like you know a lot more than me. When I look at the picture all I see is southernyankeebelle Mar 2013 #31

Look at the swirl tavalon Mar 2013 #32

I believe that Greenland is actually a cluster of Islands bridged by fast rotting ice Sunlei Mar 2013 #48

It's one island, though the centre of its bedrock is currently below sea level muriel_volestrangler Mar 2013 #50

Thanks that is a very cool map link! wonder how much larger each springs floods will be? Sunlei Mar 2013 #52

looking for additional coverage jollyreaper2112 Mar 2013 #5

Should call it "Thanatos" Destroyer of Worlds. Katashi_itto Mar 2013 #6

Perhaps only USA storms are named? dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #7

Only by the Weather Channel caraher Mar 2013 #30

Odd that a storm that big would not generate headlines on weather.com or accuweather, or weatherbug. MindPilot Mar 2013 #8

It did, but most of the news coverage was in January, here are just a few covering it. unapatriciated Mar 2013 #10

If the same area of low pressure has hung around for 2 months, that would be big news muriel_volestrangler Mar 2013 #29

Here's somehing: tosh Mar 2013 #21

Looks like something from that movie "The Day After Tommorrow" nt Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2013 #9

That's what I thought! MNBrewer Mar 2013 #43

named storms jollyreaper2112 Mar 2013 #11

CNN does a day on Ballon Boy and this gets little coverage olddots Mar 2013 #12

Freaking wow! malaise Mar 2013 #13

Where? UnrepentantLiberal Mar 2013 #41

in the Buff Bay area of Portland malaise Mar 2013 #42

Sweet. UnrepentantLiberal Mar 2013 #45

Holy Crap! In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #14

High pressure systems in the North Atlantic where we used to have ice packs over land and ... Botany Mar 2013 #15

You mean North America to Europe. subterranean Mar 2013 #16

Looks like one of the ones from 'Day After Tomorrow' ... Myrina Mar 2013 #17

I just turned over to TWC a couple minutes ago... ReRe Mar 2013 #19

Wish me luck I'm about to fly through all that Rosa Luxemburg Mar 2013 #20

Sandy was almost like that BumRushDaShow Mar 2013 #22

There's a reason this isn't particularly big news. And why the sky isn't falling. onenote Mar 2013 #23

Yeah, maybe. Still looks pretty impressive, though. =) AverageJoe90 Mar 2013 #25

No doubt its impressive looking. onenote Mar 2013 #28

But, but, but climate change is a liberal ploy!!!! nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #27

Not again! David Zephyr Mar 2013 #35

Wasn't George Clooney in this one about 10 years ago? undeterred Mar 2013 #36

cool! looks to me like a warm hypertonic solution demonstrating osmotic pressure- planet size Sunlei Mar 2013 #37

Wherever Earth's soon-to-be "Great White Spot" settles, I hope it's not over me. hunter Mar 2013 #38

Relax, Hunter, that isn't going to happen. Earth isn't Jupiter, you know. n/t AverageJoe90 Mar 2013 #56

Damn! Glad I'm not flying to Europe! n/t winter is coming Mar 2013 #39

94% of all global warming is in the oceans. Bolo Boffin Mar 2013 #44

Looks like the storms from The Day After Tomorrow. nt MzShellG Mar 2013 #46

I wonder if that's bigger than Super Typhoon Tip. TroubleMan Mar 2013 #47

lots of air movement this time of year Coyotl Mar 2013 #51