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malaise

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32. Never heard of that one

Reply to mcar (Reply #22)

Sat Aug 26, 2017, 09:48 PM

Aug 2017

I worry about the Atlantic, Caribbean and GOM storms and where they're heading.
Harvey is moving slightly at 2mph now

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Seriously DUers have you ever seen a storm stall like this [View all] malaise Aug 2017 OP

storm drumpf. been swirling for over 200 days! NRaleighLiberal Aug 2017 #1

LOL - and now here come warnings for Louisiana malaise Aug 2017 #4

Our high pressure system is locked in and forcing that storm system to just sit there hlthe2b Aug 2017 #2

Only once. Pope George Ringo II Aug 2017 #3

How long did she stay around? n/t malaise Aug 2017 #6

It seemed like a week Pope George Ringo II Aug 2017 #17

Yes - here's her story malaise Aug 2017 #18

It was awful, just kept raining hard for a long, long time! Dustlawyer Aug 2017 #69

It was crazy, for sure TexasBushwhacker Aug 2017 #73

Welcome to DU, Pope George Ringo II! calimary Aug 2017 #75

1998 Quebec Ice Storm OneBlueDotBama Aug 2017 #5

Never heard of that one malaise Aug 2017 #8

wiki link... OneBlueDotBama Aug 2017 #16

Thanks malaise Aug 2017 #19

There's a YouTube video of that, also Warpy Aug 2017 #86

I remember that. GoCubsGo Aug 2017 #34

t was a Maine Event too jpak Aug 2017 #56

I think a number of them kinda sit for a while. Stuart G Aug 2017 #7

They say this one will stay around for five days malaise Aug 2017 #9

Katrina Sgent Aug 2017 #91

Yeah jberryhill Aug 2017 #10

This is almost double that so far malaise Aug 2017 #14

Clearly a sign of divine disfavor directed at a GOP state. guillaumeb Aug 2017 #11

Yes, there was one last year that stalled off the Atlantic Coast RhodeIslandOne Aug 2017 #12

yes, its stalled right over my house /w tornado box- Thank God, powers on! here's live radar link Sunlei Aug 2017 #13

Glad you're OK malaise Aug 2017 #15

Thanks, one inch rain in 15 mins is extreme weather! Tornado, wind sheer warning scares me most. Sunlei Aug 2017 #25

You get too much attention around here.. busterbrown Aug 2017 #26

LOL - weather warnings malaise Aug 2017 #35

Post removed Post removed Aug 2017 #64

"does that sound gay? cwydro Aug 2017 #88

Yeah... JimGinPA Aug 2017 #20

Last time I've seen anything like this was Hurriane Mitch that meandered around catbyte Aug 2017 #21

It was the horrific landslides with Mitch malaise Aug 2017 #31

When Andrew hit mcar Aug 2017 #22

Typhoon Pamela 1976, maybe? n/t snpsmom Aug 2017 #28

Maybe but she never said the name mcar Aug 2017 #50

Never heard of that one malaise Aug 2017 #32

Hurricane Andrew was horrible. It was like a huge lawnmower had run over the houses. n/t RKP5637 Aug 2017 #57

I know nothing about storms, but read somewhere that this one has a good chance of U turning Not Ruth Aug 2017 #23

Thing is Allison never became a hurricane malaise Aug 2017 #33

I know when they're coming malaise Aug 2017 #37

According to my dad yup tymorial Aug 2017 #24

Yes. More than one. GoCubsGo Aug 2017 #27

hurricane cleo Chipper Chat Aug 2017 #29

Don't remember Cleo malaise Aug 2017 #38

The jet streams over Canada have started stalling due to global warming. applegrove Aug 2017 #30

Rising sea levels and warmer waters are making them malaise Aug 2017 #39

you're so right about the warm waters. The gulf water is always hot, even has a huge dead zone. Sunlei Aug 2017 #49

In that area of the Gulf, water has been cooler than average recently. bluepen Aug 2017 #72

The Gulf water pre Harvey was between two and three degrees higher than usual malaise Aug 2017 #94

Interesting. The average is 86-88 degrees bluepen Aug 2017 #97

Right after winter, the gulf waters were on fire bronxiteforever Aug 2017 #102

One stalled over North Carolina for a couple of weeks back in the late 90s/early 2000s bathroommonkey76 Aug 2017 #36

Weeks? malaise Aug 2017 #40

Yes, weeks -- Hurricane Floyd obamanut2012 Aug 2017 #44

Floyd was a hurricane for 12 days. bluepen Aug 2017 #77

It was Floyd -- I posted it, too obamanut2012 Aug 2017 #43

Yep - now I recall that one malaise Aug 2017 #45

It stalled, and then backtracked obamanut2012 Aug 2017 #52

Floyd track. bluepen Aug 2017 #78

(I've always wondered which one was Pink.............. ) lastlib Aug 2017 #106

Dennis was the backtracker... Sunriser13 Aug 2017 #107

Gads, you are right! obamanut2012 Aug 2017 #110

It wasn't weeks. bluepen Aug 2017 #79

Yeah, Floyd -- it drowned Eastern NC obamanut2012 Aug 2017 #41

yay out of the tornado box on radar, outside can hear the toads/frogs singing the happy songs! Sunlei Aug 2017 #42

Glad that passed malaise Aug 2017 #46

no sundown is 8pm-I have decent flashlights & my dog had to go out:P Sunlei Aug 2017 #51

The blizzard of 1978 stalled over southeast Mass. Warpy Aug 2017 #47

I remember that DFW Aug 2017 #85

While it didn't stick around forever, tropical storm Claudette dropped 42 inches of rain in one day mythology Aug 2017 #48

I honestly can't. herding cats Aug 2017 #53

The Big Thompson Flood in 1976 killed 144 people... El Supremo Aug 2017 #54

Not quite like this, and what, 40" of rain or something. n/t RKP5637 Aug 2017 #55

In June 1972 hurricane Agnes a rather minor storm doc03 Aug 2017 #58

Oh yeah. Are_grits_groceries Aug 2017 #92

Agnes, 1972 DeminPennswoods Aug 2017 #59

DIdn't know about that one malaise Aug 2017 #61

That one dumped tons of rain at Lake Wallenpaupack in the Poconos BigmanPigman Aug 2017 #80

Agnes soaked the entire east coast DeminPennswoods Aug 2017 #95

Well .. ananda Aug 2017 #60

Sign from God rpannier Aug 2017 #62

Didn't Katrina stall? I remember after the initial hit, the wind died down, and there was just rain. pnwmom Aug 2017 #63

Katrina didn't really stall and she wasn't that Blue_Roses Aug 2017 #96

Katrina was category 5 Drahthaardogs Aug 2017 #100

It also saturated the ground underneath the levees Blue_Roses Aug 2017 #108

The levees failed because the storm system stalled and there was too much rain. n/t pnwmom Aug 2017 #104

More about Katrina Blue_Roses Aug 2017 #109

Living in NorCal in 1982 Ccarmona Aug 2017 #65

They said that once it hit land it could just sit for four or five days. It was encouraging.... George II Aug 2017 #66

Yes. Unnamed storm over Miami maybe 15 yrs back. bullimiami Aug 2017 #67

Someone needs to play this to Harvey until the message gets through. suffragette Aug 2017 #68

haha clever, also good song! nt steve2470 Aug 2017 #70

Hurricane Flora, 1963 Glorfindel Aug 2017 #71

Yes. Not uncommon, especially when there are no bluepen Aug 2017 #74

I remember Wilma stalling MerryBlooms Aug 2017 #76

That sounds like a scene from a Carl Hiassen novel! CottonBear Aug 2017 #103

Malaise, your computer is giving mine the cooties! jmbar2 Aug 2017 #81

While it wasn't a hurricane Docreed2003 Aug 2017 #82

Yes.Hurricanes' momentum--rotary and linear--is stalled by land; it doesn't have the 'give' of water ancianita Aug 2017 #83

In 1985 Hurricane Elena hung out in the Gulf for several days csziggy Aug 2017 #84

Tropical Storm Claudette steve2470 Aug 2017 #87

43 inches in 24 hours malaise Aug 2017 #93

nor'easters tend to do that eShirl Aug 2017 #89

It rains on the just and unjust alike. NNadir Aug 2017 #90

Yep - this on the weather underground comments page malaise Aug 2017 #98

A week? Try 20 years, everybody knew what was coming Not Ruth Aug 2017 #99

True malaise Aug 2017 #101

Allison did it for three days but this is far worse Gothmog Aug 2017 #105

I've seen lots of comparisons with Alison but remember malaise Aug 2017 #111