Tuesday, January 19, 2010

The Sea Was Angry This Morning My Friends


Forty minutes of bike-path intervals this morning, and I would have beaten the rain had I not stopped at the beach to shoot this dumb video.

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
859 PM PST TUE JAN 19 2010

...POWERFUL PACIFIC STORM EXPECTED TO BRING STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS
TO MUCH OF SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA ON WEDNESDAY...

.A POWERFUL PACIFIC STORM...LIKELY THE STRONGEST OF THE WEEK...WILL
BRING STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS TO MUCH OF SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA
ON WEDNESDAY. SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE RAPIDLY
WEDNESDAY MORNING IN ADVANCE OF THE STRONG COLD FRONT...THEN PEAK
FROM MID MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. DURING THE PEAK OF THE
EVENT...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS
COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS...WITH GUSTS OVER 80 MPH IN FAVORED
MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS. WINDS IN THE VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY
MOUNTAINS WILL BE COVERED BY THE WINTER STORM WATCH WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FOR HEAVY SNOW AND VERY STRONG WINDS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
DIMINISH LATER WEDNESDAY EVENING... BUT PERIODS OF STRONG WINDS
CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.

THIS POWERFUL STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BRING SOME OF THE
STRONGEST WINDS WE HAVE SEEN IN YEARS TO MUCH OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA.
THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES ESPECIALLY
CONSIDERING THE SATURATED GROUNDS. IN ADDITION...THERE COULD BE
DOWNED POWER LINES WITH WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES...ALONG WITH
PROPERTY DAMAGE. RESIDENTS SHOULD TAKE ACTION NOW TO SECURE LOOSE
OBJECTS BEFORE THE ONSET OF THE STRONG WINDS.

CAZ039-201230-
/O.NEW.KLOX.HW.W.0004.100120T1800Z-100121T0000Z/
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANTA BARBARA...MONTECITO...CARPINTERIA
859 PM PST TUE JAN 19 2010

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A
HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 4 PM PST
WEDNESDAY.

* TIMING: SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE
RAPIDLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS LIKELY FROM
LATE MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON.

* WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WITH DAMAGING GUSTS
TO 60 MPH LIKELY DURING THE PEAK OF THE EVENT.

* IMPACTS: THESE WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THERE WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT THREAT OF
DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREES...AS WELL AS POWER OUTAGES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH OR GREATER OR
GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. BE ALERT FOR FLYING DEBRIS. IF
ON THE ROAD...KEEP EYES OPEN FOR FALLEN TREES AND DOWNED POWER
LINES. SECURE ALL DOORS AND WINDOWS AND STAY INDOORS IF POSSIBLE.

Marco Fanelli said...

Yep, yep. Woke this morning to thunder and lighting ...very, very frightening.

Marco Fanelli said...

lightNing

Tom Anhalt said...

...Galileo! Galileo! Galileo Figaro!

Anonymous said...

Like an old man sending soup back at a deli.
too bad the video won't load

Marco Fanelli said...

Yep, just like that!

I'm not sure why the video won't load for you. It works for me in three different browsers on a PC. Maybe there are some flash player updates or something? What about the radar video above, does that work? Stupid computers!

Anonymous said...

says this video is currently not available. please try again later.

the radar vid works

Anonymous said...

it's my computer. works on another one. hmmm

Marco Fanelli said...

Thank you for testing that. I never know about these things, and it bewilders me how finicky our computers can be! My latest computer "issue" is that I got wireless mice for my computer and my kids' computer, and even though they are a good 30-40 feet apart, the stupid mice interfere with each other and don't work right when we're all on. Sheeesh!!