I don't know about any of you, but If I saw either of the attached pictures from my sailboat, I would be SCARED!
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It is possible Rick
These pictures were sent to me. While I certainly didn't do anything to them except resize them, it is possible someone did doctor them. It happens all the time on the web. If so, I apologize, but they were impressive looking anyway. Ward
These pictures were sent to me. While I certainly didn't do anything to them except resize them, it is possible someone did doctor them. It happens all the time on the web. If so, I apologize, but they were impressive looking anyway. Ward
unresized
Ward, those are incredible. Can I get a copy of them un-resized? I'd like to have a closer look. Pls let me know, and I'll send you my e-mail address. Thx. Bill
Ward, those are incredible. Can I get a copy of them un-resized? I'd like to have a closer look. Pls let me know, and I'll send you my e-mail address. Thx. Bill
I'm with Rick
A storm of this size would push a lot of sea ahead of it....look at the water it's calm..no way you could be that close to a storm that size and be sailing in flat seas Craig
A storm of this size would push a lot of sea ahead of it....look at the water it's calm..no way you could be that close to a storm that size and be sailing in flat seas Craig
Probably Real, May Not Be Isabel
We had a storm that looked worse than this pass over us in the Dry Tortugas one spring. We took a windshift from south at 10 knots to northwest at 70 knots. Not real fun. Talk about knock-down. Bill
We had a storm that looked worse than this pass over us in the Dry Tortugas one spring. We took a windshift from south at 10 knots to northwest at 70 knots. Not real fun. Talk about knock-down. Bill
Real just not Izzy
These are pics of a thunderstorm not a Hurricane. Check out the www.snopes.com Urban Legends website when you get stuff like this from the Internet. They reliably debunk the myths, clarify the half truths and confirm the real ones.
These are pics of a thunderstorm not a Hurricane. Check out the www.snopes.com Urban Legends website when you get stuff like this from the Internet. They reliably debunk the myths, clarify the half truths and confirm the real ones.
Hoax
I saw one of our local TV news guys talking about these... I didn't catch if they were real (I personally think they are heavily retouched) but he did they were most certainly not Isabel.
I saw one of our local TV news guys talking about these... I didn't catch if they were real (I personally think they are heavily retouched) but he did they were most certainly not Isabel.
Not a hurricane for sure.
If you've ever been through one, you'd know that those were not photos of a hurricane. For one, a hurricane doesn't have a distinct boundary. The winds increase gradually and steadily and are followed by ever increasing amounts of rain. Don't ask me how I KNOW this. ~ Happy sails to you ~ _/) ~
If you've ever been through one, you'd know that those were not photos of a hurricane. For one, a hurricane doesn't have a distinct boundary. The winds increase gradually and steadily and are followed by ever increasing amounts of rain. Don't ask me how I KNOW this. ~ Happy sails to you ~ _/) ~
Agreed
This looks like one of those nasty but somewhat typical late-afternoon thunderstorms that can roll through the mid-atlantic. I just about got hammered by one at Lake Anne (VA) in the ski-boat. Those suckers move fast. They seem to hang in the distance for an hour, and then WHAM they are all over you. We ran about 8 miles at 40-knots to get away from one, and still only just got the boat out of the water before it pounded us.
This looks like one of those nasty but somewhat typical late-afternoon thunderstorms that can roll through the mid-atlantic. I just about got hammered by one at Lake Anne (VA) in the ski-boat. Those suckers move fast. They seem to hang in the distance for an hour, and then WHAM they are all over you. We ran about 8 miles at 40-knots to get away from one, and still only just got the boat out of the water before it pounded us.
Weather.com remarks
We were watching Weather.com on Friday after the hurricane. Dr. Steve Lyons of the Hurricane Center said the picture on the left is definately a hoax. There are two types of clouds in the picture that would not be present in the same area. Also, as most of us know, the cloud cover from a hurricane extends hundreds of miles around the eye of the hurricane. The satelite images of the clouds for days before landfall were larger than NC, SC and VA combined. Interesting pictures though.
We were watching Weather.com on Friday after the hurricane. Dr. Steve Lyons of the Hurricane Center said the picture on the left is definately a hoax. There are two types of clouds in the picture that would not be present in the same area. Also, as most of us know, the cloud cover from a hurricane extends hundreds of miles around the eye of the hurricane. The satelite images of the clouds for days before landfall were larger than NC, SC and VA combined. Interesting pictures though.
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