Sunday, August 27, 2017

I just don't believe exploring the causes of Harvey is appropriate until the storm resolves.

This is a picture of a friend's son in his backyard just south of Houston. There is no running water. The waves are from him wading into the water to look down toward his neighbors. That water isn't going anywhere anytime soon. The reflection in the water shows blue skies. He and his household (including dog) eventually walked out to higher ground and other friends. 

They have to. There is no guarantee the water is going to stop rising. I hate the idea of wading through water, but, it is the only viable way out for many. When there is high water there are also critters that are trying to find a way out, too. It get's dangerous. There could be chemicals and all kinds of stuff in that water. Adding chaos to American neighborhoods is not a good idea.

Harvey is a new standard for storms on Earth. The United Nations Security Council needs to take up the subject. There are plenty of scientists that would be willing to address the physics of this storm. The USA's climate policies have to be taken to task. 

I would expect export sanctions against the USA of any methane or oil products. I would also expect any other insults to the troposphere caused by the USA to be placed into a UN Resolution to move forward with sanctions to bring compliance to international norms.

This cannot be overlooked.

Perhaps a summit by the UN to discuss this is in line with the concern all people should have with the climate. We have just witnessed a mass extinction event of corals. These dynamics are of great concern. Great concern. This isn't just a storm. The USA would like to minimize the concern by thinking about it that way, but, Harvey is far more than a storm. Harvey is a statement about the climate. It is important it is all contextualized.

Until tomorrow.
The FCC is going to have to provide dedicated bandwidth for the rescue efforts.

Any public/private effort cannot interfere with the military bandwidth of USA Coast Guard or National Guard. 

Efforts will have to be coordinated through those bandwidths.
I do not recommend private helicopters or planes in the area of rescue. The USA Coast Guard should operate those aspects only.

If such an effort is needed, it needs coordination, primarily with recommendations of FAA/USA Coast Guard/National Guard and very experienced pilots.

The Private Fleet

A couple of things.

The USA Coast Guard will have an assessment of wind, rain and water currents. That can translate into what type of boat/ship can navigate shallow waters.

REMIND THE PRIVATE FLEET THESE WATERS WILL CHANGE IN THE NEAR FUTURE AND RETURN TO MORE SHALLOW WATERS. WHAT IS EASY TO TRAVERSE TODAY, WILL CHANGE IN THE FUTURE.

WARNING SIGNS IN THE WATER NORMALLY THERE MAY BE GONE AFTER THE WATER HEIGHT LOWERS.

The USA Coast Guard Commanders can commission private boat/ship owners that can navigate the waters safely. The Private Fleet will have to be provided fuel to accelerate rescue. 

It can be a volunteer effort and/or a paid effort.

HOWEVER.

The Governors along the USA East Coast havw to begin to plan for their burgeoning storm.

As Harvey decelerates it will release the current water vapor accumulation near/over Florida. That means with a falling central pressure of the Florida disturbance it places the USA East Coast in question.

THIS IS WHAT I CALL AN OSCILLATION EVENT.

Now, in order to assist all the people that will be effected by Harvey there needs to be a private effort. The Governor and local Sheriffs can also commission their own private effort. Governors that are at latitudes closer to Harvey have to keep in mind the interstate truck traffic increase with potential flooding along major rivers and tributaries.

This is a very complicated picture. Americans are up to it. Think 'staging areas' for all efforts to insure rescue workers and equipment remain intact and safe. Without them every effort is nothing.

I wish everyone the best of luck.

Sustaining velocity because of sustained tropospheric heat.

28.50 -97.20 08/26/06Z 85 963 HURRICANE-2
28.90 -97.30 08/26/12Z 65 984 HURRICANE-1
29.10 -97.60 08/26/18Z 55 990 TROPICAL STORM
29.30 -97.30 08/27/00Z 45 994 TROPICAL STORM
29.20 -97.70 08/27/06Z 40 998 TROPICAL STORM

Harvey REQUIRES a fall of about 10 more millibars to encourage dissipation. Cureently, Harvey's' feeder system extends from the ITCZ (Intertropical Convergence Zone) to just below the Arctic Circle. Once it reaches the Artic
Circle the system can be considered a complete heat transfer system to dissipate the heat.

It's just that there is so little ice in the Arctic Ocean this year there is nothing to encourage quicker resolve. It's physics, folks. The oceans are hot. The Gulf of Mexico is ridiculously hot. There is no place for the heat to go.

August 27, 2017
1130.18z
UNISYS Water Vapor Satellite of North and West Hemisphere (click here for 12 hour loop - thank you)   

For all those Martians that are still on Earth, that is why there are chronic tornadoes. No atmospheric water vapor to dissipate the heat into clouds to rain down on Earth to transfer the heat to Marian soil and oceans. I suppose once Mars reaches the habitable zone around Sol the polar ice caps will melt and it will be easier to live there. 

That, however, is a very, very long wait.