{"id":2158,"date":"2010-07-31T04:04:39","date_gmt":"2010-07-31T10:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/royceeddington.com\/?p=2158"},"modified":"2010-07-31T04:04:39","modified_gmt":"2010-07-31T10:04:39","slug":"a-giant-storm-is-rolling-across-the-atlantic-and-i-mean-a-giant-giant-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/royceeddington.com\/?p=2158","title":{"rendered":"A giant storm is rolling across the Atlantic. And I mean a giant giant storm."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was checking <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/\">NOAA<\/a> just now (Insomnia!!! Whoo Hoo!!!) and saw there&#8217;s a giant bohonkus storm that&#8217;s rolling across the Atlantic. It&#8217;s the one on the lower right in the next photo.<BR><\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/royceeddington\/4846089464\/\" title=\"Gulf Sized Storm 01 by Royce Eddington, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4087\/4846089464_5b5fd26418.jpg?resize=500%2C369\" width=\"500\" height=\"369\" alt=\"Gulf Sized Storm 01\" \/><\/a><\/center><BR><\/p>\n<p>It doesn&#8217;t look too bad over the ocean, but using my Photoshop ninja skills, I put it over the Gulf of Mexico&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/royceeddington\/4845471761\/\" title=\"Gulf Sized Storm 02 by Royce Eddington, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4110\/4845471761_bb0a8a2af3.jpg?resize=198%2C301\" width=\"198\" height=\"301\" alt=\"Gulf Sized Storm 02\" \/><\/a><\/center><BR><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and, as it is right now, the storm would take up the <em>entire<\/em> Gulf of Mexico. So how big is it over land?<BR><\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/royceeddington\/4846089608\/\" title=\"Gulf Sized Storm 03 by Royce Eddington, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4148\/4846089608_9a5fd57421.jpg?resize=198%2C301\" width=\"198\" height=\"301\" alt=\"Gulf Sized Storm 03\" \/><\/a><\/center><BR><\/p>\n<p>Offhand, it looks like the storm would completely cover Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi. Five states underneath <em>one<\/em> storm. <\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s a big damn storm.<\/p>\n<p>And don&#8217;t storms gather strength and cohesion as they travel across the ocean during this time of year?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was checking NOAA just now (Insomnia!!! Whoo Hoo!!!) and saw there&#8217;s a giant bohonkus storm that&#8217;s rolling across the Atlantic. It&#8217;s the one on the lower right in the next photo. 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