Southwick race in jeopardy?

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Berni 8/26/2011 5:46am
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Make sense. All places have their +/-... I'm moving back permanently to Sweden in 3 weeks by the way!Unsure
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Hey Dr, I do not blame you for comming back, I have lived one year in Copenhaguen, and while ther visited Stockholm, and at least for...
Hey Dr, I do not blame you for comming back, I have lived one year in Copenhaguen, and while ther visited Stockholm, and at least for me Scandinavia is such a nice place to live (specially Cph and Stockholm), I'd like to get a job there now that I finished my studies and live there at least some years, but learnig danish was almost impossible in the short term, althoug I think because of the pronunciation, swedish might be easier...
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Maybe Swedish is easier? I almost felt like danish people speaking sounded like drunk Swedes! :) Yeah, it's not hard to sell Stockholm and going back...
Maybe Swedish is easier? I almost felt like danish people speaking sounded like drunk Swedes! Smile Yeah, it's not hard to sell Stockholm and going back isn't something negative despite I feel some very strong feelings favoring New England...
Funny that you say Danish sound like drunk Swedes because german people say exactly the same
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DrSweden 8/26/2011 6:19am
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Berni wrote:
Funny that you say Danish sound like drunk Swedes because german people say exactly the same
Ha! Then we should consider as a fact! I have seen people here create facts with less to build on! Wink
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DrSweden 8/26/2011 6:22am
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catatonic wrote:
Gotta go through P-town to get to this.......well worth it.[img]http://i1127.photobucket.com/albums/l628/catatonic-515/rig2.jpg[/img]
Gotta go through P-town to get to this.......well worth it.
Pretty sure that's towards "Race Point"?

One of the few places on the Cape where you feel you are "in the ocean" while being on land. Water was a bit cold for my taste, but I got to see whales and seals!!! No great white sharks though...

Crap I already miss the place...
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DrSweden 8/26/2011 7:20am
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PaleBlue wrote:
I lived on Mass's other cape for a year, in Rockport. For me, Cape Cod came nowhere near it in the beauty stakes.
Rockport is a very nice place as well, in the same league I think but has it's positive sides, but it's all subjective I guess!

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DrSweden wrote:
Make sense. All places have their +/-... I'm moving back permanently to Sweden in 3 weeks by the way!Unsure
You don't have to move back to europe dude, I was only joking about the list thing.
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I'm going to the national on Saturday regardless, but I'm more concerned about Sunday. I planned on bringing my bike with me and doing the RacerX ride day. Doesn't sound so good now I guess, but damn, if I don't take it and the storm takes a turn out to see I'd hate to miss a good day of riding at Southwick, always wanted to ride there but have never been...
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flarider 8/26/2011 8:01am
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IMO, anyone who thinks they're going to be able to get on a plane in that area on Saturday evening is in for a big surprise

Might get the race in, might not get the people out

Stay in touch with your airlines and have a back up plan
Maxwell_Bertolero 8/26/2011 8:22am
8/26/2011 8:22am
They just postponed the ride day indefinitely. I am going saturday anything, but I am worried bout getting back to NYC that night...
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MXEditor 8/26/2011 8:36am
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Weather forecast for wick just changed now rain starts at 9 dammit.

damn weather forecast for wick
Maxwell_Bertolero wrote:
I only trust the government weather reports....


http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Southwick&state=MA&si…
Yeah man let's go with that one braaaap!
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FreshTopEnd 8/26/2011 9:34am
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flarider wrote:
IMO, anyone who thinks they're going to be able to get on a plane in that area on Saturday evening is in for a big surprise...
IMO, anyone who thinks they're going to be able to get on a plane in that area on Saturday evening is in for a big surprise

Might get the race in, might not get the people out

Stay in touch with your airlines and have a back up plan
Sitting in the hotel now and just changed the flight out form 9:00 a.m. Sunday to 3:30 Saturday. So, I'll shoot practice, maybe first moto, and then split. Bummed.

Oh well, probably no hurricanes for Pala.
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Sondy132001 8/26/2011 9:58am
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flarider wrote:
IMO, anyone who thinks they're going to be able to get on a plane in that area on Saturday evening is in for a big surprise...
IMO, anyone who thinks they're going to be able to get on a plane in that area on Saturday evening is in for a big surprise

Might get the race in, might not get the people out

Stay in touch with your airlines and have a back up plan
FreshTopEnd wrote:
Sitting in the hotel now and just changed the flight out form 9:00 a.m. Sunday to 3:30 Saturday. So, I'll shoot practice, maybe first moto, and...
Sitting in the hotel now and just changed the flight out form 9:00 a.m. Sunday to 3:30 Saturday. So, I'll shoot practice, maybe first moto, and then split. Bummed.

Oh well, probably no hurricanes for Pala.
No but better start hydrating now, it's HOT in So Cal !

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flarider 8/26/2011 10:09am
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flarider wrote:
IMO, anyone who thinks they're going to be able to get on a plane in that area on Saturday evening is in for a big surprise...
IMO, anyone who thinks they're going to be able to get on a plane in that area on Saturday evening is in for a big surprise

Might get the race in, might not get the people out

Stay in touch with your airlines and have a back up plan
FreshTopEnd wrote:
Sitting in the hotel now and just changed the flight out form 9:00 a.m. Sunday to 3:30 Saturday. So, I'll shoot practice, maybe first moto, and...
Sitting in the hotel now and just changed the flight out form 9:00 a.m. Sunday to 3:30 Saturday. So, I'll shoot practice, maybe first moto, and then split. Bummed.

Oh well, probably no hurricanes for Pala.
I don't want to be an alarmist or scare people away from the race, but it's a big ass storm...size-wise.
The center can be a long ass way away, and effects can still be felt a couple hundred miles away.

Just keep in touch with your airlines and have a back up plan
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Titan1 8/26/2011 10:41am
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flarider wrote:
IMO, anyone who thinks they're going to be able to get on a plane in that area on Saturday evening is in for a big surprise...
IMO, anyone who thinks they're going to be able to get on a plane in that area on Saturday evening is in for a big surprise

Might get the race in, might not get the people out

Stay in touch with your airlines and have a back up plan
FreshTopEnd wrote:
Sitting in the hotel now and just changed the flight out form 9:00 a.m. Sunday to 3:30 Saturday. So, I'll shoot practice, maybe first moto, and...
Sitting in the hotel now and just changed the flight out form 9:00 a.m. Sunday to 3:30 Saturday. So, I'll shoot practice, maybe first moto, and then split. Bummed.

Oh well, probably no hurricanes for Pala.
flarider wrote:
I don't want to be an alarmist or scare people away from the race, but it's a big ass storm...size-wise. The center can be a long...
I don't want to be an alarmist or scare people away from the race, but it's a big ass storm...size-wise.
The center can be a long ass way away, and effects can still be felt a couple hundred miles away.

Just keep in touch with your airlines and have a back up plan
Folks would be wise to take your advice...It seems you might have been through the hurricae thing a time or two...
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my flight got cancelled leaving when i was getting on my flight at LAX just now so i aborted the whole trip.

i've got a few text from people saying the returning flights are dunzo. that means, sunday is going to be a nightmare around there.
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RACEGUY 8/26/2011 1:10pm
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Since I first checked in, the big bag of wind has drastically changed, more than once. She started moving a little further offshore yesterday, changing the eventual first and second landfalls and moving the track further inland over the North East. Yesterday at this time, Irene was stomping Northward at 14-15 miles per hour with winds hovering around 115 MPH. At this moment, she's moving at 14MPH and winds have "slowed" to 100.

The storm is currently downgraded to a category 2, but the notable lack of rain surrounding yesterday's track has been replaced by reasonably heavy rain saturating an area that extends out all the way to the outskirts of Roanoke and Washington. The rain intensity at the leading edge is pretty persistent and extends out about 350 miles. The way Irene has changed, if the model stays consistent as of this time, she will be producing leading edge rain in New York by the time the actual storm has made landfall in North Carolina tomorrow. Winds of at least tropical storm intensity extend out about 300 miles from the storm center and will be pounding the NC coast tonight.

What will be most telling is how the storm reacts to it's first (NC) landfall. Real meteorologists are looking at whether it stalls a little (slowing its march North), or actually grabs traction and gains speed. You'd be surprised at how much 2 MPH means when they calculate the models.

I guess the biggest thing to be watchful of here is the size or spread of the wind and rain over the next 18 hours (or so). You can be experiencing some pretty evil weather over 200 miles from the actual the eye of the storm. By the time this baby hits Virginia Beach (currently predicted for 9am Saturday), the leading edge will already be licking at Southern Mass. This is a big 'un in terms of the amount of ground covered by wind and rain.

There is all kinds of great info at Stormpulse if you know how to mine it, and there are a ton of features to play with. If nothing else, it is as accurate and up-to-date as civillian weather can possibly get.

Good luck to everybody in her path. A few hours ago, the track had it passing directly through my hometown. Now, it's tracking a couple of hundred kilometres to the North. I'm not done watching this one, by any means. I do know one thing...we WILL be racing at Riveglade tomorrow, but Southwick is sitting on a very thin bubble.

Everybody stay in touch.

http://www.stormpulse.com/
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DrSweden 8/26/2011 1:16pm
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DrSweden wrote:
Make sense. All places have their +/-... I'm moving back permanently to Sweden in 3 weeks by the way!Unsure
nytsmaC wrote:
You don't have to move back to europe dude, I was only joking about the list thing.
Crap. You should have told me earlier...

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mx5471 8/26/2011 3:33pm
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Just updated from NOAA.

3 products issued by NWS for: Southwick MA
Tropical Storm Warning

HURRICANE IRENE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
614 PM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011

...HURRICANE IRENE WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND BEGINNING
SATURDAY NIGHT...

.NEW INFORMATION...
A HURRICANE WARNING...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A TROPICAL STORM
WATCH HAVE NOW BEEN ISSUED. ALSO UPDATED STORM SURGE...STORM
INFORMATION...WIND AND WIND SPEED PROBABILITY SECTIONS.
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Taylor156 8/26/2011 3:48pm
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How about trying to fly out sunday, heard over 600 flights are canceled ...................
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Taylor156 wrote:
How about trying to fly out sunday, heard over 600 flights are canceled ...................
Not sure if thats a question, but it's looking to roll over Bradley/Hartford by mid morning. They're talking about it clearing pretty quickly by that evening, but who knows when they'll get it all fired up and sort through the back up.

I kinda decided that even if they were going out at 9:00 a.m. while it was pouring and winds were 50 mph, I didn't really want to be on that plane.
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DrSweden 8/26/2011 4:23pm
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RACEGUY wrote:
Since I first checked in, the big bag of wind has drastically changed, more than once. She started moving a little further offshore yesterday, changing the...
Since I first checked in, the big bag of wind has drastically changed, more than once. She started moving a little further offshore yesterday, changing the eventual first and second landfalls and moving the track further inland over the North East. Yesterday at this time, Irene was stomping Northward at 14-15 miles per hour with winds hovering around 115 MPH. At this moment, she's moving at 14MPH and winds have "slowed" to 100.

The storm is currently downgraded to a category 2, but the notable lack of rain surrounding yesterday's track has been replaced by reasonably heavy rain saturating an area that extends out all the way to the outskirts of Roanoke and Washington. The rain intensity at the leading edge is pretty persistent and extends out about 350 miles. The way Irene has changed, if the model stays consistent as of this time, she will be producing leading edge rain in New York by the time the actual storm has made landfall in North Carolina tomorrow. Winds of at least tropical storm intensity extend out about 300 miles from the storm center and will be pounding the NC coast tonight.

What will be most telling is how the storm reacts to it's first (NC) landfall. Real meteorologists are looking at whether it stalls a little (slowing its march North), or actually grabs traction and gains speed. You'd be surprised at how much 2 MPH means when they calculate the models.

I guess the biggest thing to be watchful of here is the size or spread of the wind and rain over the next 18 hours (or so). You can be experiencing some pretty evil weather over 200 miles from the actual the eye of the storm. By the time this baby hits Virginia Beach (currently predicted for 9am Saturday), the leading edge will already be licking at Southern Mass. This is a big 'un in terms of the amount of ground covered by wind and rain.

There is all kinds of great info at Stormpulse if you know how to mine it, and there are a ton of features to play with. If nothing else, it is as accurate and up-to-date as civillian weather can possibly get.

Good luck to everybody in her path. A few hours ago, the track had it passing directly through my hometown. Now, it's tracking a couple of hundred kilometres to the North. I'm not done watching this one, by any means. I do know one thing...we WILL be racing at Riveglade tomorrow, but Southwick is sitting on a very thin bubble.

Everybody stay in touch.

http://www.stormpulse.com/
Tnx for the work man. Please keep us updated if you have the time.
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flarider 8/26/2011 4:28pm
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Keep this in mind, the airlines do not leave their planes on the ground in airports closed due to hurricanes/tropical storms

They fly them out to safety, to a safe airport, and park them.

So getting back underway isn't as simple as "fire up the engines and let's go"
They have to coordinate all the planes back to a route, then fly them back to the appropriate airport, and then start the system back up, flying both the "on time" passengers and the backlog of delayed passengers.

The NE as a whole is going to be a shithole when it comes to travel for a few days
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mx5471 8/26/2011 4:42pm
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flarider, good point. Never thought of it. I'm more of boating guy and always knew to take them out to sea out of the path, but never applied that to aviation. 100 mile winds would probably lift those big planes up and blow them away. They designed to lift when the air flows over the wings. You are 100% correct. The whole Northeast will be a shit hole for travel for the next week.
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DrSweden 8/26/2011 5:03pm
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I still can't really get if it's any worries traveling back from Southwick back to the Cape after the race...
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Taylor156 wrote:
How about trying to fly out sunday, heard over 600 flights are canceled ...................
FreshTopEnd wrote:
Not sure if thats a question, but it's looking to roll over Bradley/Hartford by mid morning. They're talking about it clearing pretty quickly by that evening...
Not sure if thats a question, but it's looking to roll over Bradley/Hartford by mid morning. They're talking about it clearing pretty quickly by that evening, but who knows when they'll get it all fired up and sort through the back up.

I kinda decided that even if they were going out at 9:00 a.m. while it was pouring and winds were 50 mph, I didn't really want to be on that plane.
That sucks that you have to take off early tomorrow Mike,Stay here until Monday then you won't have to worry about the weather.You will have a good excuse for missing work Monday.
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DrSweden wrote:
I still can't really get if it's any worries traveling back from Southwick back to the Cape after the race...
Not sure where you need to get to , but I wonder if the Bourne Bridge will close due to the storm.
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FreshTopEnd 8/26/2011 6:11pm
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That sucks that you have to take off early tomorrow Mike,Stay here until Monday then you won't have to worry about the weather.You will have a...
That sucks that you have to take off early tomorrow Mike,Stay here until Monday then you won't have to worry about the weather.You will have a good excuse for missing work Monday.
Posted elsewhere that Southwest solved that for me; flight cancelled again, heading out Monday if things are going then. Happy to get the whole race in; Southwick's probably my favorite track.
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DrSweden 8/26/2011 6:27pm
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DrSweden wrote:
I still can't really get if it's any worries traveling back from Southwick back to the Cape after the race...
part-timer wrote:
Not sure where you need to get to , but I wonder if the Bourne Bridge will close due to the storm.
I guess I will find out... Smile
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When are you heading back?

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