Hurricane Hillary turned out to be an oversold event though efforts were made to use it for unjustified extensions of state power over the citizens. Aptly named, eh?
P.S. Somebody must have got cold feet because they spelled it “Hilary”. Which is pretty stupid because it just draws attention to the obvious joke. Mind you if it had killed lots of people wags would have called it Hurricane Killary, and bugger the spelling. They’d also have asked how many of the purported hurricane deaths were actually murders.
Mohave Greenie
Not a lot of comments about global warming with this storm. Of course there was a stronger tropical storm back in 1939, so that doesn’t support the narrative. LA actually got less rain than a typical atmospheric river event. Winds were much lighter than a typical Santa Ana event.
So far no fatalities attributable to the storm other than car accidents. Southern Californians really don’t know how to drive in the rain. I did hear of rescues of homeless from their camps in the normally dry riverbeds. So they may still find some dead as they clean up.
The only unusual thing is that rain doesn’t happen this time of year. It is usually completely dry from May through October. This may help the brushfire season.
The deserts actually got more rain than LA. My area got about two years worth in a few hours. A lot of flash floods.
philip
Deaths caused by hurricane Hilary to be labelled suicides.
– The Babylon Bee
philip
Hilary makes landfall, destroying over 30,000 e mails
– idem
MC
Clearly hurricanes are part of the white supremacist patriarchy.
bloke in spain
Southern Californians really don’t know how to drive in the rain. I did hear of rescues of homeless from their camps in the normally dry riverbeds. So they may still find some dead as they clean up.
Yep. You’ve the same climate as us. With the same results. It must breed the same sort of idiots.
bobby b
Same sort of logic as “stay away from hospitals, many people die in them!”
Penseivat
Perhaps hurricanes have an innate sense of awareness, what with teaming up with it’s partner, bushfire, in destroying an area of prime sea front land in Maui, the residents of which were refusing to sell to developers. At the same time, it completely by-passed the sea front areas of prime land already owned and occupied by the wealthy and famous (and politicians). For some reason, the term “acceptable casualties for the greater good” springs to mind. Cynical? Moi?
Charles
@dearieme – “Somebody must have got cold feet because they spelled it “Hilary”.”
There has been a tropical storm or hurricane called Hilary since 1975 (two months before the famous Hillary married Bill), and the names are re-used on a six-year cycle. So there is no connection.
Hurricane Hillary turned out to be an oversold event though efforts were made to use it for unjustified extensions of state power over the citizens. Aptly named, eh?
My source is the blog post and comments thread here:
https://www.unz.com/isteve/walking-the-dog-in-the-hurricane/
P.S. Somebody must have got cold feet because they spelled it “Hilary”. Which is pretty stupid because it just draws attention to the obvious joke. Mind you if it had killed lots of people wags would have called it Hurricane Killary, and bugger the spelling. They’d also have asked how many of the purported hurricane deaths were actually murders.
Not a lot of comments about global warming with this storm. Of course there was a stronger tropical storm back in 1939, so that doesn’t support the narrative. LA actually got less rain than a typical atmospheric river event. Winds were much lighter than a typical Santa Ana event.
So far no fatalities attributable to the storm other than car accidents. Southern Californians really don’t know how to drive in the rain. I did hear of rescues of homeless from their camps in the normally dry riverbeds. So they may still find some dead as they clean up.
The only unusual thing is that rain doesn’t happen this time of year. It is usually completely dry from May through October. This may help the brushfire season.
The deserts actually got more rain than LA. My area got about two years worth in a few hours. A lot of flash floods.
Deaths caused by hurricane Hilary to be labelled suicides.
– The Babylon Bee
Hilary makes landfall, destroying over 30,000 e mails
– idem
Clearly hurricanes are part of the white supremacist patriarchy.
Southern Californians really don’t know how to drive in the rain. I did hear of rescues of homeless from their camps in the normally dry riverbeds. So they may still find some dead as they clean up.
Yep. You’ve the same climate as us. With the same results. It must breed the same sort of idiots.
Same sort of logic as “stay away from hospitals, many people die in them!”
Perhaps hurricanes have an innate sense of awareness, what with teaming up with it’s partner, bushfire, in destroying an area of prime sea front land in Maui, the residents of which were refusing to sell to developers. At the same time, it completely by-passed the sea front areas of prime land already owned and occupied by the wealthy and famous (and politicians). For some reason, the term “acceptable casualties for the greater good” springs to mind. Cynical? Moi?
@dearieme – “Somebody must have got cold feet because they spelled it “Hilary”.”
There has been a tropical storm or hurricane called Hilary since 1975 (two months before the famous Hillary married Bill), and the names are re-used on a six-year cycle. So there is no connection.