Wednesday at 06:32 PM5 days I'm not intending to reopen the El Nino thread but Kelvin Waves are something I never heard of before. They are impacting the California coast.https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/28/california-kelvin-waveNoel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
Wednesday at 07:29 PM5 days Administrators OK, Noel! You know what happens when you yank on a certain member's chain!! Charlie AronAVSIM Board of Directors-ADMIN/Moderator-RegistrarJust going to run a Chromebook and not upgrade to a Windows computer. Too many problems with the new Sims! 😱Trying to keep peace and harmony and the will of Landru on the site seems to be a full time job!
Wednesday at 08:30 PM5 days Actually, that's really interesting. Ive not heard of this phenomenon before.I'm sure there will be no chain pulling. It would be sad if interesting natural phenomena like this, that isn't specifcally banned, can't be discussed.
Wednesday at 09:04 PM5 days Author 1 hour ago, charliearon said:OK, Noel! You know what happens when you yank on a certain member's chain!!Gotcha Charlie. I'll behave myself. The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
Wednesday at 11:18 PM5 days Administrators 2 hours ago, martin-w said:Actually, that's really interesting. Ive not heard of this phenomenon before.I'm sure there will be no chain pulling. It would be sad if interesting natural phenomena like this, that isn't specifcally banned, can't be discussed.Except for when it goes off into the wrong direction! It happens way too often! Charlie AronAVSIM Board of Directors-ADMIN/Moderator-RegistrarJust going to run a Chromebook and not upgrade to a Windows computer. Too many problems with the new Sims! 😱Trying to keep peace and harmony and the will of Landru on the site seems to be a full time job!
Thursday at 07:54 AM4 days 8 hours ago, charliearon said:Except for when it goes off into the wrong direction! It happens way too often!Have faith young Charles. Exemplary behaviour incoming. 😁
Thursday at 10:33 AM4 days I think I'll just post IBTL right now and avoid the rush. 😆 My computer: ABS Gladiator Gaming PC featuring an Intel 10700F CPU, EVGA CLC-240 AIO cooler (dead fans replaced with Noctua fans), Asus Tuf Gaming B460M Plus motherboard, 16GB DDR4-3000 RAM, 1 TB NVMe SSD, EVGA RTX3070 FTW3 video card, dead EVGA 750 watt power supply replaced with Antec 900 watt PSU.
Thursday at 11:29 AM4 days Administrators Stan the man! 👍 Charlie AronAVSIM Board of Directors-ADMIN/Moderator-RegistrarJust going to run a Chromebook and not upgrade to a Windows computer. Too many problems with the new Sims! 😱Trying to keep peace and harmony and the will of Landru on the site seems to be a full time job!
Thursday at 01:16 PM4 days 2 hours ago, stans said:I think I'll just post IBTL right now and avoid the rush. 😆Nothing is definitive in this universe. All we have is probability.Cats told me that and they know stuff. They also said, keep an open mind.The exception to the rule, cats said, is when your feline master demands food, that my fellow human, is truly definitive.Stay tuned for more wisdom from that which is cat.
Thursday at 04:13 PM4 days I think there is a perfect explanation for this, although I might have gotten it wrong ;)
Friday at 04:50 PM3 days On 9/30/2026 at 1:32 PM, birdguy said:I'm not intending to reopen the El Nino thread but Kelvin Waves are something I never heard of before. They are impacting the California coast.https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/28/california-kelvin-waveNoelIt's called storm surge, and is caused by rough seas due to high winds from storms and hurricanes."Since 1854, at least 107 tropical cyclones have affected California, including an event in 1858 that produced hurricane-force winds near San Diego. The biggest danger from these storms is usually heavy rainfall, which can cause flash flooding"The above is from an AI search and the sources are wikipedia and Accuweather.Nothing new under the sun here.Dave Simulator: P3Dv6.1 System Specs: Intel i7 13700K CPU, MSI Mag Z790 Tomahawk Motherboard, 32GB DDR5 6000MHz RAM, Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Video Card, 3x 1TB Samsung 980 Pro M.2 2280 SSDs, Windows 11 Home OS My website for P3D stuff: https://sites.google.com/view/thep3dfiles/home
Friday at 08:42 PM3 days Author Before replying, Dave, you should read the article first."Kelvin waves are not like crashing waves at the beach. They are planetary in scale, spanning thousands of miles." The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
Saturday at 03:15 AM2 days 6 hours ago, birdguy said:Before replying, Dave, you should read the article first."Kelvin waves are not like crashing waves at the beach. They are planetary in scale, spanning thousands of miles."I did read the article, although the source is dubious at best.I guess you can't detect it, Noel, but I can. The article very subtly tries to connect these types of waves to "unprecedented", "record-breaking", "never before recorded" blah blah blah. The author goes on to claim that this is ***likely*** the biggest El Nino in 1,000 years. Note the use of the word "likely", so if they're wrong they can claim they didn't say they were 100% certain, which of course they aren't.I also find it funny that the article states that Kelvin waves don't "crash" like other waves, and then right above this there's a picture of huge waves literally crashing on the California shore. They also include the typical fearmongering map with big angry red blobs like they do with high temperatures to make it look more scary, and this map is time-lapsed so the blobs pulse and move to make them even more ominous.Dave Simulator: P3Dv6.1 System Specs: Intel i7 13700K CPU, MSI Mag Z790 Tomahawk Motherboard, 32GB DDR5 6000MHz RAM, Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Video Card, 3x 1TB Samsung 980 Pro M.2 2280 SSDs, Windows 11 Home OS My website for P3D stuff: https://sites.google.com/view/thep3dfiles/home
Saturday at 08:59 AM2 days On 9/30/2026 at 8:29 PM, charliearon said:OK, Noel! You know what happens when you yank on a certain member's chain!!Oh god. 🙄 It happened. Sorry young Charles. You were right. I hoped for once it wouldn't happen. 🫣No "yanking" at all but it still happened.Sad we can't discuss such an interesting phenomenon. Edited Saturday at 09:06 AM2 days by martin-w
Saturday at 11:35 AM2 days I've been watching too much Star Trek. At first thought the title of the thread was Kelvin Timeline...... We are all connected..... To each other, biologically...... To the Earth, chemically...... To the rest of the Universe atomically. Devons rigIntel Core i5 13600K @ 5.1GHz / G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB Series Ram 64GB / GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5070 Ti GAMING OC 16G Graphics Card / Sound Blaster Z / Meta Quest 3 VR Headset / Klipsch® Promedia 2.1 Computer Speakers / ASUS ROG SWIFT PG279Q ‑ 27" IPS LED Monitor ‑ QHD / 1x Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB / 2x Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB / 1x Samsung - 970 EVO Plus 2TB NVMe / 1x Samsung 980 NVMe 1TB / 2 other regular hd's with up to 10 terabyte capacity / Windows 11 Pro 64-bit / Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX Motherboard LGA 1700 DDR5
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