Ophelia became a major hurricane where no storm had before

Re:Ophelia became a major hurricane where no storm had before by marcosscriven on Monday October 16, 2017 @01:19PM (#15484922)

It happens also to have turned the afternoon sky a deep Mars-like red. It was quite a fascinating sight, lots of people comparing it to Blade Runner 2049 or Instagram filters.

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Re:Ophelia became a major hurricane where no storm had before by meddlepal on Monday October 16, 2017 @01:46PM (#15485150)

I'm in London for the O'Reilly Software Architects conference and I looked out my window at one point and was like "woah" that's an ominous orange sky. It was really cool and weird.

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Re:Ophelia became a major hurricane where no storm had before by sampo on Monday October 16, 2017 @05:29PM (#15486771)

Carrying dust from Sahara, but also smoke from all the wildfires in Portugal right now.

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Re:Ophelia became a major hurricane where no storm had before by megy on Monday October 16, 2017 @06:18PM (#15487106)

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-41635906

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Re:Ophelia became a major hurricane where no storm had before by nejenendn on Monday October 16, 2017 @01:46PM (#15485149)

Heh, we have a similar experience here in the bay area from all the wild fires.

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Re:Ophelia became a major hurricane where no storm had before by theyregreat on Monday October 16, 2017 @03:13PM (#15485833)

Confirmed. The iOS weather app even listed “Smoke” instead of “Cloudy” or “Overcast.” It’s not funny though. For example, my folks live on a mesa surrounded by pine trees and vegetation on three sides. Last week, an intentionally-set fire (quickly contained) took out their phone lines.

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