# Hurricane Hilary on path toward Southern California **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 17, 2023, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-hilary-on-path-toward-southern-california/988725 "2023-08-17T14:54:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2023, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-hilary-on-path-toward-southern-california/988725/21 "2023-08-17T21:03:10Z")
Apparently I picked just the right time to be flying home from my Legoland vacation this week. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2023, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-hilary-on-path-toward-southern-california/988725/22 "2023-08-17T21:32:58Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > They are predicting rain in central Arizona. Also Las Vegas. There’s a low pressure off the SF Bay area, and a high pressure around Texas and stretching into New Mexico, and they are expecting the storm to slip between them from Baja into Southern California and then NE into Nevada. Arizona will probably get wind and rain as well. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2023, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-hilary-on-path-toward-southern-california/988725/23 "2023-08-17T21:35:39Z")
> [@Tatterdemalion](#): > > BTW, the syntax of that article is really strange. Could it be AI generated text? If it is, it’s pretty accurate. [The _New York Times_ also quotes Ms. Sullivan](https://www.nytimes.com/article/tropical-storm-hilary-hurricane-california-mexico.html) but I don’t know if it hits a paywall or not. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2023, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-hilary-on-path-toward-southern-california/988725/24 "2023-08-17T21:37:50Z")
But the wrong week to stop sniffing Kragl. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2023, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-hilary-on-path-toward-southern-california/988725/25 "2023-08-17T23:46:24Z")
> [@Tatterdemalion](#): > > Could it be AI generated text? I don’t think so. ChatGPT’s writing is soulless but grammatically fine. That article is very poorly written. ETA: Looking closer, it’s an Indian website and is also putting out a shitload of content on a wide breadth of topics, all by the same user. I’m calling this at “stolen content from all over the web, run through automated translators and posted in English.” ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2023, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-hilary-on-path-toward-southern-california/988725/26 "2023-08-18T01:15:47Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > They are predicting rain in central Arizona. I’m really hoping they are right. > > [Arizona likely to see heavy rainfall from Hurricane Hilary](https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-weather/2023/08/17/arizona-likely-to-see-heavy-rainfall-from-tropical-storm-hilary/70611393007/) My co-worker and I - we’re in Tucson - have been hoping mightily this hits us. But not on my way to or from work on Sunday. ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2023, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-hilary-on-path-toward-southern-california/988725/27 "2023-08-18T01:20:15Z")
Waves from Cordes junction area. Fingers crossed that you get all the rain you want just when you want it. Tucson has some amazing storms, I used to spend many a happy hour watching them. ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2023, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-hilary-on-path-toward-southern-california/988725/28 "2023-08-18T01:25:22Z")
That makes sense. I didn’t look closely enough. I’ve been seeing a lot of videos on YouTube lately where the audio narration is flat monotone with slightly off syntax. I thought this might be similar. I guess it is. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2023, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-hilary-on-path-toward-southern-california/988725/29 "2023-08-18T01:28:42Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > Also Las Vegas. A. Good. The entire Southwest can use the water. B. Also good that it is hitting this weekend instead of next. That weekend I’ll be in Vegas for a B-52’s concert. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2023, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-hilary-on-path-toward-southern-california/988725/30 "2023-08-18T03:20:27Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > On that side of the world, we had Hurricane Don a few weeks ago but it was a fish storm New idiom to me, thanks! Cute! [“fish storm”](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fish_storm) ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2023, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-hilary-on-path-toward-southern-california/988725/31 "2023-08-18T16:44:05Z")
We got a lovely long rain last night with much thunder and lightening before it headed south. Here’s hoping it visits you today! ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-hilary-on-path-toward-southern-california/988725/32 "2023-08-18T17:05:40Z")
[Hurricane Hilary Public Advisory](https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPEP4+shtml/180552.shtml)? Hilary is now a category 4 storm. Wow, not only the first hurricane to hit Ca in 84 years, but it’s a big one too. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2023, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-hilary-on-path-toward-southern-california/988725/33 "2023-08-18T17:13:34Z")
By the time it reaches California, it’s still projected to hit as a tropical depression or maybe as a tropical storm, so winds are less of a threat for the US side of the border but Baja is going to get slammed. But the rain threat is real. There’s going to be some bad flooding in those deserts, hopefully where there aren’t too many people. Here’s the Eyewall summary from last night [https://theeyewall.com/hurricane-hilary-poised-to-bring-potentially-extreme-rainfall-to-the-southwest-u-s/](https://theeyewall.com/hurricane-hilary-poised-to-bring-potentially-extreme-rainfall-to-the-southwest-u-s/) ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2023, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-hilary-on-path-toward-southern-california/988725/34 "2023-08-18T17:23:59Z")
Yeah, I would expect some pretty heavy flash flooding throughout. Which means there’s almost guaranteed at least one person killed as they try to drive through it. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2023, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-hilary-on-path-toward-southern-california/988725/35 "2023-08-18T18:05:16Z")
_[Seems it never rains in southern California](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meDpNwem0Vo)_ _Seems I’ve often heard that kind of talk before_ _It never rains in California, but girl, don’t they warn ya?_ _It pours, man, it pours_ ---
**Author:** ![plankter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ba0ec/32.png) [@plankter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plankter)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2023, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-hilary-on-path-toward-southern-california/988725/36 "2023-08-18T19:47:34Z")
Thanks **Great\_Antibob** for the link. Yeah, the Palms Springs area isn’t just wealthy folks, there’s a lot of people running the tills and trimming the hedges and their homes could be at risk. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2023, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-hilary-on-path-toward-southern-california/988725/37 "2023-08-18T22:35:51Z")
My sister lives in San Diego. If she was in flooding danger, we’d have bigger problems (she lives on a hilltop) but there could certainly be plenty of other issues. I’m hearing that it should significantly decrease in intensity as it travels north and hits colder water. BTW, typhoons are in the Pacific Ocean west of the International Dateline, and cyclones strike in the Indian Ocean. Those storms also have their own separate naming system. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2023, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-hilary-on-path-toward-southern-california/988725/38 "2023-08-18T23:25:30Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > If she was in flooding danger, we’d have bigger problems (she lives on a hilltop) but there could certainly be plenty of other issues. When the hilltop slides down the side of the hill due to heavy rainfall taking all the hilltop houses with it, that sure seems like a flooding casualty to me. Hoping that doesn’t happen to your sister. But it will happen to somebody for sure. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2023, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-hilary-on-path-toward-southern-california/988725/39 "2023-08-19T00:01:20Z")
I was watchin’ the weather today, and they plotted an estimated track. It seemed to terminate in my back yard. Could be an interesting next few days. Make sure I park the cars on the high spots of my yard. Lakes form pretty quick. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2023, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-hilary-on-path-toward-southern-california/988725/40 "2023-08-19T03:11:17Z")
MHO: That too is unlikely. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-hilary-on-path-toward-southern-california/988725.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-hilary-on-path-toward-southern-california/988725.md?page=3)