Video: Hurricane Irma took ocean water off the Bahamas. Video: Hurricane Irma passed the Bahamas and took the ocean with it (and science explains it)
Hurricane Irma shocked the world last week, destroying several island countries in the Caribbean, writes Bored Panda.
Now the storm has reached the USA and Bahamas, where a rare and terrible phenomenon is observed, which can be a harbinger of even more terrible disasters.
Tropical hurricanes have already left over 2.6 million homes without power, but now the direction of the wind has changed. The winds blow towards the center of the storm, causing the water in the ocean to move away from the coast. Not only does this look strange, but it could mean disastrous consequences when the water returns with renewed vigor.
Hurricane Irma reached Florida and the Bahamas, where a rare phenomenon is observed.
Ocean currents are pulled inward by tropical winds, and the beaches "dry up".
On Long Island, Bahamas, the water has receded below the horizon.
The hurricane's low pressure acts as a "suction mechanism," according to meteorologists.
Two Florida marine life have recently experienced the environmental impact of Irma.
Locals found two manatees stranded due to outflow of water. They managed to drag the animals to the ocean, which receded by as much as 100 meters.
One Bahamian meteorologist explained this strange phenomenon on his Facebook page:
“A hurricane is an area of low pressure, and at the center of the hurricane, there is an accumulation of water, which is called a storm surge. At the center of the hurricane, the water reaches a level 3 to 4.5 m above the normal high tide. This water has to come from somewhere - and in this case it comes from the outer edge of Hurricane Irma. Simply put, there is an excess of water in the center of the hurricane, and a shortage at the edges. This has already happened in the history of the Bahamas, although a long time ago - after hurricane number 5 in 1936. Residents later recalled how they collected fish and shells on seabed exposed after the storm.
Still don't believe it? Well, here's a video for you:
If you are in an area affected by Hurricane Irma, please follow all emergency instructions! Don't try to outsmart the elements!
The territory of a number of countries Caribbean, distributed in social networks by users who were at that moment in the Bahamas.
"Irma" turned out to be so powerful that it "dragged" and took water off the coast with it. At first, users expressed the opinion that in the Bahamas there was an "outflow of ocean water", and residents and guests of the island popular with tourists should immediately evacuate due to the possible onset of a tsunami. However, according to eyewitnesses, Hurricane Irma, which could become one of the most destructive in history, turned out to be guilty of such a rare phenomenon.
Several Twitter users complain that the water seems to have "evaporated" during Hurricane Irma. The footage shows sea shells lying on wet, rocky sand, buoys and docks with no water underneath. In these videos, ocean water is not visible - even beyond the horizon.
"I'm at a loss now ... This is Long Island, the Bahamas, and the ocean water is gone!", - wrote Twitter user @ Kaydi_K who posted the video.
According to The Washington Post, low pressure has developed at the center of the storm, which is pushing water up. "Due to the low pressure, air is sucked into the center of the hurricane, and when it is really low, it can change the shape of the ocean surface," the reviewer explains, adding that "when the storm pulls water towards the center, it breaks away from the ocean."
However, notes The Time, some users have suggested that the disappeared water may indeed indicate the approach of a powerful tsunami, but this is not so. Wayne Neely, an expert with the Bahamas Department of Meteorology, wrote on Facebook that the phenomenon had previously occurred during a hurricane that hit Aklins Island in the Bahamas in 1936. He also warned that the water would soon return - and residents should be careful as "its return could be powerful." "Sometimes the water returns with even greater fury," the expert stated.
Hurricane Irma passed through the Bahamas on Friday and hit other Caribbean islands last week. Category 4 storm on Sunday morning in Florida, and is expected to move into West Coast state at a speed of about 215 kilometers per hour. In the southeastern United States, "several hundred kilometers of coastline are expected to be flooded due to the action of a potentially deadly storm," the US National Weather Service (NWS) warned in turn.
On Saturday, the hurricane, as they say, "tangentially" hit part of Cuba. Wind gusts in Camagüey province reached 260 km/h. As noted by AFP, Irma is the first hurricane of this magnitude since 1932, which directly affected the territory of Cuba. Waves up to 11 meters high hit houses and tourist sites along the coast of Havana on Sunday morning, reaching famous hotels such as Copacabana, whose guests were along with the residents of the flooded neighborhoods. In addition, on Sunday, the hurricane, weakening to the third category, went through popular resort Varadero. There were no damages - local residents and tourists felt strong gusts of wind.
"Our preliminary assessment of the damage in Varadero is that it was mainly caused by metal structures, false ceilings and some buildings," Teresa Rojas Monzon, head of the civil defense department in the province of Matanzas, said Sunday in an interview with Cuban state television. resort.
The Ininsky rock garden is located in the Barguzinskaya valley. Huge stones as if someone deliberately scattered or placed on purpose. And in places where megaliths are placed, something mysterious always happens.
One of the attractions of Buryatia is the Ininsky rock garden in the Barguzin valley. It makes an amazing impression - huge stones scattered in disorder on a completely flat surface. As if someone deliberately either scattered them, or placed them on purpose. And in places where megaliths are placed, something mysterious always happens.
Power of nature
In general, the "rock garden" is Japanese name an artificial landscape in which stones, placed according to strict rules, play a key role. "Karesansui" (dry landscape) has been cultivated in Japan since the 14th century, and it appeared for a reason. It was believed that gods lived in places with a large accumulation of stones, as a result of which the stones themselves began to be given divine significance. Of course, now the Japanese use rock gardens as a place for meditation, where it is convenient to indulge in philosophical reflections.
And philosophy is here. Chaotic, at first glance, the arrangement of stones, in fact, is strictly subject to certain laws. First, the asymmetry and size difference of the stones must be respected. There are certain points of observation in the garden - depending on the time when you are going to contemplate the structure of your microcosm. And the main trick is that from any point of observation there should always be one stone that ... is not visible.
The most famous rock garden in Japan is located in Kyoto - ancient capital samurai country, in the Ryoanji temple. This is the home of Buddhist monks. And here in Buryatia, a "rock garden" appeared without the efforts of man - its author is Nature herself.
In the southwestern part of the Barguzinskaya Valley, 15 kilometers from the village of Suvo, where the Ina River emerges from the Ikat Range, this place is located with an area of more than 10 square kilometers. Significantly more than any Japanese garden stones - in the same proportion as the Japanese bonsai is smaller than the Buryat cedar. Here, large blocks of stone, reaching 4-5 meters in diameter, protrude from the flat ground, and these boulders go up to 10 meters deep!
The removal of these megaliths from mountain range reaches 5 kilometers or more. What kind of force could scatter these huge stones at such distances? The fact that this was not done by a person became clear from recent history: a 3-kilometer canal was dug here for irrigation purposes. And in the channel channel here and there lie huge boulders, going to a depth of up to 10 meters. They fought, of course, but to no avail. As a result, all work on the channel was stopped.
Scientists put forward different versions of the origin of the Ininsky rock garden. Many consider these blocks to be moraine boulders, that is, glacial deposits. Scientists call the age different (E. I. Muravsky believes that they are 40-50 thousand years old, and V. V. Lamakin - more than 100 thousand years!), Depending on which glaciation to count.
According to geologists, in ancient times the Barguzin basin was a shallow freshwater lake, which was separated from Lake Baikal by a narrow and low mountain bridge connecting the Barguzin and Ikat ridges. As the water level rose, a runoff formed, which turned into a river bed, which cut deeper and deeper into solid crystalline rocks. It is known how storm water flows in spring or after heavy rain wash away steep slopes, leaving deep furrows of gullies and ravines. Over time, the water level dropped, and the area of the lake, due to the abundance of suspended material brought into it by rivers, decreased. As a result, the lake disappeared, and in its place there was a wide valley with boulders, which were later attributed to natural monuments.
But recently, Doctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences G.F. Ufimtsev proposed a very original idea that had nothing to do with glaciations. In his opinion, the Ininsky rock garden was formed as a result of a relatively recent, catastrophic, gigantic ejection of large-block material.
According to his observations, glacial activity on the Ikat Range manifested itself only in a small area in the upper reaches of the Turokcha and Bogunda rivers, while in the middle part of these rivers there are no traces of glaciation. Thus, according to the scientist, there was a breakthrough of the dam of the dammed lake in the course of the Ina River and its tributaries. As a result of a breakthrough from the upper reaches of the Ina by a mudflow or a ground avalanche in Barguzin valley a large volume of blocky material was ejected. This version is supported by the fact of severe destruction of the bedrock sides of the Ina River valley at the confluence with the Turokcha, which may indicate the demolition of a large amount of rocks by mudflows.
In the same section of the Ina River, Ufimtsev noted two large “amphitheatres” (resembling a huge funnel) measuring 2.0 by 1.3 kilometers and 1.2 by 0.8 kilometers, which could probably be the bed of large dammed lakes. The break of the dam and the release of water, according to Ufimtsev, could have occurred as a result of manifestations of seismic processes, since both slope "amphitheaters" are confined to the zone of a young fault with outcrops of thermal waters.
Here the gods were naughty
An amazing place has long interested local residents. And for the "rock garden" people came up with a legend rooted in hoary antiquity. The start is simple. Somehow, two rivers, Ina and Barguzin, argued, which of them would be the first (first) to reach Baikal. Barguzin cheated and set off on the road that same evening, and in the morning the angry Ina rushed after her, in anger throwing huge boulders out of her way. So they still lie on both banks of the river. Isn't it just a poetic description of a powerful mudflow proposed for explanation by Dr. Ufimtsev?
The stones still keep the secret of their formation. They are not only different sizes and colors, they are generally from different breeds. That is, they were not broken out from one place. And the depth of occurrence speaks of many thousands of years, during which meters of soil have grown around the boulders.
For those who have seen the film "Avatar", on a foggy morning, Ina's stones will remind hanging mountains around which winged dragons fly. The peaks of the mountains jut out of the clouds of mist like individual fortresses or the heads of giants in helmets. The impressions from contemplating the garden of stones are amazing, and it is not by chance that people endowed the stones with magical powers: it is believed that if you touch the boulders with your hands, they will take away negative energy, instead bestowing positive energy.
In these amazing places there is another place where the gods were naughty. This place was nicknamed "Suva Saxon Castle". This natural formation is located near the group of salty Alga lakes near the village of Suvo, on the steppe slopes of a hill at the foot of the Ikat Range. Picturesque rocks very reminiscent of the ruins ancient castle. These places served for the Evenk shamans as especially revered and sacred place. In the Evenki language, "suvoya" or "suvo" means "whirlwind".
It was believed that this is where the spirits live - the owners local winds. The main and most famous of which was the legendary wind of Baikal "Barguzin". According to legend, an evil ruler lived in these places. He was distinguished by a ferocious disposition, he took pleasure in bringing misfortune to the poor and indigent people.
He had an only and beloved son, who was bewitched by spirits as punishment for a cruel father. After realizing his cruel and unfair attitude towards people, the ruler fell to his knees, began to beg and tearfully ask to restore his son's health and make him happy. And he distributed all his wealth to people.
And the spirits freed the son of the ruler from the power of the disease! It is believed that for this reason the rocks are divided into several parts. There is a belief among the Buryats that the owners of Suvo, Tumurzhi-Noyon and his wife, Tutuzhig-Khatan, live in the rocks. Burkhans were erected in honor of the Suva rulers. On special days, whole rituals are performed in these places.
After tropical hurricane Irma moved towards Florida, on the islands in the Atlantic Ocean, water left the beaches. People took pictures of this unusual a natural phenomenon and filmed. Many panicked, but meteorologists said that this is normal and explained how it works.
Saturday 9 September at in social networks appeared strange pictures and even videos made in the Bahamas. This archipelago is located north of Cuba and southeast of Florida, not far from where the eye of Hurricane Irma passes.
The photo shows that the water Atlantic Ocean went far from the shore - so much so that the water is not visible at all. This is similar to what the coast looks like before a tsunami - but no earthquake has been reported in the area. Vacationers were puzzled and frightened.
“I can't believe it. This is Long Island, Bahamas, and there is simply no water!!! As far as the eye can see."
“My family in the Bahamas says Irma sucked up all the water. There is literally no water. The beach and the ocean are gone."
In the comments under his tweets, many write "Madness!", "WTF" and advise to run to some high place.
“When the water leaves like this, it could mean a tsunami is coming. Tell your people to CLIMB THE HIGH RIGHT NOW. away from coastline. Warn the others."
Photos from the same coast were published by other users.
"The sea is dry."
Meteorologist Angela Fritz explained to The Washington Post the nature of this phenomenon.
In the center of a hurricane, where there is an area of extremely low pressure, water is pulled upward. Low pressure works like a pump: it sucks in air, and when it drops hard enough, it can even change the shape of the ocean surface. The hurricane takes water to the center, and it leaves the periphery.
The next day, eyewitnesses report, the water returned to the beaches of the Bahamas. It is possible to compare how the seashore looked from the same point on September 9 and September 10.
Irma went through caribbean, causing terrible destruction (dozens of people died) and reached the United States on Sunday. Possibly the strongest storm ever to hit the Atlantic. While some hurriedly fortified houses and swept goods from store shelves, others could not tear themselves away from the video and photo of the storm. "Irma" seems to Internet users to be such a beautiful and perfect hurricane that they are.
Despite the destruction, Americans are trying not to lose heart on social networks and even held a flash mob: people directed ordinary fans and hair dryers towards the cyclone in order to change its direction. Volunteers gathered tens of thousands, although the result was so-so. Then they.
