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Is it possible for people to live in the eye of a permanent hypercane?
Is it possible to have permanent rain?What would be the possible climate for the islands in the Atlantic?What would happen to life on Earth if the planet had total cover of permanent clouds?The Bering Land Bridge--Open For PERMANENT BusinessHow to create the eternal storm?A world without permanent water on the surface?Climate conditions and/or atmospheric changes required for the EverboomWhat would be needed for the entire planet to have a polar climate?What might be a plausible explanation for the drastic lowering of global temperatures?How, and for how long, could a permanent storm be maintained on Earth by a stationary mega-structure?
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Wikipedia lists a potential for a hypercane which can have an eye of up to 190 miles in diameter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypercane
Say there's an earthlike planet that for whatever reason has a permanent hypercane in one of its oceans (kind of like the big red spot on jupiter). This hypercane is in a fixed location and doesn't move. Also say there happens to be an island in the very center of the eye that's roughly circular and about 100 miles in diameter (leaving 90 miles from the shore to the wall of the hypercane).
I'm not interested in talking about whether a storm like this would be possible. I'm interested to know whether this island would be capable of sustaining human life for a long period of time - say hundreds or thousands of years. If not, what things are preventing that from happening?
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Wikipedia lists a potential for a hypercane which can have an eye of up to 190 miles in diameter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypercane
Say there's an earthlike planet that for whatever reason has a permanent hypercane in one of its oceans (kind of like the big red spot on jupiter). This hypercane is in a fixed location and doesn't move. Also say there happens to be an island in the very center of the eye that's roughly circular and about 100 miles in diameter (leaving 90 miles from the shore to the wall of the hypercane).
I'm not interested in talking about whether a storm like this would be possible. I'm interested to know whether this island would be capable of sustaining human life for a long period of time - say hundreds or thousands of years. If not, what things are preventing that from happening?
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Hurricanes move. Islands don't. People won't live for very long in the eye of a hypercane, assuming any survived the landing of said hypercane in the first place.
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The hurricane is irrelevant, since life could easily exist in a permanent hurricane, Relatively small islands (Hawai'i, Tahiti, Samoa, &c) can support human life for extended periods, and with a sufficient tech level, boats/ships could be built to travel through the hurricane. Probably easier to build them outside, though.
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@elemtilas That's not really relevant to the question - assume some quirk in the geography of the planet, or advanced weather machines, or magic, it doesn't really matter. I'm mostly exploring this from the angle of : the hypercane is there, it persists in one place, and what is life like inside the eye for people
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Wikipedia lists a potential for a hypercane which can have an eye of up to 190 miles in diameter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypercane
Say there's an earthlike planet that for whatever reason has a permanent hypercane in one of its oceans (kind of like the big red spot on jupiter). This hypercane is in a fixed location and doesn't move. Also say there happens to be an island in the very center of the eye that's roughly circular and about 100 miles in diameter (leaving 90 miles from the shore to the wall of the hypercane).
I'm not interested in talking about whether a storm like this would be possible. I'm interested to know whether this island would be capable of sustaining human life for a long period of time - say hundreds or thousands of years. If not, what things are preventing that from happening?
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Wikipedia lists a potential for a hypercane which can have an eye of up to 190 miles in diameter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypercane
Say there's an earthlike planet that for whatever reason has a permanent hypercane in one of its oceans (kind of like the big red spot on jupiter). This hypercane is in a fixed location and doesn't move. Also say there happens to be an island in the very center of the eye that's roughly circular and about 100 miles in diameter (leaving 90 miles from the shore to the wall of the hypercane).
I'm not interested in talking about whether a storm like this would be possible. I'm interested to know whether this island would be capable of sustaining human life for a long period of time - say hundreds or thousands of years. If not, what things are preventing that from happening?
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Hurricanes move. Islands don't. People won't live for very long in the eye of a hypercane, assuming any survived the landing of said hypercane in the first place.
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– elemtilas
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The hurricane is irrelevant, since life could easily exist in a permanent hurricane, Relatively small islands (Hawai'i, Tahiti, Samoa, &c) can support human life for extended periods, and with a sufficient tech level, boats/ships could be built to travel through the hurricane. Probably easier to build them outside, though.
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@elemtilas That's not really relevant to the question - assume some quirk in the geography of the planet, or advanced weather machines, or magic, it doesn't really matter. I'm mostly exploring this from the angle of : the hypercane is there, it persists in one place, and what is life like inside the eye for people
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You're better off asking a separate question for each thing you want to know. You can link back to this one if it helps provide context.
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Hurricanes move. Islands don't. People won't live for very long in the eye of a hypercane, assuming any survived the landing of said hypercane in the first place.
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– elemtilas
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The hurricane is irrelevant, since life could easily exist in a permanent hurricane, Relatively small islands (Hawai'i, Tahiti, Samoa, &c) can support human life for extended periods, and with a sufficient tech level, boats/ships could be built to travel through the hurricane. Probably easier to build them outside, though.
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@elemtilas That's not really relevant to the question - assume some quirk in the geography of the planet, or advanced weather machines, or magic, it doesn't really matter. I'm mostly exploring this from the angle of : the hypercane is there, it persists in one place, and what is life like inside the eye for people
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You're better off asking a separate question for each thing you want to know. You can link back to this one if it helps provide context.
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Hurricanes move. Islands don't. People won't live for very long in the eye of a hypercane, assuming any survived the landing of said hypercane in the first place.
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Hurricanes move. Islands don't. People won't live for very long in the eye of a hypercane, assuming any survived the landing of said hypercane in the first place.
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– elemtilas
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The hurricane is irrelevant, since life could easily exist in a permanent hurricane, Relatively small islands (Hawai'i, Tahiti, Samoa, &c) can support human life for extended periods, and with a sufficient tech level, boats/ships could be built to travel through the hurricane. Probably easier to build them outside, though.
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The hurricane is irrelevant, since life could easily exist in a permanent hurricane, Relatively small islands (Hawai'i, Tahiti, Samoa, &c) can support human life for extended periods, and with a sufficient tech level, boats/ships could be built to travel through the hurricane. Probably easier to build them outside, though.
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@elemtilas That's not really relevant to the question - assume some quirk in the geography of the planet, or advanced weather machines, or magic, it doesn't really matter. I'm mostly exploring this from the angle of : the hypercane is there, it persists in one place, and what is life like inside the eye for people
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@elemtilas That's not really relevant to the question - assume some quirk in the geography of the planet, or advanced weather machines, or magic, it doesn't really matter. I'm mostly exploring this from the angle of : the hypercane is there, it persists in one place, and what is life like inside the eye for people
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The eye is a region of mostly calm weather at the center of strong tropical cyclones. The eye of a storm is a roughly circular area. It is surrounded by the eyewall, a ring of towering thunderstorms where the most severe weather and highest winds occur.
In strong tropical cyclones, the eye is characterized by light winds and clear skies, surrounded on all sides by a towering, symmetric eyewall.
If we assume this to be true also for an hypercane, it means that the island would be constantly into an area of calm weather, meaning no rainfall, for centuries. The island itself, lacking rainfall, would be a barren landscape, more or less like the Sahara or the Atacama desert.
Lacking trees, there would be no possibility for humans to build boats and therefore to fish, therefore on the long term human life would be simply impossible on the island.
answered 6 hours ago
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I think the lack of rain is a great observation. But maybe possible there's underground water (springs or oasis) or glacial run-off (top of mountain continually grows ice from water vapor, glacier expands "downslope," then melts in lower altitudes/warmer temps. Still, upvote.
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@Xplodotron, any humidity reaching the air would be lifted up by the circulation and would precipitate elsewhere. Look at the Tropics.
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I think you're right. Glaciers form by snow fall, not freezing dew. Ok. But still, underground water, eh?
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Or it might be more Hollywood to have a crazy but courageous group of water gatherers sail close to the edge of the eye where the storm(s) is and gather just enough rainfall to avoid sinking.
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@Xplodotron That's actually hilarious and awesome. I love it
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Yes.
The eye of a terrestrial hurricane, no matter what size, is a zone of calm winds and relatively clear skies around which whirls the raging tempest.
The picture shows what it's like inside a hurricane's Eye. Nice and calm, trees are happy, not a lot of rain or wind.
This is the accompanying video, courtesy of Hurricane Michael.
If your hypercane remains perfectly rooted over and surrounding an island, then people can live on the island in its Eye indefinitely. Winds are calm; precipitation is sparse to light. Since your storm is a magical artifact, the kataigothurge that whipped it up in the first place could allow for occasional squalls and showers within the Eye.
The limiting factors will be the usual for island life: resources & space. The Storm itself will serve to keep them in and outsiders away, but apart from that shouldn't have much of an effect on the island itself.
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what about the barometric pressure? Do you think anything with the low pressure zone would affect human settlement? I think for a larger hurricane the eye will be an unusually low pressure zone right?
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Low pressure shouldn't be a problem. It would be equivalent to some distance up a mountain, but nothing like a vacuum.
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While the weather in the eye is calm and possible to live in, there are big sea waves from the storm. The coasts would be uninhabitable and fishing impossible. If there are major rivers, large ocean waves and swells tend to propagate upriver.
The island would need protection, such as coastal cliffs from hard rock which does not erode easily. Or perhaps very extensive coastal lagunas and mangrove forests.
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The eye is a region of mostly calm weather at the center of strong tropical cyclones. The eye of a storm is a roughly circular area. It is surrounded by the eyewall, a ring of towering thunderstorms where the most severe weather and highest winds occur.
In strong tropical cyclones, the eye is characterized by light winds and clear skies, surrounded on all sides by a towering, symmetric eyewall.
If we assume this to be true also for an hypercane, it means that the island would be constantly into an area of calm weather, meaning no rainfall, for centuries. The island itself, lacking rainfall, would be a barren landscape, more or less like the Sahara or the Atacama desert.
Lacking trees, there would be no possibility for humans to build boats and therefore to fish, therefore on the long term human life would be simply impossible on the island.
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I think the lack of rain is a great observation. But maybe possible there's underground water (springs or oasis) or glacial run-off (top of mountain continually grows ice from water vapor, glacier expands "downslope," then melts in lower altitudes/warmer temps. Still, upvote.
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@Xplodotron, any humidity reaching the air would be lifted up by the circulation and would precipitate elsewhere. Look at the Tropics.
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– L.Dutch♦
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I think you're right. Glaciers form by snow fall, not freezing dew. Ok. But still, underground water, eh?
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Or it might be more Hollywood to have a crazy but courageous group of water gatherers sail close to the edge of the eye where the storm(s) is and gather just enough rainfall to avoid sinking.
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4 hours ago
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@Xplodotron That's actually hilarious and awesome. I love it
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The eye is a region of mostly calm weather at the center of strong tropical cyclones. The eye of a storm is a roughly circular area. It is surrounded by the eyewall, a ring of towering thunderstorms where the most severe weather and highest winds occur.
In strong tropical cyclones, the eye is characterized by light winds and clear skies, surrounded on all sides by a towering, symmetric eyewall.
If we assume this to be true also for an hypercane, it means that the island would be constantly into an area of calm weather, meaning no rainfall, for centuries. The island itself, lacking rainfall, would be a barren landscape, more or less like the Sahara or the Atacama desert.
Lacking trees, there would be no possibility for humans to build boats and therefore to fish, therefore on the long term human life would be simply impossible on the island.
answered 6 hours ago
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I think the lack of rain is a great observation. But maybe possible there's underground water (springs or oasis) or glacial run-off (top of mountain continually grows ice from water vapor, glacier expands "downslope," then melts in lower altitudes/warmer temps. Still, upvote.
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– Xplodotron
5 hours ago
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@Xplodotron, any humidity reaching the air would be lifted up by the circulation and would precipitate elsewhere. Look at the Tropics.
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– L.Dutch♦
5 hours ago
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I think you're right. Glaciers form by snow fall, not freezing dew. Ok. But still, underground water, eh?
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– Xplodotron
5 hours ago
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Or it might be more Hollywood to have a crazy but courageous group of water gatherers sail close to the edge of the eye where the storm(s) is and gather just enough rainfall to avoid sinking.
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– Xplodotron
4 hours ago
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@Xplodotron That's actually hilarious and awesome. I love it
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The eye is a region of mostly calm weather at the center of strong tropical cyclones. The eye of a storm is a roughly circular area. It is surrounded by the eyewall, a ring of towering thunderstorms where the most severe weather and highest winds occur.
In strong tropical cyclones, the eye is characterized by light winds and clear skies, surrounded on all sides by a towering, symmetric eyewall.
If we assume this to be true also for an hypercane, it means that the island would be constantly into an area of calm weather, meaning no rainfall, for centuries. The island itself, lacking rainfall, would be a barren landscape, more or less like the Sahara or the Atacama desert.
Lacking trees, there would be no possibility for humans to build boats and therefore to fish, therefore on the long term human life would be simply impossible on the island.
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The eye is a region of mostly calm weather at the center of strong tropical cyclones. The eye of a storm is a roughly circular area. It is surrounded by the eyewall, a ring of towering thunderstorms where the most severe weather and highest winds occur.
In strong tropical cyclones, the eye is characterized by light winds and clear skies, surrounded on all sides by a towering, symmetric eyewall.
If we assume this to be true also for an hypercane, it means that the island would be constantly into an area of calm weather, meaning no rainfall, for centuries. The island itself, lacking rainfall, would be a barren landscape, more or less like the Sahara or the Atacama desert.
Lacking trees, there would be no possibility for humans to build boats and therefore to fish, therefore on the long term human life would be simply impossible on the island.
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I think the lack of rain is a great observation. But maybe possible there's underground water (springs or oasis) or glacial run-off (top of mountain continually grows ice from water vapor, glacier expands "downslope," then melts in lower altitudes/warmer temps. Still, upvote.
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– Xplodotron
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@Xplodotron, any humidity reaching the air would be lifted up by the circulation and would precipitate elsewhere. Look at the Tropics.
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– L.Dutch♦
5 hours ago
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I think you're right. Glaciers form by snow fall, not freezing dew. Ok. But still, underground water, eh?
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– Xplodotron
5 hours ago
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Or it might be more Hollywood to have a crazy but courageous group of water gatherers sail close to the edge of the eye where the storm(s) is and gather just enough rainfall to avoid sinking.
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– Xplodotron
4 hours ago
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@Xplodotron That's actually hilarious and awesome. I love it
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I think the lack of rain is a great observation. But maybe possible there's underground water (springs or oasis) or glacial run-off (top of mountain continually grows ice from water vapor, glacier expands "downslope," then melts in lower altitudes/warmer temps. Still, upvote.
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– Xplodotron
5 hours ago
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@Xplodotron, any humidity reaching the air would be lifted up by the circulation and would precipitate elsewhere. Look at the Tropics.
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– L.Dutch♦
5 hours ago
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I think you're right. Glaciers form by snow fall, not freezing dew. Ok. But still, underground water, eh?
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– Xplodotron
5 hours ago
2
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Or it might be more Hollywood to have a crazy but courageous group of water gatherers sail close to the edge of the eye where the storm(s) is and gather just enough rainfall to avoid sinking.
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– Xplodotron
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@Xplodotron That's actually hilarious and awesome. I love it
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I think the lack of rain is a great observation. But maybe possible there's underground water (springs or oasis) or glacial run-off (top of mountain continually grows ice from water vapor, glacier expands "downslope," then melts in lower altitudes/warmer temps. Still, upvote.
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– Xplodotron
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I think the lack of rain is a great observation. But maybe possible there's underground water (springs or oasis) or glacial run-off (top of mountain continually grows ice from water vapor, glacier expands "downslope," then melts in lower altitudes/warmer temps. Still, upvote.
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– Xplodotron
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@Xplodotron, any humidity reaching the air would be lifted up by the circulation and would precipitate elsewhere. Look at the Tropics.
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– L.Dutch♦
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@Xplodotron, any humidity reaching the air would be lifted up by the circulation and would precipitate elsewhere. Look at the Tropics.
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I think you're right. Glaciers form by snow fall, not freezing dew. Ok. But still, underground water, eh?
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– Xplodotron
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I think you're right. Glaciers form by snow fall, not freezing dew. Ok. But still, underground water, eh?
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Or it might be more Hollywood to have a crazy but courageous group of water gatherers sail close to the edge of the eye where the storm(s) is and gather just enough rainfall to avoid sinking.
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– Xplodotron
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Or it might be more Hollywood to have a crazy but courageous group of water gatherers sail close to the edge of the eye where the storm(s) is and gather just enough rainfall to avoid sinking.
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– Xplodotron
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@Xplodotron That's actually hilarious and awesome. I love it
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– Rick D
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@Xplodotron That's actually hilarious and awesome. I love it
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– Rick D
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Yes.
The eye of a terrestrial hurricane, no matter what size, is a zone of calm winds and relatively clear skies around which whirls the raging tempest.
The picture shows what it's like inside a hurricane's Eye. Nice and calm, trees are happy, not a lot of rain or wind.
This is the accompanying video, courtesy of Hurricane Michael.
If your hypercane remains perfectly rooted over and surrounding an island, then people can live on the island in its Eye indefinitely. Winds are calm; precipitation is sparse to light. Since your storm is a magical artifact, the kataigothurge that whipped it up in the first place could allow for occasional squalls and showers within the Eye.
The limiting factors will be the usual for island life: resources & space. The Storm itself will serve to keep them in and outsiders away, but apart from that shouldn't have much of an effect on the island itself.
answered 6 hours ago
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what about the barometric pressure? Do you think anything with the low pressure zone would affect human settlement? I think for a larger hurricane the eye will be an unusually low pressure zone right?
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– Rick D
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Low pressure shouldn't be a problem. It would be equivalent to some distance up a mountain, but nothing like a vacuum.
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Yes.
The eye of a terrestrial hurricane, no matter what size, is a zone of calm winds and relatively clear skies around which whirls the raging tempest.
The picture shows what it's like inside a hurricane's Eye. Nice and calm, trees are happy, not a lot of rain or wind.
This is the accompanying video, courtesy of Hurricane Michael.
If your hypercane remains perfectly rooted over and surrounding an island, then people can live on the island in its Eye indefinitely. Winds are calm; precipitation is sparse to light. Since your storm is a magical artifact, the kataigothurge that whipped it up in the first place could allow for occasional squalls and showers within the Eye.
The limiting factors will be the usual for island life: resources & space. The Storm itself will serve to keep them in and outsiders away, but apart from that shouldn't have much of an effect on the island itself.
answered 6 hours ago
elemtilaselemtilas
16.3k23470
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what about the barometric pressure? Do you think anything with the low pressure zone would affect human settlement? I think for a larger hurricane the eye will be an unusually low pressure zone right?
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– Rick D
4 hours ago
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Low pressure shouldn't be a problem. It would be equivalent to some distance up a mountain, but nothing like a vacuum.
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– cmm
3 hours ago
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Yes.
The eye of a terrestrial hurricane, no matter what size, is a zone of calm winds and relatively clear skies around which whirls the raging tempest.
The picture shows what it's like inside a hurricane's Eye. Nice and calm, trees are happy, not a lot of rain or wind.
This is the accompanying video, courtesy of Hurricane Michael.
If your hypercane remains perfectly rooted over and surrounding an island, then people can live on the island in its Eye indefinitely. Winds are calm; precipitation is sparse to light. Since your storm is a magical artifact, the kataigothurge that whipped it up in the first place could allow for occasional squalls and showers within the Eye.
The limiting factors will be the usual for island life: resources & space. The Storm itself will serve to keep them in and outsiders away, but apart from that shouldn't have much of an effect on the island itself.
answered 6 hours ago
elemtilaselemtilas
16.3k23470
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Yes.
The eye of a terrestrial hurricane, no matter what size, is a zone of calm winds and relatively clear skies around which whirls the raging tempest.
The picture shows what it's like inside a hurricane's Eye. Nice and calm, trees are happy, not a lot of rain or wind.
This is the accompanying video, courtesy of Hurricane Michael.
If your hypercane remains perfectly rooted over and surrounding an island, then people can live on the island in its Eye indefinitely. Winds are calm; precipitation is sparse to light. Since your storm is a magical artifact, the kataigothurge that whipped it up in the first place could allow for occasional squalls and showers within the Eye.
The limiting factors will be the usual for island life: resources & space. The Storm itself will serve to keep them in and outsiders away, but apart from that shouldn't have much of an effect on the island itself.
answered 6 hours ago
elemtilaselemtilas
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answered 6 hours ago
elemtilaselemtilas
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answered 6 hours ago
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what about the barometric pressure? Do you think anything with the low pressure zone would affect human settlement? I think for a larger hurricane the eye will be an unusually low pressure zone right?
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– Rick D
4 hours ago
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Low pressure shouldn't be a problem. It would be equivalent to some distance up a mountain, but nothing like a vacuum.
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– cmm
3 hours ago
add a comment |
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what about the barometric pressure? Do you think anything with the low pressure zone would affect human settlement? I think for a larger hurricane the eye will be an unusually low pressure zone right?
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– Rick D
4 hours ago
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Low pressure shouldn't be a problem. It would be equivalent to some distance up a mountain, but nothing like a vacuum.
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– cmm
3 hours ago
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what about the barometric pressure? Do you think anything with the low pressure zone would affect human settlement? I think for a larger hurricane the eye will be an unusually low pressure zone right?
$endgroup$
– Rick D
4 hours ago
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what about the barometric pressure? Do you think anything with the low pressure zone would affect human settlement? I think for a larger hurricane the eye will be an unusually low pressure zone right?
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– Rick D
4 hours ago
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1
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Low pressure shouldn't be a problem. It would be equivalent to some distance up a mountain, but nothing like a vacuum.
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– cmm
3 hours ago
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Low pressure shouldn't be a problem. It would be equivalent to some distance up a mountain, but nothing like a vacuum.
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– cmm
3 hours ago
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While the weather in the eye is calm and possible to live in, there are big sea waves from the storm. The coasts would be uninhabitable and fishing impossible. If there are major rivers, large ocean waves and swells tend to propagate upriver.
The island would need protection, such as coastal cliffs from hard rock which does not erode easily. Or perhaps very extensive coastal lagunas and mangrove forests.
answered 2 hours ago
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While the weather in the eye is calm and possible to live in, there are big sea waves from the storm. The coasts would be uninhabitable and fishing impossible. If there are major rivers, large ocean waves and swells tend to propagate upriver.
The island would need protection, such as coastal cliffs from hard rock which does not erode easily. Or perhaps very extensive coastal lagunas and mangrove forests.
answered 2 hours ago
JurajJuraj
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While the weather in the eye is calm and possible to live in, there are big sea waves from the storm. The coasts would be uninhabitable and fishing impossible. If there are major rivers, large ocean waves and swells tend to propagate upriver.
The island would need protection, such as coastal cliffs from hard rock which does not erode easily. Or perhaps very extensive coastal lagunas and mangrove forests.
answered 2 hours ago
JurajJuraj
46925
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While the weather in the eye is calm and possible to live in, there are big sea waves from the storm. The coasts would be uninhabitable and fishing impossible. If there are major rivers, large ocean waves and swells tend to propagate upriver.
The island would need protection, such as coastal cliffs from hard rock which does not erode easily. Or perhaps very extensive coastal lagunas and mangrove forests.
answered 2 hours ago
JurajJuraj
46925
answered 2 hours ago
JurajJuraj
46925
answered 2 hours ago
JurajJuraj
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answered 2 hours ago
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Hurricanes move. Islands don't. People won't live for very long in the eye of a hypercane, assuming any survived the landing of said hypercane in the first place.
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The hurricane is irrelevant, since life could easily exist in a permanent hurricane, Relatively small islands (Hawai'i, Tahiti, Samoa, &c) can support human life for extended periods, and with a sufficient tech level, boats/ships could be built to travel through the hurricane. Probably easier to build them outside, though.
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@elemtilas That's not really relevant to the question - assume some quirk in the geography of the planet, or advanced weather machines, or magic, it doesn't really matter. I'm mostly exploring this from the angle of : the hypercane is there, it persists in one place, and what is life like inside the eye for people
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