How can something so beautiful... - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

asshopo · 09-17-2003, 05:38 AM

...and be so destructive?

Hurricane/Storm (whatever it is now) Isabel

BoCo · 09-17-2003, 05:44 AM

I've said the same about women many times...

Cynthetiq · 09-17-2003, 05:47 AM

sometimes it's being able to get back far enough to see the beauty, get in there real close, and you'd see the complete and utter destructive nature.

ARTelevision · 09-17-2003, 05:53 AM

yes. as with all things, it's relativistic.
point of view (frame of reference) is everything.

BoCo · 09-17-2003, 05:59 AM

Here's a pic from space:

erion · 09-17-2003, 06:11 AM

She's a hungry, angry beast.

Did anyone else notice how there is almost no other weather activity going on east of the Mississippi River right now? As I watched the updates yesterday you could see the low pressure from Isabel literally sucking all the other clouds and weather systems into her.

A lhunting cat (lion, tiger, panther) is beautiful, too, until you realize you're the one being chased. . .

lurkette · 09-17-2003, 06:12 AM

Wow, those photos are amazing. Strange how we have this love-hate fascination with nature. It sustains us as it threatens us.

Thanks for posting those.

tikki · 09-17-2003, 06:14 AM

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Originally posted by BoCo
I've said the same about women many times...

Me too.

As for the hurricane, I don't really see the beauty in it, but I have a hard time looking past that whole destruction and possible death thing.

raeanna74 · 09-17-2003, 06:22 AM

Anything with Power has this attraction that other things don't have. Storms, lions, tigers, vocanoes, the ocean. They have the power to destroy and yet we are facinated with them.

Maybe it's natures way of teaching us to respect these things so that we do not end up being destroyed ourselves.

erion · 09-17-2003, 06:27 AM

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Originally posted by raeanna74
Maybe it's natures way of teaching us to respect these things so that we do not end up being destroyed ourselves.

If so, It's a lesson She's been teaching since before the dawn of recorded history and we (as a species) still haven't learned. . .

rockogre · 09-17-2003, 06:28 AM

It's nature at its most expressive. We just live here, mother nature runs the program.

I find the physics of it just as amazing as its physical appearance. So much energy.

dnd · 09-17-2003, 07:07 AM

Its kinda true what raeanna74 says, power is always fascinating for humans. Maybe a generalisation but people always want more people, either in control over other peoples lives or even control in their own lives. the idea of something so powerful and deadly but natural and beautiful seems to have people amazed. The sheer size and force makes u stand back and stare. We don't really get hurricanes so big in england, so maybe the fascination lies somewhere in that.

flamingpeach · 09-17-2003, 08:01 AM

what an awesome picture

ratbastid · 09-17-2003, 08:24 AM

Amazing.

lurkette and I live right on the westernmost edge of Isabel's projected path. The whole state is battening down the hatches.

legolas · 09-17-2003, 08:43 AM

Well there's a thin line between good and evil as I just stated in a different topic.

a2k · 09-17-2003, 09:02 AM

I've wondered the same thing about the giant looming on my horizon, Mt. Rainier.

sixate · 09-17-2003, 11:29 AM

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Originally posted by tikki
Me too.

Me three.

BTW, the pic is awesome.

Hard8s · 09-17-2003, 04:18 PM

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Originally posted by rockogre
It's nature at its most expressive. We just live here, mother nature runs the program.

Its Mother nature at her Best, and Worst.
Gotta love the power that is generated, by both the wind and the lighting developed in these things. MAkes you see how small and insignificant we all actually are.

battlemouth · 09-17-2003, 05:16 PM

i get to experience the fury soon enough, since i live in RI so it should be coming thursday or friday. oh boy!

Jadey · 09-17-2003, 11:04 PM

Wow! Awesome picture! Hurricanes are amazing. Living in the midwest most of my life I never realized just how much damage they can cause until I spent a couple of years on the east coast. I live on the Cape Fear Peninsula in North Carolina when they had the first shark attack off of the NC coast in like 40 years, and I experienced 3 different hurricanes. Now I'm back in the midwest---no sharks-no hurricanes. Just the way I like it.

GakFace · 09-18-2003, 12:09 AM

Yeah in the Midwest, good ol' Tornadoes.. heh.

Those Pictures are breathtaking!!! (that is until you poke it in the eye...)

KUGR · 09-18-2003, 12:45 AM

Awesome pic! Thanks

asshopo · 09-18-2003, 10:55 AM

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Originally posted by battlemouth
i get to experience the fury soon enough, since i live in RI so it should be coming thursday or friday. oh boy!

Oh man, that sucks. Post in here and let us know your ok!

tinfoil · 09-18-2003, 10:55 AM

Damn, BoCo, that bloody storm is *huge*. I didn't realise how big these things could get.

PulpMind · 09-18-2003, 12:29 PM

your horizon too, 'eh?
yeah... mt rainier is long overdue... Seattle hasn't seen traffic yet until all 2 million (?) of us try to get out of here at once =P

fallen_angel · 09-18-2003, 01:34 PM

personally any creation of mother nature is pure beauty to me. the fact that she is so distructive is just a womens nature, thus mother nature is her name. My field of study is severe and unusual weather in the midwest region, and i find that the most beautiful child of hers are tornados. they have the power to cause such distruction yet they chose who is spared and who is not.

The fact that isabel was 200 miles across before landfall is just amazing, cuz thats one nasty storm, and it will probably cause a lot of damage but take few lives. oh well im off to class, ya for me!!

09-17-2003, 05:38 AM	#1 (permalink)
asshopo Insane Location: Michigan	How can something so beautiful... ...and be so destructive? Hurricane/Storm (whatever it is now) Isabel

09-17-2003, 05:44 AM	#2 (permalink)
BoCo Fear the bunny Location: Hanging off the tip of the Right Wing	I've said the same about women many times... __________________ Activism is a way for useless people to feel important.

09-17-2003, 05:47 AM	#3 (permalink)
Cynthetiq Tilted Cat Head Administrator Location: Manhattan, NY	sometimes it's being able to get back far enough to see the beauty, get in there real close, and you'd see the complete and utter destructive nature. __________________ I don't care if you are black, white, purple, green, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, hippie, cop, bum, admin, user, English, Irish, French, Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, indian, cowboy, tall, short, fat, skinny, emo, punk, mod, rocker, straight, gay, lesbian, jock, nerd, geek, Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Independent, driver, pedestrian, or bicyclist, either you're an asshole or you're not. What's the best nation in the world? DO-NATION!

09-17-2003, 05:53 AM	#4 (permalink)
ARTelevision I change Location: USA	yes. as with all things, it's relativistic. point of view (frame of reference) is everything. __________________ create evolution

09-17-2003, 05:59 AM	#5 (permalink)
BoCo Fear the bunny Location: Hanging off the tip of the Right Wing	Here's a pic from space: __________________ Activism is a way for useless people to feel important.

09-17-2003, 06:11 AM	#6 (permalink)
erion Psycho	She's a hungry, angry beast. Did anyone else notice how there is almost no other weather activity going on east of the Mississippi River right now? As I watched the updates yesterday you could see the low pressure from Isabel literally sucking all the other clouds and weather systems into her. A lhunting cat (lion, tiger, panther) is beautiful, too, until you realize you're the one being chased. . .

09-17-2003, 06:12 AM	#7 (permalink)
lurkette My future is coming on Moderator Emeritus Location: east of the sun and west of the moon	Wow, those photos are amazing. Strange how we have this love-hate fascination with nature. It sustains us as it threatens us. Thanks for posting those. __________________ "If ten million people believe a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing." - Anatole France

09-17-2003, 06:22 AM	#9 (permalink)
raeanna74 I'm not a blonde! I'm knot! I'm knot! I'm knot! Location: Upper Michigan	Anything with Power has this attraction that other things don't have. Storms, lions, tigers, vocanoes, the ocean. They have the power to destroy and yet we are facinated with them. Maybe it's natures way of teaching us to respect these things so that we do not end up being destroyed ourselves. __________________ "Always learn the rules so that you can break them properly." Dalai Lama My Karma just ran over your Dogma.

09-17-2003, 06:28 AM	#11 (permalink)
rockogre I aim to misbehave! Location: SW Oklahoma	It's nature at its most expressive. We just live here, mother nature runs the program. I find the physics of it just as amazing as its physical appearance. So much energy. __________________ Only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you, Jesus Christ and the American G. I. One died for your soul, the other for your freedom

09-17-2003, 07:07 AM	#12 (permalink)
dnd Psycho Location: London...no longer a student	Its kinda true what raeanna74 says, power is always fascinating for humans. Maybe a generalisation but people always want more people, either in control over other peoples lives or even control in their own lives. the idea of something so powerful and deadly but natural and beautiful seems to have people amazed. The sheer size and force makes u stand back and stare. We don't really get hurricanes so big in england, so maybe the fascination lies somewhere in that. __________________ "Never underestimate a dumb question"-- Brandon Boyd

09-17-2003, 08:01 AM	#13 (permalink)
flamingpeach hip mama Location: redmond, washington	what an awesome picture __________________ I've eaten my veggies all my life so bring it on, I am educated and strong for the revolution.

09-17-2003, 08:24 AM	#14 (permalink)
ratbastid Darth Papa Location: Yonder	Amazing. lurkette and I live right on the westernmost edge of Isabel's projected path. The whole state is battening down the hatches.

09-17-2003, 08:43 AM	#15 (permalink)
legolas shit faced cockmaster Location: CT	Well there's a thin line between good and evil as I just stated in a different topic. __________________ "To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems."

09-17-2003, 09:02 AM	#16 (permalink)
a2k Crazy Location: Seattle	I've wondered the same thing about the giant looming on my horizon, Mt. Rainier.

09-17-2003, 05:16 PM	#19 (permalink)
battlemouth Robot Lovin' Location: Boston	i get to experience the fury soon enough, since i live in RI so it should be coming thursday or friday. oh boy! __________________ like a bullet through a flock of doves

09-18-2003, 12:45 AM	#22 (permalink)
KUGR Mushroom Location: West coast of michigan	Awesome pic! Thanks __________________ ------------------- Boof! -------------------

09-17-2003, 11:04 PM	#20 (permalink)
Jadey This Space For Rent Location: Davenport, Iowa	Wow! Awesome picture! Hurricanes are amazing. Living in the midwest most of my life I never realized just how much damage they can cause until I spent a couple of years on the east coast. I live on the Cape Fear Peninsula in North Carolina when they had the first shark attack off of the NC coast in like 40 years, and I experienced 3 different hurricanes. Now I'm back in the midwest---no sharks-no hurricanes. Just the way I like it.

09-18-2003, 12:09 AM	#21 (permalink)
GakFace Go Ninja, Go Ninja Go!! Location: IN, USA	Yeah in the Midwest, good ol' Tornadoes.. heh. Those Pictures are breathtaking!!! (that is until you poke it in the eye...) __________________ RoboBlaster: Welcome to the club! Not that I'm in the club. And there really isn'a a club in the first place. But if there was a club and if I was in it, I would definitely welcome you to it.

09-18-2003, 10:55 AM	#24 (permalink)
tinfoil Fucking Hostile Location: Springford, ON, Canada	Damn, BoCo, that bloody storm is huge. I didn't realise how big these things could get. __________________ Get off your fuckin cross. We need the fuckin space to nail the next fool martyr.

09-18-2003, 12:29 PM	#25 (permalink)
PulpMind Addict Location: Portland	your horizon too, 'eh? yeah... mt rainier is long overdue... Seattle hasn't seen traffic yet until all 2 million (?) of us try to get out of here at once =P

09-18-2003, 01:34 PM	#26 (permalink)
fallen_angel Psycho Location: Somewhere between the Havens and the Earth	personally any creation of mother nature is pure beauty to me. the fact that she is so distructive is just a womens nature, thus mother nature is her name. My field of study is severe and unusual weather in the midwest region, and i find that the most beautiful child of hers are tornados. they have the power to cause such distruction yet they chose who is spared and who is not. The fact that isabel was 200 miles across before landfall is just amazing, cuz thats one nasty storm, and it will probably cause a lot of damage but take few lives. oh well im off to class, ya for me!! __________________ from the Havens I have fallen. . . to the earth as a mangled form. . . writhing in pain, my wings torn and bloodied. . . I have one purpose, only one goal. . . to find you and love you, for I am your. . . fallen angel