Number Two Appears in Eye of Hurricane
Status: Real
Viewers of NBC2 saw something strange during the station's coverage of Hurricane Wilma. In the Doppler loop video of the storm coming ashore, the number two suddenly appeared in the eye of the hurricane, formed momentarily by the swirling clouds. The number is so perfectly shaped that it seems like it has to be fake (some form of over-the-top station self-identification). But apparently it's real. The station swears that the image hasn't been altered, and they've provided a link to a NOAA image of the storm [the link is now dead] to prove that the number two really did briefly form in the eye of the storm. I'm sure that Scott Stevens will claim this is proof that the Yakuza really are creating hurricanes.
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The link to the "NOAA image" is invalid. Hoax.
Posted by Craig on Tue Nov 01, 2005 at 05:17 AM
No it isn't. Real
Posted by Ethan on Tue Nov 01, 2005 at 06:27 AM
The link works for me.
Posted by The Curator in San Diego on Tue Nov 01, 2005 at 07:50 AM
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Posted by Craig on Tue Nov 01, 2005 at 07:59 AM
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Posted by azog on Tue Nov 01, 2005 at 08:44 AM
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You're right. It no longer works. It seemed to still be working for me, but I was really only seeing the image stored in my browser's cache. Unfortunately I didn't save the image. But it was there.
Posted by The Curator in San Diego on Tue Nov 01, 2005 at 10:12 AM
Right click is disabled on that tv newsstation's page too. The one whose station logo has a 2 in it that is stylized remarkably like the 2 in the hurricane eye.
Yeah, its a real photoshop job.
Posted by Craig on Tue Nov 01, 2005 at 10:36 AM
Yeah, its a real photoshop job.
It's not Photoshopped according to the article.
Posted by Reynard Muldrake on Tue Nov 01, 2005 at 11:09 AM
If they photoshopped it, then they had to photoshop the NOAA image too. And I swear I saw it (when the link was still working), and it looked like a 2. It's just an example of a chance cloud formation.
Posted by The Curator in San Diego on Tue Nov 01, 2005 at 06:02 PM
You got Punk'd by Channel 2 dude!
Admit it and move on, it'll be easier that way.
I'm still laughing that they got you that easy. There's a very good reason that image doesn't exist on NOAA's website...
Posted by Craig on Tue Nov 01, 2005 at 09:05 PM
Admit it and move on, it'll be easier that way.
I'm still laughing that they got you that easy. There's a very good reason that image doesn't exist on NOAA's website...
Definitely looks fake to me. The "2" is abosolutely not moving in the same patterns as any of the other clouds.
Posted by Big Gary, blustery on Tue Nov 01, 2005 at 09:19 PM
Whoops, I mean "absolutely not".
Posted by Big Gary, blustery on Tue Nov 01, 2005 at 09:20 PM
The two seems to be moving normally to me and it does look different to the 2 in their logo (a verticle line before the bottom line not a diagonal) now i can't see the NOAA image but i don't see anything to tell me it's not real.
Nature can do some freaky things.
Posted by Geekmafia on Wed Nov 02, 2005 at 11:50 AM
Nature can do some freaky things.
it is a sign .. the second coming... 😉
Posted by AAB on Wed Nov 02, 2005 at 02:47 PM
okay NOW the link is not working but i've seen weird clouds formations before and this is no differnt IT IS REAL!!!!
Posted by ethan on Thu Nov 03, 2005 at 06:11 AM
the nbc site has now got a link to the weather war website which shows the 2 aswell
Posted by ethan on Thu Nov 03, 2005 at 06:14 AM
Okay, here's NOAA's image of the 2. It's not as clear as the image from NBC2, but the accuweather guy explains that "For the most part, everyone uses the same radar data from the same radar hardware, but depending on what color scale the radar picture is using, and whether or not software attempts to remove low-decibel 'ground clutter' returns, the 2 is more clear on some radar images than others."
Posted by The Curator in San Diego on Thu Nov 03, 2005 at 12:34 PM
In other words, yeah, the "2" is fake. Some clouds have been taken out and others added to make the figure into a "2." My name is Errol Flynn if you just take some letters out, add others, and rearrange them a bit.
Posted by Big Gary, retreating faster on Thu Nov 03, 2005 at 04:56 PM
The 2 is real!
Repent, Unbelievers!
Posted by The Curator in San Diego on Thu Nov 03, 2005 at 05:02 PM
Repent, Unbelievers!
I'm a resident of Southwest Florida & was fortunate enough to not lose power during Hurricane Wilma. I speak without hesitation when saying that I witnessed the "2" on live television. It's not a hoax.
Posted by Dave on Sat Nov 05, 2005 at 08:19 AM
How can it be fake when I watched it on LIVE coverage as the hurricane was hitting my home town? I didn't beleive it myself at first, and probably wouldn't beleive it now if i hadn't seen it first hand.
Posted by Sara on Sat Nov 05, 2005 at 09:12 AM
I also live in Southwest Florida and I saw it on live TV, too. It's real!!
Posted by Rachel on Sat Nov 05, 2005 at 10:33 AM
"Right click is disabled on that tv newsstation's page too. The one whose station logo has a 2 in it that is stylized remarkably like the 2 in the hurricane eye."
Right clicking has always been disabled on the website, it's a copyright protection. NBC-2 is a professional newscasting company, they wouldn't mess around with said sensitive subjects when they are the primary newscasting channel in the most-heavily damaged areas on the west-coast.
Posted by Brad on Sat Nov 05, 2005 at 03:28 PM
Right clicking has always been disabled on the website, it's a copyright protection. NBC-2 is a professional newscasting company, they wouldn't mess around with said sensitive subjects when they are the primary newscasting channel in the most-heavily damaged areas on the west-coast.
This site also shows a picture of the "2" from the NOAA site: http://www.wxnation.com/blog/?p=1007
Posted by Rachel on Mon Nov 07, 2005 at 07:09 AM
http://wwwa.accuweather.com/adcbin/public/community_blog.asp?webcaster=COMMUNITY&date=2005-11-03_0141
whatever it is, the pic(s) are not fake...
and it didn't appear 'momentarily', it only looks momentariliy in GIF loops - if you check times on radar scan (last link) you'll see that it lasted about an hour...
'nature can do most amazing things'. Yea, right. Technology doubly so.
Posted by ovajonaj on Wed Nov 09, 2005 at 05:26 AM
whatever it is, the pic(s) are not fake...
and it didn't appear 'momentarily', it only looks momentariliy in GIF loops - if you check times on radar scan (last link) you'll see that it lasted about an hour...
'nature can do most amazing things'. Yea, right. Technology doubly so.
At http://www.bible-codes.org, Dean Coombs says that Wilma had 2 eyes (vortex) when it was a Category 5. Which was a Sign from God (Jesus) that the End-of-this-Age is very close. Jesus wrote the "2" in the eye, which refers to Wilma's 2 eyes (we think). And the Second Coming of Christ is very near.
At http://www.christian-forum.net, we posted the image directly from the NBC-2.com/articles website, plus some comments from our readers.
Jesus wrote the 2 in the eye of the Storm.
Katrina's eye went directly over the National Hurricane Center in Florida, which is a Sign that God is in control of these Storms. God puts the Storms exactly where He wants them.
There are many other Signs at the http://www.bible-codes.org web-site.
Visitors are welcome.
Posted by dennis manning on Fri Nov 25, 2005 at 09:40 AM
At http://www.christian-forum.net, we posted the image directly from the NBC-2.com/articles website, plus some comments from our readers.
Jesus wrote the 2 in the eye of the Storm.
Katrina's eye went directly over the National Hurricane Center in Florida, which is a Sign that God is in control of these Storms. God puts the Storms exactly where He wants them.
There are many other Signs at the http://www.bible-codes.org web-site.
Visitors are welcome.
That is the single most nonsensical sight I have ever visited. Those people are seriously disturbed if they actually believe all that crap.
Posted by Charybdis on Fri Nov 25, 2005 at 09:46 AM
http://www.christian-forum.net/index.php?showtopic=2346
It's me again, dennis manning.
The above address will take you directly to the Wilma article.
Posted by dennis manning on Fri Nov 25, 2005 at 10:13 AM
It's me again, dennis manning.
The above address will take you directly to the Wilma article.
And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. (Matthew 24:30)
Merry Christmas Everybody!
Posted by StormAngel on Mon Aug 13, 2007 at 02:45 AM
Merry Christmas Everybody!
The image is real. I am the News Director at Waterman Broadcasting and was in the weather center when the image came up. We have our own Doppler Radar with a much better view of any storms in the area than the NOAA radar. No everyone doesn't use the same radar. You can see the outline of the image in the NOAA shot - but image a radar much closer to the storm and scanning it at a lower level than one in Key West or Tampa.
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