I'm sure you've figured this out from experience by now but Google Earth has a really bad habit of crashing on Windows 10 and newer - you might wanna consider ArcGIS
I think it might have something to do with smaller vorticies or vorticies that have stronger vertical motion relative to their horizontal winds.
Oof, that's rough. Have you tried clearing the program cache? I've had a couple crashes over the years because of corrupted data. Haven't had one in quite a while but I'm still paranoid about it, so I've gotten in the habit of exporting My Places to KMZ pretty often.
omg. oof
also yeah. make sure to keep saving your files to your documents. you can resave the file every time you change it so there's no problem there. do that often and you shouldn't continue too lose any progress unless something weird is happening.
Yeah I’ll give it a try, and I’ll definitely start saving to my documents frequently from now on I think I’ve learned my lesson lol. It’s weird I haven’t had any problems whatsoever in the past it’s only started these last 2 days, whatever it is has put a good sized dent in progress, all 90+ miles of it.
That's so frustrating. I lost most of my Tupelo-Gainesville stuff one time back when I was working on that. Crashes have been very rare in my experience, but when they do happen they seem to happen at the worst possible time lol
Yep there were a few choice words that were said when I realized that hours upon hours of meticulously sifting through almost 92 miles of damage and plotting points were gone. One word I would use to describe the Tuscaloosa track would be squirrelly. By far the most complex and erratic path I’ve plotted, anddd all of the points are gone. But anyways I’ll look into what I might be able to do to resolve the issue, appreciate the advice! Speaking of Tupelo-Gainesville, I’m fascinated by the tornado track maps you make for these historical events, they’re really awesome to look at!
hoping you can get it redone quickly. should be faster to redo it since you have the knowledge of doing it previously. right? like most things the more you redo something the faster you get at doing it.
It looks like he only lists the stats for 6/8/53, presumably because there's too long a time gap to count as a continuous outbreak and 6/9 on its own (only four tornadoes) doesn't qualify as an outbreak.
i have a question for how you do your maps. why do you not just use the polygon feature instead of the path feature?
So the reason I use the path feature is because the polygon automatically connects itself and for long track events or tornadoes that have extremely complex structures or damage patterns, it becomes a hassle at times. Plus im just more used to the path feature and find it easier and more time saving to use, I’ve experimented with the polygon in the past and it’s fine but when tracks become complex then it becomes a liability.
ah. okay.
Lol I wouldn’t exactly say I was too patient when this happened but I sort of just accepted it and thought putting a fist through the screen probably wouldn’t have helped the situation, I’d be lying if I said the thought didn’t cross my mind though.
mega lol
which map are you gonna finish first?
