Where are the hurricanes? (1 Viewer)

[Joseph DeMartino]

What, nuclear and satellite technology weren't enough for you?

Joe

 

[Greg*go]

He's right you know. That's one of the results with psychohistory.

 

[James St]

I'll gladly take below normal...

http://www.weatherstreet.com/hurrica...mal-season.htm

 

[JeremyErwin]

"Below normal?" The misuse of statistics is frightening.

Suppose you learned that the average family (somewhere, somehow) had 1.1 kids. You neighbors have one child. Would you describe their brood as below normal?

It's normal. Besides, August hurricanes are less common than September or October Hurricanes. 2006 probably won't be as active as 2005-- but I wouldn't be rebuying Florida swampland just yet.

(I sound like a damn bluray partisan, don't I? The BD50s will come, and the Cat5's will come too...)

 

[Chu Gai]

Shades of the '40's and the Soviet Union, don't you think Joe?

 

[Joseph DeMartino]

Well, that could lead us into politics, so I think I'll leave the comment to speak for itself.

Joe

 

[MarkHastings]

Quite true...below record levels doesn't always mean below normal.

 

[Paul_Fisher]

But but what about global warming? I thought that was causing all the hurricane activity?

 

[JeremyErwin]

This hurricane season may seem slow, but it's just average

El nino is less of a factor this season.

 

[JeremyErwin]

 

[Joseph DeMartino]

Storm Frenzy Not Result of "Global Warming"

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Regards,

Jo

 

[nolesrule]

There's a tropical wave pretty far south that is predicted to eventually intensify into a depression (and then some) and curve northward across Cuba and probably into the Gulf of Mexico. Here it comes.

 

[James St]

It is now TD#5 and if it develops further it could pose a threat to the Western Gulf on its current track.

 

[PhillJones]

This years extreme weather isn't hurricanes, it's heat.

It's the second hottest July on record in the states and the hottest on record in several european countries. It was the fire season the year before wasn't it? If it's not one thing, it's another.

 

[Joseph DeMartino]

I think next year it's going to be frogs, and the year after that will probably be locusts and the slaying of the firstborn.

Regards,

Joe

 

[Chu Gai]

Can I pick the country?

 

[nolesrule]

Everyone, let's now welcome Tropical Storm Ernesto.

 

[James St]

Looks like Ernesto could be a real problem for someone next weekend. Anyone between Louisiana and the Florida Panhandle may want to keep an eye on this one.

 

[Malcolm R]

Just saw a graphic on one of the news networks that had Ernesto at Cat 3 just off the coast of Louisiana, sometime around Wednesday.

If you're thinking about evacuating, now is the time to begin preparations...not Tuesday.

 

[JeremyErwin]

I think a link to the national hurricane center should prove to be of some use to thread participants.