Posted on 08/31/2013 10:06:14 AM PDT by Signalman
Where are all the hurricanes Al Gore, Bill McKibben, Joe Romm, and Brad Johnson say are supposed to happen due to global warming?
August is about to end without an Atlantic hurricane for the first time since 2002, calling into question predictions of a more active storm season than normal.
Six tropical systems have formed in the Atlantic since the season began June 1 and none of them has grown to hurricane strength with winds of at least 74 miles (120 kilometers) per hour. Accumulated cyclone energy in the Atlantic, a measure of tropical power, is about 30 percent of where it normally would be, said Phil Klotzbach, lead author of Colorado State University’s seasonal hurricane forecasts.
“At this point, I doubt that a super-active hurricane season will happen,” Klotzbach said in an e-mail yesterday.
The most active part of the Atlantic season runs from Aug. 20 to about the first week of October. The statistical peak occurs on Sept. 10, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
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The way we could prove it is just kill every human being on the planet and measure the drop in global temperatures.
Then we'd know for sure.
Please stop exhaling.
How many category 5 super storms have hit the US since Katrina and Rita! Sandy was barely above a tropical storm when it hit NYC at a high tide, and two nor'westerners barreling down on her.
I agree.
Sept/Oct are Peak.
5.56mm
Ike was pretty nasty.
I like to go to the beach during these times. The surf is always a little bit choppier and rougher. A stiff breeze keeps the mosquitoes at bay. Thick, fluffy cumulus clouds scud across the sky. I'm filling up all my red gas containers and getting the propane tanks filled. Doing an oil change on the generator and testing it out - just in case.
When a hurricane is nearby, the air gets kind of heavier, more tropical. I get in the mood to mix pitchers of margaritas and drink them out on my picnic table in the backyard while listening to the radio. I start getting phone calls and emails from far-away friends and relatives concerned about me being in the "path of a monster" as according to the Weather Channel - even if landfall is projected to be some 600 miles down the coast from where I am. Apparently I am in jeopardy just by living on the Eastern Seaboard.
When a hurricane does pass over my house, even if it's blown-out remnants, it's always an event. Businesses shut down. Highways close. I'm walking my dog around the neighborhood with a gusty wind and periodic downpours and neighbors think I'm crazy for being out in it. Branches blow off trees and I like the way the bigger trees sway back and forth and my dog and I pass through the swirling winds. If we get drenched - no big deal. The rains are so warm and I'm usually in shorts and sandals anyway. My dog doesn't care and appears to even like getting wet.
For some reason, hurricanes and beer go together. After a hurricane passes by, everybody has recycle bins full of empty beer cans on trash day. Some wine bottles but not as much as what you see after Thanksgiving and Christmas.
According to Joe Bastardi, best weatherman in America IMO, the hurricane season will get active late this year.
You’re my hero Sam
Algore is deeply saddened.
As are all the folks at The Weather Channel!
Jim Cantore, et al., have nothing to talk about!
CLIMATE CHANGE is cooling the oceans...we’re all gonna DIE!
Sept seems to be the real peak here.
U.S. Mainland Hurricane Strikes By Month: 1851-2006
| AREA | June | July | August | September | October | ALL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. (Texas to Maine) | 2 | 5 | 27 | 44 | 18 | 96 |
Years ago, while I was still in the Air Force, I had to make a visit to a defense contractor in Florida. As we walked to the cafeteria for lunch, I noticed all the thunderheads in the sky. No one was paying them any attention. I thought, if I were home in Ohio and saw storms like those, I'd be running for cover, instead of casually walking across the parking lot.
The way I heard it, the money intended to maintain the levees was spirited off to other uses by the RAT administrations of NOLA.
That simple solution never seems to occur to the eco-freaks, does it?
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