Posted on 03/12/2007 7:04:28 PM PDT by blam
Now THAT's funny!
MOre excuses to raise gas prices even further.
I put gas in my car last Thursday for $2.35/gallon. Today, I have seen it above $2.75!!
I'm glad there is a picture of "Dolphins play[ing] in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean" to help me better understand this article.
You made out Pardner. $ 2.47 here.
It's going to be cold. No, wait, it's going to be hot. No, wait, we are going to get lots of blizzards. No, wait, we are going to get lots of hurricanes. No, wait...
don't u mean sewer rat?
There's this strange perception that some sort of recordbreaking season was forecast last year because of global warming.
Which is completely fictional, of course.
An above-average season in terms of total activity was forecast - a slightly below average season happened, because of an unforecast El Nino (which can be very difficult to forecast itself, and you have to forecast the state of ENSO to forecast the Atlantic Hurricane season.)
And very few storms hit the US. Nobody really hyped a specific US landfall threat other than the incompetent buffoons at AccuWeather.
Does it really matter though? They are born. They die. Most blow out or gives us water. It only takes one bad one though and you can get it any year.
don't u mean sewer rat?
No If we had a sewer rat we would have to name it Bill Clinton.
But...but...this can't be!
What happened to Global Warming???
Algore said it would be hotter.....and he is never wrong!
After all...he invented the Internet!
Were you the one that posted this today?http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1799695/posts
>Except nobody said that.
Oh yes they did. The Guardian, June 1st, 2006:
17 Storms Slated For 2006 Hurricane Season.
Ill wind blows over storm-hit lands
The US hurricane season starts today with predictions of severe turbulence ahead
Alberto, Beryl, Chris and Debby. Somewhere over the Atlantic, a combination of warm sea surface temperatures and wind shear is brewing up a string of tropical storms that threaten to unleash a fresh season of devastation on coastal America.
With New Orleans still surrounded by the wreckage of Katrina, a new hurricane season gets under way today - and with it, the realisation that the coming six months could well bring a repetition of the panic and confusion that revealed a vulnerability many Americans had previously been unaware of.
Yesterday, a new forecast from the respected team of hurricane experts at Colorado State University predicted 17 named storms in 2006, including nine hurricanes. Five of those will be category three storms, with winds of more than 110 miles per hour. "We believe 2006 will be a very active season in the Atlantic basin," the report said.
In 2006
The University of Colorado team predicts that this year there will be 17 named tropical storms, of which 9 will be hurricanes. Of these, five will be serious Category Three storms.
A Category Three hurricane features winds of more than 110mph.
Researchers believe the chance of a major storm like this making landfall in the US next year is 82%.
It is most likely to strike the east coast, including Florida.
You are right
Th libs will be winding up Al Gore.
Poor Al. Looks like he's in trouble again. We really should name a "cain" after him.
Repeat of the story from the Guardian mentioned earlier:
A Category Three hurricane features winds of more than 110mph.The bold face type is in the original.Researchers believe the chance of a major storm like this making landfall in the US next year [2006] is 82%.
It is most likely to strike the east coast, including Florida.
Actually they do. Their pay is based on ratings. Which statement is likely to get more viewers: "Weather is going to be same old same" or "Disaster, we're all going to die!"
In the words of Rushbo, "Follow the money".
Time for.......
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