Cooling Pacific Heralds Active Atlantic Hurricane Season

Newswire ^ | 3-9-2007

[pepperdog]

"experts at Colorado State University"

Well they were a little bit off weren't they? Maybe it's because Colorado is so far from an ocean.

[bikerMD]

the cooling weather pattern in the east-central equatorial Pacific known as La Niña..

WAIT!! Did you clear this report with Algore?

[denydenydeny]

State and local governments along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts are heeding the alarm of last year's record onslaught and forecasts of another worse-than-normal hurricane season this year. (USA Today, 6/1/06)

The 2006 Atlantic hurricane season will be very active with up to 10 hurricanes...it appears that the Pacific Ocean water conditions known as El Nino and La Nina will not have any impact on the Atlantic hurricane season this year, forecasters said. (MSNBC, 5/22/06)

[potlatch]

It seemed to rain everyday in Feb here. Cold too.

Here too in South Texas. They are about as good at predicting as Al Gore, last year was going to be the worst hurricane season ever. Don't recall one hurricane!

[oldleft]

[CindyDawg]

We flooded in Brownsville today. It was so weird. My son called me to take him to lunch because it was " raining" It was sprinkling. About 10 minutes later we were at Star and it was pouring and lightening flashing everywhere. It seemed to let up some so I took him back to work and headed to my office. I hit major flooding that was coming up on the hood and transformers were popping. There was no place to pull over but I made it thru . Many didn't though. All this happened in less than 30 minutes.

[potlatch]

My daughter lives about 45 minutes from there, she is a Drug - Rep and covers Brownsville.

We, more in the central coast area, had a terrific storm in the middle of the night and got 1 1/2 inches of rain. I thought it was coming from the south but perhaps it moved down your way!

[CindyDawg]

I used to live in Crosby on the other side of Houston (tornado alley). Before the rain I thought it looked like hail/tornado weather.

[potlatch]

I would rather live in a hurricane area than a tornado area, at least we are for-warned and can prepare.

I grew up in Texas City, lol.

[CindyDawg]

Some places we get them both though, huh? :')

[potlatch]

Thankfully tornados are very unusual in my area and think your area is pretty free of them too.

[CindyDawg]

Yeah we get about a handful of warning that one has been sited, usually in the Spring, but they rarely touch down.

[potlatch]

Exactly the same here. Warnings but luckily no touch down so far.

[CindyDawg]

We still have to go thru the drills though. Only takes one.

[NautiNurse]

Eeesh...is our hurricane hiatus about to end?

On/Off Hurricane Ping list, mash ---> .

[CindyDawg]

We are getting thunder and a lightening storm again.

[potlatch]

Lol, good luck, hope it's not circling around again!!

[Gabz]

EGADS.............can't we at least wait until WINTER is over?????

[Corin Stormhands]

Wait. Last year, the warming Pacific was going to cause the entire Eastern Seaboard to be immolated by hurricanes.

I'm heading out for bread, milk, toilet paper and batteries as soon as the stores open...

[Fierce Allegiance]

Don't forget the block ice and beer!