[Izzy Dunne]

Not to worry - by the time they figure it out, Rove will be out of office.

[blam]

[bukkdems]

I have a half-baked conspiracy theory that Islamists have built a huge circular open-air building housing fans to blow counter clockwise. When conditions are right (a low pressure wave is crossing over) they build a huge fire and turn on the fans to launch a hurricane.

[MikeA]

I know the MSM is really disappointed that there's only been one Atlantic/Carribean hurricane so far. They were so looking forward to blaming Bush for another disaster to take away from the 9-11 5th anniversary. They're probably so disappointed they're trying to figure out ways to let more CO2 out into the atmosphere.

[TheLion]

I was recently reading an older article article in Scientific American, about controlling hurricanes. Maybe the place to start is where they are hatched, or where they are becoming a depression. Waiting until they are hurricanes is too late, imo.

[Doctor Stochastic]

The "Out of Africa" theory?

[Dog Gone]

They can start off by checking this puppy.

[Condor51]

The aim is to find out why and how about 10% of these disturbances grow into potentially devastating named hurricanes and tropical storms as they cross the ocean.

Stoo-pid^™ so-called 'scientists'.

Everyone knows most hurricanes are caused by Karl Rove and his Halliburton Weather Machine^©

[hotshu]

blam,

This is nothing new!

As a long time Gulf Coast resident (I know you are too), I remember Nash Roberts on WDSU-TV in New Orleans back in the sixties referring to the "Cave of Storms" on the west coast of Africa.

If they think '04 is big, they should go back and look at '63, '64, '96 and '98. Although some of the storms didn't get "named" until further westward, most of those storms floated from the African coast. It's called thermodynamics interacting with geography with a bit of physics thrown in for good measure.