[Travelassie]

Originally Posted by beach43ofus

No worries, I did my Hurricane Dance tonight to ward off the storm spirits. It's similar to a Native American Rain Dance except I dance in a counter-clockwise circle. The neighbors thought I was nuts.

But they will be happy not to see any more hurricanes come their way this year.

For my part, I will continue to refrain from washing our cars till the end of hurricane season on November 30, lest I anger the gods of tempest and they smite us. My husband always said I was responsible for the direct hit we got by Hurricane Andrew in 1992 because I had washed our two cars couple days before Andrew started its beeline path into southern Miami-Dade county.

[Hammocks Bum]

Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Fri Oct 26 2018

For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:

1. Showers and thunderstorms are gradually becoming better organized in
association with a low pressure system located about 1000
miles east-northeast of the northern Leeward Islands. However,
recent satellite data indicate that the circulation is elongated and
the center is not yet well defined. This system will likely become
a tropical or subtropical cyclone later today while it moves
generally northward over the central Atlantic. After that
time, the low is forecast to turn westward well to the north or
northeast of the Lesser Antilles through early next week.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...high...90 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...high...90 percent.


Forecaster Cangialosi

Headed to the dying place of Hurricanes, the colder waters of the Pond.

[beach43ofus]

Later today (Friday October 26th) we should have a new named Tropical Cyclone in the Atlantic. I don't like that Westward turn part of the forecast.

[LKJ1988]

Originally Posted by beach43ofus

Later today (Friday October 26th) we should have a new named Tropical Cyclone in the Atlantic. I don't like that Westward turn part of the forecast.

Never gonna happen or get anywhere near FL. It is over rover.

[Hammocks Bum]

No Doubt... (Great name for a Band )

[beach43ofus]

Tropical Storm Harvey's a Republican, he's turning Right!

[beach43ofus]

4 weeks left and NOAA says the coast is totally clear right now.

[beach43ofus]

3 weeks left in the Hurricane season and NOAA shows no activity expected in the next 2 days.

In the past 13 years, we've only had 2 Hurricane's make landfall in Florida.

In the 13 years prior to that, there were 7.

This is clearly a downward trend.

We have not had a Cat5 in over 26+ years.

When Hurricane activity/severity increases, some blame it on global warming. So, is the converse also true? Does the declining frequency/intensity of Hurricane's strikes, mean we have global cooling? That seems logical.

Or, does more Hurricanes = global warming, AND less Hurricane's = global warming? That seems illogical.

[movingvanmorrison]

Originally Posted by beach43ofus

3 weeks left in the Hurricane season and NOAA shows no activity expected in the next 2 days.

In the past 13 years, we've only had 2 Hurricane's make landfall in Florida.

In the 13 years prior to that, there were 7.

This is clearly a downward trend.

We have not had a Cat5 in over 26+ years.

When Hurricane activity/severity increases, some blame it on global warming. So, is the converse also true? Does the declining frequency/intensity of Hurricane's strikes, mean we have global cooling? That seems logical.

Or, does more Hurricanes = global warming, AND less Hurricane's = global warming? That seems illogical.

When in doubt, or it's a scientific question, I turn to experts. In this case, scientists who study global warming. They say we are experiencing global warming from man made causes. Period. End of comment.

[mrviking]

Originally Posted by movingvanmorrison

I turn to experts. In this case, scientists who study global warming. They say we are experiencing global warming from man made causes.

When their paycheck is dependent on grants to reach a certain conclusion guess what happens??


Just like the defense or prosecution hiring certain "experts" to testify at trail.