Just give the southeast a break.....

[BFMF]

Just saw on the news that three more tropical storms are headed towards the east coast. Has anyone else seen it?


Also, How long is Hurricane season supposed to last? I don't remember it going on for so long last year

[flyboy 28]

Heard about that. :-/

Hurricane season goes well into November. Just before Thanksgiving I think..

[Paz]

Yeah, this is only like the middle of hurricane season.
June 1-November 30 is the official hurricane season.

[GeForce]

:-/

[Romulus111VADT]

As of today's forecast:

Name: Hurricane Maria
Location: About 835 miles, 1340 km, east-northeast of Bermuda and about 1320 miles, 2130 km, West of The Azores.
Lat/Long: 36.0N, 50.9W
Max Winds: 80 mph
Category: 1
Heading: Northeast out into the Northern Atlantic
Speed: 14 mph
Pressure: 28.94 inches

Name: Hurricane Nate
Location: About 215 miles, 345 km, South-Southwest of Bermuda.
Lat/Long: 29.4N, 66.0W
Max Winds: 85 mph
Category: 1
Heading: Drifting North-Northeastward into the Atlantic
Pressure: 28.94 inches

Name: Tropical Storm Ophelia
Location: About 80 Miles East-Northeast of Cape Canaveral Florida.
Lat/Long: 28.8N, 79.4W
Max Winds: 50 mph
Heading: Nearly Stationary
Pressure: 29.47 inches

Ophelia is suppose to make landfall in Georgia as a tropical storm and drift westward....just pray it doesn't make it to Louisiana, Mississippi or Alabama for the sake of all involved.

[BFMF]

Atleast there's some good news

[Katahu]

Looks like mothernature is starting to pack some heat. And I don't mean the temperature.

[Saitek]

Can I ask.. Who names these hurricanes?

[Romulus111VADT]

Can I ask.. Who names these hurricanes?

National Hurricane Center in Miami I believe?

The names are chosen by the World Meteorological Organization. According to the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Until World War II, hurricanes were given only masculine names. In the early 1950s, weather services began naming storms alphabetically and with only feminine names. By the late 1970s, this practice was replaced with alternating masculine and feminine names. The first hurricane of the season is given a name starting with the letter A, the second with the letter B and so on. According to NOAA, "the name lists... have an international flavor because hurricanes affect other nations and are tracked by the public and weather services of many countries."

[Saitek]

Thanks! I wondered who did it.

[Katahu]

Please note:

The names of the most destructive hurricanes are retired. There is a reason for this.

Example: Back in '92, Andrew hit Florida as a CAT 5 [older equipment labeled it as CAT 4] and turned many homes into tooth picks and left countless people homeless and tons of money in damages. The name Andrew was immediately retired from the list.

[BFMF]

I always wondered why people talked about the big hurricane 'Andrew' so much

[PSW]

'tis very sad...these hurricanes are caused by : Let us make it down in a step-by-step format.

Global Warming & Greenhouse Gases

= Pollutants, Smog, Toxic Gases

= Cars, Factories, Airplanes, etc.

= Crude petroleum

= People

[The Ruptured Duck]

We could have given them a break if certain human induced meteorological phenomenon were not happening*

*The preceding statement was not** intended to spark controversy, present any opinions of the writer, or to inform the readers of anything that is not** happening.
**When the word "not" is used, the actual meaning of using the word is opposite of the origional meaning

[WebbPA]

Hurricanes go in cycles.  You have periods of good years and periods of bad years.

I'm not a hurricane "expert" but I've lived in South Florida for 40 years - maybe I am a hurricane expert.

We learned a lot from Andrew.  

-  Don't charge ecavuees tolls (the Florida Turnpike pinheads clogged the roads by keeping toll booths open)

- Open as many evacuation routes as possible.  We have 2 interstate highways that go north.  Open all 24 lanes going north.

- Build houses better.  The South Florida Building Code was rewritten after Andrew.  The largest change was "hurricane straps" on roofs.  You can't just nail the roof to the trusses anymore, you have to strap it down with a steel strap.

- Since most people in South Florida are new transplants it doesn't help to warn them - if you live in a manufactured home (mobile home/trailer) don't expect it to be there after a hurricane.

As far as this garbage about human induced phenonema, it's a load of bull.  If you're going to lock this over political content this would be a good time to do it.