Hahaha The National Weather Service Released a report saying hurricanes
Submitted by Patty on August 4, 2006 - 7:25am.
Hurricanes | Climate Crisis
are less likely to occur this year, based on last months data. Hahahah! Well, with the everlasting heatwave, I believe that report needs some further analysis. The beginning part of this summer, if you recall, was cooler than usual, but hey who would expect anything else from the government regarding global warming?
When you post a blog entry there will ALWAYS, FOR EVERYONE, be a comment box when your blog posts, ok?
When your blog entry is short and you hit post the page is large enough that it shows up when you view the page.
It DOES NOT MEAN that you have to post another comment. It's the comment box that is there so people can comment on the blog entry.
You are not the only one who gets this box...we all see it when we post a blog. All you have to do is move on and ignore it. You are NOT required to post in it.
Your posts are always very short and are really comments. If you click on the General Discussion in the left column, you can post your thoughts where people are having a current discussion. With these short comments, this is what all the rest of us do and it's what WesPAC wants us to do. People who post their own blog entries often put in a great deal of time and effort writing something and when others write personal blogs with very few words, it forces them off the blog roll too soon, which isn't fair. The General Discussion stays up nearly all day. Pretty much everyone will see your comment and can reply to you there as well. Comments can also be rated there.
so concerned? I am having whomever working on it. The rest of us? You are making it sound like it is your guys and my guys. hummm...
When you post a new blog entry, doesn't it say up top?:
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Please understand Patty, those are the rules that Wesley Clark has approved for his site. As his supporters, we try to follow them. It isn't "your guys" vs. "our guys", we are all pretty much General Clark's "guys".
You might be getting less flack here if you joined in on the General Discussion thread.
Hope that helps.
went in. I have tried to have it fixed, but more often than not it gets generated anyway. I have no control over the fact that another entry gets generated. If you think it is annoying to you, you should know about all the times I have tried to get rid of it.
lower sea surface temperature than last year, increase wind shear and fewer tropical waves coming from Africa. Though I don't think basing it on July is prudent, July has always been a slow month for hurricanes historically speaking. 2005 was the exception to that rule.
But that far from means we are out the woods. Conditions are still favorable and will become more favorable as we head into late August and early September.
I don't think we will be breaking records like we did last year, but another storm like Hurricane Charley is not out of the question. My main concern this year is the Atlantic coast line, we haven't had a major hit on the Atlantic coast in awhile now.
I am sure of that. Much cooler than normal, and I was thankful.
The revised forecast issued on Friday was not the NOAA forecast (National Weather Service) rather it was from Colorado State. While Dr. Gray at Colorado State is certainly an expert he is not employed by NOAA.
Saying that "hurricanes are less likely to occur this year" is not only wrong it amounts to spreading false information. Dr. Gray is forecasting 15 named storms while the average is 10, thus the new forecast is still 50% above normal. For those along the east coast the really bad news is that while the long-term average is a 31% probability of a hurricane landfall this year it is 64%. Since sea surface temperatures off the Jersey shore are at record levels this unfortunately makes sense.
NOAA will release its updated forecast on Tuesday.
Barry
Are you safer today than you were five years ago?
Patty