12 days into hurricane season, but it's still a little ridiculous, yeah. We barely have any rain happening here, but it's supposed to pick up in the next hour or so.
the worst of it moved north of me, but we are getting a ton of very much needed rain. So far so good IMO.
i dont get people in north florida. UF cancelled school and today is nice weather considering. barely a drizzle, not too dark.
UF always does that. They freak out for the first storm or two, and then later in the season, when there's a cat three bearing down, they'll keep school on because they've already cancelled too much. In fairness to them (not that they deserve it), Alberto had a projected path that went straight through Gainesville for about 2 days; it still came through, but it apparently picked up alot of dry air which killed it, or so the weather channel guy said.
yup. it is funny how little meteorologists know. weather.com can barely tell you what is going to happen on the present day.
The WC seems to have killed all of the NSR forums. The NSR forums are to BigSoccer as MLS is to the World Cup. I'm sure everything will return to normal around July 10th.
Actually, I suspect that if we don't get the result we want tomorrow, things in NSR will improve a bit. Not all the way, but still better.
Hello Chris, http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=136007 Oil prices rise as traders watch Caribbean storm, Mideast fighting AUG 1: Crude oil rose in New York as Tropical Storm Chris, the third named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, formed in the Caribbean. The storm had sustained winds of almost 40 miles per hour (64 km per hour) and was about 175 miles east of Antigua, the US National Hurricane Center said at 5 AM Miami time. Chris is heading west-northwest, toward the Gulf of Mexico, where offshore rigs provide about a quarter of US oil production. London oil prices rose today as traders worried about a tropical storm in the Caribbean and watched the continued violence in the Middle East. The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Chris has formed near the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean, raising traders' fears of damage to oil rigs and refineries along the Gulf Coast. In the Middle East, there're few signs of a quick resolution to the escalating conflict. Light sweet crude for September delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange rose 34 cents to 74 dollar, 74 cents a barrel in electronic trading by afternoon in Europe. Copyright 2006 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Buh-bye Chris. Hurricane Watch Downgraded for Weakening Tropical Storm Chris http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a05YnQJpt0L8&refer=us Aug. 3 (Bloomberg) August 3, 2006 05:32 EDT-- A hurricane watch in the Turks and Caicos Islands and the southeastern Bahamas was downgraded to a tropical storm watch, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said, citing the Bahamian government. Tropical Storm Chris, which is approaching the area, is weakening and is not likely to turn into a hurricane, Dr. Lexion Avila, a hurricane forecaster at the center, said by telephone. An online advisory issued by the center said Chris, centered 135 miles (217 kilometers) north of San Juan, Puerto Rico, and moving west at 13 miles per hour, was ``weakening in a hurry.'' The storm's maximum sustained winds had decreased to 45 miles per hour with higher gusts. Maximum sustained winds reached 65 mph yesterday.
Not that I'm complaining, it's been a great almost-hurricane-free season, but where are all those experts from last year after Katrina that predicted a permanent shit to busy hurricane seasons for the next twenty years?
Tornadoes in Florida during El Nino years. Last time it was 1998. 42 people killed in a Tornado in late Febuary that year. This year it came a few weeks early, http://www.abpnews.com/1673.article Pain of Florida tornado intense for rural Florida church, 2 families By Greg Warner Published February 6, 2007 PAISLEY, Fla. (ABP) -- Like a lot of close-knit churches in rural Florida, the 100-member First Baptist Church of Paisley is small enough that regular attenders are missed when they don't show up on Sunday. But the absence of the 15-year-old Downing triplets, a vital part of the congregation for almost a decade, was more like an open wound when the congregation gathered for worship Feb. 4. David Downing was killed when a powerful tornado stabbed down through the early-morning darkness Feb. 2, ripping the family's mobile home to pieces and dropping a tree where the family slept. The triplets' parents -- Donald, 46, and Carla, 35, also were killed. A second triplet, Heather, was severely injured and remains hospitalized. The third, Kayla, slept unharmed at an aunt's house. "It's just terrible, the lives that were lost," lamented Mary Miller of the 12 people killed in the nearby Lake Mack neighborhood. Miller, like everyone else at First Baptist, knew the Downing triplets well. The parents did not attend church but made sure their children did -- faithfully since soon after they started school. Church members and school classmates described the Downing kids as "sweet," polite and well behaved. "We loved those children," said Pastor John Roszak. "David was just a sweet, sweet boy." Roszak also was acquainted with the father, Donald Downing, although he couldn't get him to join the kids at church. "He loved to hunt and fish. He was a good ol' Florida boy." Heather Downing "truly knows the Lord," said Sue Hartzog, one of Heather's teachers at the church. "She's always interested in Bible study. She's just a wonderful young woman. Heather was real strong in the Lord." The Downing family, like many in the low, rolling hills that divide Florida's east and west coasts, lived close to the land on the banks of a lake surrounded by horse farms, small homesteads and thick woods. Paisley is far removed -- more by lifestyle than by distance -- from the bustle of the vacation mecca of Orlando 40 miles south. Yet the hamlet of 700 people suffered the deadliest blow from Florida's worst tornado outbreak in a decade; 12 of the storm's 20 dead got their mail from the tiny Paisley post office. The Downings weren't the only family with ties to First Baptist who experienced tragedy. Seven-year-old Jacob Nolan, who also attended the church, died in his mobile home along with his father, Billy, 37. His mother and sister survived....................
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2007/3/22/95406.shtml?s=us Forecaster Sees Active Atlantic Hurricane Season NewsMax.com Wires Thursday, March 22, 2007 MIAMI -- The Atlantic hurricane season will be exceptionally active this year, according to a British forecasting group, raising the possibility that killer storms like Hurricane Katrina could again threaten the United States. London-based forecaster Tropical Storm Risk on Tuesday said the six-month season, which begins on June 1, was expected to bring 17 tropical storms, of which nine will strengthen into hurricanes with winds of at least 74 miles (119 km) per hour. Four of those are expected to become more destructive "intense" hurricanes, TSR said. The long-term average for the Atlantic is for 10 storms to form during the hurricane season and for six of those to reach hurricane strength. The United States emerged unscathed from the 2006 season after it spawned a below-average nine storms, of which five became hurricanes. Experts had universally - and erroneously - predicted 2006 would be a busy year for Atlantic storms.