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2006-12-08 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Forecaster predicts busy 2007 U.S. hurricane season

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Posted by .com 2006-12-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 This year's el nino is stronger than last year, indicating another below average hurricane season.

Posted by phil_b 2006-12-08 00:27|| 2006-12-08 00:27|| Front Page Top

#2 "The below-average 2006 hurricane season was due to the presence of considerable African dry air and Saharan dust during August and September, which inhibited thunderstorm occurrence and therefore tropical storm development

Maybe the answer to the hurricane problem is to kick up a lot of dust in the Sahara. Got to be cheaper than rebuilding New Orleans.

Posted by Baba Tutu 2006-12-08 00:32|| 2006-12-08 00:32|| Front Page Top

#3 Lol, phil_b.

Posted by .com 2006-12-08 00:44|| 2006-12-08 00:44|| Front Page Top

#4 You can see the el nino clearly here.

Also, 2006 was the first year since the 1920s that no hurricanes struck the US mainland. In a rational world that would be big news. I haven't seen a single mention of that fact in the MSM. I know because I checked the records.

Posted by phil_b 2006-12-08 01:55|| 2006-12-08 01:55|| Front Page Top

#5 Being a bunch of agenda-driven assholes means never ~~ever EVER admitting a mistake~~ having to say you're sorry, lol. Besides, they're the MSM - who's gonna tell on 'em? Blogs? Don't make me lol.
/Dan Rather

Posted by .com 2006-12-08 02:35|| 2006-12-08 02:35|| Front Page Top

#6 Wank-o-matic

Posted by SR-71 2006-12-08 07:05|| 2006-12-08 07:05|| Front Page Top

#7 CORERECTION! Forecaster predicts busy 2007 Gorbal wamring season

Posted by Bright Pebbles in Blairistan 2006-12-08 09:18|| 2006-12-08 09:18|| Front Page Top

#8 Geez, the mind boggles. I definitely can not remember a season where we didn't even get hit once, and yet, we came out "largely unscathed?" And, they didn't expect the el Nino effect this year, but they expect us to believe they can predict temps to the 3rd decimal place in the year 2110? Give me a flyin' break!

Posted by BA 2006-12-08 09:35|| 2006-12-08 09:35|| Front Page Top

#9 Yes, they do.

Posted by kelly 2006-12-08 10:08|| 2006-12-08 10:08|| Front Page Top

#10 for what its worth, Dr. Grey, who is the long time primo hurricane forecaster, is a Global Warming Sceptic.

Posted by mhw 2006-12-08 10:18|| http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/]">[http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/] 2006-12-08 10:18|| Front Page Top

#11 I predict every pregnant human being on the planet will have either a boy or girl this year.

Posted by Broadhead6 2006-12-08 10:21|| 2006-12-08 10:21|| Front Page Top

#12 You forgot the hermaphrodites, Broadhead6. Doesn't that occur on the order of 0.5%? ;-)

Posted by trailing wife 2006-12-08 10:37|| 2006-12-08 10:37|| Front Page Top

#13 Five tropical storms and two hurricanes to reach US landfall is considered a busy season?

Posted by john">john 2006-12-08 10:43|| http://john-smokegetsinmyeyes.blogspot.com/]">[http://john-smokegetsinmyeyes.blogspot.com/] 2006-12-08 10:43|| Front Page Top

#14 Predict a busy liberal/environmentalist/communist/socialist season in '07.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2006-12-08 12:13|| 2006-12-08 12:13|| Front Page Top

#15 I predict a constant stream of bullshit from the macaca with difficult to pass chunks at 7 and 11 PM daily. The bullshit will flow over several macaca outlets without regard for accuracy, or effects of the uninterrupted flow and stench. Nawlins may sink beneath it, again.

Posted by wxjames 2006-12-08 12:23|| 2006-12-08 12:23|| Front Page Top

#16 Further on #10 - Dr. William M. Gray was the first (I think) to do annual forecasts, starting maybe 20 years ago, for which he was scorned. After a number of years of being successful, people began to pay attention.

When he became publically skeptical of global warming, during the Clinton Administration, his Federal funds suddenly evaporated. He retired from Colorado State University shortly thereafter, but continues to forecast.

Checking Wikipedia, I am pretty close.

This season, he was forced to revise his forecast - twice, and downward both times. That may be a record in itself.

Posted by Bobby 2006-12-08 12:54|| 2006-12-08 12:54|| Front Page Top

#17 Also see an interview with the good Doctor.

Posted by Bobby 2006-12-08 12:57|| 2006-12-08 12:57|| Front Page Top

#18 "Busy" is not a prediction, it's a characterization.

"17 hurricanes" is a prediction.

Posted by mojo">mojo 2006-12-08 13:27|| 2006-12-08 13:27|| Front Page Top

#19 I look at it this way though. Our ~~saviors~~ Democrats have only been elected, not in office, YET, and they've already stopped global warming. I mean, we hit record lows here in Atlanta overnight in the teens. Who else but the Donks could stop global warming with only being elected, not in power yet! /sarcasm

Posted by BA 2006-12-08 14:39|| 2006-12-08 14:39|| Front Page Top

#20 I definitely can not remember a season where we didn't even get hit once, and yet, we came out "largely unscathed?"

Well, we did get peed on by Alberto and Ernesto....I guess that counts. ;)

Posted by Swamp Blondie 2006-12-08 19:44|| http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com]">[ http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com] 2006-12-08 19:44|| Front Page Top

#21 This will become an annual story that follows by 4 days the inflation report on the cost of the presents in the Twelve Days of Christmas.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-12-08 19:51|| 2006-12-08 19:51|| Front Page Top

#22 Hope its more accurate/reliable than for 2006, andor the new SOLAR FLARE!? Considering the fuzzy-wuzziness on TV-Raaadios + Residential power blackouts + stronger daylight luminations here on Guam last month, no surprise for me iff the Solar Flare news is behind. DARTH VADER [breathing] > THE FORCE IS STRONG WITH THIS ONE.
SPACEWAR.com > US BMD TEST ABORTS. HEY MADONNA, THE FIREBALL(S) WENT THE WRONG WAY - HOW CAN WE WIN THE WAR [Guam saying]???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-12-08 21:27|| 2006-12-08 21:27|| Front Page Top

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