No hurricanes???

[NatCigg]

plenty of weather doom today even without hurricanes; tornadoes in SD, NE, IA  and snow behind the cold front; and tropical storm in south;
  http://www.weather.gov/

And its all coming together over Toronto. 

[Stellaris]

I ain't reading all that... If you want to be stupid and worry your whole life about something that's not happening then so be it.

What a great answer!  I don't think I could have summed up this debate better myself.  In fact, I'm sure I couldn't have.

And its all coming together over Toronto.  

We had another record high on Thursday.  I'm lovin' it! 

[CAP1]

seems to me a few years have passed without any major hurricanes despite predictions to the contrary. 

is the dry air not being estimated correctly? has global warming thrown a curve ball? or is mother nature winding up for a uppercut? 

 

 

 sandy
irene

[GhostCDB]

I was born and raised on the coast of Mississippi. In a small city called Biloxi. The city had a lot of casinos, man-made beach, and a lot of tourist attractions. When I was 10, we were hit by Hurricane Katrina. Every since, I just pray we don't get hit by any hurricanes. I hate hurricanes, a lot.


Never thought I would play AH again after the hurricane hit, it hit a couple years after I started playing. 


 

[NatCigg]

What a great answer!  I don't think I could have summed up this debate better myself.  In fact, I'm sure I couldn't have.

We had another record high on Thursday.  I'm lovin' it! 

The Debate was to be about hurricanes and why the lack of major hurricanes. NO irene and sandy were NOT major hurricanes. I know 1000 mile storm, 10' storm surge (at high tide), and hundreds dead.  Thousand mile storms happen often.  Watch up in alaska.  A 950 low is due in the gulf of alaska and yes it will be a thousand miles wide.

Also, the Current weather "doom" ghi spoke of "will come together over toronto" Is my prediction that the low over the plains with the strong pull of cool air will draw up the tropical storm in the gulf creating another "Thousand mile storm" centered over Toronto.  Time will tell, stay tuned. 

p.s. buy some land in canada, good weather on the way, plus no ocean flooding, so long as the gulf keeps pumping moisture it wont turn back into the desert it once was.  This being before the the mile thick sheet of ice that  came down and carved the earth away.

[Stellaris]

Well, hurricanes are a function of climate, so it's hard to disentangle a change in a function of climate from the question of climate change.

The source below gives some attribution to the dip in the jet stream over the east coast of north america, which has steered major storms away from continental landfall.

http://www.livescience.com/39619-major-hurricane-landfall-drought.html

They attribute this to luck, which is fair enough.  However jet stream energization, which facilitates such dips, is itself a function of global warming.

[surfinn]

I was born and raised on the coast of Mississippi. In a small city called Biloxi. The city had a lot of casinos, man-made beach, and a lot of tourist attractions. When I was 10, we were hit by Hurricane Katrina. Every since, I just pray we don't get hit by any hurricanes. I hate hurricanes, a lot.


Never thought I would play AH again after the hurricane hit, it hit a couple years after I started playing. 


 

Guess ya didn't get the memo but Katrina hit New Orleans. The media had very little to say about the MS gulf coast.

[ridley1]

global warming, cooling climate change ...whatever......

The main driver of our weather sits 93,000,000 miles over our head

[Bino]

seems to me a few years have passed without any major hurricanes despite predictions to the contrary. 

is the dry air not being estimated correctly? has global warming thrown a curve ball? or is mother nature winding up for a uppercut? 

 

 

Is the sky blue on your home planet?   

"Hurricane Sandy (unofficially known as "Superstorm Sandy") was the deadliest and most destructive hurricane of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season, as well as the second-costliest hurricane in United States history...."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Sandy

[Nwbie]

Guess ya didn't get the memo but Katrina hit New Orleans. The media had very little to say about the MS gulf coast.

wrong

[surfinn]

It was sarcasm. Gulf coast resident my self and was raised in GulfPort 2 blocks from the coast. Had 5' of water in a rental property that was 26' above sea level.

Oh and Bino while that's true It was a very small storm compared to what the southern states deal with.

[Nwbie]

It was sarcasm. Gulf coast resident my self and was raised in GulfPort 2 blocks from the coast. Had 5' of water in a rental property that was 26' above sea level.

Oh and Bino while that's true It was a very small storm compared to what the southern states deal with.

Sorry surfinn - understand now, funny because my life is one constant sarcasm and I didn't see yours...

Wife and I have been to New Orleans and gulf coast miss. 3 times now helping rebuild some homes.. her more than me, for some reason I need to see how the blackjack tables have fared while i have been away ..... my theory has been that some of that casino losses will trickle into the local economy, at least that is my excuse..

[surfinn]

After Katrina the first thing I did was help my parents strip their house out, which had 6' of water in it. I stayed in the area for 6 months doing home inspections for FEMA claims. The Flood of volunteers to the area that were there simply to help people get started again was incredible. I saw several cases where these volunteer groups would strip peoples homes for them and then be back later to help start the rebuilding process. I cant express how greatfull people on the coast were for this assistance and how they still talk about it to this day. A huge  to you and your wife sir

[VonMessa]

It was sarcasm. Gulf coast resident my self and was raised in GulfPort 2 blocks from the coast. Had 5' of water in a rental property that was 26' above sea level.

Oh and Bino while that's true It was a very small storm compared to what the southern states deal with.

You don't say...  One fit IN the Gulph, the other, well...

Katrina



Sandy

[guncrasher]

The Debate was to be about hurricanes and why the lack of major hurricanes. NO irene and sandy were NOT major hurricanes. I know 1000 mile storm, 10' storm surge (at high tide), and hundreds dead.  Thousand mile storms happen often.  Watch up in alaska.  A 950 low is due in the gulf of alaska and yes it will be a thousand miles wide.

Also, the Current weather "doom" ghi spoke of "will come together over toronto" Is my prediction that the low over the plains with the strong pull of cool air will draw up the tropical storm in the gulf creating another "Thousand mile storm" centered over Toronto.  Time will tell, stay tuned. 

p.s. buy some land in canada, good weather on the way, plus no ocean flooding, so long as the gulf keeps pumping moisture it wont turn back into the desert it once was.  This being before the the mile thick sheet of ice that  came down and carved the earth away.

what do you consider a major hurricane.  can you give us an example?


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