Floydbuster
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I don't think this season shuts down in October the way that 2004 and 2017 did. I think we likely still see one or two major hurricanes.
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I was shaking my head when they canceled the hurricane watches.
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It may be cool to see ...DANGEROUS LAMBDA HEADED FOR CAYMAN ISLANDS... Come on, admit it.
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Thank you, Mr. President. FYI, I almost put "eggshell", but then I thought "screw it".
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There is already discussions about what happens should a Greek name warrant retirement. Some say just add it to the list as "DELTA 2020" or something but keep the name for future usage. I have another idea. How about create an auxiliary list of names that can be replaced if need be? I think using colors would be a good idea. Of course without using possibly sensitive ones like black or white or brown. Maybe something like this: Auburn Bronze Copper Denim Emerald Fuchsia Gold Hickory Indigo Jade Khaki Lavender Maroon Neon Orchid Pink Ruby Saffron Teal Violet Walnut I came up with those quickly, and if you ever needed replacement names, here's a second list: Aqua Beige Crimson Dogwood Eggplant Frost Green Hibiscus Ivory Julep Kiwi Lilac Mint Nickel Orange Purple Rust Slate Turquoise Viridian Wisteria Thoughts?
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Yeah I don't do that. No offense to Puerto Rico. I grew up tracking in the 90s when the strongest storms were 1935, Camille and Andrew. None of these Guam typhoons from 1960s stuff. Same with the 1928 hurricane.
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2017? Harvey and Irma.
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Yes, it's a Spanish female name. It's pronounced: See-Oh-Ma-Rah
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I can't believe we are gonna hit the Greek names. I don't like changing things set in stone, as our hurricane name lists have been for over 40 years. However, I think adding three additional letters to the Atlantic name lists would be a good way to prevent frequent exhaustion of the name list, as well as media sensationalism. This is already done in the Eastern Pacific. The Eastern Pacific uses the letters X, Y and Z. They have one female name for each letter, and one male name for each letter, and alternate them every two years rather than the way the main name list alternates every six years. I think adding those three letters to the Atlantic lists would be simple, and their infrequent usage and only needing a total of six different names for all six lists would make the situation much easier. So I'm proposing something like this: Any thoughts?
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I bought a Weather Channel dry erase hurricane tracking map in early August 2001. I remember I was tracking "Tropical Storm Chantal", which was expected to be a strong hurricane and never even became a hurricane, and my sister (who was two years younger than me) had her friend over and they were playing games or something and she laughed so hard she peed her pants and it turns out she was sitting on my dry erase map. Peed right on Tropical Storm Chantal. I remember I was pissed.
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Had Laura struck New Orleans or Houston...the media would've been camped out there. Cameron Parish? Crickets.
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I doubt anything could be as bad as the response to Katrina. But yeah, if Sally floods Dauphin Island, the media won't treat it the same as New Orleans. The media sucks big fat hairy nuts.
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I'm not at all. We don't need the media making Sally into another Katrina (even if Sally pales in comparison). I don't trust them or their agenda. I'd rather Sally stay weak or strike a less populated area.
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Yes. You'd have to come up with three male Q names for the Atlantic, three female Q names for the Atlantic. Then another three male Q names for the Eastern Pacific, then another three female Q names for the Pacific. I guess you could alternate like the Eastern Pacific does with Xina, Xavier, Zeke, Zelda, Yolanda and York every two years...but who knows.
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I saw her on Broadway when I was like 11 years old. "Grease". Sally Struthers played the Principal of Rydel High.
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Whenever I think of "Sally" I keep picturing Sally Field. She must be a bigger part of my psyche than I thought.
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This season feels like a dollar-store version of 2005. Instead of Cindy in Louisiana and then major Dennis and Emily, we got Cristobal in Louisiana, and then weaker Hurricanes Hanna and Isaias. Then instead of Katrina we got Laura. Now we have a system near Florida and the Gulf that developed in a similar area that Rita did in September. Also headed for Louisiana. Feels like a generic 2005.
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I always assume that a Miami Cat 4-type hurricane isn't very likely after September 20th. Hurricane King in 1950 was a Cat 4 in October, and Hurricane Matthew came close October 2016. Of course we had Hurricane Michael strike the Panhandle as a strengthening Cat 5 in October, but that was likely an anomaly of historic proportions. The Great Miami Hurricane and the Lake Okechobee Hurricane struck on September 18th and September 16th. There is still that window for a major SE Florida strike. Watch the wave leaving in a few days.
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I was thinking a NC landfall and then out to sea, but yeah. Looks interesting.
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Any idea why the waves are screwing around and not progressing westward?
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Where was Jim Edds during Hurricane Laura? Anyone heard from him?
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Does anyone have any realistic ideas as to why the models have been so awful on genesis? Showing an El Nino-type year when we're already damn near exhausting the name list by Sept 4th?
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It screws around offshore ala Juan 1985.
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I already look back on this hurricane season as memorable. There were hardly any lulls, even early storms like Cristobal and Gonzalo were exciting enough to track. Hurricane Hanna was a nasty landfall in Texas in July with a pressure in the 970s. Hurricane Isaias surprised us with the last minute intensification before striking North Carolina and causing impressive storm surge in Myrtle Beach. Then we had a devastating high-end Cat 4 landfall on the North Gulf Coast in August. To me, that's a memorable hurricane season, and I think we likely have a few more memorable storms to go. I just hope we don't exhaust the name list too quickly, who the hell wants to track a late-season Caribbean storm named "Eta".
