2021 hurricanes

They used to be called 'weather patterns'....

 

right, before we became aware of agw

 

we could use a break from unnatural disasters

 

There's a saying in the military: “armchair generals study strategy, but professionals study logistics."
This come from some of the spectacular move:fails that occurred during the Spanish American War.
It even obliquely covers medicine and vaccines, since that dust-up was the last time that we lost more troops to disease than fightin.

So.....It sorta works the same way with Hurricanes.
Wind is the shiny bauble that draws the eye from the real crowd-pleaser of hurricanes, which is the wet stuff.
Rain and Storm Surge.
Hurricane Sandy is a decent example.
It was the deadliest, the most destructive, and the strongest hurricane of the 2012 season but much of its mischief was caused late in life, during its post-tropical stage.

Fred probably doesn't have the 'right stuff." or the 'wrong stuff"...depending on whether it causes you to sell commercials, buy from Home Depot...or you're using it in studies that begin with 2020-2021's more overused word: "unprecedented."

Maybe Grace will be amazing.
Maybe not.

She's showing a bit of a right fade while still in the womb......but....El Fato sometimes plays tricks....

 

there's a collection at church every year for haiti, never gets any better though. interesting place, i feel bad for them.
they need to become a us territory like puerto rico $$$$$

fred will be here tomorrow, and whoever comes next.

 

in hertford, hereford and hampshire, hurricanes hardly ever happen

 

too late, you can't teach an old cat

 

fred has arrived, with ethel hot on his heels

 

New licks?

 

shifted west, twice in the last 24 hours. still long island though, then ny/western ma. then right shift out and away?

 

here comes ida, happy anniversary katrina!

 

Yep.

Ida may be a real revenue generator.
Especially for manufacturers and advertisers.
Fortunately, if the track holds she'll wobble ashore as a strong Cat-2 in Bayou country as opposed to causing more 'forced urban renewal' in Houston or Nawluns.
Houston once benefitted from 'Galveston Storm' c-1900.
They didn't feel the need to name every single weather event back in the day.
They just said..."a storm came."

...shame they didn't get more advanced warning.


It remains the deadliest natural disaster and the worst hurricane in U.S. history.
From 6,000 to 12,000 people died on Galveston Island and the mainland, and Galveston forever lost it's status as the 'biggest and best' in a state where that title is somewhat important.....

'unprecedented'.....

 

Naming probably came about once long term tracking of storms came about. Naming them after where they land was more difficult then.

Galveston did have an advanced warning. It was coming from the Caribbean, and maybe Florida, but was discounted as 'those people can't know what they are talking about'.