Sionistic wrote:What I find odd about these recent hurricanes is that they form so late. I remember years back they would form in the middle of the atlantic.
They still do...but the atlantic area is still a bit cool for development...
Early season storms develop in the Gulf/Carribean because they warm up much faster...Later in the season you will see them developing further out as the tropical atlantic surface temps rise.
Some people fucking panic over everything. OMGadz! Teh weather is here, wish you were beautiful!
"There is at least as much need to curb the cruel greed and arrogance of part of the world of capital, to curb the cruel greed and violence of part of the world of labor, as to check a cruel and unhealthy militarism in international relationships." -Theodore Roosevelt
American forecasters began naming hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean in 1953 (grabbing the idea from the U.S. military) after realizing calling a storm "Betsy" was easier in communicating than "that big storm at 32.3 degrees North and 74 degrees West".
The rest of the world eventually caught on, and naming rights now go by the World Meteorological Organization, which uses different sets of names depending on the part of the world the storm is in. Around the U.S., only women's names were used until 1979, when it was decided that there should be boy hurricanes too.
There's 6 different name lists that alternate each year. And if a hurricane does significant damage, its name is retired and replaced with another. As to who decides what name makes the list -- that is still a mystery.
Because of the hurricane Calder Racetrack has delayed a bunch of horse races I wanted to watch and bet on (of course I just need to wait until tomorrow)
Thess wrote:Because of the hurricane Calder Racetrack has delayed a bunch of horse races I wanted to watch and bet on (of course I just need to wait until tomorrow)
The track will be wet. Bet on a horse with a name like Surefoot or Sloppy Joe that might be better in muddy conditions!
I haven't seen a blow like this since Macaulay Culkin stopped living at the Neverland Ranch!
"There is at least as much need to curb the cruel greed and arrogance of part of the world of capital, to curb the cruel greed and violence of part of the world of labor, as to check a cruel and unhealthy militarism in international relationships." -Theodore Roosevelt