i just turned on the weather channel and the weather guy said that ivan was headed for jamaca and then will go into the central part of the gulf, and get bits of the westen part of pensula in flordia.
orlando and tampa is getting some severe thunderstorms and they call for thunderstorms in the central pennisula
Originally posted by Agent Elrond
Ivan has already killed over 20 people. Do u feel a little sympathy for those lost, Mr. Zero
Sympathy is reserved for the survivors - but I know what you mean (I think)
I translate my grief into rage and use that to fuel my activism. The alternative is to act like you care and do nothing. Choose a side.
Originally posted by Mr Zero
I say again....Global Warming and the Kyoto Agreement.
Hurricanes have been hitting that spot since existence .... you gonna blame earthquakes on underground nuclear testing? It hasn't even been fully proven that we can pump enough chemicals to affect the earths temperature even though i assume we do but that isn't what is at stake and i doubt 4 years of pollution could make the hole any bigger then it already was .... 😱 if your gonna blame the US for all pollution problems in the world maybe you should really look to strip mining coal and forests because if you learned on your special ed school bus 40+ percent of the earth still burns coal for power stations and 20% is nuclear while the other last percent is oil,hydro electric power, and solar energy 😱
How about we talk about the true purpose of this thread.... the people who may lose thier homes and lifes to a storm.
I'm trying to figure out how people who don't even live where Hurricanes threaten their way of life between May and November can make ANY comment whatsoever about the situation.
If you don't live in Hurricane target zones, all you can do is watch CNN a lot and say repetitive and highly intelligent comments like, "Gawd, that reporter sure is dumb fer standing out thar in that thar storm." You don't need to know any knowledge about it because you have a 0.001% chance of ever being affected by one.
However, if you DO live in Hurricane areas, watching these storms gives you further opportunity to learn about the science behind the storm, it's tendencies, safety habits, what NOT to do during a storm, how and when to evacuate if necessary, and also the feeling that someone else is about to (the wait is nerveracking) get what you've gotten before.
I don't care how light people in other areas make of the "false alarm" storms (where a ton of people are evacuated but it's "only" a Category 2 like Frances), I guarantee you being surrounded by sustained 80 mile and hour winds for five hours is no small thing.
On that note, North Carolina officially passes the title of Hurricane Alley crown to Florida. We had it for 2003 (Isabel); Florida clearly deserves it (even just with Charley) for 2004.