Posted on 08/03/2006 6:26:39 AM PDT by new yorker 77
Arlene - Tropical Storm 39-73 mph wind Born almost two months earlier than the first storm in 2004. Crossed Cuba and hit the US on 11 June just west of Pensacola, FL.
Bret - Tropical Storm 39-73 mph wind Landfall in Mexico on 29 June.
Cindy - Tropical Storm 39-73 mph wind Landfall in Mexico on 4 July and Mississipi gulf coast on 5 July.
Hurricane Dennis - Category 4 131-155 mph wind The strongest storm on record to form before August. Crossed over Cuba on 8 July; landfall near Pensacola, FL on 10 July. Affected the Gulf coast and moved up to Tennessee. Estimated damage: $5-9 billion, placing it in the top 10 most costly hurricanes on record (2005 dollars).
Hurricane Emily - Category 4 131-155 mph wind Broke Dennis' record, becoming strongest storm to form before August on 16 July Landfall on 18 July in eastern Mexico.
Franklin - Tropical Storm 39-73 mph wind The first time the sixth named storm has occurred this early in the season. Paralleled the eastern seaboard.
Gert - Tropical Storm 39-73 mph wind Landfall in Mexico on 25 July.
Harvey - Tropical Storm 39-73 mph wind Passed south of Bermuda on 4 August.
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This hurricane season is turning out to be quite a disappointment for the global warming crowd. Don't be concerned, though, because they'll probably find a way to pin the LACK of storms on global warming.
I wonder if Pat Robertson will change his mind about global warming?
Hurricane season began on June 1, 2006.
It will last until November 30, 2006.
That's 183 days which is half of the year.
Today is DAY 64 of the 2006 Hurricane season.
Chris is moving into a low shear area where the trough won't hurt him as much. However there is plenty of land in his way to further weaken him. If he survives past Cuba then all bets are off.
This is going to disappoint everybody over on the Hurricane Channel.
I keep thinking hurricane's are the only way mother nature can flush out the gulf on a regular basis.
I want Chris to know that even if it never attains hurricane status, it is more than welcome to come and hang out in Dallas for a week or so.
Credit Bush for preventing the hurricanes! (Hey, he gets blamed when they hit; he should get credit when they don't!)
< /john kerry>
The MSM must be so disappointed. Good thing they have Mel to wring their hands over. Otherwise we'd be inundated with Bird Flu is Going to Kill Us All stories and a play by play of every shark sighting on the East Coast.
I remember last year as Katrina was actually passing over the mouth of the Mississippi River and heading toward New Orleans and the western part of the Miss. coast, one of the Hurricane Channel's "experts" was telling folks that that Katrina was gonna move northeast and hit Mobile. I wish I had recorded that, darn it. Experts? not in my opinion, just more "guessers".
I think the heat from Kerry's ego would cause more hurricanes.
What is Al Gore and the rest of the loonies in the Environmental movement going to think?
Al Gore is deeply disappointed.
Global Cooling®!! We're scrooooooo'd!!
They have already blamed summer weather on global warming. I wonder who listens to this stuff anyway?
I read last night on one of the weather blogs that the name "Chris" is a death sentence for a storm. This is the fifth "Chris, and each time, Chris has been an insignificant storm that either never made it to hurricane strength, or in one case, barely made it to hurricane strength but stayed out to sea and never had a nice photogenic appearance. However, the 2000 incarnation of Chris did set a record--shortest amount of time as a tropical storm. Chris in 2000 lasted just one advisory before wind shear tore it apart.
We need more hurricane Chris's!
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