[steveegg]

'Tis why I am trying not to stray too far from the objective (of course, when the "objective" comes with subjective analysis from the NHC,...you know the rest :-)

Rita's been busting the theoreticals since before she left the Florida Strait.

[mware]

Shep bugged out of Port Arthur.

[raygun]

I's alright.

I have to call 'em like I see 'em (and with unwavering conviction). I appreciate people getting in my face when I'm way off base (as has happened most recently by - profession meteorologist - WTHRMAN13 who cared enough to spend the precious heartbeats of his life, so as to try to straighten my set in concrete mind).

One thing I learned about all this, its akin (but not quite) to taking a test: NEVER CHANGE YOUR ANSWER (people are depending on you to BE the rock of infallibleness).

Furthermore, the antagonistic nature of some people with respect to what I've said over the whole period is, well, mild (to say the least), compared to what the community (scientific or otherwise) does to itself. You think the geeks you knew in school were mild, meek, and unassuming. Hah.

That's how progress occurs.