Posted on 10/19/2005 6:18:27 AM PDT by Dirty Old Bulldog
Just keep hurricane Nagin out of florida and we'll be fine.
Expect BOR to lay down the warning that "He" will not tolerate any OJ price-gouging.
Yeah I know. Heaven forbid any free market forces, that might be capitalism.
Yeah, here we go again!
No hurricane has ever struck the US coast while being that strong, but Reuters is wrong: Storms that strong have been seen in the Atlantic. This year. Hurricane Katrina had winds of 175 MPH, also, and was not the record holder.
Started getting used to cranberry juice already.
drink whatever juice I can get at a reasonable price these days.
Wilma is going to be picked up by a cold front and accelerated.
Wilma is also forcasted to encounter sheer in the southeaster gulf coast.
Wilma will probably be a lot like Rita by the time it hits land. Its early bark will be a lot worse than its bite.
Bush's Fault!
They specifically say that strength here is measured by atmospheric pressure, not wind speed.
Please, everyone is so damn sick of that joke. It's on the verge of becoming an abuse offense.
Strongest storm on record per the National Hurricane Center. Its based off of pressure readings, NOT windspeed. At a pressure of 882 millibars, Wilma beats previous record holder Gilbert which had a pressure reading of 888.
This time if Nagin evacuates, by the time the storm blows over, the Mexicans in the Superdome will have the place cleaned up and repaired.
That might be, but such records have only been available for a relatively short time, climatologically speaking, and that low pressure doesn't come close to the Pacific record of about 870 millibars.
Actually, we simply have no record of such a massive hurricane. Since accurate measurements are a young capability, is it reasonable to assume that we are witnessing the most violent hurricanes of all time?
As an aside, BOR has hired bodyguards and is talking retirement.
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