[artichokegrower]

This year, however, meteorology experts are predicting a surge in activity.

They say this every year. When it doesn't happen they never issua a retraction.

[Col Frank Slade]

Sounds like a lot of “potential.”

[ProtectOurFreedom]

I'm pretty sure that only terrestrial wind turbines fail. After all, the ocean environment is a LOT more benign than the terrestrial environment. There will be no ocean / offshore wind turbine failures in hurricanes. Right?

[Socon-Econ]

Anyone remember last year’s hysterical cries that “the ocean is boiling”? Where were the back-to-back Category 5’s?

[PUGACHEV]

"Given the predictions for an unusually active 2024 hurricane season, there arises a valid concern: Will forecasters run out of names?"

Some people are just not happy unless they have something to worry about.

[V_TWIN]

Last year the weather “experts” predicted hurricane Ian would hit the Tampa area almost right up until landfall....as it turned out, it made landfall at Fort Meyers.....that’s a 100 mile miss in they’re prediction.

How many people in Lee county failed to prepare as well as they should have because of that error I wonder, and whatever negative impact that mistake had will never be known.

[FLNittany]

I mind the hype, but realize the situation. Local news and radio always provide the most important and accurate coverage of storms, not TWC or national news.

Even though I live at the beach, I'm always concerned about the wind, not the dreaded weather channel storm surge.

Andrew was a bad ass storm that could have destroyed SoFla if it hit further north and was moving slower. Imagine 24 hours of this:

[wbslws]

I view the Weather Channel as Fear Porn. I sat her a couple of years ago with my wife’s brother who came down here to get a away from the potential strike of a hurricane in Jacksonville. The weather channel made it look like the J’ville area was getting destroyed. When he got home he had a couple of 1” limbs down in his yard.

[Dan C]

Don’t their predictions fall into the range of Punxsutawney Phil in terms of their overall accuracy?

[Wuli]

“potentially setting new records for storm frequency and intensity”

And just as potentially NOT!!!