Please remember hurricane season has begun

[malaise]

For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:

1. A non-tropical low pressure area located about 150 miles
south-southeast of the North Carolina-South Carolina border
continues to produce disorganized showers and thunderstorms over
portions of southeastern and eastern North Carolina, including the
Outer Banks, and adjacent Atlantic waters. The low has moved little
today, but a slow northward motion is forecast to begin by this
evening. Environmental conditions are expected to remain
unfavorable for significant development through tonight when the low
should move inland over eastern North Carolina. Regardless of
development, heavy rainfall could occur over portions of
northeastern South Carolina and southeastern and eastern North
Carolina through Wednesday. For additional information, see products
from your local National Weather Service office.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...10 percent.

2. Showers and thunderstorms located a few hundred miles east of
Trinidad and Tobago are associated with a westward-moving tropical
wave. Some slow development of this system is possible over the next
couple of days before upper level winds become less conducive and
the system begins to interact with the landmass of South America.
Regardless of development, this system could produce gusty winds and
heavy rainfall over Trinidad and Tobago and the northeastern
coastal sections of Venezuela through the middle of the week.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...10 percent.

[FM123]

1. Many thanks for this!

[underpants]

2. Yes we had that reminder at a staff meeting

A few weeks ago.

[lark]

3. Well, if this was a movie, I'd be certain that this disaster will hit hard this year.

Can you imagine a hurricane hitting TX or FL where CV19 cases are already growing and how much damage that would do from people having to evacuate to unsafe (?) hotels, evacuating and eating in totally crowded conditions, people being in crowded indoor shelters - OMG. Hopefully this isn't actually a disaster movie and this year will be mild when it comes to storms, like last year was. We need a break.

[babylonsister]

4. Ah geeze.

[dhill926]

5. yep...we postponed our move to Key West earlier this year because of the virus...

now gonna wait out hurricane season. Too many damn moving parts this year....

[malaise]

8. You'd better

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

9. Hopefully you will go with a very short term rental when you do

move to Key West. Most of it will probably be underwater fairly soon.

[dhill926]

10. oh...I think it has a few good years left...

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

17. Maybe. Global warming and seawater rise are causing a lot of

standing water in the streets of Key West on a regular basis now. And things are warming up at an accelerating pace.

You might want to read The Water Will Come by Jeff Goodell. I believe there are already parts of Miami where banks won't write 30 year mortgages. I wouldn't be surprised if that isn't also true in Key West.

I was there, Key West, in 2015, on a cruise ship stop. It was raining very hard when we pulled into port, so much so that they delayed disembarkation for a good 45 minutes. And the bar-hopping tour I'd signed up for was cancelled because we'd have been wading through ankle deep water. And the tour guide claimed this was not the normal rainy season.

Here's an article from the NYTimes from last November. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/24/us/florida-keys-flooding-king-tide.html?auth=login-email&login=email&login=email&auth=login-email

[Niagara]

6. Kicking.

Please stay safe.

[malaise]

7. Don't think these two will be major events but we need to get ready

for peak season

[Niagara]

11. Let's hope not.

I'm just not sure how much more 2020 is going to throw at us, there's only a few months left before peak gets here.

[malaise]

12. We've already been warned that this will be a very bad hurricane season

Our motto is be prepared

[Just_Vote_Dem]

13. A great weather website is Storm2k

http://www.storm2k.org

Posts by amateur and professional meteorologists. I'm in South Florida and pay special attention to the Active Storms/Invests section of the forum.

[malaise]

14. Thanks

I like Weather Underground and this one as well

https://spaghettimodels.com/

[Just_Vote_Dem]

15. Yes, those are great too

We here in the Tropical areas have to keep a close eye out!

[malaise]

16. Funny how all the dettol and alcohol we bought for last year's hurricane season

are still working for Covid-19. We still have one unused bottle of rubbing alcohol.
And yes we island folks or 'coastie' have to look out for one another.

[mentalsolstice]

18. Thank you for this reminder!

I was born and raised in Ft. Lauderdale, lived in Pensacola for 7 years. My husband was born and raised in NOLA. Katrina took away all of his childhood memories and landmarks. The mausoleum where his parents and grandma are interred still has the water line from the flood.

Yes, it’s a normal that we have to live with. However, there are natural disasters we all need to consider in the USA. I just hope Mother Nature gives all of us a break this year.