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misanthrope

(9,514 posts) Wed May 18, 2022, 01:53 PM May 2022

I normally take hurricane season with a grain of salt [View all]

I realize long-range forecasts are difficult to formulate and even more difficult to make entirely accurate. That said, there's already a concerning development for this season.

This month's Gulf of Mexico loop current is similar to the one in May 2005, the most active in Atlantic hurricane season history. There were four Category 5 storms: Emily, Katrina, Rita, and Wilma.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/bad-news-2022-hurricane-season-123453675.html

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I normally take hurricane season with a grain of salt [View all] misanthrope May 2022 OP

We all remember Katrina. I lived through Wilma. Tommy Carcetti May 2022 #1

I lived through Wilma too. iscooterliberally May 2022 #7

As hot as it has been down in Texas, no doubt Gulf waters are WARMER too. ProudMNDemocrat May 2022 #2

Michael wiped out 75% of the trees on my 30 acre property and I am 75 miles inland. Chainfire May 2022 #3

Important OP malaise May 2022 #4

If I still lived in North America DFW May 2022 #5

Bingo. Were it solely up to me, misanthrope May 2022 #8

I used to also. But now I have lost loved ones to storms. Scrivener7 May 2022 #6

My preferred option is to evacuate misanthrope May 2022 #9

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