Tropical Storm Alberto
Hurricane season is off to a roaring start down here. Yesterday, Alberto became the first named storm of the season, and we’re already experiencing the effects.
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When one lives in Florida, the weather is often a topic of conversation. Either you tell friends further north how nice it is in Florida, or, you’re worried about an in-bound hurricane. Those posts all go here.
Memorial Day Weekend 2006
It wound up being a far more active weekend that I had hoped for. I took Friday off and got
Read moreCan you really count the seconds between lightening and thunder to determine how far away it is?
I’ve always heard the wives tell that you count the seconds between seeing a lightening flash and the sound of the thunder to figure out how far away it is. Living here in Florida, we get lots of both. So is it true or an old wives tale?
Read moreSmall Room-Small Man
It turns out that George Bush wasn’t being completely honest explaining the federal government’s response to Katrina. I know this will come as a big shock to many of you, but when W said that no one thought it would be as bad as it was, and no one could have anticipated the levee breach, he wasn’t telling the whole truth.
Read moreMy Review of 2005 and My Prayer for 2006
We human beings have created this concept of time. We like to have beginnings and endings, and we American’s seem especially prone to the shorter increments of time. We celebrate almost all of our important holidays annually. We acknowledge birthdays and anniversaries every year. We note seconds (nano-seconds sometimes), hours, days, the months, the annual cycle of the seasons, and especially the years. It?s pretty traditional, as the we close one calendar and open another, to evaluate the year just past, and contemplate the year to come. So as 2005 fades, I?ll follow tradition and offer up my review of 2005.
Read moreTropical Storm Zeta-If You Can Believe It
Well, I realize that Bu$h says there’s nothing to this global warming thingy…but Tropical Storm Zeta has formed about 1,000 miles out in the Southern Atlantic. This is the 27th named storm for this year.
Read moreEpsilon Becomes Record Breaking 14th Hurricane
Epsilon strengthened into a record 14th hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean on Friday ? two days after the 2005 season officially ended. Forecasters said it posed no threat to land. Epsilon had maximum sustained winds of 75 mph at 10 a.m. EST, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami. Its top sustained winds had been near 65 mph earlier in the day.
Read moreUpdate on TD Gamma
Some researchers and other weather authorities believe this increased activity and severity is the result of global warming. Others say its just part of a normal cycle. To introduce a new feature on Deep Sand, I’ve got an informal poll running in the right hand sidebar to see what you think might be the cause of this record breaking year.
Read moreIt Takes A Village Idiot
Did Pat Robertson really say on Sunday that the tornado in Indiana and Kentucky was God’s way of expressing His anger at the actor Warren Beatty and his wife, Annette Bening, for trying to disrput a speech by Arnold Schwarzenegger?
Read moreHurricane Relief Complaints
Last year, I had to evacuate due to Charlie, and we huddled down here for several other storms. We’ve been a bit more lucky this year, but have had to prepare for several. I count my blessings that Tampa hasn’t been hit harder than it has, and so I can’t fully appreciate the frustration being felt by the people in South Florida….BUT….
Read moreMonday Morning Update-Wilma
Well, as I noted in the update last night, it started raining about 7PM, and has been pretty steady since then, with some strong rains at various times. I’m guessing we’ve had less than 4 inches of rain. The wind didn’t start until right at 3AM, and while it has been gusty at times, I’ve seen it just as bad during some of our thunderstorms.
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