A 'cane? wen duz come de 'cane?
 

Arthur, Bertha, Cristobal, Dolly,
Edouard, Fay, Gustav, Hanna, Ike,
Josephine, Kyle, Laura, Marco,
Nana, Omar, Paloma, Rene, Sally,
Teddy, Vicky, and Wilfred
are the hurricanes for the 2008 that starts this weekend.

When do I get to be a hurricane?

I want to be one too!
I think Paloma sounds the meanest. But Bertha sounds the wettest.

Hmmmm - I wonder if I can get odds on that?

Bottle it and never again worry about high gas prices. Also called renewable energy.

I notice the list does not include a Hillary, John, or Obama.

What's the next level of wind speed above hurricane?

Political Speech

:D That's what I was thinking, but I couldn't remember the technical term.

Oh, I dunno... "When iz kommingk Easter?"

Dolly!

I believe you mean, "Hello, Dolly!"

Oh My Golly, - Here comes Dolly!

Dolly is really... D'oh!

Hey SamIam! Check pm.
:)

Coming from an acknowedged master of out of context posts, I rank this one as 8/10. Nice work.

Dolly is my cats name.

I suggest a cellar theme for 2009 and 2010:

Aliantha
Busterb
Clodfobble
dar512
elf
Flint
God
HungLikeJesus
Iggy
John
Katkeeper
Lumberjim
morethanpretty
NoBoxes
onyxcougar
Perry Winkle
Queen of the Ryche
richlevy
shawnee123
themercenary
urbane guerilla
vsp
wolf
xoxoxobruce
zippyt

alphageek31337
Brianna
Crimson Ghost
DanaC
Elspode
freshnesschronic
glatt
hoof hearted
Ibram
Jinx
Kitsune
Labrat
mrnoodle
nightsong
onetrack
pie
queequeger
razzmatazz13
SteveDallas
TreeFae
Undertoad
ViennaWaits
W.HI.P
xiphos
yesman
zengum

or some such. Sundae Girl, you got passed over 'cause there's no sun in a 'cane. :) Everyone else, you got missed 'cause I hate you. :D

Is there any significance to the fact that I'm at the top of the list...other than my name starts with A?

Why no Y in 2009?

Did you skip yourself because you hate yourself, monster?

So how is the crotch itch going?
:D

I'm a perfect 10 doll.

:p

I was really disappointed that, of all the Hurricane Dolly coverage I saw, not one outlet had the headline "Hello, Dolly!"

We're going to get flooding rains tonight courtesy of remnants of Dolly, so they say.

All our weatherish news atm is about our Southland quake -- felt it, rolled with it -- and miscellaneous fires; did you get your buckets of rain?

We finally have a 'cane worthy of attention. Gustav is tracking south of Haiti and Cuba. Predicted track directs it for just east of New Orleans (where Katrina made landfall). Currently Gustav is not a hurricane. But its track puts it constatly across 84 degree (29 degree) water all the way to landfall as demonstrated by a below NOAA ocean temperature map.

This one could be category three during the weekend.

What is that? Plots derived from all the various models?

Yes. It is all the models on one page.

I find this site to be the most informative. Since I live about 5 miles from open water we pay pretty close attention to this stuff.

If you look at this storm track it tells you a lot of info. Current position, highest wind speed, current and predicted. Expected location by date. And it is updated about every six hours. Click on the current storm Atlantic Track.

http://www.intellicast.com/Storm/Hurricane/Track.aspx

http://www.intellicast.com/Storm/Hur...m=2&type=track

Hanna is here. A NOAA map shows the threats from both Tropical Storms:

They don't name hurricanes after our kind

Link?

Hanna needs to get properly fitted for a bra.

no.
well yes, your name begins with A and you're the post prolific poster who is female and name begins with A. I figured you'd be upset if I left you out, so i didn't, guess I can't win :(

in case the replublicans get reelected and outlaw questioning from the proles

no, because I'm British.

Current storm track for Hana.

http://www.intellicast.com/Storm/Hur...m=2&type=track

It could be Groundhog Day for NO.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphi...143912W_sm.gif

I live over 100 miles from the gulf coast. Folks haven't forgotten Katrina. No water, canned goods in stores and they are full of people.
Damn! all I want is a few nanas and green onions.

If this one hits NOLA----well, I'm glad I visited when I did. 'Tis a cool city with tons of talent and just, well hell, the French Quarter is reason enough to save it!!! Plus, I always wanted a NO funeral for myself. They are SO COOL.

Man... if you thought some people were callous about rebuilding the first time, just wait and see how nonexistent the rebuilding effort is, if it gets hit again.

I fall into that category. I think that nothing below sea level should have been rebuilt, and if it gets hit again I'll have zero sympathy for anything below sea level getting destroyed. Build below sea level if you want. It's a free country. But don't expect any handouts/help/sympathy when you are flooded. And don't bail out any insurance company that is stupid enough to insure buildings below sea level. That's where I draw the line. Actually, I don't have to draw the line there, as sea level is a well established line already.

I am too timid to suggest names for hurricanes, but for tropical storms I have 2: T.S. Eliot and T.S. Garp. A - D, F, and H - Z are still open, but I'm working on them.

Oh me too, glatt. Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice...

If it happens again they really just need to go in and remove all man made structures, do an environmental clean up, and let it become a lagoon.

Easy to say when you live in Texas, Virginia and Georgia? Why has there never been hurricanes that were as destructive before Katrina in that area and why would it only take 2 storms for some to want to shitcan the whole place?

Who cares about the place, what about the people? Why should we encourage people to continue to rebuild in a location that is going to threaten their lives?

What does "the place" have culturally that isn't brought by the people? It's the people who matter--and if they want to put their lives and their families' lives on the line for a place, then they're welcome to, but it's not my job to buy them a third house when the second one gets washed away.

A good Cat 4 would wipe my house from the slate. We are only 5 miles from open water ocean and 150m from a very large tidal river with tide variance of greater than 8 feet each day. If my house got wiped out there isn't an insurance company that would insure me to rebuild. I would just have to move. Of course my house is not below sea level either. Many of the people in NO did just that. Left and didn't come back. This could easily be another Katrina:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...w-orleans.html

How much more of our resources should we or the state of LA continue to pour into a place below sea level?

Oprah bought this poor woman with mucho children a brand new house and a brand new van right before Katrina. Katrina ruined the woman's home. NOW Oprah is rebuilding her home, setting her family up in the choicest hotel in Naw'Lins...I wonder if Oprah is gonna be up for round three?

If theCitizens of NO were allowed to name them, would this be their list?

Asshole
Bush
Cunt
Death
Elevation
Fuck
George
Help
.......

Perhaps getting to name the next year's storms would be a cathartic exercise for the victims of a serious hurricane. "Well my house is fucked and my MIL is dissing me to the wife, but you know what, the next MF is gonna be named after my MIL.....

I hope that never happens to you or anyone else . Personally I would rather spend our resources here for our own disasters than for the global crises that are occurring. But who gets to choose how and where money is spent? For example how big is Iraq and if they have oil money why do they need our financing? Aw never mind that is a whole 'nother thread! :headshake

ZERO - not one froggin dime - help them move away - maybe.

NO is a pretty important port though.... who's gonna run it if no one lives there?

My parents are packing it up again! Looks like there's a third one trying to develop too...


http://www.intellicast.com/Storm/Hur...Satellite.aspx

Looks like its time to stock up, board up, pack up and/or hit the road.
Best of luck to anyone in the way of Gustav and his little buddy. I guess the response will be better this time.

Even George Jr can learn that you don't go to California for a campaign fund raiser and then to McCain's house for a birthday party when the head of the National Hurricane Center calls everyone. Why call everyone? Because the hurricane obviously would be that destructive. Now a lesser hurricane appears. So George Jr will not go to a Convention. He finally learned that the president cannot wait for Cheney (on a hunting trip) to make decisions for him.

Yes, wacko extremists need falling buildings, unwinnable wars, and flooded cities before they will listen to intelligent moderates.

Got anything new to say there T-dub? Or have you taken all this time off just to come back with wacko extremists and unwinnable wars? Come man - you need to get some new material. You've been kickin this dead horse too long.

Just move the port back to lands end.

I just spoke to an old friend, from Gretna,La the west bank. They'er a few miles NW of me. 50 or so. Took them 11 hours to make the trip. Way under 3hrs. most time.

Are you staying where you are, buster? Be safe.

Can we have a roll-call of dwellars who live in the Hurricane-prone areas, so they can log in and tell us how thigns are for them?
A quick scan of my memory produces the following list of people in the general "South" area:

Mercenary?
BusterB?
ZippyT?
Chocolatl?
(And Choco's significant other ... damn memory gap there, sorry).
Any more?

Please let us know your status, when you can.

Not zippy, he's in the earthquake danger zone though - New Madrid fault.