Comments on: The Bush/Schwarzenegger Call

by: Landis

Wed, 04 Jan 2006 18:31:00 +0000

ZeTA! ZeTA! ZeTA!

Not quite a hurricane yet, but looks promising. And we did officially make it to ζ!

by: Landis

Thu, 01 Dec 2005 19:55:02 +0000

Oh, and from that summary mentioned above it’s been quite a record breaking season for the Atlantic:

26 named tropical storms,
13 hurricanes,
7 major hurricanes (Cat 3 or greater),
3 Category 5 hurricanes (Katrina, Rita, Wilma)

From the 40 year average:
11 named tropical storms,
6 hurricanes,
2 major hurricanes

by: Landis

Thu, 01 Dec 2005 19:47:25 +0000

Just a brief note to tidy this whole OT hurricane discussion up. Since the 2005 hurricane season is officially over as of today I think we can give a tally (even though one tropical storm is still spinning out there). We made it to Tropical Storm Epsilon (ε). So on my little scale we've not got: α, β, γ, δ, ε, ζ We didn't quite make it to Zeta (ζ). A great summary of the season is located at the NWS Hurricane Center website. In terms of the little pool we had going, there was officially one more hurricane after Wilma: Beta (β), and there were 5 named storms (shorting my wild-ass prediction of 6 by only 1).

by: Landis

Tue, 15 Nov 2005 19:12:16 +0000

In case anyone is still reading this, we’re now up to tropical storm 27: gamma (γ)

α, β, γ, δ, ε, ζ

3 more to go until my wild-ass prediction pans out (I doubt it, but still hoping)

by: Pete IVDL

Fri, 28 Oct 2005 22:38:00 +0000

Landis, isn’t it fun escaping HTML escapes within HTML? I think it’s infinitely regressing : “&” means “&”, but to show it takes “&”, and to show that takes “&amp”, and so on ad infinitum.

by: Landis

Fri, 28 Oct 2005 15:09:49 +0000

Leslie, not only did I forget δ, but also reading back over that I see I let my attempt at humor overtake the facts. They don’t get names for just depression, it’s got to become a storm (winds greater that 34 knots).

So here comes β. It’s pretty small, but let’s see if we can get to γ. One storm at a time….

α, β, γ, δ, ε, ζ

by: hedera

Fri, 28 Oct 2005 02:03:27 +0000

Yes, beta’s forming up - and there are 3 more little incipient “tropical waves” trailing behind it! Landis, you may have been closer than we thought with your bet on ζ! If all three of these develop, we’ll be up to epsilon ε… (And on top of the HTML, I’m learning to count in Greek, just think.)

I’d post the link to the satellite map but I think you have to be running FireFox and ForecastFox to see it… Check your favorite Hurricane Center for details.

by: David

Thu, 27 Oct 2005 01:52:43 +0000

Beta’s forming up…and Fitzmas is coming. Have you guys heard the new Christmas slogan: Treason is the Reason for the Season.

by: David

Wed, 26 Oct 2005 17:07:05 +0000

I’m betting on Beta. The Gales of November will be about more than just the storm in that song.

And the weather-related traumas of the past year-and-a-half are just the warm-up act.

Meanwhile, here’s hoping Fitzgerald serves up multiple entrees of White House mountain oysters.

by: hedera

Wed, 26 Oct 2005 04:18:48 +0000

Yes, what a great lesson in HTML, Landis; I keep a notebook of things I’ve learned about HTML and I’m adding that, not that I expect to have to use them unless I do start counting tropical depressions.

I hope you’re wrong, too, Leslie; frankly, I think we’ve had about enough hurricanes for one season…