May 10, 2007
1530z
Water Vapor UNISYS satellite
...due to that commuting relationship it has with the Arctic vortex. It's still a powerful system and causing issues in coastal communities. It's final dissipation hasn't happened yet and a weakened storm does not mean it's going to stay that way. These oscillations are unpredictable to some extent.
The Andrea System caused at least two deaths that I am aware of and some pleasure boats sank as well. These systems are powerful and people don't have defense against them. Extra care has to be taken at the earliest of suspicions when these manifest. That didn't happen with The Andrea System and it's neglectful of the US Government. Absolutely no doubt as far as I am concerned.
The problem with the expertise of the USA at this point is that it's government MIXES politics and religion with public policy. In the case of The Andrea System, there is a profound lack of expertise as there is no recognition of a Global Climate Change and they only focus on activity in the North and East Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. That leads to an overall 'dumming down' of the dynamics of the systems that impact the weather and climate of the USA. That fact was also pointed out to them by a world body not long ago when the Bush Administration insisted there was so such thing as Human Induced Global Warming. The USA Government grossly lacks competency in this area and hurricane season is nearly upon us.
That is why there needs to be a DIVISION OF CHURCH AND STATE. It is also why Alberto Gonzalez should be charged with a crime. He mixed politics with the firing of eight US Attorneys. I don't think so.
The new governor of Florida doesn't have the 'strings of power' into the White House at his disposal anymore as Jeb Bush did. He'll have to councel/resource with other state governors for help in how best to handle these issues if he is at a loss. The 'push button' emergency management of Jebby isn't there anymore.
At 11 a.m. EDT, the center of Subtropical Depression Andrea was located near latitude 29.9 north, longitude 79.9 west or about 100 miles east-southeast of Jacksonville Florida and about 80 miles northeast of Daytona Beach Florida. Maximum sustained winds at 35 mph. Minimum central pressure at 1003 mb.
