"...in case it gets worse..."
This storm was obvious for a long time with a defined 'eye wall' for days before the National Weather Service even decided it was important enough to notice it long enough to assign a name to it. It was a Subtropical storm, then a Tropical Depression and they ignored it all together. It accelerated and defined an 'eye wall' and they ignored it and when it went from TD to TS they decided THEN and ONLY THEN to assign it recognition.
To begin, that level of negligence by the USA Hurricane Center is a crime. Just that simple. It's negligence.
There is probably a good reason. Try this one. Why 'push' the price of oil up with the potential of 'interruption' due to a tropical storm that could possibly go unnoticed in the USA, if it never came near shore. Sound right? Why not let a severe storm go by if it wasn't going to raise awareness in the USA?
The negligence by the National Weather Service, which did not exist with Katrina, is politically motivated by whatever moron is making the decisions these days.
It's central pressure is currently 1004 millibars. That would indicate a mild progression to this storm under 'normal' circumstances. These are NOT normal circumstances and the prediction that this storm will simply run a 'weak' course of events and dissipate is irresponsible.
Cat 1 Hurricanes are still very powerful storms, with "Dolly" entering the Gulf of Mexico it has the POTENTIAL to be much more than a Cat l storm. That 'potential' cannot be overlooked. If one recalls Katrina was a minor storm until it found 'hot' Gulf of Mexico waters and it accelerated very quickly.
The 'crime' with Katrina, happened in many ways, some with a long history before the storm manifested, but, the cover up after Katrina that allowed the Bush/Cheney White House to 'diminish' the deaths of nearly 2000 people happened afterward when the Homeland Security protections of the USA government and the bumbling by Michael Brown was far more than evident. If Homeland Security was doing its job, even today, the way it should be doing its job, the 'prediction' of Human Induced Global Warming storms would be occurring at the first 'indication' of any event rather than long after it was obvious that it can't be denied 'anymore.'
"Dolly" which should have been named Cristobal and vise versa is NOT dissipating. It has crossed a land mass and entered the Gulf waters. Crossing that land mass it was weakened slightly, but, the storm will reorganize. It is how it reorganizes and where that gives these circumstances a great deal of uncertainty. There should be NO uncertainty in the year of 2008 and if the USA was not still trying to 'pawn' its carbon dioxide habits off on China and India, the focus of the government would be to take responsibility and protect its citizens rather than allow the rampant deaths and acceleration of carbon dioxide emissions.
July 21, 2008
2230z
UNISYS Goes East Water Vapor Satellite
July 19, 2007
2030z
UNISYS Goes East Water Vapor Satellite
Everybody get out of the way !!! When "Dolly" accelerates there won't be time to clear the path. Do it now !
July 18, 2008
1330z
UNISYS Goes East Water Vapor Satellite
A tropical storm enters the Gulf of Mexico and the financial markets tremble.
So what !
Get used to it !
Dolly moving toward Corpus Christi oil complex (click here)
Tropical could grow into hurricane by Tuesday, Weather Service warns
By Laura Mandaro, MarketWatch
Last update: 7:15 p.m. EDT July 21, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Tropical Storm Dolly strengthened over the Gulf of Mexico Monday night and threatened to grow into a hurricane by Tuesday as it continued on a path that could threaten Texas' Corpus Christi oil-refining complex....
