Thursday, August 21, 2008

Is everyone having fun yet? The central pressure of Fay is down to 994 millibars and falling. Still tropical storm, too. Hm.

This has got to be one of the most irresponsible societies I have ever witnessed in the USA.

Got to be Number One in 'moron' content.





WHY INDEED ?

Oh, I forgot. The atypical hurricanes of Climate Change are 'natural.'

Right.

Wheels of cars in a driveway are almost underwater due to flooding from Tropical Storm Fay in a neighborhood in Melbourne, Fla., Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/John Raoux

Storm floods hundreds of Fla. homes (click here)
By Brian Skoloff, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. - Emergency crews launched airboats into submerged streets Wednesday to rescue central Florida residents trapped by rising floodwaters from a stalled Tropical Storm Fay, which soaked the state for a third consecutive day.
Fay formed over the weekend in the Atlantic and was blamed for 20 deaths in the Caribbean....




August 21, 2008
1130z
UNISYS Water Vapor GOES East Satellite (click title to entry for 12 hour loop)



Under these conditions Bertha hit Cat l at 984 millibars. The only reason I bring that up, you understand, is that John McCain's offshore oil drilling does NOTHING to end the vicious and defeating cycle of Human Induced Global Warming. Might that be why Bush/Cheney never included such aspects in their Energy policy? Just thought I'd mention how Republican Political Rhetoric is asinine and completely STUPID. Why would anyone put a man capable of such stupidity at the top of the Executive Branch of the USA?