August 30, 2010
2114 gmt
Atlantic Ocean Satellite
Actually there are four if one considers the additional low pressure system off Africa. Wow. Will the 2010 Hurricane Season happen wihin a week or ten days and be over as quick as it started? The Antiles is taking a beating, isn't it? First "Earl" followed by "Fiona." I don't know those folks need to be contacted by someone. They have to be wondering what is going to happen to them.
"Earl" with 114 mph surface winds.
They're going to need help, if they don't already.
The Atlantic Ocean's hurricane conveyor belt now appears to be in full gear. (click title to entry - thank you)
On Monday, another tropical storm, TS Fiona, formed behind Hurricane Earl which formed after TS Danielle.Danielle is out at sea and not a threat. But Hurricane Earl, with winds clocked at 135 mph, has put many on alert on islands in the Bahamas and the Lesser Antilles, including the Virgin Islands. There are concerns Earl could hit the U.S.'s East Coast, especially North Carolina, later in the week.
The experts predicted it would be an active hurricane season. They were right.
There will be another one after "Fiona." The Antiles will be unable to recover before they get hit again. That is unprecedented.
Maybe permanent 'hi ground' shelter, with an understanding for the people that come they will stay until there is an 'all clear.' This might be awhile and the 'damage in the wake' maybe substantial.
The tidal surges will bearly be receded when it will rise again. It is possible the storms may 'maintain' a high water line until this subsides. The storms could conceivably just keep pushing water at those islands.
It is just that the storms are lining up on an unremiting track right now.
It has to do with the alignment of 'direct sun rays.' As soon as the sun's rays begin to traverse OFF these 'heat/moisture' latitudes, it will abate.
The one after Fiona, assuming it develops into a storm, may traverse into the Caribbean actually. It will roll over top of those islands. This is really a bit worrisome.
The reason this is worrisome is because this is such a delayed season with 'high impact' storms in sequence. The 'heat trapped' in the troposphere is finding resolve in these storms, to some extent, but it is so intense that it is chruning out Cat Four storms, one after another. There is no way of knowing right now if there will be an abatement of the intensity to the storms BEFORE the sun's rays move further south. The NASA/NOAA/Hurricane Center records COULD possibly give a 'clue' to the outcome here based on 'heat calorie' records of terrestrial records correlated with Cat Four storm frequency.
It is worth a shot.
Hey the jungles in Africa are holding up great right now. We'd be 'fried potatoes' without them. Let's hope they don't give into drought anytime soon.
I love those monkeys, Bonobos and Mountain Gorillas.
Love them !!!!!!!!
