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Up to 14 hurricanes are being predicted for the Western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - and up to seven of these could be major storms.
"The numbers are going to go up quite high," said hurricane forecaster William Gray.
This year's season, which runs from next week to the end of November, "looks like a hell of a year," he added.
The current hurricane record was set in 2005, which saw 15 of them, including Hurricane Katrina that killed around 1,500 and caused $80bn (£55bn) in damage.
Up to seven hurricanes are pre
First off, let's consider the qualifiers. The predictions are offered in percentages of probability and wide ranges -- a 7 in 10 chance of having 9 to 14 storms. The significant margin of error has meant that the NOAA has been generally accurate over the last several seasons. Last year NOAA predicted a strong chance (65 percent) of an "above normal" season with 12 to 16 named storms; of these, 6 to 9 were expected to become hurricanes, with 2 to 5 major hurricanes. In the end, we saw 16 named Atlantic storms, with eight hurricanes, five of them major -- all within the ranges. And in 2007, the 15 named storms fell within the original estimate of 13 to 17.
reply to post by nixie_nox
Oh good heavens, are these hurricanes gonna be winging out oil all over the coasts?
Originally posted by thisguyrighthere
I'm waiting for the oil soaked hurricane that catches fire. That'll be something to see.
...I spoke with Ken King today, he wants to know who you are, as I know for a fact no one was living with him or his daughter in 1999. He said call him, you say you lived with him, you must know his number, it has not been changed. You gave him good laugh with your lies.
Originally posted by Nutzoid
I forgot to add this, but regarding my previous post, I had been living with this fella named ken king and his daughter, who, in 1999 had a crop circle show up in his field.I am Ojibway(1/4) and he is full blooded Ojibway, and when Hopi leaders heard of this crop circle they came to him and told him that the crop circles were very important and he's been flown out to various ceremonies in nevada or wherever(can't really remember) netowne.com...
thats the crop circle page. Real interesting stuff.