Wow, what a boring time!

[Ivanhater]

You don't see me crying over the chances of a earth quake or volcano. Thats just a part of life. Hurricanes/tropical cyclones will always hit in the tropics. In its a fact of life that when you build on the coast you will get your house/stuff distoryed. I'm very sorry. But this is a tropical cyclone board in we will watch them.

im the biggest hurricane nut as the next guy, but going through absolute hell the night of ivan changed things, i dont want anyone to go through that, i know fishes are boring but dont ask for it to hit land, i know you wont understand unless you go through a major but hurricanes dont just hit the coast and stop, it devestates miles inland, i understand what you mean but if you went through the night of september 16th in pensacola i think you would be changing your tune

[Tampa Bay Hurricane]

It's always best to never wish for a disaster. Okay to watch systems and root for them when they are away from people and land, but one should never wish to go through a super-cane.

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

I don't wish for a super cane. But I'm interested in how they work. They Amaze me. We all have are problems in I understand that. But this is not the 1800 hundreds when we have to have big shiping ports or cities on the coast line. "Mainly in the tropics". We have airplanes in the way things layed out might of been alot more different then it is if airplanes where around earier.

I don't ever went to see any one hurt. But they need to listen to there officals in get out before its to late. Hurricanes are going to be around intill the end of the world. So there a fact of life not saying I went anyone hurt or dead from one. But they are hear to stay.

Everything is framed to ship food/stuff in from ships. Its no longer worth doing it that way in the tropics. So we got airplanes/in other ways. Tis not the 17s or 18s centry.

[Ivanhater]

I don't wish for a super cane. But I'm interested in how they work. They Amaze me. We all have are problems in I understand that. But this is not the 1800 hundreds when we have to have big shiping ports or cities on the coast line. "Mainly in the tropics". We have airplanes in the way things layed out might of been alot more different then it is if airplanes where around earier.

I don't ever went to see any one hurt. But they need to listen to there officals in get out before its to late. Hurricanes are going to be around intill the end of the world. So there a fact of life not saying I went anyone hurt or dead from one. But they are hear to stay.

i know exactly what you mean, just try to tone down on the excitement of one hitting land, some people on this board who went through one will want to punch the daylights out of you..just trying to give you a heads up...but ya i know what you mean, hurricanes are amazing

[ConvergenceZone]

What, no big ol' house-breakers & life-takers to track? What's the deal about 1997? I'm new to this stuff, but I'm betting that it was "slow" in that there weren't any real destroyers around. Well, GOOD. And don't hit me with the usual self-righteous "Of course we don't want any bad storms coming ashore, etc" stuff - the posts I'm reading are wanting more storms and that means more chances for loss of property and life. Just look at when one isn't a land-fall threat - a bunch of complaints that "it's a FISH". Cut me a break - I want my home intact and my family alive.

You obviously didn't read my post. I said that I would love it if they were fish and also said that if I had it my way they would strengthen to cat 5's then weaken suddenly as they approached land....Just because someone wants to see a strong storm over the ocean, you assume that it means that we want death and destruction. Stop assuming!

[ConvergenceZone]

You don't see me crying over the chances of a earth quake or volcano. Thats just a part of life. Hurricanes/tropical cyclones will always hit in the tropics. In its a fact of life that when you build on the coast you will get your house/stuff distoryed. I'm very sorry. But this is a tropical cyclone board in we will watch them.

I have to agree with Matt here. Weather just happens, nothing we can do about it. Do you think that those who chase tornadoes wish destruction and death on people? of course not!! I hate the damaqe that hurricanes do, but due to technology, we are light years ahead of where we use to be in terms of avoiding loss of life.

If you don't like tropical weather and aren't fascinated and love to track, perhaps the tropical board isn't your thing... My parents think I'm crazy too, but hey, that's normal.

[ConvergenceZone]

I don't ever went to see any one hurt. But they need to listen to there officals in get out before its to late. Hurricanes are going to be around intill the end of the world. So there a fact of life not saying I went anyone hurt or dead from one. But they are hear to stay.

Amen! I don't know how many idiots I hear being interviewd on TV during during a storm who say they are just going to ride it out!! Most of the deaths during hurricanes are because they DID decide to ride it out.

You have to also remember that sometimes hurricanes are blessings in disguise in the sense that they bring lots of rain to drought parched areas when they move further inland. Of course I'm talking cat 1's, cat 2's, not the monster storms.

I remember Jim Cantore on the weather channel saying that he lives for severe weather and loves to study and report on it, but I highly doubt he loves to see death and destruction.

[weatherwindow]

the MWD by the TAFB continues to advertise the building of a contiguous ridge during the outlook period(five days)....lhowever, after it heals the weaknesses of harvey and irene, it mentions another pesky ULL dropping south in the eastern atl which could draw waves north around day five. perhaps, when this latest low cycles out we can get on with the CV season in earnest or at least, see some later dev moving into the carib from the area of 45-55 west.................i personally dont think that the season will pop again until some of this troughiness cycles out. ......rich

[ConvergenceZone]

I think many of the storms we see which will hit USA will be low riders into the Car Sea. When they are that far south, their is only a small chance of them being a fish storm. Texas really needs some rain, it would be nice to see a cat 1 storm/or strong tropical storm hit Texas. I got relatives in Houston and Dallas and they are wishing for the same thing.

[mikey mike]

I don't think anyone here wants to see death and destruction,they just want the action to pick up.
I went through Camille but still love watching and tracking hurricanes.

[Derecho]

just when ya think things are going to get cooking, it looks to be the opposite. There's absolutely nothing to follow right now. Irene's not going to survive and even if it does, with it racing off to the North, not much development, and it's been the most pathetic looking store I've seen this season so far!!

Just waiting for some type of signs that things are going to get active soon, but so far, not one sign. We may have to wait for a couple of more weeks(until September) until we see anymore action from the way it's looking now.

(Cackling Wildly with a Mad Scientist Laugh over what people who just started following the tropics in the last 3 years or so are going to do the next time there's a strong El Nino.)

Good Lord, the Atlantic tropics are incredibly active right now; there are two active storms going on simultaneously.

BORING is a September staring at continuous 40 kt westerly shear ripping T-Waves apart below 20N like 1997 or something.

[abajan]

just when ya think things are going to get cooking, it looks to be the opposite. There's absolutely nothing to follow right now. Irene's not going to survive and even if it does, with it racing off to the North, not much development, and it's been the most pathetic looking store I've seen this season so far!!

Just waiting for some type of signs that things are going to get active soon, but so far, not one sign. We may have to wait for a couple of more weeks(until September) until we see anymore action from the way it's looking now.

(Cackling Wildly with a Mad Scientist Laugh over what people who just started following the tropics in the last 3 years or so are going to do the next time there's a strong El Nino.)

Good Lord, the Atlantic tropics are incredibly active right now; there are two active storms going on simultaneously.

BORING is a September staring at continuous 40 kt westerly shear ripping T-Waves apart below 20N like 1997 or something.

How true. It's been stated before but perhaps needs to be said again: The overactive July has spoilt us into expecting a new TD every few days.

Imagine what people are going to say next season when El Nino kicks in and really shuts things down! LOL

[caribepr]

Someone mentioned watching systems with the internet versus the *old ways*. It is pretty incredible, to me, to think there are people here that were born around the time I STARTED using the internet!
And frankly, the idea of boredom is the most boring to me,
I don't allow it in my life. So to those of you bored...GO OUTSIDE AND PLAY! (I'm 51 and take the advice myself often, that was not an age related statement). Find something in the real world to entertain yourselves while you wait for storm activity - to me, anyone fascinated by the power of storms should be equally fascinated by the power of an ant and on up from there. And it is all in YOUR neighborhood. Check it out.
And please, make it a mission to obliterate the word boredom from your vocabulary - it is one of the most deadly trouble makers that is completely under your control to eliminate

[WindRunner]

When was the last El Nino year? Wasn't there a mild one in 2002?

[vbhoutex]

Someone mentioned watching systems with the internet versus the *old ways*. It is pretty incredible, to me, to think there are people here that were born around the time I STARTED using the internet!
And frankly, the idea of boredom is the most boring to me,
I don't allow it in my life. So to those of you bored...GO OUTSIDE AND PLAY! (I'm 51 and take the advice myself often, that was not an age related statement). Find something in the real world to entertain yourselves while you wait for storm activity - to me, anyone fascinated by the power of storms should be equally fascinated by the power of an ant and on up from there. And it is all in YOUR neighborhood. Check it out.
And please, make it a mission to obliterate the word boredom from your vocabulary - it is one of the most deadly trouble makers that is completely under your control to eliminate

[HurriCat]

You don't see me crying over the chances of a earth quake or volcano. Thats just a part of life. Hurricanes/tropical cyclones will always hit in the tropics. In its a fact of life that when you build on the coast you will get your house/stuff distoryed. I'm very sorry. But this is a tropical cyclone board in we will watch them.

(Don't see your location listed) Bet your attitude would change if you were a bit closer to the action. Anyways, sure, hurricanes happen, but the chances for them are a LOT higher than those for (cough) VOLCANO or earth quake. I can see why you aren't crying about THOSE. That was weak kung-fu, grasshopper and I GUESSED somehow, that this is indeed a tropical cyclone board. Watching is one thing, but getting whiny over a lack of danger is another. I do agree that those who build in bad areas like the coast or in flood-plains, etc are asking for it. Yep, taking a risk. Still, that's not hoping for it or being bored because a destructive storm isn't around for someone's hobby. And that "caribepr" post about boredom - am I the only one who wants to give the ol' Bugs Bunny "aaaaaaaaaaah shaddap"? (When Yosamite Sam was blabbing about the beyond-scientific levels of his "rootiness-tootiness").

[x-y-no]

just when ya think things are going to get cooking, it looks to be the opposite. There's absolutely nothing to follow right now. Irene's not going to survive and even if it does, with it racing off to the North, not much development, and it's been the most pathetic looking store I've seen this season so far!!

Just waiting for some type of signs that things are going to get active soon, but so far, not one sign. We may have to wait for a couple of more weeks(until September) until we see anymore action from the way it's looking now.

(Cackling Wildly with a Mad Scientist Laugh over what people who just started following the tropics in the last 3 years or so are going to do the next time there's a strong El Nino.)

Good Lord, the Atlantic tropics are incredibly active right now; there are two active storms going on simultaneously.

BORING is a September staring at continuous 40 kt westerly shear ripping T-Waves apart below 20N like 1997 or something.

Yeah ... I fear for the sanity of some folks here the next time we get a big El Nino.

[du1st]

I live 500 miles inland but Ivan was a heck of a storm. Our county was considered a disaster area. We had trees down everywhere,power out,and unbelievable flooding. I have never seen it rain that hard. I was young during Opal but I bet Ivan beat. I mangine if I van had 170mph sustained winds unstead of 135mph. dang there would be no penescola beach and where I live we would still cleaning up. stormcat a lot of understand where you have been from.