What are your 10 predictions for 2005?

[streetsoldier]

Do you mean (a) the US will shut down Al Jazeera?, and (2) that the US will make friends with the French after Chirac either resigns, or is thrown out in a vote of "no confidence?

[cycloneye]

Those who haven't posted their predictions for 2005 you have until December 31.Or those who did post already theirs if you want to make changes also you have until December 31.

[alicia-w]

1. Record heat waves in summer 2005

2. Las Vegas will be the target of terrorist activity.

3. Michael Jackson will be convicted and die in prison.

4. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory will be one of the biggest grossing movies of the summer.

5. Kofi Annan will step down as SG of the UN.

6. Bill Clinton will be considered for Secretary General of the UN.

7. Elizabeth Taylor will pass on.

8. Two Supreme Court justices will pass on, one will retire.

9. The NAACP will disband.

10. The Internet will be taxed.

[Hurricanehink]

1) Major blizzard in the Northeast
2) U.S. will annex Iraq as the 51st state

3) U.S. will invade Iran

4) Deadly hurricane will hit South Carolina

5) Another south atlantic tropical storm

6) Another Grand Theft Auto game will come out

7) The computer memory will reach 1 terabyte

8) Pi day will be recognized as an official national holiday

9) Brittany Spears will get married 2 more times
10) Storm2k will take over the NHC's responsibilities during the hurricane season

[cycloneye]

1) Major blizzard in the Northeast
2) U.S. will annex Iraq as the 51st state

3) U.S. will invade Iran

4) Deadly hurricane will hit South Carolina

5) Another south atlantic tropical storm

6) Another Grand Theft Auto game will come out

7) The computer memory will reach 1 terabyte

8) Pi day will be recognized as an official national holiday

9) Brittany Spears will get married 2 more times
10) Storm2k will take over the NHC's responsibilities during the hurricane season

I agree with #10.

[cycloneye]

Any more predictions?You have until December 31 to post yours.Very interesting predictions so far.

[David]

My Predictions for 2005

1) I become the top poster of this board

2) Luis Will lose his spot as the top poster on the board

3) A massive snow storm will strike the Southeast US with almost 20" in atlanta and 10" In Columbia. Widremann gets ziltch. LOL

4) The Dow will reach 11,000 like Luis said

5) The pope will die, Sadly.

6) I will turn 16

7) President Bush will be Inaugurated on January 20th.

8) Star Wars Ep III will come out in May.

9) Storm2k will be the top board on the net again, and will gain a huge amount of members come Hurricane Season

10) Will begin January 1st.

you know, maybe #1 isnt a good thing.. it should be quality, not quantity.

just my 2 centaroos

[george_r_1961]

1. Dick Cheney will resign...probably due to health issues.
2. Record cold temps will occur over much of the central US in January
3. There wiil be an outbreak of severe weather over the southeast US in February with heavy rains, damaging thunderstorm winds, and tornadoes.
4. A subtropical storm will form in mid May off Cape Hatteras and skirt the coast of NC and VA, causing minor damage.
5 .Early summer will be mild for much of the US, then a blistering heatwave hits in July.
6. August is quiet in the tropics, once again prompting Rainstorm to declare there will be no more storms for the season.
7. Around Labor Day all hell breaks loose in the tropics. NHC finds itself tracking 4 storms at once.
8. A major hurricane will impact coastal NC in mid September, then follow a track similar to Isabel did in 2003. Somehow the NC Outer Banks..despite sustaining a direct hit, gets only moderate damage. Eastern Virginia isnt so lucky with major damage throughout the Tidewater area. It will be months before power is restored to some areas.
9. Saddamn Hussein will die in custody, prompting allegations that he was mistreated.
10. Texas takes a hit from a major hurricane in October. Although damage will be severe there are few fatalities due to mass evacuations.

[Skywatch_NC]

1. Dick Cheney will resign...probably due to health issues.
2. Record cold temps will occur over much of the central US in January
3. There wiil be an outbreak of severe weather over the southeast US in February with heavy rains, damaging thunderstorm winds, and tornadoes.
4. A subtropical storm will form in mid May off Cape Hatteras and skirt the coast of NC and VA, causing minor damage.
5 .Early summer will be mild for much of the US, then a blistering heatwave hits in July.
6. August is quiet in the tropics, once again prompting Rainstorm to declare there will be no more storms for the season.
7. Around Labor Day all hell breaks loose in the tropics. NHC finds itself tracking 4 storms at once.
8. A major hurricane will impact coastal NC in mid September, then follow a track similar to Isabel did in 2003. Somehow the NC Outer Banks..despite sustaining a direct hit, gets only moderate damage. Eastern Virginia isnt so lucky with major damage throughout the Tidewater area. It will be months before power is restored to some areas.
9. Saddamn Hussein will die in custody, prompting allegations that he was mistreated.
10. Texas takes a hit from a major hurricane in October. Although damage will be severe there are few fatalities due to mass evacuations.

No offense...but I sure as heck hope NOT because my brother-in-law who works (is a salesman) for Dominion Power (out of Roanoke Rapids, NC) was assigned to supervise a crew for quite a while after Isabel in eastern VA!

[DoctorHurricane2003]

Why not...

1. There will be a major shake up in the upper reaches of the Bush administration (Pres, VP, Sec State, etc....death/scandal/assassination/health problems/etc.)

2. Pope will die.

3. The EU will become a nation.

4. Iraq will continue to be a mess.

5. North Korea will threaten South Korea with an invasion, causing China/US/Japan coalition to invade North Korea.

6. Ukraine will break up into separate countries; Russian president Putin faces international scandal.

7. Iran will threaten to nuke Israel/invade Israel/bomb Israel.

8. Hurricanes will strike the U.S. East Coast, including a major hurricane in New England.

9. There will be an amazing/shocking new fashion trend.

10. I will go to Penn State and be successful!

[Stormsfury]

I can't miss with this ...

1) 2004 will be over on January 1st (FINALLY!)

[wx247]

Here are mine:

) An assasination attempt will be made on George W. Bush. It will fail.
2) A famous celebrity will commit suicide because of a revealing secret becomes public.
3) The KC Chiefs will continue to lose.
4) The SMSU Lady Bears will make the Sweet 16 in the Women's Big Dance.
5) Tony Blair's popularity will go from bad to worse, ruining any reelection chance.
6) MSNBC will pass CNN in key demographic ratings.
7) Diane Sawyer will become the new anchor of the CBS evening news.
8) 2 students from Monett High School will qualify to nationals in Philadelphia.
9)A country music star will be rumored to play for both teams.
10)Heavy rains in the spring will cause major river flooding across the Midwest, including the Mississippi River.

[Derek Ortt]

Here are mine, just hypotheticals


1. The first cat 3 since 1938 makes landfall in New England, causing damage many times worse than Andrew. Will be the single most destructive day in US history and will remain that way for many years

2. The USA and Britain declare war on Iran after they refuse to budge on the nuke issue

3. The Atlanta Falcons win the superbowl. Running wins championships and Atlanta is by far the best rushing team in the NFL with 3 good to great running backs

4. The liberals continue to whine about the election

5. The Braves finally get back to the NLCS but lose in 6

6. There will be no NHL hockey

7. Putin launches a major campaign against Al Queda and caputures many senior leaders, but not Bin Laden

8. Saddam will be convicted of war crimes and executed

9. I will fly into hurricanes on the RAINEX experiment (assuming I can pass a Navy swim test)

10. I enter graduate school and start work on my PHD either in June or August

[GalvestonDuck]

4-Another year of hurricanes for Florida but Texas will see them too.

Hurricane Season will be much more normal but 1-2 storms will really stick out as big ones.

Terrorism continues to strike Americans and our allies worldwide with the possibility of a Madrid-style attack in England.

Okay, that's just freaky.

4-Florida will experience 4 tropical cyclone impacts, 2 Hurricanes, but only one will be major and it will be very late in the season in November. Texas will also see 4 tropical cyclone impacts with two hurricanes, both major with one of them impacting the Houston area.

3) The hurricane season will jump start three days before June, but be much more moderate than 2004. A significant hurricane will approach the Galveston/Houston area in August, however.

5) 2005's hurricane season will be similar to 2004, maybe slightly less; I see 3 major hurricanes, all of which making US landfall, one in Florida, one in Texas, and one on the Carolina coastlines.

10. Texas takes a hit from a major hurricane in October. Although damage will be severe there are few fatalities due to mass evacuations.

Sadly, the evacuations resulted in many deaths, but most likely saved a lot of lives as well.

Quite a few pegged TX as a target this year, though not everyone got the month right.

Far too many mentions of assasination attempts on GWB up there. I hope those aren't right. It's scary enough about the ones that are. And the year isn't over yet!

Garrett, I had to pull this one out. Were you thinking ahead about Chesney?

9)A country music star will be rumored to play for both teams.

[Miss Mary]

Howling at the Chesney comment.......LOL

Mary

[Skywatch_NC]

StormCrazyIowan wrote:

5) 2005's hurricane season will be similar to 2004, maybe slightly less; I see 3 major hurricanes, all of which making US landfall, one in Florida, one in Texas, and one on the Carolina coastlines.

O-p-h-e-l-i-a

[Brent]

6. Terrorism continues to strike Americans and our allies worldwide with the possibility of a Madrid-style attack in England.

Scary.

[Brent]

Just a few that were right...

4-Another year of hurricanes for Florida but Texas will see them too.

7. Iraq will elect a Government, but violence will continue and U.S. troops will remain

A significant hurricane will approach the Galveston/Houston area in August, however

A month off... but not bad.

3. We will lose someone famous .

Lost too many.

2. Pope will die.

[Brent]

3. Michael Jackson will be convicted and die in prison.

We weren't so lucky...

8. Two Supreme Court justices will pass on, one will retire.

1 died, 1 retired, and 1 failed nomination.

6. August is quiet in the tropics

Oh yes... and then Katrina came along.

10. Texas takes a hit from a major hurricane in October. Although damage will be severe there are few fatalities due to mass evacuations.

A month off... but WOW.

[southerngale]

10. Texas takes a hit from a major hurricane in October. Although damage will be severe there are few fatalities due to mass evacuations.

A month off... but WOW.

No kidding - WOW. And I'm sure the only reason over 95% evacuated from here is because of what we witnessed a few weeks earlier. There still would have been a mass evacuation, but I think a lot more would have stayed anyway if it hadn't been for what had just happened with Katrina. Ironically, the deaths from Katrina no doubt saved many lives during Rita.



Everyone on here seemed to predict 2005 wouldn't be as active as 2004 and it broke numerous records. Now the same is being said for 2006. No way can it be as bad, but there will be some, so I can only pray for many fish. It's going to be a long time recovering from this year.