Puertorrican hurricane enthusiasts meeting report and pics!!

The_Cycloman_PR · #1 Postby **The_Cycloman_PR** » Mon Aug 04, 2003 2:33 am

Whew!!! I am so tired!! :25: :sleeping:

3:30am... I can't even see my keyboard, but here it is!!!

Click on the link to see a full report of our meeting with pictures. I hope you like it!!

Enjoy it!

Cycloman

http://www.geocities.com/cyclomanpr/SCHPmeeting.html?1059981691898

Toni - 574 · #2 Postby **Toni - 574** » Mon Aug 04, 2003 5:23 am

Great information Cycloman! The pics are really nice. Looks like you did indeed have a great time. Thanks for sharing the info with us. Wish I could have been there!!

#3 Postby **cycloneye** » Mon Aug 04, 2003 6:01 am

Great pics of our meeting and as promised here they are. :jump:

mf_dolphin · #4 Postby **mf_dolphin** » Mon Aug 04, 2003 6:16 am

Thanks for sharing the pics! Looks like you had a great day! :-)

Guest · #5 Postby **Guest** » Mon Aug 04, 2003 6:25 am

Looks like it was a great day for the Puerto Rico weather fans.

Thanks for sharing the pictures and writeup Cycloman.

I would like to hear more about the forecasting of hurricanes with the fruit in the pictures.

patricia

The_Cycloman_PR · #6 Postby **The_Cycloman_PR** » Mon Aug 04, 2003 7:42 am

Well...In the pasts centuries, in facts not so long ago (my grandfather used to do it when he was young), and before there were satellite information and weather data, our people used to guide themselves with the nature for weather forecasting. They listened to some birds strange behaviors, how the fruits grow that year, and some changes over the daily weather to make forecasts. Our indians, before Christopher Columbus had hurricanes as evil gods that destroyed their lands and used to make sacrifices to protect themselves from them, also they had a good god named "Yuquiyú" that lived in a mountain call "El Yunque" and it's located over the northeastern corner of the island and protected them from the evil god "Huracán" Our past centuries countrymen said that if there was a good year for "mangos", and "aguacates" there should be hurricanes on the vicinity, and if they see a "Rabojunco" (this is a bird that lives on the coastal areas) flying far inside land, there will be a "temporal" (hurricane) very soon. As soon weather reports started on the radio and later the television during the first half of 20 century those parameters for predicting hurricanes disappeared. This is part of our hurricane history now.

Did I mentioned that before the NHC begin to name hurricanes in Puerto Rico they used to name them with the name of the "Saint" of the day? The Catholics used to named each day of the year with a "Saint" name, example "San Mateo's day" "Santa Rosa" "San Jose" San...etc. The people used to name hurricanes with the Saint of the day name to make a difference between each landfall. To make an example...The great hurricane of 1928 that made landfall in Florida also hit us and was called "San Felipe II", hurricane Betsy of 1956 was called "Santa Clara". If Georges 1998 were named that way it will be called "San Mateo #6" , number six because we've been hit by 6 hurricanes (Georges counted) on september 21 of different years.

Cycloman

Lindaloo · #7 Postby **Lindaloo** » Mon Aug 04, 2003 9:44 am

Where are the pics?

#8 Postby **cycloneye** » Mon Aug 04, 2003 9:50 am

Lindaloo look at Cyclomans top post and there is a link there and you then will see the pics.

The_Cycloman_PR · #9 Postby **The_Cycloman_PR** » Mon Aug 04, 2003 10:07 am

Just click the link I provided in the first post to be redirected into the website I prepared. Please reply as soon as you find it!

Thanks

Lindaloo · #10 Postby **Lindaloo** » Mon Aug 04, 2003 10:15 am

Thanks you two!! Those are great pics. I was going to reply that you all look like PROS, but that was typed under one of the pic's. lol. But you all do.

Interesting about the fruit. Could you tell us about how they were used to predict canes? Did the fruit theory work back then? VERY interesting!!

The_Cycloman_PR · #11 Postby **The_Cycloman_PR** » Mon Aug 04, 2003 10:31 am

Thank's Linda!! I already made the fruits explanation and it's posted a few posts above thisone, go and see it. Sometimes it did verified because when we had good fruits then this is the results of a rainy year meaning more tropical waves coming and in some ocations some of the waves became tropical storms. Also when you see a bird from the coastal areas flying inland they usually are escaping from incoming bad weather and taking shelter inside. I verified it myself as other of our local weather enthusiasts also did during Hugo and Georges. Our past countrymen were very wiseones and I take down my hat before them.

Cycloman

Rainband · #12 Postby **Rainband** » Mon Aug 04, 2003 10:34 am

Nice JOB guys..Looks like you had fun!!!! :wink:

Lindaloo · #13 Postby **Lindaloo** » Mon Aug 04, 2003 11:04 am

THANKS!! I have always had an interest on how storms (especially canes) were predicted or known to come, when they did not have the tools we have today.

I knew about the naming of the Saints. I find that the most fascinating.

ColdFront77 · #14 Postby **ColdFront77** » Mon Aug 04, 2003 1:48 pm

Great pictures and nice job to our Puerto Rican friends.

The_Cycloman_PR · #15 Postby **The_Cycloman_PR** » Mon Aug 04, 2003 3:24 pm

Thanks guys!! It was a wonderful day, but also a long one. Being a host for this type of meeting is not easy. I have been working to prepare it for a long time, making phone calls, sending letters to members, making contact with official personel that I invited, and cleaning the home for the visitors, adding to that the very little time I had because of my job responsabilities. Also I went to sleep very late last night working on the website of the meeting to have it for all of you today. But I am really happy that everything went just as I planned.

I have been mising today the other puertorrican members of Storm2k message board, StormsPR, Ola, Hurricane Master, Janice etc. and I am afraid this post fade out as people stop replying it. It was very dificult for me to prepare it as I had to find the free website service last night and also learn how to do it. I have never done something like this, so it was really hard for me. I will be very glad if at least the puertorrican members that did'nt come see the link with the pictures.

If some administrator read this and do for me a little favor making this link available for all members for a short time, maybe a week or two so everybody have the opportunity to see it including the puertorrican Storm2k members I will be very thankfull.

I really don't like that the link gets down and fade out so quickly. Any help??

Thanks

Cycloman

Guest · #16 Postby **Guest** » Mon Aug 04, 2003 3:31 pm

Cycloman - I made it an announcement and this way it won't get forgetten. I will leave it up for awhile.

Hope this is what you wanted.

Patricia aka Ticka1

#17 Postby **cycloneye** » Mon Aug 04, 2003 3:54 pm

Ticka thanks in name of Cycloman who is talking to me while he is driving his car as I type this because he has to work now but later in the night he will replie to you but he is happy that you put his thread as an announcment.

Lindaloo · #18 Postby **Lindaloo** » Mon Aug 04, 2003 6:07 pm

Me too thanks ticka.

The_Cycloman_PR · #19 Postby **The_Cycloman_PR** » Mon Aug 04, 2003 6:42 pm

That's awesome Ticka! You guys are great!
Thank you very much! :bgbounce:

Stay tuned because there are still more pics on the way I will build another link with the remaining pics and post it right here during next week.

Thank you all!!

Cycloman

*StOrmsPr* · #20 Postby ***StOrmsPr*** » Mon Aug 04, 2003 9:28 pm

hey cycloman sorry didnt make it!! :cry:

i had a car accident . nothing big but was in hosp. that day almost until 8pm. i hate them! LOL

hope to make it next time!!

thanks for the pics!

Puertorrican hurricane enthusiasts meeting report and pics!!

Puertorrican hurricane enthusiasts meeting report and pics!!

The_Cycloman_PR

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