Tempting fate

[hurricanetrack]

Here is a blurb from Yahoo! News about hurricane supplies being tax free from June 1-12:

The Hurricane Supply Tax Holiday would run from June 1 through the 12, WESH 2 News reported.


The bill is designed to get more people better prepared before storm season.

During those 12 days, you won't have to pay the 6 percent sales tax on things such as flashlights, batteries, portable radios, coolers, gas cans and generators.


Hurricane season starts June 1.

My comment on this:

Let us hope that on June 4 a large hurricane does not come up out of the Caribbean and strike Florida in a swath much like Charley did.

I thought the whole idea of preparedness was being prepared BEFORE hurricane season starts. I really think the people who came up with this are tempting fate by holding this during the FIRST 12 DAYS OF THE HURRICANE SEASON. Can you imagine hat will be said of this if the unthinkable happens during that time period. Slim chance, but hey- June 1 is the start of the season, so it could happen. We'll see.

[gatorcane]

It's not going to happen June 4th. Lows are in the 40s over the peninsula the beginning of next week. We'll need to wait until July or August.

[Scorpion]

We have May to heat things up. I think May will be above average regarding temps.

[Ixolib]

On the first day of The Season,
my true love sent to me
A chain saw for my pine tree.

On the second day of The Season,
my true love sent to me
Two propane tanks,
And a chain saw for my pine tree.

On the third day of The Season,
my true love sent to me
Three cans of Spam,
Two propane tanks,
And a chain saw for my pine tree.

On the fourth day of The Season,
my true love sent to me
Four bags of ice,
Three cans of Spam,
Two propane tanks,
And a chain saw for my pine tree.

On the fifth day of The Season,
my true love sent to me
Five loaves of bread,
Four bags of ice,
Three cans of Spam,
Two propane tanks,
And a chain saw for my pine tree.

On the sixth day of The Season,
my true love sent to me
Six cans of Bud Light,
Five loaves of bread,
Four bags of ice,
Three cans of Spam,
Two propane tanks,
And a chain saw for my pine tree.

On the seventh day of The Season,
my true love sent to me
Seven jugs of water,
Six cans of Bud Light,
Five loaves of bread,
Four bags of ice,
Three cans of Spam,
Two propane tanks,
And a chain saw for my pine tree.

On the eighth day of The Season,
my true love sent to me
Eight maids to clean up,
Seven jugs of water,
Six cans of Bud Light,
Five loaves of bread,
Four bags of ice,
Three cans of Spam,
Two propane tanks,
And a chain saw for my pine tree.

On the ninth day of The Season,
my true love sent to me
Nine homemade candles,
Eight maids to clean up,
Seven jugs of water,
Six cans of Bud Light,
Five loaves of bread,
Four bags of ice,
Three cans of Spam,
Two propane tanks,
And a chain saw for my pine tree.

On the tenth day of The Season,
my true love sent to me
Ten packs of matches,
Nine homemade candles,
Eight maids to clean up,
Seven jugs of water,
Six cans of Bud Light,
Five loaves of bread,
Four bags of ice,
Three cans of Spam,
Two propane tanks,
And a chain saw for my pine tree.

On the eleventh day of The Season,
my true love sent to me
Eleven brand new flashlights,
Ten packs of matches,
Nine homemade candles,
Eight maids to clean up,
Seven jugs of water,
Six cans of Bud Light,
Five loaves of bread,
Four bags of ice,
Three cans of Spam,
Two propane tanks,
And a chain saw for my pine tree.

On the twelfth day of The Season,
my true love sent to me
Twelve big white sand bags,
Eleven brand new flashlights,
Ten packs of matches,
Nine homemade candles,
Eight maids to clean up,
Seven jugs of water,
Six cans of Bud Light,
Five loaves of bread,
Four bags of ice,
Three cans of Spam,
Two propane tanks,
And a chain saw for my pine tree!

[Aquawind]

I hear ya Mark.. As nice as the break is the timming is a tad late.. Hopefully they will change that and make it a yearly event in May that coincides with the the official hurricane preparedness week...it cartainly sounds more logical..

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/HAW2/english/intro.shtml


http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll ... /WEATHER01

Paul

[vacanechaser]

Sarcasm people.. no one was saying June 4th would be a day of doom... lol... But it is designed to be BEFORE the season.. June 1-12 is a bit late.. How about May 1-12 for Hurricane Preparedness.. Makes more sense.. But I agree with you aqua, that would be a good week to do it, since it is Florida, where the NHC resides... lol..


Jesse V. Bass II
http://www.vastormphoto.com
Hurricane Intercept Research Team

[Derek Ortt]

a hurricane during this time would be the best for the people (assuming we have to have a hit this year). Most buy their supplies during a threat, not before. If there is a threat during the first few days of the season, they will get their supplies tax free, saving them some money. Now, this would cost the state millions

[DoctorHurricane2003]

Does anyone have any temperature data from April 1995? It would be good to compare ours with that, since Hurricane Allison hit the first week of June.

[hurricanetrack]

Check the anomalies for March 2005 here:





Somewhat similar....I suppose.

[DoctorHurricane2003]

The Pacific looks nearly identical, but the East Coast looks significantly cooler and the Atlantic looks significantly warmer.

[gatorcane]

Yes, good observation. Even though the East coast is cooler, the fact that the Atlantic is warmer scares me most. It won't take long to warm up the East coast. The Atlantic already has a good start and takes much longer to warm.

[Scorpion]

Kind of scary looking at both maps and seeing that the Pacific in both is pretty much the same and the Atlantic for this year is much warmer .