Foreboding signs forming in the tropics

Source: Chronicle

Feds predict at least 8 hurricanes this season

Scientists have tracked ocean temperatures in the hurricane-prone waters of the Atlantic since the end of World War II, but never have they seen a run-up to hurricane season as sobering as this one.

The tropics are even warmer than the toasty waters that spurred the 2005 hurricane season into such dizzying activity, with 28 named storms including Katrina, Rita and Wilma.

Seasonal forecasters — a cautious lot, as the science of predicting storms remains an imperfect art — are nevertheless wary as the hurricane season begins Tuesday.

“The coming season looks very active based upon the latest data we've seen,” said Phil Klotzbach, who along with Colorado State University scientist Bill Gray publishes a widely regarded seasonal forecast. “The tropics are super warm right now.”
That doesn't necessarily mean a repeat of the hyperactive 2005 season. There remain many unknowns, such as the level of wind shear in August, September and October.

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back into man's face.

She's like "oh no you din't mmmfucker"

You want oil mother fuckers here's your fucking oil!!
LOL I know that it was a man made blow up, but I always route for the mama!

Ho
sage

If you saw her recent HBO special (Ima Be Me), she does this bit about Michelle Obama throwing Barack out of the White House, throwing his stuff all over the lawn, and that's how I see Mother Earth doing with the oil.

It's a hysterical bit if you haven't seen it, highly recommend.

Now that's poetic justice.

The Crawford "ranch" was little more than a prop, a la Reagan and his "ranch".