From hurricane guru Jeff Masters: "It could be an exceptionally active June." He's promising to explain why he thinks so later today. If he's right, it's certainly not good news for New Orleans, still with crippled levees, and where I'm headed this Saturday...
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What's worse than months or years without rain? Rain, after months or years, at least under some circumstances.
I heard no promise of Category 5 hurricane protections for New Orleans. Indeed, you can search the whole speech. It's vague on just how strong the rebuilt levees will ultimately be.
August 29th 2005 I was at a meeting in Chicago, I was up late flicking between the Weather Channel and CNN while catching up on some work and preparing to chair a session...
And it's caught on tape.
I'll repeat my unpopular, much-villified position that we should abandon New Orleans. In addition to fierce storms and rising sea levels, we now know the place has been sinking about an inch a year recently.
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v441/n7093/abs/441587a.html