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Sooner24
11/3/2007, 12:19 PM
Category 5 hurricanes that were supposed to hit the US this year?
King Crimson
11/3/2007, 12:29 PM
Bush called off the climatological warfare/Operation Northwoods II project.
85Sooner
11/3/2007, 12:52 PM
global warming
OUinFLA
11/3/2007, 01:18 PM
when the SE could have actually used the rain benefits.........
GWB is somehow at fault.
OUTromBoNado
11/4/2007, 01:59 AM
Obligatory post because it's a weather thread and I really need to pad my post count.


SRSLY, though, there were some pretty good Cat 5 storms this year. They just stayed south and hit Mexico.
Widescreen
11/4/2007, 02:09 AM
Global warming caused all the horrendous hurricanes in recent years. I guess since it was so quiet this year, global warming must be over. Huzzah!
Suerreal
11/4/2007, 02:31 PM
SEC blows and kept them away. They all struck the Yucatan instead.
StormySooner-IN
11/4/2007, 03:02 PM
This thread deserves a 5-star rating.

<--Just because :D
47straight
11/4/2007, 04:44 PM
I think it ran into El Nino
KABOOKIE
11/4/2007, 05:09 PM
The all protecting democrats regained power.
SoonerDood
11/4/2007, 07:41 PM
The Global Warming that caused all the Cat 5 storms to form also caused them to go away. Looks like the Environment took one for the team yet again:)
Okla-homey
11/4/2007, 07:55 PM
Proving once again, "extreme long-range meterological forecasts"* are, well, kinda a crap shoot. Been my experience anyway.

*more than 15 days out.
mdklatt
11/4/2007, 08:55 PM
Category 5 hurricanes that were supposed to hit the US this year?

Link?
Widescreen
11/4/2007, 09:04 PM
I think it ran into El Nino
http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/7000/elnino230dcbf22in6.jpg
mdklatt
11/4/2007, 09:14 PM
NHC Prediction (http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/outlooks/figure1.gif) as of May 2007:

named storms: 13-17
hurricanes: 7-9
major (Cat 3-5) hurricanes: 3-5

They don't try to predict the number of landfalling storms.

2007 so far (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Atlantic_hurricane_season)

named storms: 14
hurricanes: 5
major hurricanes: 2

The two major hurricanes so far were both Cat 5, and this was the first time ever that two Cat 5 hurricanes have made landfall in one season. IIRC, Dean was also the earliest Cat 5 in a season. Hurricane season in the Atlantic officially ends November 30, but storms formed in December of 2005.
TUSooner
11/5/2007, 12:37 PM
I was hopiing for at least one evacuation this season so I could hit a game and tailgate in Norman.