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The Atlantic's third storm has formed in record time, and it's a threat:
Last year's Atlantic hurricane season ranked among the top five most-active years on record. Its third named storm, Chantal, did not form until August 20.
By contrast, today is June 2, and the Atlantic's third named storm of the year just formed. [...]
This is the earliest ever in the Atlantic season (which, however imperfect, has records dating back to 1851) that the third named storm has formed in a given year. The previous earliest "C" storm was Colin, on June 5, 2016.
[...] The storm is trapped within a large oceanic circulation, known as a gyre, and high pressure over the northern Gulf of Mexico is also inhibiting its motion. As a result, Cristobal will probably wobble around the Bay of Campeche until at least Friday. This will cause torrential rainfall in Southern Mexico and parts of Central America this week.
[...] The bottom line is that a tropical system is likely to be in the Gulf of Mexico late this week, bound for the United States, over waters warm enough to sustain intensification. The time for preparations is definitely now.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Bethany.Saint on Thursday June 04 2020, @12:08PM (5 children)
LMFTFY, "The weather's not entirely predictable and the regions in the path should prepare."
(Score: 2) by aiwarrior on Thursday June 04 2020, @12:39PM
I think you actually picked on the right thing. Weather not predictable, yeah nobody cares. Weather that is unpredictable and requires your to prepare, well that's new
(Score: 2, Redundant) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday June 04 2020, @12:45PM (3 children)
You've never lived on the Gulf/Atlantic coasts, have you? They're already prepared. Minor timing changes don't make any difference.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 4, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 04 2020, @01:02PM (2 children)
Maybe they can all get in the bunker along with Florida's most chicken-shit resident and send out the military to fix that shit. #clutchesBible
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 04 2020, @04:45PM (1 child)
I hope you're not seriously suggesting Trump nuke the hurricane??? That would be dumb ;)
(Score: 4, Funny) by maxwell demon on Thursday June 04 2020, @07:43PM
Obama should suggest it. It's the surest way to make Trump stay away from the idea.
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.