Higher Chance of US Gulf Coast Hurricane in 2007

[RestoreGore]

US: May 9, 2007

HOUSTON - There is an above-average chance that a major hurricane will hit the US Gulf Coast this year, marking a possible return to the destructive seasons of 2004 and 2005, leading storm forecasters predicted on Tuesday.

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"For energy markets, it's a bullish forecast," said AccuWeather forecaster Joe Bastardi. "The highest area of risk has swung southwest from the Atlantic to Florida and the eastern and central Gulf Coast regions," he said.

US oil prices rose 83 cents Tuesday to US$62.30 per barrel, pulling up from its lowest level since March 22 that was hit on Monday.

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Overall, the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season will bring 13 to 14 named storms, of which six or seven could strike the United States, AccuWeather said.

Colorado State University forecaster Phillip Klotzbach said at the conference there was a 49 percent chance that a hurricane packing winds of 111 miles per hour or higher would hit the Gulf Coast. The average chance for a major hurricane to hit the region is 30 percent, he said.

Story by Erwin Seba

http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/41788/story.htm

more at the link.
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No wonder the market is up. People are betting on death and destruction and making money from it. Good god what a decrepid species we are. And I can bet there are those on both sides of the aisle who will strategize on how to use it to their political advantage rather than actually working to make sure that should this happen again we don't see another Hurricane Katrina aftermath.

[RL3AO]

1. The east coast is very above average for a strike.

[RestoreGore]

2. Yes, I know

It's getting much warmer here already.

[RL3AO]

3. Looks like the NHC might have killed Andrea too soon.

I think shes making plans for a come back tour.

[RestoreGore]

7. I think so too

But have we learned anything at all from Hurricane Katrina? I know I learned that no part of this country is impervious to disaster. Where I live on the Atlantic Coast has been pretty lucky to this point. But again, I am very concerned about this year.

[Justyce]

4. We haven't even fully recovered from Rita

around here... I don't think I could take another one right now.

[RestoreGore]

8. I'm really sorry

I hope this report proves to be wrong.

[Ilsa]

5. Thank you for the article. I'm about 20 miles inland on the Texas

Gulf coast. 2005 was active, but we didn't get either of the storms where I live.

[RestoreGore]

6. I wish you luck this year n/t

[Ilsa]

9. Here's the problem we ran into two years ago when they thought

KAtrina, and later Rita, were coming our way: Rita was really powerful also, and they thought it was coming through the middle of the Texas Gulf Coast, right at us. So the authorities ordered an evacuation. But we didn't have anywhere to evacuate to. I called as far north as Oklahoma (500-600 miles away), and couldn't a get a hotel room reserved even if we made it up there. I tried to evacuate south, but the hotels down south were throwing people out.

Furthermore, as typical for evacuations, traffic gets stalled out. My oldest is autistic, and at that time, sitting almost motionless in a vehicle for hours would have set him off, even violently. So we stayed home. We loaded up with food, batteries, water, and I got all the clothes cleaned up, cars gassed, and cell phones charged. There was probably about 10% of the city that didn't leave. We ended up not getting a drop of rain. The city was really quiet for several days!

[Jacobin]

10. these monkey's 'predictions' are worthless

check out their track records....oh, and not the 'revised' predictions

[proud patriot]

11. not to those wanting to keep oil prices high

x(

[RestoreGore]

13. That's right, and it looks like it's working n/t

[HeeBGBz]

12. Yippie Skippy

Just what we need.

[Deja Q]

14. It's $63 per barrel of oil yet gas is $3.30/gallon? Okay, what is going on?

FUD.

Greed.

Speculation propping up a commodity.

It's like insider trading.