Spain gets first tropical storm -- Vince

[Roland99]

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/10/11/051011185450.ziuv9f2t.html

Vince, the 20th named tropical storm in the Atlantic this year, is the first storm of its type to reach Spain in recorded history, the National Hurricane Center said.

"Vince is the first tropical cyclone on record to make landfall in Spain," the NHC, a government body, said in a bulletin.

"The historical record shows no tropical cyclone ever making landfall on the Iberian peninsula," added NHC meterologist James Franklin.

Tropical Storm Vince briefly was upgraded to hurricane status Sunday, making it the 11th hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic season, before it lost steam as it churned toward Portugal's Madeira islands.

Wow.

And, the Amazon is running out of water.

[KamaAina]

1. El Salvador also had its first hurricane in history this year

Hurricane Adrian, in May.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/05/19/world/main696630.shtml?cmp=EM8707

(CBS/AP) Hurricane Adrian failed to live up to its billing on Friday, quickly fizzling out over Honduras after striking an unprecedented blow to the Salvadoran coast....

Salvadoran President Tony Saca told local Channel 12 that officials were evaluating the damage, but said activities were turning to normal after the concern caused by the first hurricane on record to directly hit El Salvador.

Good thing Our Great pResident Bush has decreed that global warming is a myth, right? :sarcasm:

[bemildred]

2. Maybe we can have a "War against global warming".

At least we could get some funding for it that way.
"Iran has weapons of global climate change!!!!!"

[DBoon]

3. the rain in spain falls mainly on the plain

I couldn't resist.

sorry

[Massacure]

4. They are going to love this.

The Iberian Peninsula is in extreme drought right now.

[mgnk99]

5. im wondering...

global warming???

[starmaker]

6. Finland also

not sure which storm