Here we go again

It's hard to believe the Gulf Coast is being threatened so soon. Is Mother Nature angry with us?

I wonder if there will be an end to this long line of furious hurricanes or if the Gulf Coast will eventually be completely wiped out. Is this really the end result of global warming? I wonder if the government can afford to build houses and buildings can be built strong enough to withstand 165 winds because that sure seems like where we are headed.

Once again, the newsroom was buzzing tonight with news of Hurriance Rita. A large part of South Florida has been evacuated and when this storm heads in the Gulf, the warm waters are likely to create the same situation as Katrina by turning a category 2 or 3 into a 4 or 5. Predictors say there is a chance this hurricane could hit New Orleans again which sure is making Ray Nagin again look stupid as he he went against the feds by encouraging residents to come back into the city to have to turn around and tell them to evacuate again. Here's a crazy idea -- stay away from the Gulf Coast until hurricane season is over! My gut reaction is to want to evacuees in Birmingham to stay here with us. It sure seems like a better bet than returning to potentially relive the hell that was unleashed three weeks ago.

I found some amazing photos on the AP wire tonight that show how beautiful nature is before things get real scary.



Dave Koster secures his boat with extra lines in preparation for Tropical Storm Rita as the sun sets at the Dinner Key Marina in Miami, Monday, Sept. 19, 2005. Rita is expected to stregthen into a hurricane before making landfall in the Florida Keys Tuesday. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Comments

mojoala said…
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

Worst case scenario would for it to take the path of Katrina or there abouts.

If that does happen, I may be inclined to believe the "Wrath of God" claims....
8:06 AM
Ticharu said…
I read this past week, a group of scientists have determined that we've past the point of no return with regards to global warming. That so much of the sea ice has melted, it is irreversable. If you're familure with the Super Storms book, that mean the storms from here on out are going to get worse and more frequent, and not just on the coast. Weather patterns world wide bare this out. The list of catostophic weather events for each year these past twenty years has been getting longer and longer, untill in a month we get more 'events' than we used to get all year.
So yes, rebuilding on the coast is more folly, and building in-land we'd better be constructing for 100 mile an hour winds.
Thus speaks the doomer for today!
8:15 AM
EXSENO said…
Ah, I love an evening view.
11:54 PM
mojoala said…
I just noticed something, you are posting in the wee hours of the morning.

Don't you have to be at work in the morning?
1:04 AM
Brooks Brown said…
No, I work at night at the News, get off work at 1:00 and am so caffeince, adrenaline-fueled that I usually don't go to bed until 4:00 or so. I am in school right now so it is making getting up and going to class a little less than stellar.
5:23 AM
mojoala said…
ah, what are you going to school for?
8:16 AM
Brooks Brown said…
i am getting pre-requistites to apply for physical therapy school. i have a degree in art so i have had to go back and take science and math classes that will give me the equivelant of a BS degree.
1:32 PM
Lee Ann said…
This has been some year of storms, huh? We are lucky that we are not in the direct path. Almost everywhere I have lived, I have encountered a hurricane. I lived in Houston, TX when Hurricane Alicia came through in August 1983. I lived in South Florida when Hurricane Andrew came through in August 1992. I lived in Birmingham, AL when Hurricane Ivan came through in September 2004, and when Dennis came through July 2005. I figured I would be far enough inland in Birmingham to not have to worry about them. It is a shame that anyone has to.
1:51 PM
Brooks Brown said…
I totally agree with you Lee Ann. Amazingly, the worst hurricane I indured was in Auburn in 1995. I had a friend come stay with me from Tallahassee because that was where Hurriance Opal was supposed to hit the hardest. The hurricane weakened when it first hit land and then strangely gathered back strength when it got on land and Auburn just got nailed. My neighborhood must have had 50 trees down including a 120 year old oak tree in our next door neighbors yard that hit our porch. We had three cars hit, one destroyed (mine) and were without power for almost a week. It was surreal. There is no way to not look at global warming with the growing intensity and frequency of these storms.
5:23 PM
cmhl said…
you are up until 4:00 in the morning??? eeeek. girl, you need more sleep.. so do I for that matter.

that picture is great.
7:40 PM
Speed42 said…
From the newsroom...

Rita is now up to 175 miles an hour SUSTAINED winds. Gusts are even higher. There are predictions of Rita hitting the Texas coast as at least a Cat. 3, possibly Cat. 4 storm.

Current NOAA projections have it as a hurricane well into Texas and a tropical depression as far north as Oklahoma.

She's a nasty storm alright.
10:40 PM
Brooks Brown said…
Damn damn damn. I have been watching the radar on and off all day from home. I don't care about the political devisiveness around global warming, something has changed in our atmosphere and the gulf coast and surrounding states are is going to continue to pay hell for it. I wonder if it will reach the point where people are going to start abondoning the coast for good.
11:03 PM
mojoala said…
i think so. Just a 1 degree raise in average ocean temperature is a lot of energy for a hurricane to draw from....
8:27 AM
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