October 18, 2005

Meet Wilma

Awww Crap... Wilma has been upgraded from a Tropical Storm and is a CAT-2 Hurricane aimed for Florida. From the National Hurricane Center
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MS/NBC has a report on the damage and ten deaths it caused in Haiti:
Hurricane Wilma builds to Category 2 strength
Storm triggers mudslides in Haiti, killing up to 10; may hit Fla. by weekendHurricane Wilma triggered mudslides that killed up to 10 people in Haiti as the season’s record-tying 21st storm strengthened rapidly on Tuesday and headed for the Gulf of Mexico on a path toward storm-weary Florida.

Wilma was expected to strengthen into a powerful Category 4 storm on the five-step scale of hurricane intensity, with winds over 130 mph by the time it crosses from the Caribbean Sea into the Gulf of Mexico on Friday.

The National Hurricane Center’s long-range forecast track, which has a wide margin of error, had it crossing southern Florida on Saturday. The state was hit by four hurricanes last year and has been struck by Hurricanes Dennis, Katrina and Rita this year.
This season is not abnormal -- a number of people have charted out Hurricane occurrences and seen that there is a natural 40-60 year cycle to their activity. We are unfortunately entering a season or two of high activity. Posted by DaveH at October 18, 2005 9:02 PM
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