As a several generation N. FL native, I DO want hurricanes to hit
here. This says nothing about wanting anybody to die. Anybody with
any sense gets out of their way, anybody who stays is helping the gene
pool. The coastal ecology requires hurricanes here. Inland, we need
the rainfall storms provide. If you dont want hurricanes, go
somehwere else, they are part of the deal here.
My families older friends who owned fishing shacks near the coast
would not consider building on the beach (why would you want to live
there?) because of the wave action during storms. They built their
fishing shacks a few hundered feet from the shore and counted on
having em flooded. All eleictrical stuff was up in the attic to give
it a better chance of surviving. After the surge receded, they'd toss
the old bedding in the trash and go to thrift store for more.
YES, I DO WANT TO SEE YOUR CONDO WASHED AWAY. It has no business
being built on the beach where I have to subsidize its insurance. I
shouldn't have to pay to have your beach recovered with sand when it
washes away. Here in FL, the insuranee situation on waterfront stuff
got so bad that the state REQUIRES an insurance company to insure
coastal property if they are also going to insure inland properties,
of course, the state helps subsidize it with a state owned company.
Take your damned trained mouse and all other Disney trash theme parks
and go home, go back to your rust belt and leave FL to natives. Y'all
can come visit but dont stay. I cant even go to one of MY state parks
anymore cuz trhey so are filled with million dollar RVs there is no
room for us cheap tent campers. Best thing would be to genetically
engineer an organism that eats refrigerant so AC wont work. You'd all
go home then.

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ups.com...

As a several generation N. FL native, I DO want hurricanes to hit
here. This says nothing about wanting anybody to die. Anybody with
any sense gets out of their way, anybody who stays is helping the gene
pool. The coastal ecology requires hurricanes here. Inland, we need
the rainfall storms provide. If you dont want hurricanes, go
somehwere else, they are part of the deal here.

The "threat" of hurricanes in Florida is certainly real, but the probability
of a direct hit by the eye is pretty small, mainly due to Florida's large
area. The three that hit the area where we had property ... Jupiter,FL
...... (Francis and Jeanne in 2004 and then Wilma in 2005) were the first
that had scored a direct hit in that area in over 100 years.

Eisboch

On Sun, 13 May 2007 17:37:10 -0400, "RCE" wrote:


wrote in message
oups.com...

As a several generation N. FL native, I DO want hurricanes to hit
here. This says nothing about wanting anybody to die. Anybody with
any sense gets out of their way, anybody who stays is helping the gene
pool. The coastal ecology requires hurricanes here. Inland, we need
the rainfall storms provide. If you dont want hurricanes, go
somehwere else, they are part of the deal here.

The "threat" of hurricanes in Florida is certainly real, but the probability
of a direct hit by the eye is pretty small, mainly due to Florida's large
area. The three that hit the area where we had property ... Jupiter,FL
..... (Francis and Jeanne in 2004 and then Wilma in 2005) were the first
that had scored a direct hit in that area in over 100 years.

GLOBAL WARMING!!!!

Git 'cher carbon credits B4 it's 2 layate!!!

"RCE" wrote in message
...

wrote in message
ups.com...

As a several generation N. FL native, I DO want hurricanes to hit
here. This says nothing about wanting anybody to die. Anybody with
any sense gets out of their way, anybody who stays is helping the gene
pool. The coastal ecology requires hurricanes here. Inland, we need
the rainfall storms provide. If you dont want hurricanes, go
somehwere else, they are part of the deal here.

The "threat" of hurricanes in Florida is certainly real, but the
probability of a direct hit by the eye is pretty small, mainly due to
Florida's large area. The three that hit the area where we had property
... Jupiter,FL ..... (Francis and Jeanne in 2004 and then Wilma in 2005)
were the first that had scored a direct hit in that area in over 100
years.

Eisboch




The probability of your house burning to the ground is slight yet you insure
it against that possible catastrophic event.

As you know it is all a matter of probability *and* severity. Some
insurance companies have decided to get out of the Florida market as the
severity has trumped probability.

"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 13 May 2007 19:20:08 -0400, JimH penned the following well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:



The probability of your house burning to the ground is slight yet you
insure
it against that possible catastrophic event.

As you know it is all a matter of probability *and* severity. Some
insurance companies have decided to get out of the Florida market as the
severity has trumped probability.



It has become a global issue that insurers have paid attention to:
http://www.sciencentral.com/articles...392660&cat=2_7

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http://www.thebayguide.com/rec.boats

I would not tie global warming into this issue.................numerous
severe hurricanes were predicted last year by the global warming alarmists,
riding the coat tails of the 2005 season, yet their predictions fell flat.

On Sun, 13 May 2007 21:31:18 -0400, Gene Kearns
wrote:

Don't let that one year lull you into complacency.

Hmmm - just where is "Tropica Storm Andrea" which really wasn't a
tropical storm but a sub-tropical storm which means that they are so
damn scared of being off in numbers and names this year that they had
to cheat. :)

What - "Andrea" lasted like maybe one day?

"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 13 May 2007 21:08:12 -0400, JimH penned the following well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:



I would not tie global warming into this issue.................numerous
severe hurricanes were predicted last year by the global warming
alarmists,
riding the coat tails of the 2005 season, yet their predictions fell
flat.


Hurricane prediction is far from being an exact science. The
predictions were not all that bad... 9 tropical storms, 5 hurricanes,
and 2 major hurricanes aren't the big numbers that they predicted, but
then..... they didn't predict the El Niño event nor the large dust
storms from the African continent that shaded the sea surface and
reduced water temperatures.

Don't let that one year lull you into complacency.

So what are the alarmists predicting for this year?

May I quote you when thier doom and gloom prediction fall short once again?

JimH wrote:
"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 13 May 2007 21:08:12 -0400, JimH penned the following well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:


I would not tie global warming into this issue.................numerous
severe hurricanes were predicted last year by the global warming
alarmists,
riding the coat tails of the 2005 season, yet their predictions fell
flat.

Hurricane prediction is far from being an exact science. The
predictions were not all that bad... 9 tropical storms, 5 hurricanes,
and 2 major hurricanes aren't the big numbers that they predicted, but
then..... they didn't predict the El Niño event nor the large dust
storms from the African continent that shaded the sea surface and
reduced water temperatures.

Don't let that one year lull you into complacency.

So what are the alarmists predicting for this year?


Hurricanes coming off Lake Erie...

On Sun, 13 May 2007 21:47:01 -0400, HK wrote:

JimH wrote:
"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 13 May 2007 21:08:12 -0400, JimH penned the following well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:


I would not tie global warming into this issue.................numerous
severe hurricanes were predicted last year by the global warming
alarmists,
riding the coat tails of the 2005 season, yet their predictions fell
flat.

Hurricane prediction is far from being an exact science. The
predictions were not all that bad... 9 tropical storms, 5 hurricanes,
and 2 major hurricanes aren't the big numbers that they predicted, but
then..... they didn't predict the El Niño event nor the large dust
storms from the African continent that shaded the sea surface and
reduced water temperatures.

Don't let that one year lull you into complacency.

So what are the alarmists predicting for this year?

Hurricanes coming off Lake Erie...

ROTFL!!!

However, that's not all that far fetched. The storm that sunk the
Edmond Fitzgerald had all the classic signs of a hurricane. And from
some of the reading I've been doing over the years about that storm
and others, it's happened once or twice - classic cyclonic storms with
super high winds in November.

"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 13 May 2007 21:08:12 -0400, JimH penned the following well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:



I would not tie global warming into this issue.................numerous
severe hurricanes were predicted last year by the global warming
alarmists,
riding the coat tails of the 2005 season, yet their predictions fell
flat.


Hurricane prediction is far from being an exact science. The
predictions were not all that bad... 9 tropical storms, 5 hurricanes,
and 2 major hurricanes aren't the big numbers that they predicted, but
then..... they didn't predict the El Niño event nor the large dust
storms from the African continent that shaded the sea surface and
reduced water temperatures.

Don't let that one year lull you into complacency.


http://www.pewclimate.org/hurricanes.cfm#2006

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Besides...I happened to stumble upon this lady on the Montel Williams show.
She predicts a big hurricane season this year.
http://www.tvtalkshows.com/sylviabrowne/