Next Up On The Linear TIME Docket...
And you folks thought I would let this thread lie with an 0/3 record? NOT A CHANCE! :D
The next two predictions from informer that we should start to be on the watch for (or not, if you have finally understood he is a hoaxer) are:
The war in Iraq takes a deadly turn on July 4, 2006 when a suitcase nuclear weapon is detonated in Baghdad, killing hundreds of troops and thousands of Iraqis.
Not saying it couldn't happen, but the likelihood? Pretty low. Still, by next TUE we will know...
And then there is:
* A tropical depression forms on July 11, 2006... which is soon named Helene.
As pointed out in this thread, we already know Helene is on the list for this year. But given that only the first name on the list (Alberto) has been used (formed on June 10th), we've got to have SIX more named storms before we get to Helene. That is just a bit less than one named storm every 3 days from now until July 11th. Keep an eye out (pun intended!). You can do so with
THIS web page.
And finally:
Boston takes the full brunt of a cat 5 storm on July 19, 2006.
The most ridiculous of all. Since 1900 six major hurricanes have made landfall between Virginia Beach, Virginia and Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
No category four or five hurricanes have ever hit the northeast Atlantic states. With the exception of the 1938 hurricane - all of the major hurricanes to cross the coastline of the northeast- had sustained winds of slightly below 111-mph (the threshold for a major hurricane). The latest/largest hurricane in recent history to hit Boston was Carol on August 31, 1954. Carol's sustained winds were "only" in the 100 mph range, which puts it at a Category 2 on the Saffir-Simpson scale. The simple science is that a hurricane "feeds" off of warm water (hence why a hurrican dies-out quickly when it moves over land), and the further north you go on the US eastern seaboard, the colder the water gets. It is extremely improbable that a hurricane could maintain CAT 5 strength any further north than New Jersey. So considering a CAT 5 hitting Boston would be like considering an "ice cube's chance in hell". /ttiforum/images/graemlins/smile.gif
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