November ends with some weather!
Well, what do you know, we got some weather that came through here in Highlands County today. Well, not just Highlands, quite a few places in Florida actually, a tornado was even reported! Yup, up in Osceola County, a tornado was reported as observed and some minor vehicle damage. As of this post, there has been 5 wind reports also.
I know here at my house the wind picked up, not too bad, I think the highest gust we had here was around 25. No limbs down, but a lot of the spanish moss is now all over the yard. The only thing that I was concerned about was when I took my dogs out, and the pine needles were flying off the trees. Those things hurt! It felt like someone was shooting needles at us. But, we survived.
I didn’t get any pictures, I did capture radar shot, and I did take some video. Now, I have to figure out how to get it from videocamera to here. *laughs* Yes, there are a lot of things that I know, but video, well, I am technically challenged as to how to work it. No, not the taking of the video, just what to do after I capture it. ;) Any advice would be great!
Not only did we have weather here today, but it is also the ending of the official hurricane season. Kind of like those animal crossing signs you see on roads, what I want to know is, how do hurricanes know that they are not supposed to form now? Think about it.
While driving down the road, at least here in Florida, you might see a panther crossing sign, or bear crossing and even gator crossing… and it usually gives so many miles for it. Example: panther crossing - next 15 miles. Now, I will admit that I think animals are a lot smarter than people give them credit for - BUT - I do not know of any that can read those signs and say.. oh.. this is where we have to cross. Nope, can’t cross over there, no sign.
So, back to the question, how do hurricanes know that they are not allowed to form from December 1st thru May 31st?
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Okay, before I get mail explaining things to me… I am joking!!
Those of us on the east coast, especially those that went through Hurricane Andrew, know that hurricanes can form anytime the right environments are present. Why especially this area? Well, after Andrew came through, we (along with entire Eastern seaboard) got a surprise in March of the following year, 1993. There were several names that it was called, but one that seemed appropriate was… a white hurricane. Some of the other names were, No-name Hurricane, Storm of the Century, SuperStorm ‘93, and (Great) Blizzard of 1993.
And speaking of hurricanes, what ever happened to the Neutercane? Don’t know that name, well, keep reading.
A neutercane is a small scale low pressure system that has both tropical and extratropical cyclone characteristics. The name neutercane was first coined back in the early 1970s by Robert Bundgaard, after he participated in a research flight. You can read more about neutercanes here: http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/A18.html.
The reason I bring it up is because of something I read on the page, in particular:
However, objections in the press to the term as possibly sexist led to NOAA management discouraging use of the term, and ordering Simpson to cease use of any further Government resources in conducting research on the phenomenon.
Please, someone, anyone, tell me how on earth, neutercane could possibly be called sexist? And how stupid can we be that because of that, Government funding of research was ceased. Are we really that simple-minded and idiotic?
Even now, it is hard for me to express just how stupid I think some decisions are, and some people too. Sad, very sad.
And on that note - I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Here at Scattered Branches Farm, okay, that really is not the name of our house, but it sounds good, right?, we had a wonderful time… I was getting over the flu, my grandfather was just getting out of the hospital, and one of my doggies was sick. :(
Let me tell ya, nothing like nothing going right, to really make you thankful that things weren’t worse! :-P
Stay safe and enjoy…
