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Forum: Challenges 12-09-2008, 11:29
Replies: 57
Views: 7,202
Posted By Lodesman
Well as it turned out - yes, and conventional...

Well as it turned out - yes, and conventional wisdom says to avoid crossing the path of a hurricane. But at the time the path was directly at you, so the same wisdom tells you to go perpendicular to...
Forum: Challenges 12-09-2008, 11:23
Replies: 57
Views: 7,202
Posted By Lodesman
SW - all hurricanes in the northern hemisphere...

SW - all hurricanes in the northern hemisphere turn counter-clockwise; in the southern hemisphere cyclones go clockwise. Surface winds would correlate as with any other low-pressure system, just a...
Forum: Challenges 09-09-2008, 08:10
Replies: 57
Views: 7,202
Posted By Lodesman
Bring it on:D I don't understand why anyone...

Bring it on:D

I don't understand why anyone would think a hurricane forecast should be any more accurate or reliable than any weather forecast. Compare the Atlantic hurricanes to the Australian...
Forum: Challenges 08-09-2008, 17:34
Replies: 57
Views: 7,202
Posted By Lodesman
Oh give me a break Rick - Ike went over Cuba (or...

Oh give me a break Rick - Ike went over Cuba (or through it), not South. To say they are totally unpredictable is a fallacy. While they may jink around a bit, the general motion is entirely...
Forum: Challenges 07-09-2008, 06:24
Replies: 57
Views: 7,202
Posted By Lodesman
Cagney, You should definitely get the...

Cagney,

You should definitely get the credit for the most complete and well-reasoned answer. I think that even if Ike had pulled a Lenny and gone SW, you still would have been OK going South....
Forum: Challenges 06-09-2008, 06:08
Replies: 57
Views: 7,202
Posted By Lodesman
Yeah Rick I get the unpredictable part, but Ike's...

Yeah Rick I get the unpredictable part, but Ike's not moving South - it's moving WSW'ly (255@14). Hud's pretty picture doesn't show any storms that have altered South into the Caribbean. And 150...
Forum: Challenges 05-09-2008, 15:55
Replies: 57
Views: 7,202
Posted By Lodesman
Hud, The path of Ivan (courtesy of...

Hud,

The path of Ivan (courtesy of Wikipedia) doesn't show it tracking South at all until it petered out to a depression. The changing forecast was probably due instead to Ivan not curving North...
Forum: Challenges 05-09-2008, 11:47
Replies: 57
Views: 7,202
Posted By Lodesman
I haven't been following the forecasts, but am...

I haven't been following the forecasts, but am curious as to how many hurricanes have ever gone South?

I think I would choose to run South as far and as fast as possible.

Kevin
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