Bill Gates hopes so, at least someday. This story came out on Friday and I found it here at gizmodo.com, “Bill Gates Patent Could Save Us From Another Hurricane Katrina” Apparently, Bill Gates along with ex-Microsoft CTO Nathan Myhrvold, Gates has applied for five patents that call for a fleet of specially equipped vessels to [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Tropics 2008'
Can One Man Stop the Next Katrina or Ike?
July 14th, 2009 · 1 Comment
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Four Hurricane Names Retired From List of Storms
May 1st, 2009 · No Comments
Three hurricane names in the Atlantic and one in the eastern North Pacific were retired from the official name rotation by the World Meteorological Organization’s hurricane committee because of the deaths and damage they caused in 2008. The names Gustav, Ike and Paloma in the Atlantic and Alma in the North Pacific will not be [...]
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Tropical Storm Paloma Forms
November 6th, 2008 · No Comments
From the National Hurricane Center’s Public Advisory on Paloma at 4am EST: …TROPICAL DEPRESSION SEVENTEEN STRENGTHENS INTO TROPICAL STORM PALOMA… A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM PUERTO CABEZAS NICARAGUA NORTHWARD TO LIMON HONDURAS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA…IN THIS CASE WITHIN 24-36 HOURS. [...]
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A Blog in Need of Direction
October 20th, 2008 · 3 Comments
First of all I want to apologize for my lack of updates here at WX-Man.com after a surge of tropical and winter forecast posts during the months of August and September, I lost the drive to blog and was having a hard time coming up with ideas others would find interesting. Unfortunately this blog has [...]
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Laura Forms in the North Atlantic, the Name Debate
September 29th, 2008 · No Comments
As Kyle comes to an end and loses its tropical characteristics, Laura has formed in the North Atlantic. Laura is a subtropical storm, this means it has some tropical characteristics but also some extratropical features. Here is a better explanation of tropical storm versus subtropical storm. It is forecasted by the NHC to become tropical [...]
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