What's with hurricane season?

[mossie]

Most relieved to hear that

[htmb]

Aug 31, 2023 6:53:05 GMT mossie said:

Most relieved to hear that.

Thank you, Mossie.

[bixaorellana]

So glad to hear all is well, Htmb!

[mich64]

Thank you for letting us know how you are doing htmb.

[htmb]

Many thanks, Bixa and Mich. Feeling very fortunate today!

[lugg]

Good news Htmb , how is it now , hopefully passed by you ?

[htmb]

Yes, all over except the cleanup. Major damage in many places along the coast.

[Kimby]

Did you lose power, htmb? Lot of people did.

[htmb]

We lost power for awhile and my air conditioner thermostat was also knocked silly. I managed to get it working properly today.

[Kimby]

Ian’s storm surge ruined our AC compressor and we had to wait till our spring visit to get a new AC. The air handler in the attic was fine, but decades old, so the whole system had to be replaced. (Too many ACs in SW Florida needed replacing so equipment and installers were in great demand.)

We were able to get a more efficient heat pump system with a tax credit courtesy of the Biden administration. But the new condenser still sits on the same stand under the house, so vulnerable to a future storm surge.

[Kimby]

I have belatedly posted some Hurricane Ian recovery photos from Sanibel here:
anyportinastorm.proboards.com/thread/3529/sanibel-florida-second-home?page=3

[bixaorellana]

Sept 1, 2023 4:45:58 GMT htmb said:

my air conditioner thermostat was also knocked silly. I managed to get it working properly today.

That's a relief! Besides the expense, can you imagine how long you'd need to wait for a repairman after that storm?

[lugg]

Phew Htmb xx

[casimira]

Fabulous news HTMB!!

It's always a bitch to be without power sometimes for days after a storm. It's always hot, food spoils, everyone cranky from loss of sleep...need I go on?

You lucked out! YAY!!

[htmb]

We were really lucky. That’s for sure. And, yes, it’s always miserably hot! My daughter and I were recently reminiscing about how awful it was twenty years ago when we lived out in the boonies and were without power for two weeks due to two/three different storms. It was so hot and humid at night, it was awful, and difficult to sleep. We lived on a lake so at night we would jump into the water fully clothed, then stretch out on porch lounge chairs to sleep in the wet clothes. We also had a well and pump so, without electricity, we had no running water. Fortunately we had bottled water for drinking and once the water we’d saved in the bathtubs ran out, we had to haul water up from the lake to flush. At least we didn’t have the salt water and air with its corrosive properties to add to our woes.

[htmb]

President Biden has just landed in Gainesville, Florida on his was to view some of the Big Bend damage caused by Hurricane Idalia. Our Republican governor has refused to join him, so now former governor and current Senator, Rick Scott (also a Republican, but not running for President in 2024) will be taking his place. The majority of the population in the Big Bend area seem to be right-wing conservatives with most thinking the former President T walks on water, so there’s no telling what kind of reception Biden will get. While I’m not much of a Biden fan, I do know he typically exhibits deep compassion for all kinds of people, even those who are political opposites.

[kerouac2]

Hurricane Otis in Acapulco certainly doesn't look like it will be forgotten for a long time.

[bixaorellana]

I was in the market downtown @2 this afternoon & the staff in the produce store were glued to the tv, which was showing Acapulco & Guerrero. The guy who weighed my purchase said that there was nothing in Alcapulco -- no electricity, no services of any kind.

Late morning today a close friend who used to live in Oaxaca phoned me to ask if I was okay. She had to explain that she thought my area would be getting some storm from Otis. I pooh-poohed her concern, saying that Oaxaca might get some aftermath, but that I was too far east to worry about it. At the time, the sun was shining & the temperature was @70. But just before five this afternoon the skies opened along with thunder, lightening, & some pretty stiff wind. Fairly heavy constant rain right now.

[Kimby]

So this Hurricane Season is projected to be the most active on record. And Sanibel hasn’t finished cleaning up after the last one yet, though much progress has been made.

We also are waiting for our Federal Disaster to be declared a “Qualified Federal Disaster” so we can deduct some of our expenses from our taxes. The do-nothing Congress has done almost nothing, but the House finally passed a bill and sent it to the Senate, which has a slim Democratic majority, but 60 of 100 votes are required to bring a bill to the floor for discussion and voting.

[Kimby]

From the StormCast forum:
“ Here are the numbers 23 named storms, 11 hurricanes, and 5 major hurricanes. The ACE score is 210 (note ave is 123) and the ACE for west of 60 degrees lat. is 125 (ave. 73). So it looks like we are looking at a much above normal season with long running storms.”

[lugg]

This looks scary - global warming? is it the earliest storm of this magnitude ?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn09xznv4jno

[mickthecactus]

And Grenada is the loveliest place. Hope they get through it ok.

[bixaorellana]

Jul 1, 2024 19:50:49 GMT lugg said:

is it the earliest storm of this magnitude ?

... the cyclone’s spiral [grew] from a tropical storm to a furious Category 4 in a day’s time.
It was something the world had never seen on record in the Atlantic basin. Beryl is the earliest a Cat 4 has formed.
...
[Brian McNoldy, a University of Miami senior research associate said:] “This is going to be a doozy of a season because we have such warm water temperatures.”
The water temperatures where Beryl was spinning Monday were as warm as 84 degrees, more akin to what would be seen in the second week of September.

source

[Kimby]

Beryl has hit Cariacou and is targeting St. Lucia and the Grenadine Islands. Such lovely places. Jamaica is next then Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula.

Hoping for minimal damages.

[mickthecactus]

Seems it wasn’t too bad in Grenada relatively speaking.

[cheerypeabrain]

Beryl looks scary from space. Stay safe everybody. Mick and I seem to be watching the same news...

[bixaorellana]

The distressing thing is that Beryl -- and Otis, which hit Acapulco less than a year ago -- are harbingers of hurricanes to come.

In December of 2015, the US, along with China, formally joined the Paris Agreement. The lumbering troll who was the next president withdrew the US from the Agreement, and it wasn't until January 20, 2021 that President Biden, on his first day in office, signed the US back into it.

But the time lost in those four years and the anti-climate regulations rammed through by the Republican tools of lobbyists have led to the ocean warming conditions now spawning hurricanes such as Beryl and Otis. www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/nation-world/hot-water-hurricane-season/507-72110dfd-ea26-45cf-b398-187fe30c1908#:~:text=The%20water%20temperature%20around%20Beryl,and%20clouds%20that%20form%20hurricanes.

[lugg]

It is really scary ...of course the hurricanes are which bring so much devastation but also the impact on marine life particularly corals. There have been at least two warnings so far of coral bleaching and I have seen images from the Maldives, but of course it is affecting all areas such as GBR and the Caribbean.


Following on from Bixa's post above

www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/01/hurricane-beryl-caribbean-islands-climate-change


...and he is right climate change has scarcely figured in UK election debates.

Hoping that Jamaica does not experience loss of life but it seems major damage is inevitable.

[bixaorellana]

Good article, Lugg ~ thanks. So true about voters not caring about climate change & not being encouraged to care about it.

I have see those news stories about changes to the waters of the Maldives and I think of your beautiful pictures of how it was & how it should be.

[Kimby]

Debby, arriving next week.