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U.S. Govt Forecasts Active Atlantic Hurricane Season

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U.S. Govt Forecasts Active Atlantic Hurricane Season
Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - The 2007 Atlantic hurricane season will be active with 13 to 17 named storms, seven or 10 of which are expected to become hurricanes, the U.S. government's top climate agency predicted on Tuesday.

Of the seven to 10 hurricanes forecast, three to five will be major ones of Category 3 or higher with winds over 110 miles (177 km) per hour, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said in its annual forecast.

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Weather forecaster AccuWeather.com has predicted 13 or 14 tropical storms or hurricanes would form in the Atlantic this year and six or seven could hit the United States, with the Gulf Coast and Gulf of Mexico oil installations at high risk.

The Colorado State University team under forecast pioneer William Gray predicted 17 storms, of which nine would become hurricanes, and London-based Tropical Storm Risk predicted 16.7 storms and 9.2 hurricanes.



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   Look out, Gulf Coast!  krispos42DU Moderator   May-22-07 01:32 PM   #1 
   Seems to me we...  CookCountyResident   May-22-07 06:36 PM   #2 
   Deja Vu II  ohio2007   May-22-07 09:03 PM   #3 
   "Don't worry. I'm in charge." - Commander AWOL  SpiralHawk   May-23-07 07:17 AM   #4 
 
krispos42 DU Moderator Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue May-22-07 01:32 PM
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1. Look out, Gulf Coast!
BushCo is still in charge. Now would be an excellent time to buy that summer cabin in Minnesota you've been thinking about.
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CookCountyResident (209 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue May-22-07 06:36 PM
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2. Seems to me we...
heard this same prediction last year... which turned out to be a hurricane fizzle, if you can call it that.

What irks the h*ll out of me is that any time there is a hint of a storm that will make it into the Gulf affecting the oil rigs, the gas prices shoot up.
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue May-22-07 09:03 PM
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3. Deja Vu II
These are the same experts that predicted 12 major hurricanes last year. Five were going to be catagory 5....

btw,
ever see Nicolas Cage in The Weatherman ?

Nobody can predict the weather. Hell ..its all a guess anyway
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SpiralHawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed May-23-07 07:17 AM
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4. "Don't worry. I'm in charge." - Commander AWOL
Edited on Wed May-23-07 07:19 AM by SpiralHawk
"And I can promise you that I and my cabal of corrupt republicon cronies will do a heckuva job. As usual."

- Commander AWOL

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