Colorado State updated its forecast to predict 4 major hurricanes, more likely in the Atlantic basin FEMA funding is expected to run out by August/September absent a supplemental FEMA’s most recent estimate shows the agency is expected to run out of money in August and run up a $10 billion deficit by the end of September. While FEMA could get a nearly $20 billion cash infusion in a typical “anomaly” in stopgap funding legislation that lawmakers would need to pass by Sept. 30, that may be too late with hurricane season approaching. Calls for FEMA funding grow louder Calls for FEMA funding grow louder - Tampa Bay Times For more great content like this subscribe to the Tampa Bay Times app here:
Strangely enough, CSU has been the standard in hurricane forecasting for years. The forecasts carry perhaps the most weight of any. Not sure how that began; I agree it seems incongruous
If you want to feel even worse, you can read this: FPL says new Florida law should short-circuit long-running Hurricane Irma lawsuit – Sun Sentinel
Isn't that really just an issue for the lawyers? Or are people going to miss out on their $5.40 checks that they'll be entitled to if there is a win? Go GATORS! ,WESGATORS
Don’t ignore the deterrent effect. Speaking only for myself, I always fill out the documentation for any class I am part of, even if I only receive the typical approximate $5 payout, because I don’t want the tortfeasor to benefit from imposing hurdles. These lawsuits are one of the only avenues to potential accountability in an era of legalized bribery and normalized official corruption.
Its not really the people getting compensation, its more of FPL's incentives for being prepared for the next hurricane now essentially being free of consequences
If you're in the path of a hurricane, be sure to purchase a brand new generator. It guarantees the hurricane will alter paths and you'll be spared.
Northern Va is feast or famine, snow-wise. It's either "Snowmaggedon," and "Snowpocalypse," or it's a few inches of "decorative," snow for the whole winter.
Same here in SW Ohio. I don’t have a snowblower but do have a plow blade for my lawn tractor. Some years don’t need it.
I would think predicting the number of hurricanes is as accurate as predicting the national championship… informed and statistically very likely… just too much randomness in the system.
That's roughly Dr. Lucy Jones' joke when people ask her to predict earthquakes as a leading seismologist. She will boldly predict at least 2-3 "imminent" powerful earthquakes (> 7.5) in California. Then she will explain that in geologic time, "imminent" is around 10,000 years, and of course you cant predict location
