Wow. Another brilliantly timed, convenient disaster for Cheney and Co.

[shance]

Rita and Katrina sure did whip up to a Category four/five awfully fast.

I sure would love to hear a scientists perspective on how frequently that happens, and how likely that is to happen with two hurricanes so close together in proximity and in time.

Gee, sure is a coinky dink.

Just another lucky strike for the Bush Administration?

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Katrina luckiy strike? Not really

and this is global wrming at its best..

[mike_c]

8. no-- it's global climate change at its BEGINNING....

The best is yet to come. Wait until the polar thermohaline conveyor is disrupted.

[nadinbrzezinski]

11. Mike you know exactly waht I meant

this is global warming... hold on

[mike_c]

13. indeed (nt)

eom

[Boredtodeath]

2. There's no conspiracy here

Wind speed determines hurrican classification on the Safir Simpson scale, not "luck."

This whole post is ridiculous.

Give me a break. It is this kind of BS that gives DU a bad name.

[daninthemoon]

3. See that other link about the Russian hurricane maker? Hmmm.

[Journeyman]

10. I also saw the posts on how the tsunami was man-made. . .

and I remember how the Admins closed down such idiocy.

[charlie]

4. Gulf waters are warmer

than normal this year, by about 2 degrees. Doesn't sound like much, but it can make a big difference in the severity of storms that cross it.

[applegrove]

5. Wake Up bud. Not only have hurricanes increased - but they now

happen to Brazil -which used to be almost non-existent. Called the water temperature is rising and hot water is what makes hurricanes. Water off Nova Scotia & Africa is hotter than normal and has been rise a few degrees over years.

Take a few steps back. If you are serious. If you are joking - take a hundred steps back....little more... little more...just a few more backward steps.

[bluestateguy]

6. Global warming

That was happening long before this clown got into office, but it would be nice to have an administration that acknowledged the existence of the problem.

[firefox]

7. Halliburton's corporate office is in Dallas

I wonder if their stock will go up like the price of gas. The greatest of ironies would be for the government to pay them for repairing/replacing their own assets.

[loudsue]

9. I hadn't heard that it was a cat. 4 or 5.....is that true?

Boy! If that IS true, it sure did happen fast. 3 hours ago I watched the news, and it was MAYBE going to be a cat 2 or 3.

:kick:

[nadinbrzezinski]

12. it is expected to hit Cat 4 in the next 24 hours

[charlie]

14. It's not

2 hours ago, it was still a Cat 2, Cat 3 projected by Wednesday.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT3+shtml/210248.shtml

Edit: and Cat 4 by Wednesday evening. Missed that, sorry.

[The Magistrate]

15. Locking

Flame-Bait.