Wednesday, June 01, 2011

Wordy Wednesday

Today marks the official beginning of hurricane season.
A feel of trepidation fills the air.
The past two seasons have shown an some striking familiarities.
2009 had below average activity with only storms Claudette and Ida making US landfall but both were cut down by wind shear from the Gulf of Mexico
2010 was a season like no other recorded with 12 hurricanes yet none made US landfall. In fact, with every other season of at least 10 hurricanes at least 2 make landfall. Only the tropical depression of Bonnie which hit Southern Florida made landfall.

When the run of hurricanes without US landfall ends it tends to end in a not too quiet way. Approaching the 2011 hurricane season it remains to be seen what the tropics hold in store.
Hold onto to your seats kitties it may be a very bumpy ride.
Purrs,


27 comments:

  1. Abby, I purrs for you and all who live near by.
    Stay safe from hurricanes
    xoxo

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  2. Hurricanes sound scary! Stay safe!

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  3. I'm purring super loud that you guys are all safe and secure.

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  4. Mom and Dad keep talking about checking our Hurry Cane box. Do you think they keep them in there?

    The Florida Furkids and Angel Sniffie

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  5. We hope the hurricanes stay away from land and nobody comes to any harm. Stay safe and warm :)xx

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  6. Oh dear!! Me and Charlie hope and purr and pray that you all keep safe and well at this time!! Take care
    x

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  7. We are hoping for a quiet hurricane season this year. We don't even have our box o' supplies ready yet. Do you have the nice accordian shutters? Ours are the kind that have to be bolted on and it takes about 4 hours to do the whole job!

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  8. We hope the ride will be smooth for you this year. Our grandma's on the east coast of Canada and storms will surge up their way too, but usually they're downgraded to tropical storms by that time. Not always, though.

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  9. We will purr hard that the hurricanes don't land again this year - it must be so furry scary.
    Luv Hannah and Lucy xx xx

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  10. Great info, Abby.....we always watch hurricanes.......we may be 2 hours inland from the Gulf of Mexico, but we've gotten the aftermath of them more often than we'd like to remember!!!!!

    xxxxxxxx

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  11. I also read that El Nino and La Nina are "neutral" this season, which greatly effects the hurricane weather pattern. The last time they were neutral we got Rita and Katrina.

    I hope you have a basement!

    I have too many relatives along the East Coast! From Florida to South Carolina.

    Stock up on nonperishables and batteries now!!!

    ~Lisa Co9T

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  12. We are keeping fingers and paws crossed for an uneventful hurricane season - the weather has already been crazy enough this year!

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  13. We hope you will be safe during this hurricane season!!!

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  14. Stay safe you guys! Ping! You can come to my house and jump on Ichiro! Then we could both be safe!

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  15. Oh gosh...ya'll puuuuuuuulease stay safe! Hopefully dis year will just be okie dokie!

    Puddles

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  16. Hello pretty Abby! We'll hold on, fur sure, but we sure hope the ride isn't bumpy at all!

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  17. Ah, sweet Abby..you and your fur siblings and your mama and pappa be safe. xoxoxo

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  18. We always worry about the safety of people and animals when there are tornados, hurricanes, etc. Let's hope things remain calm.

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  19. We always worry about people and animals when we hear/see about tornados, hurricanes, etc in the news. We here at Feline Family hope everyone stays safe and that the weather stays nice and calm!

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  20. We are purring and praying for a mild hurricane season.

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  21. Oh Abby I know what you mean. My humans sis and family live on the NC Coast. Thus far the last few weeks heat has been breaking records and June just arrived. The weather this week is like the middle of July.
    Mom was out and about this morning and came home literally soaking wet.
    Hugs Madi

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  22. OMC, be verreh careful and make sure to keeps us updated.

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  23. Oh, Abby, I do hope the hurricanes will stay away. With all the horrible stuff of the oil spill in the Gulf last year, it was so fortunate there wasn't a hurricane there on top of that. Maybe we all need to purr a lot. And a lot more.

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  24. Paws crossed for a quiet season.

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  25. We'll be purring it will be a safe season for everyone!

    Pip, Smidgen, Minnie, and Hollie

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  26. We have fingers and paws crossed that efurrybuddy is safe!

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  27. We will purr for you all to be safe. Paws crossed it's not a bad season.

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