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2008 Hurricane Season Forecast
April 18 , 2008
Hunker down for the 2008 Hurricane Season!
Living on the coast, I am no stranger to boarding up windows and replacing carpets after a hurricane. And according to some experts, this year will be no different.
Researchers at
North Carolina
State
University have predicted an active 2008 hurricane season, but said the number of storms with the potential to make landfall is close to an average year, they said.
Their forecasts call for 13 to 15 named storms in the Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico and the
Caribbean Sea . Six to eight of the storms could become hurricanes, they said.
Hurricane Noel (2007)
The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 through Nov. 30.
The southeast coast of the could see one or two named storms make landfall, and there is a better than 50 percent chance that at least one of the storms will be a hurricane.
The Gulf of Mexico is most likely to see storm activity this year, he said, predicting two to four named storms, including one hurricane, were likely to make landfall along the Gulf Coast.
In NC States calculations, they use data from the last 100 years on
Atlantic Ocean hurricane positions and intensity, as well as other variables like weather patterns and sea-surface temperatures, in order to predict how many storms will form and where they will make landfall.
Colorado
State
University researcher William Gray also predicted Wednesday that rising water temperatures in the
Atlantic would bring a "well above average" storm season this year, including four major storms.
Gray's forecast calls for 15 named storms in the Atlantic in 2008 and says there's a better than average chance that at least one major hurricane will hit the U.S.
government forecasters issue their seasonal outlook in late May.
Do you have amazing footage of your weather experience? Upload your videos or photos and share them with the SplashVision community today!
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Plastic Ocean
April 16 , 2008
A Soupy Trashy Sea
dumping plastic - our oceans are becoming the garbage dump
A "plastic soup" of waste floating in the Pacific Ocean is growing at an alarming rate and now covers an area twice the size of the
.
The vast expanse of debris – in effect the world's largest rubbish dump – is held in place by swirling underwater currents. This drifting "soup" stretches from about 500 nautical miles off the Californian coast, across the northern Pacific, past Hawaii and almost as far as Japan.
It is believed about 100 million tons of plastics are circulating in the region.
About one-fifth of the junk – which includes everything from footballs and kayaks to Lego blocks and carrier bags – is thrown off ships or oil platforms. The rest comes from land.
A former sailor came across the sea of waste by chance in 1997, while taking a short cut home from a Los Angeles to Hawaii yacht race. He had steered his craft into the "North Pacific gyre". He was astonished to find himself surrounded by rubbish, day after day, thousands of miles from land. "Every time I came on deck, there was trash floating by," he said in an interview.
According to the UN Environment Program, plastic debris causes the deaths of more than a million seabirds every year, as well as more than 100,000 marine mammals. Syringes, cigarette lighters and toothbrushes have been found inside the stomachs of dead seabirds, which mistake them for food.
So please…RECYCLE your plastics! Our oceans are not trashcans! Do you have video or photo of floating trash or some obscure observation from our Oceans? Upload it to SplashVision today and tell the world to clean up their act!
That’s a (biodegradable) wrap!
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QE2 Historic Departure
April 16 , 2008
One legacy ends, and another begins…
RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 - Historic Departure Fort Lauderdale
In true Royal Fashion, the Queen Elizabeth 2 departed Thursday with a flotilla in her honor.
For the past 36 years, the QE2 has made Port Everglades her winter home.
"It's a great way to send a ship out," said Ellen Kennedy, spokeswoman for the port. "It's a traditional thing for ships to have a flotilla. It's being part of history."
And send her out they did! With helicopters, news reporters and spectators- in balconies, restaurants and boats, from bridges and shore, all waved a fond farewell to a long loved legacy.
The regal ship departed port about 5 pm on Thursday, and after being sent off by local and visiting boaters (many of whom came just for the event!) she is now headed to a new life in
Dubai
as a floating hotel, museum and mall.
Dubai
purchased the legend late last year for an estimated $100 million dollars. Before beginning her new life, she will be restored to her original condition, and a portion of the ship will be a museum dedicated to her rich and illustrious history. The QE2 will be delivered to Dubai World in November 2008 and is scheduled to open at the world’s largest man-made island, The Palm Jumeirah, in 2009.
Watch our exclusive footage of the QE2 Flotilla and upload your footage of the event as well!
With Royal regards, that’s a wrap!
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