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Thursday, July 07, 2005

ஆப்பு தான்!!


Aappu - courtesy NHC Posted by Picasa

Looks like this hurricane season would be a record breaking one. This is the first time in the recorded history that 4 named storms have materialized so soon (it's barely july). Also this is the first time a category-3 hurricane (> 114 mph) hit the US since 1936 so early in the season. And Dennis (nalla peru vekkaraanga) seems to be coming right to the Gulf coast.

PS: Strike Category 3, make it Category 4 (updated on July 8th).

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posted by tt_giant at 1:53 PM

13 Comments:

  • anga hurricane na inga petrol velai yearum, govt ikku kondattum, taxes from fuelsum increase aagum, paavam india makkal!!

    By Blogger ada-paavi!!!!, at July 07, 2005 5:17 PM  

  • have you seen "Day after tomorrow".. I fell that movie is coming live..

    Tsunami in india..indonesia..
    Flood in gujarat.
    unpredictable climate changes, phew.

    By Blogger KRTY, at July 07, 2005 5:37 PM  

  • God Bless Florida.! I am reading and watching.!

    By Blogger Narayanan Venkitu, at July 07, 2005 5:54 PM  

  • Whats up with Florida and Hurricane
    Last year it was worst.

    By Blogger Ganesh, at July 07, 2005 6:06 PM  

  • Vatsan: Yes, its true. Whenever a hurricane threatens to strike, the natural tendency of people is to fill their car tanks - because of all the photos of the gas stations getting blown away.. But I dont know the idea behind filling the tank - the width of florida is not much.. and you really cannot escape.

    By Blogger tt_giant, at July 07, 2005 6:11 PM  

  • Keerthi: :( sigh!.. water vapor from africa starts it and global warming takes care of the rest.

    Narayanan: Hope it would go away more to the west of florida.. I know, this would mean that some other state would get hammered. but what to do!? It HAS to come north at some point.

    Ganesh: The shape of florida is like a sore thumb in the atlantic.. thala ezhuthu.. prize to pay for living in "paradise"

    By Blogger tt_giant, at July 07, 2005 6:14 PM  

  • Thapichen... Left FL on Monday and these storms form...

    By Blogger Karthik, at July 07, 2005 6:57 PM  

  • Karthik: Welcome to my blog. Hope you had a good time in FL. Your pictures are too good. Keep up the good work!

    By Blogger tt_giant, at July 07, 2005 8:06 PM  

  • Hope this is becoming a regular phenomena, right...

    By Blogger Ram C, at July 07, 2005 11:55 PM  

  • IS it TDAT coming live..take care
    but interestingly u said people fill car tanks...hey but aint cars more at risk of being blown away ..than the gas stations..

    By Blogger anubhav, at July 08, 2005 1:42 AM  

  • Ram: I sure hope this is not becoming a regular. Last year the hurricanes accounted for abount 40 billion dollars in damage.

    Anubhav: Sometimes it becomes necessary to evacuate low lying areas and flood zones. So that is the reason for filling up the car. But this evacuation has to be done before the hurricane hits the area. Some people try to leave after the hurricane starts and they simply fly off to a nearby tree..

    By Blogger tt_giant, at July 08, 2005 5:57 AM  

  • Yeah Deepak.. last year, Gainesville was spared from all the four major hurricanes.. The predictions for this year are truly scary.. let us see how many times we need to run to Georgia to escape the forthcoming ones..

    Glad that your area was safe during Dennis..

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at July 11, 2005 7:31 AM  

  • GP: sigh!.. how easy it is for you to reach georgia.. i can only sit here..

    By Blogger tt_giant, at July 11, 2005 7:46 AM  

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