U najfriskijoj epizodi kako zaplasiti US populaciju i usput pripremit teren za jos slobodnije formiranje cijena goriva u trecem i cetvrtom kvartalu (neovisno o razvoju situacije u Iranu jer tu ce se cijene formirati kao da ih INA formira!) nastupaju meteorolozi prognozama sezone uragana (sluzbeno pocinje pocetkom lipnja i traje do kraja studenoga-barem je tako bilo do sada!).
Dakle, evo sto predvidjaju za pocetak sezone, a predvidjanja o udaru uragana na istocnu obalu cu ostavit za kasnije postove i kraj sezone (kad se dogodi, naravno, jer treba vidjet kako ce i koji ce broj upisat u 'oko', hehe)...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Three major hurricanes will strike the United States this year, with the storm-battered Gulf Coast most at risk in June and July, forecaster AccuWeather predicted Monday.
The outlook comes after a record-setting hurricane season in 2005 that devastated New Orleans and other coastal cities along the Gulf, and dealt a heavy blow to the U.S. oil industry that sent energy prices to record highs.
"The 2006 storm season will be a creeping threat," said AccuWeather Chief Forecaster Joe Bastardi. He projected that five hurricanes, three of them with winds over 110 miles per hour, would hit the U.S. coastline.
"Early in the season the Texas Gulf Coast faces the highest likelihood of a hurricane strike, possibly putting Gulf energy production in the line of fire," he said. "As early as July, and through much of the rest of the season, the highest level of risk shifts to the Carolinas."
At the tail-end of the season, the Northeast and southern Florida will be most at risk from storms, he said.
This year feature fewer named storms than last year's record of 28, but will still be a season of above-average storm frequency, AccuWeather said in the press release.
Last year, there were eight tropical storm landfalls in the U.S., including two separate strikes by Katrina as the storm crossed the Florida peninsula and then plowed into the central Gulf Coast in late August. Four of these were major hurricanes - with winds over 110 mph: Dennis, Katrina, Rita and Wilma. Hurricane Katrina was the costliest storm on record, causing more than $80 billion in damage.
p.s. Dubya je danas predlozio rjesenje za problem imigranata...poslati novih 6000 gardista (ako ih uspije toliko regrutirati, a da nisu vec u Iraku) na granicu s Meksikom dok se ne obuce novi teksaski rendzeri...Cijena? Prava sitnica, oko 2 milijarde $ za 'two year package'...