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Hurricane Central / Re: Hurricane Central 2013
« on: May 31, 2013, 02:21:50 PM »You're right, there is the flooding aspect of the storm. However, sometimes these kind of storms bring needed rain to dry/drought-stricken areas. At this time, we are talking about the remnants of Barbara, were not talking about Andrea, yet, and these storms only bring bad floods if they move very slowly, like the ones you're talking about, Allison in 2001 and Faye in 2008. Things things are still unpredictable and have a mind of their own, despite all the technology we have now. As for Irene, it also moved very slowly which produced heavy rains that caused flooding in the northeast. I'm not saying you should ignore the possibility and be unprepared for it, I'm just saying don't be all doom and gloom about it, either.So... running out to buy a kitchenful of canned goods and bottled watter before everything disappeared from the store shelves was a bad idea?No, but panicking and being all doom and gloom thinking it will definitely affect you directly when it's too early to tell and going by one model, which hasn't been right too often lately was not necessary. It was not a bad idea, better safe than sorry, but it may just be remnants of Barbara in the eastern Pacific and not even become Andrea, and even if it does, it's not like you have a hurricane, let alone a major hurricane bearing down on you.
Tropical Storms can be be just as dangerous and deadly as any major hurricane. Allison (2001) and Fay (2008) are the best examples, especially the latter for Florida.
Maybe their predictions will be wrong, after all weather is not an exact science. 
