2008 Hurricane / Typhoon / Cyclone Season

frankthetank

I'm no pro, but this could get ugly. That thing has Jamaica to contend with and then its free to do its thing. Hopefully it stays away from the majority of oil rigs and large population centers.

Personally i'd rather see it go west into Mexico or die completely!
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qwanta · Heavy Crude Joined: Mar 08, 2005 Posts: 111

dohboi · Light Sweet Crude Joined: Dec 05, 2005 Posts: 1476

RE wrote:

"No doubt, but the majority opinion here definitely is that Doom is Coming. Just nobody can agree on when it will come, or by the precise means it is manifested. SOMETHING though will be eventually identifiable as the Tipping Point. The trick is to pick out what it is."

The global tipping point is upon us, it just happening a few thousand miles north of Gustav:

Tipping Point

But two super hurricanes hitting at once would be a pretty good tipping point for the US. Didn't something like this happen in the movie "The Day After Tomorrow"?

But don't worry. We have top people in charge that are sure to do a heck of a job! Rolling Eyes

firestarter · Light Sweet Crude Joined: Mar 19, 2006 Posts: 1181

And then there was Hanna:

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Roccland · Peak Oil Prophet Joined: Jun 16, 2007 Posts: 1696

GoghGoner · Intermediate Crude Joined: Apr 10, 2008 Posts: 516

Holy cow. Look at thy yellow blob that appeared right below Mexico's Cantarell oilfield. This is the ultimate worst-case scenario playing out. A couple more days from now we may be biking to work -- whoops, a lot of us already do.

TheDude

Eli

Gustav is going to be passing over the loop current, if it comes off of Jamaica pretty much intact it will have a great opportunity to strengthen. The intensity forecast could easily be raised with this storm.

And whoever said that Katrina took the easier path on NOLA is correct.

It is much worse for NO if the storm hits just to the West, they would then get the brunt of the surge, you can be 30 miles inland and only be 2.5 ft above sea level.

If the storm goes to the East it brings North Winds and flooding from Lake Ponchartrain.

Forney2008

I know this might not pertain to this discussion, but I was wondering if there is any maps for any oil platforms, rigs, etc. located along the northeast coast. I remember hearing that New Jersey had some refineries? If so, where? I am just saying because hurricanes do affect this part of the country too, just not as often. Anyway, it looks like Gustav is going to be a real doozy, and yet crude oil is down a few bucks?

strider3700

Gustov has potential to be bad but it wouldn't take that much to steer it into Mexico to die. A couple more days to get into the gulf and then we'll have a good idea of just how bad it will be.
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MadScientist · Heavy Crude Joined: May 19, 2004 Posts: 418

Roccland · Peak Oil Prophet Joined: Jun 16, 2007 Posts: 1696

GoghGoner · Intermediate Crude Joined: Apr 10, 2008 Posts: 516

Armageddon

From storm2K

Dr Jeff Masters pretty much sums it up with this quote in his update posted an hour ago:

"It's time to get familiar with the names Hanna, Josephine, Ike, and Kyle, because the tropical Atlantic is about to put on a rare burst of very high activity in the coming weeks."

Yikes !!