Hurricane Dean — Operation Mexico cleanup (phase 2)
Amazingly, Hurricane Dean has stayed true to the forecast. NHC reports winds of 100mph and central pressure of 979mb. Dean is growing but does not have much time before land fall this afternoon. Dean has always been a fast moving storm…..this lead to it’s eventual demise.  There are not many resorts in this area [...]
Now we are getting serious
From the Assoicated Press (Mark Stevenson) Dean’s path takes it directly through the Cantarell oil field, Mexico’s most productive. The entire field’s operations were shut down just ahead of the storm, reducing daily production by 2.7 million barrels of oil and 2.6 billion cubic feet of natural gas. At $75 a barrel (that’s a hair [...]
Another reason to live on the west side
At 5:00pm on 8/21/2007, Dean is back over the open waters in the Bay of Campeche. Like many before, the Yucatan has put a hurting on Dean, but it has survived. Winds are down to 80mph and the pressure now stands at 960mb.  For this one day only…..it is safe to drink the water in [...]
Hurricane Dean — Operation Mexico Cleanup (phase 1)
Unless your living under a rock, you have heard that Hurricane Dean is hitting the Yucatan peninsula right now (8/21/2007 early morning). It was a very strong storm, but land and hurricanes just don’t get along. The storm dropped from a central pressure of 906mb to 935mb in just three hours (from 5:00am to 8:00am [...]
Finally, Someone Else Weighs In
I’ve convinced our resident Hurrinerd, JCowan, to do some guest blogging here during hurricane season. He is way more into hurricanes than I am, plus it will save him the time of coming here to correct my misinformation if I ever try to write about one. Hopefully he will one day spin this off to [...]
Monday Morning Potpourri
Hurricane Dean…this is getting pretty scary for the folks in Mexico as it looks like it is picking up. I have a friend who really geeks out over hurricanes, and I’ve been encouraging him to start blogging on them. I know he reads this (sometimes), so I’m calling him out publicly now. START! Overheard on [...]
