Now we have Felix creeping up on us. It is curious but it seems people are getting adapted to the idea of ever more hurricanes, not only in the Caribbean but also closer and closer to old Europe. Getting adapted? Yes. Now people are saying oh thank goodness this time it is heading out to the open sea....and switch to football. But...next time? Should we not be thinking seriously of a way to stymie these hurricanes before they reach land...? For example, make them think they have reached land (where, we are told, they start losing their potency, by blocking their path with...something?

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Sorry Lonecat, hunker down & make the best of it. Some of these things grow to massive proportions. They are very unpredictable. We've had a few flare ups over the years. They can change direction quickly, slow down & even stop over a specific location, as if it wanted to make sure it did enough damage. The surge & rainfall damage alone can be devestating.

Let's say we manage to break up a hurricane. It will still be a massive storm causing a halt in all commercial transportation. That is just the start.

The only successful way to come out of a hurricane situation unscathed is re-enforcement. Everything. New Orleans? Weak infrastructure that governments put too much trust behind. Storm windows during hurricane season. Thicker building materials with thicker walls in everybuilding. We build sheds sturdier than most houses elsewhere. It's worth it.


I took this photo this spring. Its 3 - 4 minutes from my house. Every time I see it wonder why it's still standing. The fellow who owns it says he'll keep it there because people love to take pictures of it. It has looked like that now for 20 years. That's the ocean behind it.

That goes for your property as well. Driving spikes a couple of feet into the ground along the perimeter of your yard. Planting deep rooted trees & shrubs. Good drainage including weeping tile is essential & you don't want any low areas. Move your land around. Fill in dips in the ground with high areas. There can be high & low spots but they have to be able to drain water to lower ground at at least one location on your property or to the side to a ditch.

With the increase in number & ferocity of hurricanes, there has to be an attitude adjustment by those who are supposed to be in the know on these things & able to do something. In many cases there is a specific reason behind the loss of lives & property. In most of those cases those reasons were known before the disaster that hit them & could have easily been resolved. That's it for now I guess. Hopefully, things'll calm down a bit in that region.



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They are saying that this is the first time in history that two Cat 5 storms have made landfall! The hurricane season is still peaking. Also, yesterday, two hurricanes made landfall on the same day!

Here's a little of we have to look forward to. After I was telling Lonecat to hunker down.

http://tinyurl.com/2xbpqe

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"Newfoundland already has been hit hard by post-tropical storm Chantal, experiencing tremendous flooding from that storm as it went by. Over the last three years, we have had six different storms in each of the last three years that have had significant impact."

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