[thevillages2013]

Originally Posted by Woodbear

I sure hope we see less high wind events. I was in the attic above my garage today and it was amazing to see how many nails meant to hit the truss/rafters missed their mark.

Just because there are nails there that missed doesn’t mean there isn’t one right beside them that connected with the truss

[ThirdOfFive]

Originally Posted by spd2918

Funny how the global alarmists are quiet on this point. I thought the earth was going to end if we didn't pay a new carbon tax

True.

Remember Katrina? It was only days after it ripped up New Orleans before the alarmist choir started in, informing all and sundry that the next ten years were going to see a series of FORCE TWENTY hurricanes for GAWDsakes that were going to DEVASTATE the Easte Coast from the Florida Keys to the northern tip of MAINE and hundreds of thousands were GONNA DIEEEEEEEEE, and other assorted the-sky-is-falling malarkey. Instead the ten years immediately following Katrina was a relatively quiet period in America for hurricanes, relatively speaking.

[davem4616]

The weather forecasters say that after Nov 30th it's all clear, Hurricane Season is officially over (I trust the Old Farmer's Almanac a lot more) ...

next week we'll bring all the non-perishable foods that we specifically stocked up on, and put aside for the hurricane season down to the food bank

[sounding]

The Old Farmer's Almanac is forecasting a colder than normal winter and NOAA (our weather service) is forecasting the opposite. Note: The Old Farmer's Almanac has a higher verification rate than the climate models.

[kkingston57]

Lived in Florida all my life including the south east coast.

As another poster said we are in center of state and possibility of winds over 74 MPH are low to none. Our local news(all Orlandod based) covers east coast of Florida which does have more likelihood of having a hurricane. Feel good about lack of hurricanes here as our insurance rates are 75% less than SE Florida not including flood.

[ThirdOfFive]

Originally Posted by sounding

The Old Farmer's Almanac is forecasting a colder than normal winter and NOAA (our weather service) is forecasting the opposite. Note: The Old Farmer's Almanac has a higher verification rate than the climate models.

They use a more reliable crystal ball, I think.

[sounding]

They use (1) climatology, (2) solar activity, and (3) current weather/seasonal trends -- but no CO2 input like the climate models. Here is some info ... How Accurate Is The Old Farmer's Almanac? | The Old Farmer's Almanac