[Rainger99]

There have been no hurricanes formed in the Atlantic Ocean this year. That is a record since 1966 when satellites started tracking hurricanes more accurately.

The season isn’t over but let’s hope that insurance premiums will go down (or at least not go up).

El Nino has broken Atlantic hurricanes. Now the season is breaking records | CNN

[ThirdOfFive]

Originally Posted by Rainger99

There have been no hurricanes formed in the Atlantic Ocean this year. That is a record since 1966 when satellites started tracking hurricanes more accurately.

The season isn’t over but let’s hope that insurance premiums will go down (or at least not go up).

El Nino has broken Atlantic hurricanes. Now the season is breaking records | CNN

Not only that, but there has been an additional positive: a blessed absence of doom-and-gloomers chanting their mantras.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Parts of Connecticut, New York State, Rhode Island, and coastal Massachusetts have been completely flooded over during yesterday's flash floods. Extreme weather isn't exclusively hurricanes. The street I lived on in Connecticut before moving here, has water rushing through the CVS parking lot like a river now. Many roads in all four states are still closed, with hundreds of thousands in damage to vehicles who thought they were just driving through puddles, and ended up 3-feet deep in water.

[fdpaq0580]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

Parts of Connecticut, New York State, Rhode Island, and coastal Massachusetts have been completely flooded over during yesterday's flash floods. Extreme weather isn't exclusively hurricanes. The street I lived on in Connecticut before moving here, has water rushing through the CVS parking lot like a river now. Many roads in all four states are still closed, with hundreds of thousands in damage to vehicles who thought they were just driving through puddles, and ended up 3-feet deep in water.

Hey! You must be one of the "doom and gloomers" mentioned above. It's not about worldwide weather. It's about Florida hurricanes! Got that! Florida. Nothing else matters. Go Villagers!

[MrFlorida]

The weather predicters seem disappointed.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580

Hey! You must be one of the "doom and gloomers" mentioned above. It's not about worldwide weather. It's about Florida hurricanes! Got that! Florida. Nothing else matters. Go Villagers!

The topic is "no hurricanes in the Atlantic this year." New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts all share a shoreline of the Atlantic. Just because there are no hurricanes in an area, doesn't mean the area is immune to extreme weather. When we equate "extreme weather" with "hurricanes" we do a disservice to ourselves and everyone else.

Also, there was a weak micro-storm that came through The Villages last Thursday. It lasted a few minutes during the astounding light-show that lit up the sky for miles.

[CoachKandSportsguy]

As long as we get lots of rain without hurricanes, great for rebuilding the aquifer prior to the dry season, but we could use a good category 1 hurricane landfall for the water. . .

i will take a cat 1 hurricane every year just for the aquifer replenishment, given the increasing usage and population growth here.

[tophcfa]

Originally Posted by Rainger99

There have been no hurricanes formed in the Atlantic Ocean this year. That is a record since 1966 when satellites started tracking hurricanes more accurately.

The season isn’t over but let’s hope that insurance premiums will go down (or at least not go up).

El Nino has broken Atlantic hurricanes. Now the season is breaking records | CNN

Great news for our homeowners insurance rates, not so great news for the water levels in the aquifers. Hopefully we’re not looking at another year of water restrictions?

[fdpaq0580]

Would a hurricane or two help the drought condition?

[Howdy]

The " Local Weather Forecasters " are all a Dither everyday. They basically have really nothing to get all excited about.

Practically everyday it is the same = Hot. Humid, Chance of Afternoon Thunderstorms anywhere from 30 - 90 %.

Total time of the forecast in real time = 2 Minutes . With the " Drama " = 4-5 Minutes

The Traffic person get's more " Attention ". Hey Local TV !

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by tophcfa

Great news for our homeowners insurance rates, not so great news for the water levels in the aquifers. Hopefully we’re not looking at another year of water restrictions?

Why do you think a hurricane is necessary to fill the aquifers? Rain happens without hurricanes just fine. We've had rain pretty much every day for the past couple of weeks and there's little evidence of it ceasing all of a sudden. The lawns in the Historic Section look greener than they have since I moved in 7 years ago, though hardly anyone has their irrigation system turned on.

The retention ponds are filling back up - slowly but surely. The aquifers are also seeing more volume than at the height of the drought.

I also refer you to my previous post - there were NO hurricanes in CT, MA, RI, or NY yesterday - and yet many roads were closed due to flash floods.

No hurricanes (does not equal) no rain.

[CoachKandSportsguy]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

No hurricanes (does not equal) no rain.

But daily rain might not equate to enough rain, and a hurricane with a good soaking everywhere, probably (not certainty) equals more than random local rain we are getting now. .

CT/RI soaking did not help MA/NH drought

still not black and white No hurricanes (does not equal) no rain.

[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

...
No hurricanes (does not equal) no rain.

It sorta did last year. Will this year be different? Maybe, maybe not. Things are looking good but I'm not counting my chickens just yet.

[tophcfa]

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580

Would a hurricane or two help the drought condition?

For those of us that were here during Irma the answer would be a resounding yes.

[Arctic Fox]

Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive

Not only that, but there has been an additional positive: a blessed absence of doom-and-gloomers chanting their mantras.

Maybe, but I'm still going out to buy another 300 toilet rolls to put with the 2,800 I have left over from previous storm panics. Can't be too careful. Of course, my fire insurance premium has gone through the roof.