There's a beautiful Cat 3 hurricane in the Eastern Pacific tonight

[malaise]

away from land moving WNW


There are also two tropical storms in the Atlantic - Bret and Cindy - both away from land

http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/

sp.

[pipi_k]

1. Have you ever

been verbally abused by anyone who didn't understand why you called a hurricane "beautiful"?

I have.

I guess most people don't understand why they're beautiful. I mean, take mankind and his buildings out of the equation, and they really are beautiful. A truly awesome sight.

[malaise]

2. Sure - I can take it

:D
Nature is magnificent - beautiful, destructive and random.
They're even more beautiful when they're away from land. Let's hope Dora stays away.

[A HERETIC I AM]

4. Actually, let's hope Dora heads straight across Mexico into the Gulf...

Makes a hard left and heads into Texas where it can do some good.

Not a damned thing wrong with a good, strong, soaking storm.

[malaise]

7. She's actually moving NW this morning

I don't think Mexico can handle a Cat4 hurricane just to give Texas badly needed rain.

[CatWoman]

12. I think they're beautiful, too

:)

[Dappleganger]

13. They are...as long as they remain out to sea.

[1monster]

3. I believe that, nautically, hurricanes are referred to as "perfect" as in

"She's brewing up a perfect storm, Captain."

[malaise]

11. She sure is

Cat4 at her most majestic - and likely to remain at sea

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. Stunning and yes, beautiful.

[Obamanaut]

6. Flying into a typhoon, entering at 1,000 feet altitude, passing through

the wall into the eye, circling and popping out at the top.

Did this in a weather squadron flying out of Guam in the late 1960s. We would make two "fixes", one at midnight, the other at 6 AM after loitering in the vicinity for those 6 hours.

The 6 AM was awesome. Pop out of the storm into a clear sky and look down at what we just left. It was like today's satellite photo, except close up and personal.

Edited to add: We flew WC 121 aircraft.

[malaise]

8. Better you than me

:D

[Obamanaut]

9. One of the benefits that is useful even today, I can hold a cup of

coffee without a lid, or spilling, in a moving car.

[malaise]

10. LOL

:D