Felix the Cat. 5
We're back from Buffalo... and greeted by this lovely image:
Remarkable. The second Category 5 hurricane in the Caribbean in the last two weeks, and this one exploded into being over the course of less than two days! I'm in the process of writing a full update -- but it will appear first on Pajamas Media, with only an excerpt here at BrendanLoy.com. The management at PJM has asked me to do hurricane updates for them, and unlike the bum who runs this website, they're going to pay me! :) I'm allowed to cross-post excerpts of my Pajamas posts here, and then after 48 hours I can include the whole thing. Anyway, stay tuned for the latest.
(Headline shamelessly stolen from Alan Sullivan.)
My my, Mr. Big Shot Hurricane Blogger gets a big gig...congrats.
Posted by: Jay Johnson | Sep 3, 2007 1:05:01 AM
Congrats...but beware..there are lots of people who have serious regrets after dealing with PJ Media.....amongst other things they are not known for their loyalty....
Posted by: gahrie | Sep 3, 2007 1:19:34 AM
Congrats! But sad to think that you are selling out the chance to indoctrinate random hurricane readers into your brand of geekitude just for a few measly bucks.
On the other hand, I guess those bucks means a lot when you're shopping for three at TFM.
Posted by: Anonymous Hoosier | Sep 3, 2007 9:29:27 AM
Brendan, regards the pj writeup: the point with Felix is not whether further strengthening is possible -- after all, it is a Cat 5 already -- but that it will remain a very catastrophically strong hurricane, at Cat 4 or 5 strength, when making landfall in Central America.
What is this national obsession with will it get stronger and how much stronger can it get? 145 kt MSW is extreme. Let's just leave it at that.
Posted by: Margie K | Sep 3, 2007 10:24:51 AM
And what's with the bolded header (that I know you didn't write) claiming that Felix is "this season's first big storm"? Hardly.
Therein lies the inherent problem of working for the "man". Your work gets watered down and you lose some creative control of content.
But then again, baby does literally need new shoes!
Posted by: Tbone | Sep 3, 2007 10:33:20 AM
Congrats on the PJM gig :)
Posted by: Trisha | Sep 3, 2007 10:51:11 AM
Good point, Margie. Sometimes I get too obsessed with the numbers (mph, millibars, etc.) at the expense of the actual impacts. I included your comment prominently in my update.
Anonymous Hoosier, I don't know that the impact of my "selling out" is as dire as you suggest. I'll still be blogging about hurricanes here -- I'll just be posting excerpts and then encouraging people to click the link over to PJM for the rest. I think there's still plenty of opportunity for me to "indoctrinate random hurricane readers into [my] brand of geekitude." :)
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