Damn Sam!

Another tropical depression has formed in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, and it is all but certain to become a tropical cyclone named Sam.

Sam is likely to form into a major hurricane by Monday.  Although early projections indicate that it will stay out to sea, this could change and it could affect the East Coast . . . possibly maintaining Category 3 strength or higher.

All tropical depressions that have formed in the Atlantic this year have become named cyclones. There have now been eighteen storms.  And while it took three months for the first nine storms to form, it only took one month for the second nine to storms to form.

Meanwhile, a cold front inching its way across the eastern U.S. could produce thunderstorms strong enough to knock out my power like the one that knocked it out last week.  Even if that doesn't happen, there will still be rain, and lots of it.

Welcome to climate change, ladies and gents. 😱  

Okay, So We Had Another Severe Storm . . .

It wasn't as bad as depicted in the stock photo above, to be certain, but it was bad enough.  Fortunately, it didn't last very long.

A strong cold front came through the American Northeast, with storms producing wind gusts at a mile a minute and the storms themselves moving at about the same rate.  I was certain that we'd lose our electricity (we didn't) or at least lose or cable service (we didn't), and I hope that storms like this get climate change skeptics to wake up to reality (they won't).

Meanwhile, Hurricane Iota - the thirtieth named storm in the Atlantic hurricane season - has approached Category 5 status as it approaches Nicaragua's Mosquito Coast.  This is only the second November hurricane to reach Cat 5 on the Saffir-Simpson scale; the first such storm occurred in 1932.  Joe Biden is already thinking about an ambitious program to reverse the effect of climate change, and he's no doubt conniving with Kamala Harris and designated White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain about how to get it implemented as soon as possible without Republican obstruction.  More power to him on that front.  Because, at this point, despite my earlier comments, I am beginning to fear the weather more than the COVID virus.