How about Tropical Storm Wanda? There’s been a lot of talk about whether this year will be an unusually early departure for the Atlantic hurricane season, and the models indicate it might. Last year, for example, we had two of the three most intense Atlantic tropical cyclones to ever see (the third was Hurricane Katrina – the first year where an official record of a tropical cyclone being the most intense to date was kept; see the “Tropical Cyclone Season to Date” page for 2005’s record year).
How about Tropical Storm Wanda?
When I wrote last I wrote that as Hurricane Wanda approached and neared Florida I expected to see its strength fall some from Wanda’s peak strength at 2 hours past the hour, then as that peak faded to below tropical storm strength at 3 hours past the hour that would be the start of a weakening trend. Instead I saw Wanda weaken a little in the next 12 hours before it began to slow down and fall off as Hurricane Isaac approached. With the intensity of Isaac beingHow about Tropical Storm Wanda?
While it’s too late to predict the strength of the upcoming hurricane season in the Gulf, and some hurricanes are sure to make landfall along the Gulf Coast – with or without the aid of the hurricane-tracking center – it’s useful to think about what we can do right now to reduce the chances for an intense tropical storm to make landfall. The most obvious solution: build better levees.
The Army Corps of Engineers and the Mississippi Department of Insurance (MDE