Hurricane Survival Guide: Chapter One Published

I published Chapter One: Two Rules of the Florida Hurricane Survival Guide for Newbies on a new blog. This way, you don't have to receive the whole post in your inbox if you're not inclined to read it.

If you missed the Introduction: How We Got Here From There, you can read it here...

When I publish the next chapter, I will post a link on News From Hurricane Land instead of posting the entire text. I'm doing this to separate my smart assy book from my smart assy news on the season and to show mercy to you...my valued subscribers.

Today the tropics are quiet with the exception of a tropical wave that doesn't appear to be developing into anything stronger. The NHC says conditions don't look good for the wave:

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
530 AM EDT SAT JUL 30 2005

FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO...

SATELLITE IMAGES...SURFACE OBSERVATIONS AND RADAR FROM PUERTO RICO INDICATE THAT INDICATE THAT THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE TROPICAL WAVE IS LOCATED BETWEEN PUERTO RICO AND HISPANIOLA. THIS SYSTEM HAS NOT BECOME ANY BETTER ORGANIZED SINCE YESTERDAY AND UPPER-LEVEL WINDS ARE NOT FAVORABLE FOR SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT. ALTHOUGH THE POTENTIAL FOR THE FORMATION OF A TROPICAL DEPRESSION HAS DIMINISHED...SQUALLS PRODUCING BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS...ESPECIALLY OVER HIGHER TERRAIN...ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE VIRGIN ISLANDS...PUERTO RICO...AND HISPANIOLA TODAY. AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT IS SCHEDULED TO INVESTIGATE THE SYSTEM THIS AFTERNOON...IF NECESSARY.

As you might imagine, this news does a lot to relieve our tropical depression.