http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8797726/

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"Joe Bastardi, a meteorologist with private forecasting company AccuWeather, predicted most of the remaining storms this year will take a more easterly path than the June and July storms that entered the Gulf of Mexico. “The most action will be from Aug. 15 to Oct. 15 along the Eastern Seaboard. I’m targeting the Carolinas for the worst,” Bastardi said. “Also, there will be (landfalls) in New England and the Florida coast.”"

that sucks

8/2/2005 12:53:07 PM

i also heard that all the computers are going to explode when the year 2000 comes around.

8/2/2005 12:55:56 PM

i thought this was about hockey

8/2/2005 12:57:42 PM

haha me too. i saw carolina and hurricanes and season.

8/2/2005 12:59:33 PM

i love that the dude's name is bastardi.

8/2/2005 1:07:32 PM

Nobody can accurately predict hurricanes two weeks in advance. It doesn't take a genius to predict a hurricane hitting the east coast during hurricane season anyways.

8/2/2005 1:13:13 PM

Joe Bastardi

8/2/2005 1:13:31 PM

rofl @ his name

8/2/2005 1:31:39 PM

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"... AccuWeather...."

Ha ha ha ha ha....

8/2/2005 1:56:24 PM

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"there will be (landfalls) in New England "

could you imagine the ridiculousness of a hurricane landfall in manhattan or boston?

8/2/2005 1:59:01 PM

It's happened before.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/paststate.shtml

8/2/2005 2:11:01 PM

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"i thought this was about hockey"

Im pretty sure this headline applies to both.

8/2/2005 2:12:29 PM

^^ Great website. Y'all should check it out.

8/2/2005 2:34:06 PM

i got news for you...JOE KNOWS!!!!!

this guy accurately predicted every pissy ass snowstorm that we've had in the last 3 years as well as the big ones...

8/2/2005 2:54:40 PM

yea, joe bastardi used to be on WPTF 680 AM, but now he's on FOX news, i think

cos he's pretty good at predicting this kind of stuff

8/2/2005 3:27:57 PM

They are never right. Look at last year's season.

8/2/2005 3:31:11 PM

Someone embed this

http://blackuweather.ytmnd.com/

8/2/2005 3:55:01 PM

I remember in MEA443 we had to do our weather briefings everyday...
JP was doing his weather briefing when the guys from Accuweather were there for the job fair so they came up to watch the briefing...
JP said the next day wouldn't get out of the 60s or something like that because of some cold air damming in the area....
the accuweather guy raised his hand and said that he could see it getting into the 80s easily....

well...the next day rolled around and it didn't get out of the 60s....JP was right and the accuweather guy was WRONG WRONG WRONG
oh it was great

8/2/2005 4:47:13 PM

Bastardi is a dumbass. Besides his guess is just an educated guess b/c i think NC is 3rd only to florida and texas in hurricane strikes. Its b/c our ass stick out right into the atlantic ocean. His idea about new england seems right on. From what i hear water temps are running warm up in the NE this year. But i think smthg may hit around NJ.

[Edited on August 2, 2005 at 4:58 PM. Reason : 33333333rd]

8/2/2005 4:55:18 PM

pwnt

8/3/2005 12:13:07 AM

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"Im pretty sure this headline applies to both."

Cory Stillman BEGS TO DIFFA!

8/3/2005 12:40:51 AM

weren't we also supposed to have a "really bad" winter?

8/3/2005 1:20:07 AM

I'm pretty anxious about it..
If they name Harvey within the next couple of days the record for quickest to 8 will be broken...Hugo hit NC in September if that tells you how active the systems are this year...
They are calling for Harvey to go out to sea, but it looks creepy spinning out there by the outer banks

8/3/2005 9:05:29 AM

i think the mexican storm is gonna pwnt us. nc ravaged by Jose...it'd be symbolic

8/3/2005 11:02:31 AM

haha, awesome.

8/3/2005 11:04:04 AM

it's coming!!!

8/3/2005 11:05:09 AM

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"i got news for you...JOE KNOWS!!!!! this guy accurately predicted every pissy ass snowstorm that we've had in the last 3 years as well as the big ones..."

Two months in advance or was it on the 5 day forecast? Just sayin'

8/4/2005 11:57:48 AM

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"The most action will be from Aug. 15 to Oct. 15 along the Eastern Seaboard. I’m targeting the Carolinas for the worst"

8/28/2005 7:43:06 PM

oct 15th is still a ways away...........but i agree the guy is a joke

8/28/2005 7:49:09 PM

I'M SO GLAD HOCKEY IS BACK

8/28/2005 8:03:50 PM

if a hurricane made landfall on the northern nj coast it would be catastrophic formanhattan. it is a very low island second in succeptability to only new orleans. many of the buildings are tall enough that they would experience wind speeds a category or 2 higher than the actual wind speeds. subways would fill with water and alot of crazy stuff.

8/28/2005 9:13:06 PM

while youre right about the water, it would be extremely rare for a major hurricane to hit. The water north of Hatteras is much cooler (no Gulf Stream water) and the system would therefore weaken. Plus upper level winds would probably tear it apart even before then, and they usually move at a faster pace to the north and east, thus lessening chance of flooding.

8/28/2005 9:29:59 PM

extremely rare but extremely possible
"the long island express" 1938 category 3


[Edited on August 28, 2005 at 10:00 PM. Reason : typed 9 instead of 8]

8/28/2005 10:00:17 PM

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"Two months in advance or was it on the 5 day forecast? Just sayin'"

i think it's the famous Accuweather 28-Day forecast

8/29/2005 11:36:25 AM

season ticket packages are on sale now!

8/29/2005 11:46:12 AM

im predicting that a hurricane will either hit the NC coast, or go somewhere else. all other predictions are insignificant

8/29/2005 4:17:05 PM

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"i thought this was about hockey "

hehe, me too

8/29/2005 4:18:21 PM

Let's go 'Canes!

8/29/2005 4:39:55 PM

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"I’m targeting the Carolinas for the worst"

Yeah, Ophelia was almost as bad as Katrina.

9/16/2005 10:39:52 AM

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"The most action will be from Aug. 15 to Oct. 15 along the Eastern Seaboard. I’m targeting the Carolinas for the worst,” Bastardi said. “Also, there will be (landfalls) in New England and the Florida coast.""

Bold statement my friend. There is a chance that anywhere between Maine and Florida could be hit by a hurricane. I'm guessing his next bold statement will be that there is a chance of snow in the Rockies this winter.

9/16/2005 11:47:16 AM

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"I’m targeting the Carolinas for the worst,” Bastardi said."

10/31/2005 8:37:12 PM

I think he needs a new job.

10/31/2005 9:31:40 PM

it needs to be reiterated how great the name is

10/31/2005 9:44:43 PM

Don't forget this one:

Hurricane Bob--This Category Two Hurricane was one of the more memorable storms of 1991 besides the "perfect" Halloween Gale later that year. It moved up the East Coast before making landfall in New England. Believe it or not, as of 2000, this storm was ranked 10th all time in terms of estimated damage with $1.5 billion dollars.


I remember that shit when I was a kid.. had never even really thought about a hurricane before (even though I was 9 at the time). The local news was predicting doomsday x10.

10/31/2005 10:09:18 PM

They're off to the best start in franchise history

10/31/2005 10:20:01 PM