Comments on: Richard? Richard! https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/10/20/richard/ Fri, 22 Oct 2010 15:43:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/10/20/richard/#comment-525184 Fri, 22 Oct 2010 15:43:27 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/10/20/richard/#comment-525184 Yes, and the food at the “Maya Riviera” can be quite international as well. I’ve had excellent Italian and French food there as well.

]]> By: bcoppola https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/10/20/richard/#comment-525183 Fri, 22 Oct 2010 14:58:15 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/10/20/richard/#comment-525183 The Yucatan sticks up like a thumb from southern Mexico/Central America forming, with Cuba, the straits separating the Caribbean from the Gulf of Mexico. It’s right in the way of a common storm track.

OT and sorry if I’ve said this before but: with the cheap flights available to Cancun you’re missing out if you haven’t visited the Yucatan. Basic procedure:

1) Fly into Cancun.

2) Rent a car.

3) Get the fuck out of Cancun (Gringolandia) and start exploring!

Do not miss Merida – a beautiful historic city worth at least a few days in itself. More if you use it as a base for day/overnight trips to places like Uxmal, Valladolid, Celestun, etc.

Yucatecan cuisine is also distinctive and tasty!

]]> By: Birger Johansson https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/10/20/richard/#comment-525182 Fri, 22 Oct 2010 10:49:06 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/10/20/richard/#comment-525182 “Richard” as in the mild-mannered Richard Dawkins?
If it had prospects of becoming a nasty piece of work, it should have been “Ratzinger”.
“This could actually be a fairly serious storm for those in the Yucatan”
This may be perception bias, but I get the impression Yucatan gets more than its share of hurricanes. Is it straight west from the hottest part of the Atlantic? I thought that would be more in the Nicaragua/Honduras region.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/10/20/richard/#comment-525181 Thu, 21 Oct 2010 17:27:59 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/10/20/richard/#comment-525181 The average number of named storms per year since 1995 is 13.5. This year we’ve had 18. The largest three since 1995 were 28, 18, and 16 (two at 16).

I think we got off to a late start, then had a whole pile of storms (almost all of which went off to the middle of the Atlantic to become a foggy morning in Iceland).

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/10/20/richard/#comment-525180 Thu, 21 Oct 2010 17:23:27 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/10/20/richard/#comment-525180 I do remember.

I’ve been wondering what happened to the predictions of a busy tropical storm season. Being a Midwesterner I’m admittedly not as attuned to such things as Gulf & Atlantic coast dwellers, but even though I know Aug/Sept. are usually the peak is it getting a late start for a busy season? BTW we did have a F1 tornado here last week, and the maple in front of our house is now lopsided, nothing worse thankfully. Neighborhood has been resounding with chainsaws and chippers for over a week. House down the street had a big tree go thru their roof – but no injuries there or anywhere.

]]> By: bcoppola https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/10/20/richard/#comment-525179 Thu, 21 Oct 2010 17:06:13 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/10/20/richard/#comment-525179 Remember a couple of months ago when I asked you if the busy hurricane season that had been forecast was maybe getting off to a late start?

You don’t? OK, never mind…forget I mentioned it…gee, aren’t the leaves pretty up here this month?

]]> By: Updated https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/10/20/richard/#comment-525178 Thu, 21 Oct 2010 17:03:11 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/10/20/richard/#comment-525178 Updated

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/10/20/richard/#comment-525177 Thu, 21 Oct 2010 16:30:21 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/10/20/richard/#comment-525177 What is this thread turning into???

]]> By: gruebait https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/10/20/richard/#comment-525176 Thu, 21 Oct 2010 14:05:13 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/10/20/richard/#comment-525176 Warning: Offtopic!
…just testing Liberea – pay no attention, carry on, as you were,…

]]> By: florakim kimya https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/10/20/richard/#comment-525175 Thu, 21 Oct 2010 11:01:35 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/10/20/richard/#comment-525175 Who gives the name for storm?

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