Archive for February, 2009

Making Hurricanes Go Away
February 23, 2009

  Four months ago this week, residents in South Florida were anxiously watching the tropics as Hurricane Ike formed in the Atlantic Ocean. For two agonizing days, the Palm Beaches was ground zero in the National Hurricane Center’s “cone of uncertainty.”
    Thankfully for us, a large high-pressure system steered Ike south of Florida. Unfortunately, [...]