Did We Survive Hurricane Katrina or Not?: The Associated Press: Humberto Sneaks Up on U.S. Gulf Coast

Thursday, September 13, 2007

The Associated Press: Humberto Sneaks Up on U.S. Gulf Coast

The Associated Press: Humberto Sneaks Up on U.S. Gulf Coast: "Meteorologists were at a loss to explain the rapid, 16-hour genesis of the first hurricane to hit the U.S. since 2005. 'Before Humberto developed, you looked at the satellite imagery the day before, and there was virtually nothing there. This really spun up out of thin air, very, very quickly, said National Hurricane Center specialist James Franklin in Miami. 'We've never had any tropical cyclone go from where Humberto was to where Humberto got.'"

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