What's in a Name? The Storms Speak
To say that 2017 has been one of the most interesting, fascinating yet bizarre and unprecedented years may just be the tip of the ice berg. On a personal level, it has been one of challenges as evident in my previous post . But perhaps what is currently playing in the saga of this year is the temperature of Mother Earth - ANGRY! Harvey : meaning battle; strong; ardent; eager to battle; warrior; soldier Hurricane Harvey started out like most hurricanes - an area of disturbance, forming into a tropical storm (TS) east of the Lesser Antilles. It moved towards the west and was downgraded to a wave 2 days later. But true to it name, it was an ardent warrior, strong-willed and determined not to be cast aside...it was eager to prove a point. Four days later, it was a TS again, and one day after that was a hurricane. It then became unstoppable and one day later made landfall in the US, the first in 12 years, as a powerful Category 4 storm. It moved so slowly that it dumped massive amounts ...