I've been tracking every Atlantic tropical storm/hurricane since 2003 (I was 8 years old). I used to live in Louisiana and was visiting family in Vancouver when hurricane Claudette have our town a scare. I didn't know what hurricanes were before then, but when I found out I was fascinated. So I have years of practice lol. My mom tells me I should become hurricane expert but I view tracking them as more of a hobby (not that I hope anyone gets hit by one, just that I find many things about the storms themself fascinating). Could definitely be an option as I've gotten pretty good at predicting where they'll go.
Old news but I used to do on a small scale like what the people did in that storm chasers show. When I lived in CO for a few years, its crazy the weather there in the later parts of the summer. You could set your watch to the clouds building in the mountains and start to peak over the front face right around 3pm. By 4pm, they were hovering over Colo Springs and by 5pm the lighting would start, JUST as it hit the desert past the population. We would go chase these storms. It was hot so the showers that came with them felt good. If that is your fascination, you have a real chance of making it a living, and do you know how special that is T? on the serious, VERY few people get to go to work at a place they find fascinating and love. For long term happiness, I strongly suggest you go after it man. You are young. you can make it happen, and you obviously have a knack for patterns. Hell, you the meteorologist, could probably already talk circles around some of the "weather people" on TV. lol
Irma is only going to be a Cat 3 when it hits Florida. Nothing Burger. If this was really caused by global warming it would be a Cat 8.
When did @MarAzul go to Florida?!? Florida gun owners encouraged to 'shoot the storm' and fire their guns at Hurricane Irma https://www.yahoo.com/amphtml/news/florida-gun-owners-encouraged-apos-213111921.html
Had to work around as I was flying thru Miami. But I managed to get out. San Juan is ok. No power literally anywhere. People are paying like a 100 bucks every day to fuel up their generators.
Best of luck to your friend but there was never a forecast that said Miami will be hit but everywhere else in Florida is safe. Actually the governor of Florida has gone out of his way to say both coasts of Florida should evacuate out of Florida, not to the opposite coast of where you think the hurricane will hit. @BrianFromWA lives in Tampa and got his family the fuck out of there days ago.
