At least that is what I would think Pat Robertson's Muslim counterpart must be thinking.
http://www.weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/cyclone-chapala-yemen-oman-arabian-peninsula
Some interesting notes from this story:
Chapala has the potential to dump at least 3 to 4 times the average yearly rain in just a day or two over parts of eastern Yemen and perhaps southwest Oman. Average rainfall along the southern Yemeni coast is 2 inches (50 millimeters) or less, according to the University of Texas' Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection.
Furthermore, the south coasts of Yemen and southwest Oman are fronted by hills and mountains. Moist air from Chapala slamming into those mountains may wring out rainfall totals in excess of 20 inches (500 millimeters) in those locations.
You may wonder how often "tropical cyclone" and the "Arabian Peninsula" appear in the same sentence. How unusual could Chapala be?
First, hurricane specialist Michael Lowry says the head of the Cyclone Warning Division at the India Meteorological Department cited two "severe cyclonic storms" - those with winds of at least 55 mph - made landfall in Yemen in May 1959 and May 1960.
Weather Underground's Dr. Jeff Masters says Tropical Depression Three in 2008 claimed 90 lives and was responsible for $400 million in damage.
(WUNDERBLOG: Cyclone Chapala's Yemen Threat)
Secondly, there is no record of a cyclone of Category 4 strength or stronger tracking as far south as Chapala in the Arabian Sea.
This seems like another bizarre weather phenomenon to me, but of course that's just me, so it probably means nothing. But hey! At least it didn't hit the U.S.! I guess that means it doesn't count then?
http://www.weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/cyclone-chapala-yemen-oman-arabian-peninsula
Some interesting notes from this story:
Chapala has the potential to dump at least 3 to 4 times the average yearly rain in just a day or two over parts of eastern Yemen and perhaps southwest Oman. Average rainfall along the southern Yemeni coast is 2 inches (50 millimeters) or less, according to the University of Texas' Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection.
Furthermore, the south coasts of Yemen and southwest Oman are fronted by hills and mountains. Moist air from Chapala slamming into those mountains may wring out rainfall totals in excess of 20 inches (500 millimeters) in those locations.
You may wonder how often "tropical cyclone" and the "Arabian Peninsula" appear in the same sentence. How unusual could Chapala be?
First, hurricane specialist Michael Lowry says the head of the Cyclone Warning Division at the India Meteorological Department cited two "severe cyclonic storms" - those with winds of at least 55 mph - made landfall in Yemen in May 1959 and May 1960.
Weather Underground's Dr. Jeff Masters says Tropical Depression Three in 2008 claimed 90 lives and was responsible for $400 million in damage.
(WUNDERBLOG: Cyclone Chapala's Yemen Threat)
Secondly, there is no record of a cyclone of Category 4 strength or stronger tracking as far south as Chapala in the Arabian Sea.
This seems like another bizarre weather phenomenon to me, but of course that's just me, so it probably means nothing. But hey! At least it didn't hit the U.S.! I guess that means it doesn't count then?
