Katrina, Rita and Wilma...Oi Vey

Being the weather geek that I am, I was completely amazed to hear this morning that Hurricane Wilma is now the strongest Hurricane ever on record, based on central atmospheric pressure. Currently the central pressure is 882 mbs...that's the lowest pressure ever recorded in the Atlantic Basin. Ever. Absolutely amazing. With the inverse relationship between central pressure and wind velocity, the correlation is producing winds of 175mph, already. The crazy thing is that this Category 5 hurricane was a Tropical Storm only 24 hours ago. This shit just doesn't happen. At least it hasn't happened in the history of recorded weather statistics...that's ~130 years of records. In addition, this is the 3rd category 5 hurricane this season, which is another record. I don't think scientists fully understand why this is happening. A 1 degree increase in average water/air temperature over the past century couldn't possibly be the cause, could it? Could this be a cyclical pattern, which hopefully will be followed by many years of calm and low volume hurricane seasons? Perhaps the government officials should get their heads out of their asses and begin to consider Global Warming and release of carbon emissions as a main source for the increase in destructive natural disasters. Looks like Wilma is charting a path towards southern Florida. Since my cuddle buddy works for Florida Power and Light, this would not bode well for his trip here for Halloween. Instead he would most likely be fixing the damage caused by this hurricane. So for my sake and of course the safety of our state to the south, Wilma, go on now go...walk out the door...just turn around now (sorry Mexico), cause yer not welcome anymore...