Tropical Storms/Hurricanes predicted Cozumel 2008
COZUMEL, 24 of May. - They will be the 15 tropical revolving storms that are expected for the season 2008, which initiates officially within one week. The families of the region must begin to prepare themselves before the eventuality of a meteor and to follow the recommendations of the organisms of Civil defense.
Arthur, Dolly, Gustav, Josephine, Frame, Dove, Teddy, Bertha, Edouard, Hanna, Kyle, Nana, René, Vicky, Cristóbal, Fay, Iko, Lili, Omar, Sally, and finally, Wilfred; they are the names proposed for the hurricanes that could be formed in this season.
As it is known, the proposed names do not mean that they are going to happen so many hurricanes, because the names are 21, but only inform into the names that would occur them in case of happening.
The unique occasion in which all those names proposed for a single year were used was in 2005, the last one of them, that finished the list, was the powerful “Wilma” that whipped the north of Quintana Roo and to Cozumel and Cancún very especially, in October of the 2005.
Taking into account historical data from the region and the present values from the atmospheric conditions, the experts of the hurricane center of Miami and of the National Meteorological Service of Mexico foretell like possible 15 storms for the season that goes of first of June to the 30 of November.
Of these, one hopes that four can be developed less until being hurricanes of category three or in the Saffir-Simpson scale that has five categories, whereas other four could exceed category 3 and to be therefore more intense and dangerous.
The seven remaining systems would be tropical storms, that although less forts concerning winds, also can cause great damages due to floods by the great amount of rain accompanies that them.
All the community must stay to the slope of the information of the climate in the region these next six months and prepare basic questions like a plan of contingency relative and a pantry that reaches to feed all by five days at least.
Also, they are due to locate to the refuges and shelters near its address and to find out the recommendations of the authorities of Civil defense.