Gas Buddy Oil/Gas Comparison October 2007-2008

The two things that should pop off this chart are:
1) Gasoline prices did not spike as much as the oil prices did
2) We are now below where we were last year for a barrel of oil, and above where we were for a gallon of gasoline

What does it mean? Gouging conspirator go home. Oil companies took a long-term perspective and did not pass along all the costs of the hurricanes, so now that things are getting back on track, the gas prices will slowly drop until the companies recover their 'losses.'

Twin Spins in the Atlantic - Posible Tropical Developments?

Recently there was a "Weather Warrior" piece on the Weather Channel Regarding what would happen if two tropical storms can to be in close proximity to one another. A researcher in Japan discovered a possible 'spinning' effect around a - for lack of better words' - joint axis. While there appears to be a dry slot forming with the eastern most tropical disturbance - it may or may not be tropical - I do this for fun - if you follow the slot to the west and watch the water vapor in motion on the NOAA site - it appears that the two storms are connected. I saved this image from the NOAA site today around 11 AM.

Price Gouging in NC? Nawwwwwwwwwww

This graphic comes from Durhamgasprices.com, part of the gasbuddy.com family. Notice how there is a bigger spike for us than the rest of the United States

H I J - We're off to see the wizard - Hanna, Ike, Josephine

Three Tropical entities in the Atlantic - Ike is strong - 935 mb at 5 AM and 938 at 11 AM

Good News Bad News

The drought continues to expand in the southwestern part of the state, while the Triangle is above average for rainfall for the year. What is not being reported is that we are, as a state, in worse condition - looking at the table - this year than we were last year. We are approaching the dog days of August - hopefully the reservoirs will hold out through the rest of the water year.

The 2007-2008 Drought continues in North Carolina. Zoom in to see the individual tables and you will see that the drought increased this week, even with the beneficial 4th of July rainfall. We are in worse shape than last year (middle picture) and not as bad as 2002 (lower picture.) Remember - 2002 was the drought that started during November of 2001, when Greensboro received only a trace amount of water for the entire month of November. Also, remember that the drought took off in earnest last year during the "Dog-Days of August."

Warmer waters off the African Coast have made Bertha an early season Cape Verde Hurricane.

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