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Kos Review of Storm World; More Arabian Sea Storm Watching

By cmooney on June 25, 2007.

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Darksyde, over at Daily Kos, has been a really great supporter over the years. I can't thank him enough for this recent, very appreciative review of Storm World, which includes this paragraph (I'm not worthy):

"The book manages to pull together so many stories and personalities from across decades of time and divergent disciplines of science into a single, seamless coherent, and entertaining read -at times reminiscent of science writer Isaac Assimov's fabulous non-fiction/anecdotal approach -- that there's simply no way I could do it full justice here. You'll just have to either read the book and/or catch Chris Mooney at one of his scheduled speaking events this summer. All I can say is Storm World should be crowned the seminal work written for the interested layman on both the science underlying hurricanes and the politics which ensued over them. It is by far the best I've yet read, and as concerned resident of coastal Florida and a science writer on one of the largest progressive blogs on the Internet, I've read a few."

I want to thank Darksyde for spending so much time with the book and writing such an in depth review, which you can read in full here. There aren't many comments--another poster put something up right after Darksyde and knocked the review down the page--so make sure to leave one.

Meanwhile, 03B is struggling to wrap convection around its center, as you can see in this image, and remains a tropical storm. The current track is pointing towards the Iran-Pakistan border, according to the JTWC.

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You are worthy. Don't get a big head, Chris, and keep up the good work.

Best,

D

Unfortunately, you were right on the Arabian Sea cyclone, though a minimal one. This is just in from BBC.

Cyclone adds to Pakistan misery

Many people have been left with nowhere to live
Thousands of people have been evacuated from along Pakistan's Arabian Sea coast to escape a cyclone which is bringing more chaos to the south of the country.

The navy is searching for a number of boats missing or sunk in the storms.

Officials say cyclone Yemyin is losing strength and has now hit Balochistan province, sparing much of Karachi.

Heavy rain in Pakistan's biggest city in recent days has left at least 200 dead. Reports of damage to coastal areas near Karachi are still coming in.

See also Margie's report on how India failed to meet its responsibilities as RSMC, and failed to name the storm or provide warnings. (This means that officially, the storm was not named 'Yemyin', and India may well use that name for the next storm in the region.) Is this a treaty violation on India's part? I think so, but I lack references. Does Pakistan contribute financial or other resources to the upkeep of the RSMC in New Delhi? Again, I suspect so, but I lack references.