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Thursday, 04/27/2006 6:01:14 PM

Thursday, April 27, 2006 6:01:14 PM

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There are approx. 4,500 oil/gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico...




The above image shows the path's of Katrina and Rita (doesn't that image of the Gulf of Mexico look like a big Bowling Alley, with the oil rigs as bowling pins).

And here's the path of Hurrucane Ivan in 2004...
http://www.progresoweekly.com/images/mapa.jpg (notice how it's in the same bowling alley - just slightly more east).


The 2006 Hurricane forecast calls for:

17 named tropical storms; an average season has 9.6.
9 hurricanes compared to the average of 5.9.
5 major hurricanes with winds exceeding 110 mph; average is 2.3.


http://www.livescience.com/forcesofnature/051206_hurricane_forecast_2006.html