Air France Disaster & Forensic Meteorology...

As word spread of yesterday's loss of an Air France flight over the Atlantic discussion has run rampant across Facebook, Weather sites online and twitter as to what really happened that could bring down such a plane in mid-flight. Everyone's talking and yet no one has any real answers.

Why? Because the wreckage is most likely at the bottom of the sea in Davy Jones locker. Until wreckage or voice boxes are found... we can only speculate.

I know a kid who wants to be a forensic meteorologist. He's into recreating disasters and figuring out the weather angle. Here's a link he sent which was one of many...

http://www.weathergraphics.com/tim/af447/

Good site.... saw a few yesterday as all the Jacques and Jills tried to put together an answer for how a plane fell out of the sky and no one noticed until it was gone with only an automatically sent signal as the clue.

Sounds like a job for Stephen King or some mystery weather lover who could write a weather novel where all the players die sad, tragic deaths including a prince of the royal family of Brazil and what does my friend say.. "dead floating babies" lost at sea. Sorry, we weather people can be quite macabre at times.

Anyway...the season has started. I went to my brother's house last night for a kick off party after listening to Jim Williams do his kick off show with Jim Leonard on as a guest. Weather people like football, did you know most jocks in high school were weather freaks?? Really..and surfers.. My sister-in-law made a cake because she says the years she made a cake "we" didn't get hit so she figures her chocolate hurricane cake will ward off any possible Bills or Freds or Idas from crashing into her life this September. Personally... I'll take hurricanes any day over tornadoes or earthquakes or most natural disasters. They are the only ones you can prepare for and have even the smallest semblance of control over ..or as I like to say the illusion of control. But, hey... I like a little illusion in my life personally.

My sister in law smiling thinking this cake is going to ward off hurricanes making landfall in Miami!!



My brother thinking just the opposite...




Great cake! Great Hurricanes (the drinks..) yum, yum and talked about life, love and weather as my very weather involved family toasted the start of the 2009 Hurricane Season.

Yes... people die in hurricanes... but they also die crossing the street, having routine surgery and going off to Paris for a vacation they may have waited their entire lives for and never got to enjoy because something went bump in the night in the middle of the tropical convergence zone.

Personally... I think 2009 is going to be one bad year hurricane wise... out of the ordinary storms, tragic endings and everyone will in the end be surprised that it didn't follow the game plan. Just my thoughts. Mexico, South Florida maybe...Carolinas, Gulf Coast at risk with cold fronts still players on the weather maps.

Besos... Bobbi's got to go to work...
Great show last night ..one of the best.

Here's to you Jim and stay safe, stay healthy and stay prepared this year and always.. Bobbi... shout out to Chris for the work he has done on the CaneTalk message board!