A Video Loop of the 2010 Atlantic Hurricane Season & Tropical Storm Bonnie

It's funny how people talk about this season past. I have been accosted by friends on the street who told me "it was such a bust" "so much hoopla" "thought we were gonna get creamed???" because the experts predicted a big season, a high number of storms. With a high number of storms the odds go up (obviously) that someone, somewhere will get hit.

Yet, rather than being grateful all I have heard from friends is whining on how it was such a "quiet" season.

Well... it wasn't such a quiet season. This beautiful loop posted on www.canetalk.com shows us the whole season from the beginning to the end... watch those waters boil..

http://www.nnvl.noaa.gov/MediaDetail.php?MediaID=595&MediaTypeID=2

Thanks JAC for that amazing loop. Might have missed it had you not posted it :)

A lot of places missed getting hit. Cutler Bay was not one of them. Had Bonnie been a Category 3 we would still be talking about the clean up in the Miami area down in Cutler Bay. We got lucky. And, we got a nice quiet, little Tropical Storm that brought us some beautiful tropical weather without any tropical hazards.

http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/07/23/1743672/tropical-storm-bonnie-turns-south.html

I was at the beach that day with storm chaser friends. Great day... great pics... wild surf, unrelenting tropical air tugging at my clothes and blowing my hair in all directions that do not allow me to post here what I looked like ;) But, oh was one of the best days of my year ... loved it. To me the season was not on the rocks but I was on the rocks... and loving it.



Video from other storm chasers...



There is a love of weather that binds us storm chasers and storm trackers that is hard to explain. Unless you have been on the beach, getting sand blasted or spent time hiding behind something hoping to get the perfect shot while not getting sandblasted... you can't really imagine. It's a little crazier than the movies and yet a little safer than you think. But, it's wild and being out with others who understand how magical it is... is golden.

Tropical Storm Bonnie was the real thing and she also hit land far north of the Keys where they were expecting her. Had she been a Category 3 storm that veered north into South Dade rather than Key Largo... we would still be hearing about her today.

Next season...we may not get so lucky and next season is predicted already to be a season with high numbers and mucho storms. So... give thanks for not getting creamed this year and keep those emergency supplies around because if you live in the tropics long enough... you will get hit... it's only a matter of time.

For me..standing out on the rocks by Haulover, holding onto my camera for dear life and my hair being blown about ...the wind rushing through me while trying to stay balanced securely in a good spot was what it is all about. Not death and destruction on the 5 o' clock news but the glory of Mother Nature Gone Wild. And, waking up and sitting on my son's balcony early that morning was as golden and perfect as the sky. Thanks Levi.

So.... enjoy the winter blast of air from the far away Artic and know that in about six months we will be talking about the tropics again. Til then I will be talking about weather and life and how the Miami Dolphins beat the New York Jets last night in a wonderful game to watch...if are a Dolfan and I am ;)

Besos Bobbi


Ps Behind the scenes at the Beach by Bonnie and how those News Stations and the TWC gets those beautiful beach shots at Haulover ;)