re: Storm Tracking Thread: Post Tropical Storm Hermine

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Come on...you know there are a few people (mostly weather professionals) out there who really want a storm to develop just to get their rocks off. I'm not suggesting they're hoping for devastation, but that's the end result of any storm like this that makes landfall. Take this post from gulfcoastwx.com this morning:

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Yeah, but I think most of us are smart and mature enough to distinguish between the weather hobbyist who is sort of hoping to have a storm to follow and the same guy who, if he had the power to control what happens, is not some maniac who would allow the storm to take lives and property.

I follow terrorism events closely. A part of me *likes* assessing the information and the motivations and the methods. But I'm not rejoicing when terrorism occurs, and if I could snap my fingers and have it not occur, I absolutely would.