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Will 12 or more named storms occur in the 2008 Atlantic Hurricane Season?

Settled as Yes

There have now been 12 storms
Arthur, Bertha, Cristobal, Dolly, Edouard, Fay, Gustav, Hanna, Ike, Josephine, Kyle, Laura

Background:

There were 9 named Atlantic storms in 2006 and 15 named storms in 2007.


Settlement details: As reported by a major mainstream news source.

 
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Settled

Yes
94%
No
6%
Activity: H$39,624
Settled as Yes on Mon 29th Sep 4:41pm PDT

Suspend date: last Sunday 11:59pm PST Settlement date: Mon 29th Sep 4:41pm PDTPrediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Mon 29th Sep 12pm PDT have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled

Initial likelihoods: Yes: 50%

Action history:

Created Tue 29th Jan 4:35pm PST by nelley
Edited Thu 6th Mar 1:31pm PST by tisha[Admin]
Settlement requested Mon 29th Sep 9:25am PDT by divakaleigh: http://www.weather.com/newscenter/hurricanecentral/update/index.html?from=hurricane_welcome

Laura is the twelfth storm of the season.
Suspended Mon 29th Sep 2:29pm PDT by onedave[Power User]: Suspended pending settlement
Settlement requested Mon 29th Sep 2:29pm PDT by onedave[Power User]: Subtropical storm Laura formed at 5:00 am AST today. It is the 12th named storm. (market suspended)
Settled as 'Yes' Mon 29th Sep 4:41pm PDT by ryanj[Admin]: There have now been 12 storms
Arthur, Bertha, Cristobal, Dolly, Edouard, Fay, Gustav, Hanna, Ike, Josephine, Kyle, Laura

Suspend date: last Sunday 11:59pm PST Settlement date: Mon 29th Sep 4:41pm PDTPrediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Mon 29th Sep 12pm PDT have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled
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Predictions (149)

149 predictions

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bruns_david predicted No (H$15 at 6%)
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divakaleigh predicted No (H$100 at 8%)
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divakaleigh predicted No (H$200 at 8%)
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bruns_david predicted No (H$15 at 7%)
11 weeks ago
divakaleigh predicted No (H$100 at 6%)
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Comments (1)

  1 nelley
What I meant to say was that there were 9 named storms in 2006 - not 2008. Sorry.
posted 43 weeks ago

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