Created Sun 6th Jul 6:45pm PDT by
meanderingsearcher
All questions » General » Weather » Will the weather disturbance known as "Bertha" make landfall anywhere in Canada?
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The initial odds for this are off as destry pointed out. A Hurricaine or Tropical Storm hitting Canada, while not unheard of is extremely unlikely.
Background:>
Bertha must still be rated as a tropical storm or hurricane when it makes landfall to count as a "yes"
Settlement details:
As reported by a major mainstream news source.
Suspend date: Tue 15th Jul 12:59am PDT
Initial likelihoods: Yes: 49%
Action history:
Created Sun 6th Jul 6:45pm PDT by
meanderingsearcher
Voided Mon 7th Jul 7:38am PDT by
ryanj
: The initial odds for this are off as destry pointed out. A Hurricaine or Tropical Storm hitting Canada, while not unheard of is extremely unlikely.
Suspend date: Tue 15th Jul 12:59am PDT
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score: 10
Miami Herald 21 weeks ago
Tropical storm Bertha has strengthened to become the first hurricane of the Atlantic season.. . As of 5 a.m. EDT Monday, Hurricane Bertha was about ...
score: 10
Washington Post 21 weeks ago
Tropical storm Bertha has strengthened to become the first hurricane of the Atlantic season. . . As of 5 a.m. EDT Monday, Hurricane Bertha was ...
score: 10
SABC 21 weeks ago
the US National Hurricane Center said. The Miami-based center said it was still too early to determine if Bertha would hit any land as computer models showed it would eventually start curving to the northwest and then to the north, possibly taking it
score: 10
Xinhua News Agency 21 weeks ago
BEIJING, July 7 (Xinhuanet) -- Tropical storm Bertha, which is approaching warmer waters, may strengthen into the first hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic storm season sometime during the next few days. At 11 a.m. EDT Sunday, Bertha was
score: 10
Macro World Investor 21 weeks ago
AM Tropical Storm Bertha became the first Atlantic hurricane of 2008 early Monday, a Category 1 system with 75 mph winds over the mid-Atlantic Ocean. A report from the U.S. National Hurricane
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and now that i've finished my coffee and smoke , i got to get back to work....interesting how this question got voided as "highly unlikely"
The last report I read prior to voiding stated that the storm would probably dissipate after Bermuda. It's not that it can't happen but that so early in the game 50/50 odds aren't accurate.
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Ryan
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