Created Sun 20th Jul 5:30pm PDT by
gregmatta
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Which Category will have the most Hurricanes in 2008?
Current forecast: Category 4 (78% chance
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Combining all predictions, the current most likely outcome is Category 4 with a probability of 78% (down 10% in last 1 day)
Bertha reached a Cat 3. Which Category will have the most Hurricanes. Does not have to have land fall. Tropical Storms not included.
Category Editor clarification:This question will only refer to hurricanes that form after 21 July, until the end of 2008. Since Dolly became a hurricane on July 22nd, that is the first hurricane that counts for the totals here.
Category Editor clarification:This question will only refer to hurricanes that form after 21 July, until the end of 2008. Since Dolly became a hurricane on July 22nd, that is the first hurricane that counts for the totals here.
Settlement details:
As reported by a major mainstream news source. This question will only refer to hurricanes that form after 21 July, until the end of 2008.
Make your prediction!
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Question suspends in 5 weeks
Suspend date: Tue 30th Dec 7:59pm PST (5 weeks to go)
Initial likelihoods: Category 1: 25%, Category 2: 25%, Category 3: 25%, Category 4: 10%, Category 5: 5%, Tie or other: 10%
Action history:
Created Sun 20th Jul 5:30pm PDT by
gregmatta
Suspended Sun 20th Jul 9:03pm PDT by
destry
: Flagged by super user: Question suspended until clarification can be provided. Are we looking for the highest category each storm achieves and then keeping track of that. Because all category 2 storms, were at one point a category 1 storm.
Unsuspended Mon 21st Jul 2:28am PDT by
tisha
: question has been clarified, see comment
Suspended Tue 30th Sep 8:59pm PDT : Suspend date reached
Changed Description Wed 1st Oct 3:41am PDT by
tisha
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Changed Suspend date Wed 1st Oct 3:41am PDT by
tisha
: was: "2008-09-30 19:59:00"
Unsuspended Wed 1st Oct 3:43am PDT by
tisha
: Suspend date moved to the end of 2008, as per the question details.
Suspend date: Tue 30th Dec 7:59pm PST (5 weeks to go)
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Telegraph 1 week ago
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score: 10
Telegraph 1 week ago
this particular trip back in time isn?t, for once, a literary adaptation. And it?s full of all that crazy weather because its talented director, Marc Munden (The Mark of Cain), is trying to conjure a sense of impending apocalypse. The Devil?s
score: 10
BBC 3 weeks ago
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TheStar.com.my 3 weeks ago
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Also, it's worth noting that a question cannot be created to cover the time period before its creation, so this question will only refer to hurricanes that form after 21 July, until the end of 2008.
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