Category 7: End Of The World

[Ixolib]

[theworld]

Category 5-156-175
Category 6-176-211
Category 7-211-250

Unfortunately, we will see the above type of storms in our lifetime terrorize the coastlines of the world. Sorry.

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Fooling the Experts

Although clues in the present can help us anticipate the future, the human factor often makes fools of those who too confidently make predictions. The following are just a few examples of experts who were sure about
their pessimistic predictions.

In 1927, film producer Harry Warner said, "Who the hell wants to
hear actors talk?"

In 1905, Grover Cleveland said, "Sensible and responsible women
do not want to vote."

In the 1830s, Dionysius Lardner, author of The Steam Engine
Explained and Illustrated, said, "Rail travel at high speeds is not
possible because passengers, unable to breathe, would die of
asphyxia."

When told of Robert Fulton's steamboat, Napoleon said, "What, sir,
would you make a ship sail against the wind and currents by lighting
a bonfire under her deck? I pray you, excuse me, I have not the
time to listen to such nonsense."

On the eve of World War II, Admiral Clark Woodward said, "As far
as sinking a ship with a bomb is concerned, it can never be done."

Thomas Edison said, "Just as certain as death, George Westinghouse
will kill a customer within six months after he puts in an electric
system of any size," and "the phonograph has no commercial value
at all."

"This telephone has too many shortcomings to be considered as a
means of communication," said the president of Western Union in
1876. "The device is of inherently no value to us."

The president of Michigan Savings Banks advised Henry Ford's
lawyer not to invest in the Ford Motor Company because, he said,
"The horse is here to stay, the automobile is a novelty."

In 1921, radio pioneer David Sarnoff said, "The wireless music box
has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message
sent to nobody in particular?"

In 1926, Lee DeForest, inventor of the vacuum tube, said, "While
theoretically and technically television may be feasible, commercially
and financially I consider it an impossibility."

"Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible," said Lord Kelvin,
president of the British Royal Society and one of the nineteenth
century's greatest experts on thermodynamics.

"A rocket will never be able to leave the earth's atmosphere," stated
the New York Times in 1936.

"Space travel is utter bilge," said a British astronomerin 1956.

"There is no likelihood man can ever tap the power of the atom,"
said Nobel Prize-winning physicist Robert Milliken in 1923.

"Taking the best left-handed pitcher in baseball and converting him
into a right fielder is one of the dumbest things I ever heard," said
Tris Speaker in 1919. He was talking about Babe Ruth.

In 1929, Yale economist Irving Fisher said, "Stock prices have
reached what looks like a permanently high plateau." Two weeks
later, the stock market crashed.

MGM executive Irving Thalberg had this for Louis B. Mayer
regarding Gone With the Wind: "Forget it, Louie, no Civil War
picture ever made a nickel."

The director of Blue Book Modeling Agency advised Marilyn
Monroe in 1944, "You better learn secretarial work or else get
married."

"You ain't going nowhere, son. You ought to go back to driving a
truck," said Jim Denny, manager of the Grand Ole Opry, in firing
Elvis Presley after a performance in 1954.

"We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out
anyway," said the president of Decca Records, rejecting the Beatles
in 1962.

Darryl Zanuck observed, in 1946, "Television won't last because
people will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night."

The chairman of IBM said, "I think there is a world market for
about five computers," in 1943.

"There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his
home," said the president of Digital Electronic Corporation in 1977.

"We will bury you," predicted Nikita Kruschev in 1958.

Visionary designer Buckminster Fuller said, in 1966, "By 2000,
politics will simply fade away. We will not see any political parties."

Social scientist David Riesman declared, in 1967, "If anything
remains more or less unchanged, it will be the role of women."

And here's one for those who worry that the world will end in the
year 2000: Henry Adams said, in 1903, "My fingers coincide in
fixing 1950 as the year when the world must go smash. The world is
coming to an end in 1950."

As Fats Waller, one of the great philosophers of the twentieth
century, observed, "One never knows, do one?" That is an excellent
adage for futurists.

Herbert I. London is President of the Hudson Institute and publisher
of American Outlook.

[wxwatcher91]

this is apparently the new thing with weather films: always show the Statue of Liberty being affected.

first we have the Day After Tomorrow with ice up to its head. and now we have this film with its face breaking off.

[Innotech]

I don't care how cheesy the movie is. If it's about weather I'm going to watch it.

Im with ya on that, HurricaneGirl

I say the same. My favorite all-time weather-related movie is "Twister," there is nothing better!

I will never forget the cow flying in the air and also the 18-wheeler!

damn right. One of my favorite movies ever.

[vbhoutex]

Category 5-156-175
Category 6-176-211
Category 7-211-250

Unfortunately, we will see the above type of storms in our lifetime terrorize the coastlines of the world. Sorry.

---------------------
Fooling the Experts

Although clues in the present can help us anticipate the future, the human factor often makes fools of those who too confidently make predictions. The following are just a few examples of experts who were sure about
their pessimistic predictions.

In 1927, film producer Harry Warner said, "Who the hell wants to
hear actors talk?"

In 1905, Grover Cleveland said, "Sensible and responsible women
do not want to vote."

In the 1830s, Dionysius Lardner, author of The Steam Engine
Explained and Illustrated, said, "Rail travel at high speeds is not
possible because passengers, unable to breathe, would die of
asphyxia."

When told of Robert Fulton's steamboat, Napoleon said, "What, sir,
would you make a ship sail against the wind and currents by lighting
a bonfire under her deck? I pray you, excuse me, I have not the
time to listen to such nonsense."

On the eve of World War II, Admiral Clark Woodward said, "As far
as sinking a ship with a bomb is concerned, it can never be done."

Thomas Edison said, "Just as certain as death, George Westinghouse
will kill a customer within six months after he puts in an electric
system of any size," and "the phonograph has no commercial value
at all."

"This telephone has too many shortcomings to be considered as a
means of communication," said the president of Western Union in
1876. "The device is of inherently no value to us."

The president of Michigan Savings Banks advised Henry Ford's
lawyer not to invest in the Ford Motor Company because, he said,
"The horse is here to stay, the automobile is a novelty."

In 1921, radio pioneer David Sarnoff said, "The wireless music box
has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message
sent to nobody in particular?"

In 1926, Lee DeForest, inventor of the vacuum tube, said, "While
theoretically and technically television may be feasible, commercially
and financially I consider it an impossibility."

"Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible," said Lord Kelvin,
president of the British Royal Society and one of the nineteenth
century's greatest experts on thermodynamics.

"A rocket will never be able to leave the earth's atmosphere," stated
the New York Times in 1936.

"Space travel is utter bilge," said a British astronomerin 1956.

"There is no likelihood man can ever tap the power of the atom,"
said Nobel Prize-winning physicist Robert Milliken in 1923.

"Taking the best left-handed pitcher in baseball and converting him
into a right fielder is one of the dumbest things I ever heard," said
Tris Speaker in 1919. He was talking about Babe Ruth.

In 1929, Yale economist Irving Fisher said, "Stock prices have
reached what looks like a permanently high plateau." Two weeks
later, the stock market crashed.

MGM executive Irving Thalberg had this for Louis B. Mayer
regarding Gone With the Wind: "Forget it, Louie, no Civil War
picture ever made a nickel."

The director of Blue Book Modeling Agency advised Marilyn
Monroe in 1944, "You better learn secretarial work or else get
married."

"You ain't going nowhere, son. You ought to go back to driving a
truck," said Jim Denny, manager of the Grand Ole Opry, in firing
Elvis Presley after a performance in 1954.

"We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out
anyway," said the president of Decca Records, rejecting the Beatles
in 1962.

Darryl Zanuck observed, in 1946, "Television won't last because
people will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night."

The chairman of IBM said, "I think there is a world market for
about five computers," in 1943.

"There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his
home," said the president of Digital Electronic Corporation in 1977.

"We will bury you," predicted Nikita Kruschev in 1958.

Visionary designer Buckminster Fuller said, in 1966, "By 2000,
politics will simply fade away. We will not see any political parties."

Social scientist David Riesman declared, in 1967, "If anything
remains more or less unchanged, it will be the role of women."

And here's one for those who worry that the world will end in the
year 2000: Henry Adams said, in 1903, "My fingers coincide in
fixing 1950 as the year when the world must go smash. The world is
coming to an end in 1950."

As Fats Waller, one of the great philosophers of the twentieth
century, observed, "One never knows, do one?" That is an excellent
adage for futurists.

Herbert I. London is President of the Hudson Institute and publisher
of American Outlook.

Just because their predictions did not pan out doesn't mean that the one concerning storms of that magnitude will or won't. Most of those listed have something to do with something mechanical, shich man can control, which a weather phenomena is far from. Your opening statement is just as bold and just as fallible as all of the ones you listed.

[HurricaneGirl]

I don't care how cheesy the movie is. If it's about weather I'm going to watch it.

Im with ya on that, HurricaneGirl

I say the same. My favorite all-time weather-related movie is "Twister," there is nothing better!

I will never forget the cow flying in the air and also the 18-wheeler!

damn right. One of my favorite movies ever.

Like if I'm flippin through the channels and The Day After Tomorrow is on HBO I'll just stop and watch it automatically, no matter what part of the movie it is.

Twister rocks and I watch the DVD at least 2 or 3 times a year to get what I refer to as my "Twister Fix".

I also own a tape of that Hurricane movie with Larry Hagman in it. Where they get trapped in a boat in the eye of the hurricane and this submarine comes and rescues them at the end.

[Duffy]

I don't care how cheesy the movie is. If it's about weather I'm going to watch it.

Im with ya on that, HurricaneGirl

I say the same. My favorite all-time weather-related movie is "Twister," there is nothing better!

I will never forget the cow flying in the air and also the 18-wheeler!

damn right. One of my favorite movies ever.

Like if I'm flippin through the channels and The Day After Tomorrow is on HBO I'll just stop and watch it automatically, no matter what part of the movie it is.

I seen that movie, The Day After Tommorrow, it Rocked!!

[fuzzyblow]

this is apparently the new thing with weather films: always show the Statue of Liberty being affected.

first we have the Day After Tomorrow with ice up to its head. and now we have this film with its face breaking off.

It's realy mean something to me like, America realize that liberty is limited outside and around because it's a relative world.
For me the true meaning of the statue is more like, liberty of BEING what you realy are, from inside to outside, (liberty of speaking by exemple,,,

[stormcloud]

I'm sure CBS will work into their movie it's all because of global warming.

[theworld]

Category 5-156-175
Category 6-176-211
Category 7-211-250

Unfortunately, we will see the above type of storms in our lifetime terrorize the coastlines of the world. Sorry.

---------------------
Fooling the Experts

Although clues in the present can help us anticipate the future, the human factor often makes fools of those who too confidently make predictions. The following are just a few examples of experts who were sure about
their pessimistic predictions.

In 1927, film producer Harry Warner said, "Who the hell wants to
hear actors talk?"

In 1905, Grover Cleveland said, "Sensible and responsible women
do not want to vote."

In the 1830s, Dionysius Lardner, author of The Steam Engine
Explained and Illustrated, said, "Rail travel at high speeds is not
possible because passengers, unable to breathe, would die of
asphyxia."

When told of Robert Fulton's steamboat, Napoleon said, "What, sir,
would you make a ship sail against the wind and currents by lighting
a bonfire under her deck? I pray you, excuse me, I have not the
time to listen to such nonsense."

On the eve of World War II, Admiral Clark Woodward said, "As far
as sinking a ship with a bomb is concerned, it can never be done."

Thomas Edison said, "Just as certain as death, George Westinghouse
will kill a customer within six months after he puts in an electric
system of any size," and "the phonograph has no commercial value
at all."

"This telephone has too many shortcomings to be considered as a
means of communication," said the president of Western Union in
1876. "The device is of inherently no value to us."

The president of Michigan Savings Banks advised Henry Ford's
lawyer not to invest in the Ford Motor Company because, he said,
"The horse is here to stay, the automobile is a novelty."

In 1921, radio pioneer David Sarnoff said, "The wireless music box
has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message
sent to nobody in particular?"

In 1926, Lee DeForest, inventor of the vacuum tube, said, "While
theoretically and technically television may be feasible, commercially
and financially I consider it an impossibility."

"Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible," said Lord Kelvin,
president of the British Royal Society and one of the nineteenth
century's greatest experts on thermodynamics.

"A rocket will never be able to leave the earth's atmosphere," stated
the New York Times in 1936.

"Space travel is utter bilge," said a British astronomerin 1956.

"There is no likelihood man can ever tap the power of the atom,"
said Nobel Prize-winning physicist Robert Milliken in 1923.

"Taking the best left-handed pitcher in baseball and converting him
into a right fielder is one of the dumbest things I ever heard," said
Tris Speaker in 1919. He was talking about Babe Ruth.

In 1929, Yale economist Irving Fisher said, "Stock prices have
reached what looks like a permanently high plateau." Two weeks
later, the stock market crashed.

MGM executive Irving Thalberg had this for Louis B. Mayer
regarding Gone With the Wind: "Forget it, Louie, no Civil War
picture ever made a nickel."

The director of Blue Book Modeling Agency advised Marilyn
Monroe in 1944, "You better learn secretarial work or else get
married."

"You ain't going nowhere, son. You ought to go back to driving a
truck," said Jim Denny, manager of the Grand Ole Opry, in firing
Elvis Presley after a performance in 1954.

"We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out
anyway," said the president of Decca Records, rejecting the Beatles
in 1962.

Darryl Zanuck observed, in 1946, "Television won't last because
people will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night."

The chairman of IBM said, "I think there is a world market for
about five computers," in 1943.

"There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his
home," said the president of Digital Electronic Corporation in 1977.

"We will bury you," predicted Nikita Kruschev in 1958.

Visionary designer Buckminster Fuller said, in 1966, "By 2000,
politics will simply fade away. We will not see any political parties."

Social scientist David Riesman declared, in 1967, "If anything
remains more or less unchanged, it will be the role of women."

And here's one for those who worry that the world will end in the
year 2000: Henry Adams said, in 1903, "My fingers coincide in
fixing 1950 as the year when the world must go smash. The world is
coming to an end in 1950."

As Fats Waller, one of the great philosophers of the twentieth
century, observed, "One never knows, do one?" That is an excellent
adage for futurists.

Herbert I. London is President of the Hudson Institute and publisher
of American Outlook.

Just because their predictions did not pan out doesn't mean that the one concerning storms of that magnitude will or won't. Most of those listed have something to do with something mechanical, shich man can control, which a weather phenomena is far from. Your opening statement is just as bold and just as fallible as all of the ones you listed.

"which man can control, which a weather phenomena is far from"

You couldn't have put it any better. Thanks.

[f5]

Category 10 would be an atomic bomb with maximum sustained winds up to 500 mph with gust up to 750

[WeatherEmperor]

seriously, whoever watches this movie and enjoys it has some major issues....

<RICKY>

[HurricaneGirl]

Hey, I represent that remark!

[Duffy]

:uarrow: Hey, I represent that remark!

Did you mean "Resent", HurricaneGirl?

[Rainband]

seriously, whoever watches this movie and enjoys it has some major issues....

<RICKY>

With all due respect...a statement like that is both rude and uncalled for.

[brunota2003]

seriously, whoever watches this movie and enjoys it has some major issues....

<RICKY>

I enjoyed "Twister" "The Night of the Twisters" and "The Day After Tomorrow" so does that mean I have major issues???

[HurricaneGirl]

:uarrow: Hey, I represent that remark!

Did you mean "Resent", HurricaneGirl?

Very good Duffy, you caught that!

[Duffy]

Thanks, HG, yes i did

[southerngale]

what would a CAT 10 be?

End of the cockroaches!

did you know cockroches are the only species to withstand a nuclear blast

Yep! Disgusting little creatures...YUK!!

I was hoping that a cat.10 might blow them all to pieces though.

[arkess7]

still come on......... dont they have other stuff to make movies about???????????? but i guess after 2005 season some slimebucket wants to make money of off it ............thats just gross IMO!!!!