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Accuweather forecaster Joe Bastardi on Monday will unveil his hurricane forecast for the 2008 season. He expects more storms, with more making landfall.

(Hurricane Katrina’s eyewall, photographed by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration “hurricane hunter pilot” in 2005. Image: Lieutenant Mike Silah. Courtesy NOAA)

AccuWeather Hurricane Summit: Joe Bastardi
Bastardi utilized these methods in 2005 to become the first to accurately predict the path of Hurricane Katrina and the formation and path of Hurricane Rita. Bastardi and his team also began warning of the storm that would later become Hurricane Humberto as early as four days before the National Hurricane Center (NHC) first acknowledged weather conditions conducive for the development of the storm.

… without getting all touchy-feely.

An infrared scanner developed in Woburn, Mass. might replace the bully boys and girls (now wearing new, policeman-like uniforms) feeling around passengers’ bodies for explosives and drugs. The Iscon 1000 can detect slight temperature differences, and is safer, because it does not use X-rays.

ISCON
Iscon1000 scans for temperature differences on the body’s surface, or for temperature imbalances between the body, clothes and any hidden objects. Because all objects radiate heat and resist temperature change differently, Iscon1000’s image analysis technology is capable of detecting minute temperature differences of hidden objects regardless of the organic or inorganic nature of the substance.

Who needs numbers when a “macabre” story, this one an apparent suicide, can spark irrational fears?

They are “not an everyday occurrence,” but the shady Freedom States Alliance calls the infinitesimal number of gun club suicides enough to merit action against gun owners and enthusiasts.

Gun Guys
One of the least-discussed aspects of gun violence is one that we keep track of on GunGuys: gun ranges becoming a place of choice for people who want to commit suicide.

It’s not an everyday occurrence, but it happens enough to question the practice of renting guns without supervision. We’re not sure of the solution, but we can tell you that there’s definitely a macabre problem at hand here.