It may surprise naming of tropical cyclone has been existing for many years though the practice of naming cyclones in the North Indian ocean basin started a couple of decades back. While the practice of naming cyclones during the first half of the last century did not follow a pattern since 1953 tropical cyclones (hurricanes)…
On 4th December when the first COMK post was made to give a brief outlook on what to expect from the Bay disturbance that now lies as a depression about 700 kms SE of Nagapattinam it talked about taking the entire life cycle into three phases. The first phase when the overall theme in terms…
1964 Rameswaram Cyclone, 2005 Cyclone Fanoos, 2011 Cyclone Thane & 2016 Cyclone Vardah all have one other thing in common in addition to being late NEM season monsoon cyclones during the month of December. All of these also happened during La Nina years in addition to showing a more pronounced WNW path during their life…
The Boy who cried Wolf is a popular story from the Aesop’s fable talking about how a shepherd boy repeatedly fools the villagers about the arrival of a wolf and when the wolf eventually arrives the alarms of the boy is ignored by the villagers due to past experiences. The story ends with the moral…
In cricket matches when things don’t go as per plans and the batting team has the number of the all the main bowlers many a time teams have opted to bring in a part-time bowler who is not exactly known for his / her wicket taking prowess. While often this is made in a hope…
