someone says:

“Theta has run out of theta-e.” LOL, btw it is post-tropical.

kenn says:

Since the region is already flooded, with standing, stagnant waters from Eta, heated by daytime sun, and warming; i’m thinking: “Brown Water Effect”?

Kenneth E. Lamb says:

Dear Dr. Cowan:

Well, I was wondering how long it’d be before you burned out. G-d knows you gave it your best shot, however, you’re still human like all the rest of us, and obviously you’ve reached your physical and intellectual limit.

I want to congratulate you for lasting as long as you did. Your work is without doubt the Gold Standard for tropical storm vlogs. Nobody touches the quality, accuracy, and depth that you bring to your viewers.

You might as well message your viewers that it’s over for this season. Trust me on this, when I had to message my editors the same way, it took so much pressure off of me. I didn’t have to lay in bed at night feeling guilty for not chasing the latest storm. I know you are too much of a First Tier professional for it not to bother you when you miss a night. Stop beating yourself up, and admit that there is a limit to what a person can do as they age, and that you’ve reached that limit this year.

Nobody will fail to understand, nobody will criticize your decision. The respect people have for you is way beyond any negatives.

Missing Iota, and now if there is another one named Kappa, shows that continuing to post nightly vlogs about the tropics is just beyond any single human’s endurance.

Please accept my most sincere expression of respect for this year’s efforts. Respectfully, maybe it’s time that you looked at the calendar and admitted you’ve reached an age where a person just can’t go on as you have this year. You have an entire professional table filled with so many plates – you can only juggle so many until they start to fall off and break on the floor.

Respectfully, maybe it’s time you partnered with another First Tier vlogger; you have to recognize that the contribution you make to public safety is too vital to have so many missed nights.

Dr. Cowan, when you miss a night, it’s as if the NHC decided to not post for a night either. Yes, your contribution is really that significant. Time to admit the Reality of aging, and bring some young energy into the vlog.

You owe it not only to your viewers; you owe it to every human on Earth who is buffeted, flooded, devastated, and has their life destroyed by these storms.

It’s not about Dr. Cowan; it’s about humanity. G-d gave you a much higher calling than self.

Please read this as the sincere, powerfully respectful compliment and endorsement that it is; lives depend on you. Whether you recognize the impact you have on humanity, or maybe your sense of humility holds you back from recognizing that impact; the Reality is that Tropical Tidbits has to publish every night, for every storm.

You made it what it is, and now you have to live up to it.

G-d has placed millions of lives in your hands – yes millions. It’s your responsibility to safeguard them by doing whatever it takes to protect them.

. . . Respectfully submitted for your most focused consideration.

someone says:

Iota has said goodbye, it has degenerated into a remnant low and the storm has dissipated. Good ridance.

kenn says:

That System east of Central America is really beginning to look like a serious threat. We could really use some Expert analysis on it!