kalm wrote: ↑Sat Apr 18, 2026 4:48 pm
Caribbean Hen wrote: ↑Sat Apr 18, 2026 8:17 am
So you’re telling me 500,000 Cuban’s risked their lives based on a prediction?
Nooooo, the Gulf Stream is a very well known stable sea current… so well known that it has provided freedom for hundreds of thousands of Cubans who knew that if they could get into the Gulf Stream by paddling offshore they would drift towards Florida….
Maybe we should rename it the freedom current
I’m not telling you anything. I’m questioning your prediction.
Has the Gulf Stream influenced currents that send warm water to Northern Europe ever shut off?
Well, to be able to answer your question we would need to define the Gulf Stream….
The Florida current (the high velocity part of the Gulf Stream) has not weakened at all
The AMOC has slightly weakened
Every time I see a media story on CNN stating the Gulf Stream is weakening. I’m like hold on…
If you’re actually interested, read the article article at the link …it basically justifies everything I’ve been trying to explain to KlamNeanderthal for the past week
https://globalocean.noaa.gov/reassessin ... ervations/
There is growing scientific interest in quantifying how large-scale ocean circulation is evolving as part of a changing global climate. Of particular interest is the potential weakening of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). However, the strength of the Florida Current, a key component of the AMOC, has remained stable for the past four decades, according to a new study by scientists at NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML), the University of Miami Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS), and the National Oceanography Centre (UK).