# Tropical Storm Epsilon & God's Broken Finger **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 29, 2005, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storm-epsilon-gods-broken-finger/333295 "2005-11-29T23:38:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storm-epsilon-gods-broken-finger/333295/21 "2005-12-01T14:46:54Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > The “before” looks like a _middle_ finger to me. They could rename it “Fist of God”. Looks more like a narwhal to me. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storm-epsilon-gods-broken-finger/333295/22 "2005-12-01T15:32:57Z")
> [@Rysdad](#): > > Did you notice the 5th picture down? There is a definite moon shot going on there. That’s what I was gonna say! But why does he/ she(?) have a top on? Suffering from Donald Duck syndrome? ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storm-epsilon-gods-broken-finger/333295/23 "2005-12-01T16:02:02Z")
> [@BwanaBob](#): > > Lord knows what happens if we run out of Greek letters. Maybe we move on to [On Beyond Zebra](http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0394800842/ref=sib_dp_pt/104-6800630-6723943#reader-link)? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storm-epsilon-gods-broken-finger/333295/24 "2005-12-01T17:22:42Z")
Let Epsilon \> 0. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storm-epsilon-gods-broken-finger/333295/25 "2005-12-01T17:45:59Z")
It looks more like the Giant Termite Mound of God to me. Maybe the Big Guy decided it was time to call in the exterminators. > [@Rysdad](#): > > Did you notice the 5th picture down? There is a definite moon shot going on there. > [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > That’s what I was gonna say! But why does he/ she(?) have a top on? Suffering from Donald Duck syndrome? I’m pretty sure that’s a woman. Maybe the ice cream hut has a sign that says, “No shirt, no shoes, no service,” and she was just following the rules 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Viscera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/258eb7/32.png) [@Viscera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Viscera)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storm-epsilon-gods-broken-finger/333295/26 "2005-12-01T20:44:12Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Being in a hurricane zone, I’ve also read a few things on this. Conjecture to this point is that more hurricanes are NOT an outcome of global warming, but that more powerful hurricanes may be. This will probably end up being one of those things where they end up quibbling about it forever and we really never know what is true. Very true, and yes, there will be quibbling forever. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storm-epsilon-gods-broken-finger/333295/27 "2005-12-01T22:26:15Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Being in a hurricane zone, I’ve also read a few things on this. Conjecture to this point is that more hurricanes are NOT an outcome of global warming, but that more powerful hurricanes may be. Did you see this bit on how the [Circulation of the Atlantic is slowing down](http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8398)? If the ocean won’t move the heat anymore, the atmosphere will do it. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storm-epsilon-gods-broken-finger/333295/28 "2005-12-01T23:13:07Z")
“The moving finger writes, and having writ, moves on.” Now, I’ll quietly walk away as if I knew what that means… ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storm-epsilon-gods-broken-finger/333295/29 "2005-12-01T23:25:08Z")
**AskNott** , for whom the bell tolls… ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storm-epsilon-gods-broken-finger/333295/30 "2005-12-04T02:30:04Z")
I’d think that if God were to insult us, he’d do so in a much more [grandiose manner](http://heritage.stsci.edu/2000/06/big.html). ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storm-epsilon-gods-broken-finger/333295/31 "2005-12-04T02:46:50Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Being in a hurricane zone, I’ve also read a few things on this. Conjecture to this point is that more hurricanes are NOT an outcome of global warming, but that more powerful hurricanes may be. This will probably end up being one of those things where they end up quibbling about it forever and we really never know what is true. It’s cyclical, and another thing is the technology has improved over the past 20 years. It’s quite likely smaller storms like Gamma and Delta would have been missed in years past. Most meteorologists will tell you that the past two years of increased hurricanes are not the result of global warming. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storm-epsilon-gods-broken-finger/333295/32 "2005-12-04T05:01:32Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > I’d think that if God were to insult us, he’d do so in a much more [grandiose manner](http://heritage.stsci.edu/2000/06/big.html). Your God has short legs, and a damned BIG hand. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storm-epsilon-gods-broken-finger/333295/33 "2005-12-04T05:13:00Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > Your God has…a damned BIG hand. All the better to smite thee with, my son. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storm-epsilon-gods-broken-finger/333295/34 "2005-12-04T09:38:38Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > Your God has short legs, and a damned BIG hand. No no, see, he’s really far away and has super-long arms. He’s doing a Reed Richards. ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storm-epsilon-gods-broken-finger/333295/35 "2005-12-04T14:06:39Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Let Epsilon \> 0. No!!! :eek: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storm-epsilon-gods-broken-finger/333295.md?page=1)