The Robertson Effect

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The big news today is Hurricane Katrina. Right from the beginning this storm has been a problem. It was forecast to more or less circumcise Florida in the manner of a previous Hurricane whose name escapes me now, but it suddenly veered south, in effect cutting the folks in middle Florida a lot of slack.

Since then it has moved much farther west than predicted, and various computer models have Katrina hitting the gulf coast anywhere from Florida to Mississippi. What happened? I have a theory. I call my theory, 'The Robertson Effect.' It goes like this:

Pat Robertson's followers in central Florida have honed their prayer skills against hurricanes to such a high degree that they were actually able to influence the path of the storm away from them. Katrina is now in a semi-confused state, but is forecast to eventually head north again. If my theory holds any water at all, then as the storm turns north the folks in the Florida panhandle will begin to pray, which will influence the storm to turn westward toward the coast of Alabama. But Pat also has followers in Alabama. Those folks will also begin to pray.

I predict that (and this is what makes my theory a scientific theory) the folks in Alabama will be able to pray so hard that the storm will turn again to the west and head for the coast of Mississippi. From this point things become complicated: Pat's followers in Mississippi will no doubt be able to pray that sucker even farther (further?) west in the direction of Texas.

But don't mess with Texas! By far the majority of Pat's followers must live in Texas. So... what is a poor little hurricane to do under these circumstances? Head for Mexico of course.

If my theory is correct, the storm will make a sweeping left turn and hit the Mexican coast just south of Brownsville.