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guess they will be selling those goods at a discount now?

[Edited on June 7, 2005 at 7:41 PM. Reason : w]

6/7/2005 7:40:06 PM

Thank you Bermuda High.

However, you better be no where in sight come hurricane time because that will keep them from coming up this way and that will make me .

6/7/2005 9:34:17 PM

^^ FDA wouldn't allow it

6/7/2005 11:53:25 PM

early on it looks like perhaps a ts/min hurricane hitting somewhere close to Florida panhandle/bama area next week


when a TS develops, this person does a pretty good job explaining it...still has the last storm of last year discussion.

http://www.millenniumweather.com/tropical/discuss.html

[Edited on June 8, 2005 at 1:19 PM. Reason : w]

6/8/2005 1:15:36 PM

hmmm, computer models are saying maybe a lil stronger system now

[Edited on June 8, 2005 at 2:05 PM. Reason : e]

6/8/2005 2:04:43 PM

I love thunderstorms. I wouldn't mind experiencing a real hurricane as long as I was in a secure, safe place. My family moved down here right after Hugo, and nothing else has really hit so hard in the Piedmont.

I wouldn't be surprised to see all sorts of weird stuff during this season; the weather was so weird last summer through till now (unseasonal lows and highs in temperature, etc). I could definitely see a huge hurricane make landfall.

[Edited on June 8, 2005 at 2:13 PM. Reason : ]

6/8/2005 2:12:23 PM

So, which one is going to be the big one that destroys New Orleans?

6/8/2005 2:31:52 PM

looks like Arlene, probably 60mph at landfall, will hit around the same area that Ivan did. Also, it is getting sheared and that looks like it will continue(to some degree) so no rapid strengthening should occur...just a rain maker(and a fast mover so no flooding, just enough to ruin the weekend, or at least Sat for Al/FL.

another area to look at

http://wwwghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/get-goes?satellite=GOES-8%20HURRICANE&lat=26&lon=-57.0&zoom=2&info=vis&width=600&height=425&type=Animation&numframes=8

http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/tc_pages/tc_home.html

6/9/2005 12:20:01 PM

God hates Florida

6/10/2005 12:14:50 PM

6/10/2005 10:18:36 PM

it should strengthen a little before it hits, and its supposed to actually stall out now and just sit over the panhandle, must suck to be a floridian.

6/10/2005 10:23:35 PM

stall out? havent heard that, 16mph is a nice clip just to stall....it suppose to be long gone by Sunday, i mean, by then it will be in Tenn.

6/10/2005 11:15:51 PM

Arlene sucked, although Florida still got plenty of flooding from it and a little water damage to roads and stuff

next

6/14/2005 1:23:04 AM

It's early. Give it time. I was just happy to see a tropical something this early in the year. Although we don't want to sap all of the warm water at the surface for dinky tropical storms. We want there to be plenty of juce for the big ones!

6/14/2005 1:17:19 PM

bret maybe?

http://www.wral.com/news/4651660/detail.html

6/25/2005 3:21:28 PM

Let's get this party started!

Tropical Storm Cindy
http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/tracking/at200503.html
Looks like a nice rain maker for us by Friday.

Tropical Storm Dennis
http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/tracking/at200504.html
Looks to be a hurricane by Thursday albeit a weak one. No fun our way just yet, but the one's that we want are Cape Verde storms anyways.

7/5/2005 6:26:26 PM

Dennis forcast to become a major cane



[Edited on July 5, 2005 at 11:44 PM. Reason : w]

7/5/2005 11:44:08 PM

7/6/2005 9:29:40 AM

ok, not a drop of rain from cindy at my house. funny tho - 30 miles down the road, power losses and tons of rain.

dennis.... ugh. making us more than a little uncomfortable here in LA.

7/6/2005 9:39:16 AM

does LA power system suck? I read 250k without power

7/6/2005 9:57:13 AM

I was talking with my friend last night who lives in New Orleans and she said it was fun there. As I was talking to her her power went out and she wasn't sure how or if things were flooded yet.

Damn you Florida stealing our hurricanes!!!!!!!! (At the time of this posting, Dennis was foreacast to track into the panhandle)

7/6/2005 2:46:26 PM

Quote :

"If a tornado hit your house, would you say oh well, its natural, or would you be upset about it and want some sympathy???"

This happened to me not three months ago (Okay, it destroyed my garage, but not the house, a seperate building.)

Even looking at my boat lying under a pile of broken wood, the only thought that went through my head was "Wow, I've never seen a 700 pound wooden door fly over a hundred yards without hitting the ground." This thought however could only be expressed from my mouth as "wuuuuuh?"

Oh, and...

Quote :

"its called homeowners insurance"

Yup!

Hurricanes, when dealt with properly, are extremely fun. It helps to be sober during the entire event, as you tend to pick the wrong moment to play hurricane football when you're drunk. But barbeque prepared during the opening showers, followed by just hanging out all night (or day, but lately we haven't been hit in the day.) watching half the state fly by is pretty damn cool.

Quote :

"I love thunderstorms. I wouldn't mind experiencing a real hurricane as long as I was in a secure, safe place. My family moved down here right after Hugo, and nothing else has really hit so hard in the Piedmont."

Er... Most of Hugo's damage was in the western Piedmont. If you're central Piedmont, Fran in 1996 should have been some fun.

[Edited on July 6, 2005 at 11:50 PM. Reason : More stuff]

7/6/2005 11:46:18 PM

its gradualllllllllllllly making that turn, hopefully it will hurry up and curl really big time

maybe a good front will move in and help it out

7/7/2005 12:55:02 AM

Quote :

"Hurricane Dennis nears Jamaica"

we're going there on our honeymoon next weekend

7/7/2005 8:50:38 AM

Damn, that was a lot of rain over this way. Woke up to a tornado warning about 10 miles from here, and flooding all over. And it's only July.

7/8/2005 12:40:01 AM

dennis is now category 4.



[Edited on July 8, 2005 at 12:45 AM. Reason : *]

7/8/2005 12:44:24 AM

well Florida, welcome back to hurricane season

7/8/2005 2:58:19 AM

Quote :

"Once Dennis hits the gulf, it will travel over warm, hurricane-friendly waters that should allow it to strengthen further. Meanwhile, upper-atmosphere wind patterns that typically tear hurricanes apart in July are absent. No major hurricane has hit Florida during July, and July storms passing near Dennis' current location have typically spun west, away from Florida, according to records dating to 1851. But that kind of history is irrelevant, National Hurricane Center meteorologist Eric Blake said. "You can throw all those rules of thumb out — they're pretty much useless," he said. "Conditions are exceptionally favorable for hurricane activity.""

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/state/content/state/epaper/2005/07/08/m1a_dennis_0708.html

7/8/2005 11:14:06 AM

7/8/2005 1:45:32 PM

Here in Miami its raining like hell and there were gusts already over 50 mph at the airport.

The Tortugas and lower Keys are getting POUNDED. Looks like we're in for nasty weather. Hell of a storm, but thank goodness its going to spare most of the populous areas down here from a direct hit. Some people to the west at the Everglades are evacuating. Its interesting to watch, I just don't want any fatalities. 18 poor souls are already dead in Haiti.

I have nothing to worry about. I live in concrete fortress and on higher ground just west of downtown Miami

7/8/2005 8:42:17 PM

i'm supposed to be in islamorada next week -- is it still gonna be there?

7/8/2005 8:49:57 PM

It's supposed to be in Kentucky next week, though I did hear someone say there's a new model that says the storm could go north and stall in Georgia. But, the majority of forcasts have it going between Pensacola and Mobile, then moving on.

7/9/2005 12:31:43 AM

Quote :

"is it still gonna be there?"

sorry, i meant the island not the hurricane

7/9/2005 12:34:19 AM

Cuba beat the shit out of Dennis

7/9/2005 1:08:25 AM

Damn you Dennis

7/9/2005 1:14:46 AM

Quote :

"Only three major hurricanes (Category 3 or higher) have hit the U.S. coast in July in the past 100 years. When the maximum sustained winds in Hurricane Dennis peaked at 150 mph on Friday morning, Dennis officially became the strongest July Atlantic Basin hurricane on record and the strongest Atlantic hurricane this early in hurricane season."

7/9/2005 9:23:09 PM

you damn right

7/9/2005 9:58:23 PM

back up to cat 3 with 127 mph winds

7/9/2005 11:04:59 PM

someones gonna get clobbered.

7/9/2005 11:28:53 PM

back up to 135 mph and cat 4

projected path:

7/10/2005 2:06:56 AM

145 mph and

Quote :

"The current pressure of 934 mb as of 3 a.m. is lowest pressure recorded with this particular hurricane."

http://www.weather.com/newscenter/tropical/

7/10/2005 3:26:46 AM

could this do like andrew in 92 and become a cat 5 right before landfall?

7/10/2005 7:56:56 AM

Here's some streaming coverage of Dennis

WKRG-TV, Mobile, Alabama:
mms://wmbcast.mgeneral.speedera.net/wmbcast.mgeneral/wmbcast_mgeneral_jul072005_1144_93320

WPMI-TV, Mobile, Alabama:
http://www.wpmi.com/mediacenter/default.aspx?videoId=113739

7/10/2005 8:23:39 AM

my prediction is that it will weaken before making landfall. I'll say that it's winds are down to 115 by the time the eye hits land.

7/10/2005 10:10:07 AM

Almost making landfall at 140mph winds, probably going to hit pensacola as a category 4.

7/10/2005 10:55:22 AM

I dont see this hurricane's winds dieing down too much before landfall. They could get stronger. Why? This hurricane is going to make landfall in the middle of the day. When was the last major hurricane that did this? They normally seem to come in the morning. I would 'think' the warm sun will increase the convective activity of the hurricane, and fuel the rotation, making this storm hold on to its strength longer than most.

7/10/2005 10:56:28 AM

7/10/2005 11:19:37 AM

i wanna see pics of damage

7/10/2005 5:48:21 PM

Quote :

"Hurricane Dennis came ashore on the Florida Panhandle and Alabama coast Sunday with a 120-mph fury of blinding squalls and crashing waves that followed in the ruinous footprints of Ivan just 10 months ago."

Eh, I was close. In response to CarZin's statement. Though you are correct that convection increases with higher air temperatures, it's not necessarily true that a hurricane will gain strength this close to shore. Generally, as the outer bands of the hurricane start passing over shore, the hurricane begins to weaken. Some storms come in better organized and moving slightly faster and can hold up longer and still slam the shore as a Cat 4 or 5, but it's rare (like Andrew and Hugo).

7/10/2005 6:10:06 PM

Tropical depression 5 is out there.... current track has it a lot more north that what Dennis did... could be interesting for us down the road. really too far out to know anything though.

7/10/2005 11:04:41 PM