Hurricane Part II....

[mikey23545]

Well, the lights have started to flicker on and off, and I have a feeling I'm nearing my last post for awhile....The wind has really started gusting, and the rain has begun....The windows are all boarded up, supplies are laid in...Time to hunker down....

[wazu]

Good luck.

[Ultra Peanut]

Best of luck, dude.

[FloridaChief]

Good luck, Mikey...I guess we got a couple more hours down here to til we get the 1st outside feeder bands...

Batten down the hatches, dude.

[Zebedee DuBois]

Good luck dude!


btw, are the newscasters having some sort of competition about who can stand up in a howling wind?

[Skip Towne]

Good luck. Post every so often if you can.

[FloridaChief]

Good luck dude!


btw, are the newscasters having some sort of competition about who can stand up in a howling wind?

Heh, today one of our local stations sent a reporter--and a wee little gal she is--to one of the outlaying islands on the Atlantic coast. One moment she was standing on the extreme right-hand side of my TV screen and suddenly she went flying off the left-hand side like she'd been shot out of a cannon...

[DaKCMan AP]

Stay safe.

My parents lost power about 30 mins ago. We wont start to get anything up here until later tonight.

[go bo]

Heh, today one of our local stations sent a reporter--and a wee little gal she is--to one of the outlaying islands on the Atlantic coast. One moment she was standing on the extreme right-hand side of my TV screen and suddenly she went flying off the left-hand side like she'd been shot out of a cannon...what part of florida are you in?

how are things looking for you there?

[FloridaChief]

what part of florida are you in?

how are things looking for you there?

Tampa. Should be okay for me. Lots of rain and wind, but nothing too serious. I hope.

[teedubya]

God Bless and Good luck to you Florida Residents... unless you are Raider, Bronco, or Mizzou fans...

heh.

ROFL

[DaKCMan AP]

Stay safe.

My parents lost power about 30 mins ago. We wont start to get anything up here until later tonight.

here's an article up now about the power outage. Guess my parents are part of the 450k.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=1&u=/ap/20040904/ap_on_re_us/hurricane_frances_13

[David.]

That shit's scary. Good luck dude.

[go bo]

Tampa. Should be okay for me. Lots of rain and wind, but nothing too serious. I hope.that's good...

my folks lived in zephyhills, north and east of tampa...

they have both passed away now, but i'm glad that they didn't have to go through charlie and now frances...

hope you and everybody in florida comes through safe and sound...

[teedubya]

Im under the Assumption that ALL Hurricanes should hit the University of Miami...

[mikey23545]

So far. so good...Just had the first feeder band pass through...Lots of wind gusts and rain, but we still have power so far!

[teedubya]

i aint gonna lie, id be shittin my Depends right about now.

[Frazod]

Good luck, guys.

[FloridaChief]

Heyyyyy...just got our first real taste of the storm. Lights flickered, rain just pelting the outside of the house. Looking out the window, two tree branches just meandered past my view, disembodied from thier parents.

Gonna be a good one!

[mikey23545]

Well, the power fluctuations are getting bad enough I think I better shut down and unplug the ol' computer...Night, guys.....

[FloridaChief]

Well, the power fluctuations are getting bad enough I think I better shut down and unplug the ol' computer...Night, guys.....

Good wishes, man. I should be where you are in about 4 hours...

[Skip Towne]

Heyyyyy...just got our first real taste of the storm. Lights flickered, rain just pelting the outside of the house. Looking out the window, two tree branches just meandered past my view, disembodied from thier parents.

Gonna be a good one!
Ah, too bad, another broken home.

[Simba]

Tampa. Should be okay for me. Lots of rain and wind, but nothing too serious. I hope.

I'm in Zephyrhills. We're getting pretty good gusts now. I'm hoping for the best. Best of luck to all in Frances' path.

[Bwana]

Ouch! Good luck boys! Keep us posted on your status. Last I saw on TV this morning, it was downgraded to a category 3. What was it when it hit land?

[DaKCMan AP]

Ouch! Good luck boys! Keep us posted on your status. Last I saw on TV this morning, it was downgraded to a category 3. What was it when it hit land?

Its been a cat 2 for most of the day.

[FloridaChief]

What was it when it hit land?

It actually won't hit land (Melbourne, FL) until 2 am tomorrow morning. It's a slow moving bitch...

[Skip Towne]

Thanks for the update. Keep us posted. Pics would be nice.

[mikey23545]

Well, I still live...It actually hasn't been too bad so far, but the damn thing is taking forever to move on through....Highest winds around here are expected to be around 5 AM, last prediction I heard...Just thought I would sign back on for a few and see how our other FL posters were doing!

Can't believe we still have power!

[FloridaChief]

Dead calm here. The neighbors & I are enjoying a hurricane party right now...

[Phobia]

Heh heh - stay dry Floridians.

FWIW, this is punishment for that whole hanging chad thing. You know that, right?

[Matt Helm]

Good luck,

I saw what damage happened in Orlando, and the surrounding area. It was massive.

People hit the supermarkets and wiped out meat, fresh veg. and dairy. I walked in the day after the hurricane to buy food to eat in the motel and the only thing I could find was spagettios. Most people in the area had to boil water before drinking. The shelters were giving out water and ice.

Hope you were prepared for the lack in groceries and power.

I'll put the people in the Hurricane path on the prayer list in the morning.

[Spott]

We had a downed power line earlier and went without power for about and hour. The eye of the storm is just now hitting the Atlantic coast. Hopefully it won't be too bad when it hits the Tampa Bay area. I would hate to miss out on any more fishing. :)

[Skip Towne]

We had a downed power line earlier and went without power for about and hour. The eye of the storm is just now hitting the Atlantic coast. Hopefully it won't be too bad when it hits the Tampa Bay area. I would hate to miss out on any more fishing. :)
I'll bet the fish have dived to about 300' about now.

[Bwana]

It actually won't hit land (Melbourne, FL) until 2 am tomorrow morning. It's a slow moving bitch...

Man I guess! :hmmm:

[Simba]

Heh heh - stay dry Floridians.

FWIW, this is punishment for that whole hanging chad thing. You know that, right?

So that explains why Frances is just hanging around!

[DaKCMan AP]

Just starting to feel the effects of Frances. Should be moving in more over the next couple of hours. We have a tornado watch until 2pm now and a flood watch until 6am on Tuesday.

[LiL stumppy]

When it hits land it should be much more powerfull than it is now because of the pressure so good luck guys.

[DaKCMan AP]

When it hits land it should be much more powerfull than it is now because of the pressure so good luck guys.

The storm weakens over land. Especially considering the pressure is higher, so it will weaken. The major concerns now is just that its so slow that rain will build up to flooding and the winds that will sustain, although weakened, will be blowing for a long time.

[Frazod]

BTW, I just heard on the news that there's ANOTHER hurricane forming. It could hit by next Friday.

:shake:

[ChiefFripp]

Ivan

Sounds like a crazy russian. I'm worried about this one.

[DaKCMan AP]

BTW, I just heard on the news that there's ANOTHER hurricane forming. It could hit by next Friday.

:shake:

yeah, Ivan :(

Hopefully something changes, here is the current track for Ivan:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ftp/graphics/AT09/refresh/AL0904W5+GIF/051508W5.gif

[FloridaChief]

BTW, I just heard on the news that there's ANOTHER hurricane forming. It could hit by next Friday.

:shake:

That one may not materialize. It's projected to go over some high mountain ranges in the Dominican Rep. That'll usually tear a hurricane to pieces.

[Skip Towne]

Let's just close Florida permanently and move all the people to Utah.

[DaKCMan AP]

the fat orlando weather lady is predicting that in 2 days Ivan will be a cat 4. Hopefully it turns east (doubt it) but if it passes over DR and then Cuba it should weaken some before reaching FL.

[DaKCMan AP]

Ivan is now up to 115mph cat 3

[Frazod]

So, y'all ready to move yet?

[DaKCMan AP]

So, y'all ready to move yet?

the winter time makes up for it :D

[Frazod]

I haven't seen any since the storm hit. Anybody heard anything?

I know Mikey lives in New Smyrna - I saw some pictures of nuked houses in that town on the foxnews site today. Hope he's okay.

[teedubya]

Gods way of telling Florida to Vote Kerry.

[Rausch]

Gods way of telling Florida to Vote Kerry.

If Carrey had HALF the conviction it would take to punish those who went against him I'd vote for him...




As it stands now he's like "Bush Ultra" - half the conflict, half the guilt, and completely avoiding the point.

And personally, I'm convinced someone keeps throwing out these storms at my own dad. I mean, each and every one was orignally targeted right at him. He better kneel down to Buddah, and God, and Jesus, and Muhammed, and every friggen diety he can find in 64 hours time....

[tk13]

Oh, that's real nice. I had seen that projections had Hurricane Ivan drifting off and hitting somewhere else in the Gulf besides Florida... and I remembered this thread that that little chart on it, so I looked it up and as we can see it apparently is projected to be hitting Florida again... they already had one come from the west, one from the east, and now this one is projected to go right up the middle. :shake:

Edit - Oh yeah, and Ivan's now a true category 5 hurricane with sustained winds at 160 mph....

[DaKCMan AP]

Oh, that's real nice. I had seen that projections had Hurricane Ivan drifting off and hitting somewhere else in the Gulf besides Florida... and I remembered this thread that that little chart on it, so I looked it up and as we can see it apparently is projected to be hitting Florida again... they already had one come from the west, one from the east, and now this one is projected to go right up the middle. :shake:

Edit - Oh yeah, and Ivan's now a true category 5 hurricane with sustained winds at 160 mph....

yeah... <gulp> new track:



http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ftp/graphics/AT09/refresh/AL0904W5+GIF/090853W5.gif

this one could be the knockout punch :shake:

[ptlyon]

WOW. I'd just love to be in Jamacia right now

[Bwana]

Well doesn't that just suck. :shake: My Mother in law now lives in Barbados and they just caught the edge of Ivan. 100 MPH winds. Caused some structure damage and light flooding but that's about it. ti sounds liek FL may catch its right cross/upper cut. Lets hope it stays south. You boys have put in your due already this year.

[FloridaChief]

yeah... <gulp> new track:



http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ftp/graphics/AT09/refresh/AL0904W5+GIF/090853W5.gif

this one could be the knockout punch :shake:

Jesus F*ckin' Christ....



:cuss:

[Skip Towne]

Somebody is all pissed off at Florida.

[ZepSinger]

Yikes. We're leaving for our vacation tomorrow to Biloxi, MS(right on the coast). Any idea if Ivan is supposed to affect this area???
:(