Official Hurricane Thread

“It's a cat 1 now.”

“i'm on the west coast north of where it is suppose to exit, my sister-in-law is in cape coral. hopefully all we will get is rain!”

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"The eye of Hurricane Katrina makes landfall near the Miami-Dade-Broward county line, the National Hurricane Center says."

"The storm's winds at landfall were between 75 mph and 80 mph, with a 92-mph gust reported at Port Everglades, Mayfield told CNN. A Category 1 hurricane is capable of damaging mobile homes and downing tree branches. The storm is moving so slowly that forecasters said it could dump as much as 15 inches of rain."

In Melbourne I found it difficult to pedal my bicycle eastward, against the wind. We've received a few short showers and lots of cloud bands.
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“My brother lives in Pembroke Pines and I haven't heard from him yet. This isn't his first rodeo, so I am sure he was pretty squared away.”

“A lot of power lines down chili.
Might be a few days till you hear from him.”

“NPR reported 1,000,000 customers are without power.

Also said its supposed to make another FL landfall on the panhandle - possibly as a Cat 3 storm.

Hold on tight!”

“That SOB is pointing to close to me for my comfort. ;-)”

“Hey SS, this time tomorrow you might be able to take that new kayak out and surf some big waves!”

“Hurricanes love Stovie.
But they are such teases!”

“Just talked to my sis near FT Lauderdale, no severe damage, just LOADS of branches in the yard.”

“when was the last time a hurricane passed over Key West? Don't they usually dodge it somehow?”

““Hurricanes love Stovie.
But they are such teases!”
humanpackmule
12:29:45 PM
8/26/05

LOL
I sure hope they remain teases!”

“fare you having to evacuate stovie?”

“Yea cyndee, I'm heading out today.
If it keeps on the present path, this Cat Five will take everything.”

“Good luck SS”

“Good luck all. You are in my prayers.”

“be safe SS.”

“Good choice on the evac. Be safe SS.”

“Stove, be safe and good luck”

“Wow! Good luck. Are prayers are with those in the path.”

“anyone heard from Divinity. I am guessing she and her bf are leaving Mobile”

“God watch everyone in this thing's path.”

“wow guys...be safe down there. I was sort of away from TV [didnt turn it on] so I had no clue it was that bad.”

“I just went to the Wallyworld in Bay Minnette (near Mobile) and it was a madhouse. Thank goodness the Miller Genuine Draft was still on the shelf! Lucked out and got some charcoal too. We will endeavor to persevere. *^&%$@#!! Hurricane Katrina!”

“I think my parents friends who live in Pearl river, La., are coming for a visit today. Joe works at the Stennis Space center, usgs-hif department if you can call it that. It's going to take quite a bit of damage, I think. Be careful everyone.”

“Nope, they went west yesterday. They had to drag Joe's mother physically from her house to evacuate. Her words were "I survived Camille and I'll survive this!"”

“why hurricanes seem to hit land at night. It is much more scary.”

“hey, stove, just get an early start to roan!

be safe, man!”

“Time before last time I said Brownsville /Mexico boarder. It went about there. Then I screwed up 'n' said Stovie's a hurricane magnet, and geesh, he gets what might be the biggest storm 40 years. I guess the AP trip WILL have some water to deal with.

Be safe StoveStomper. You too, Steppenwolf, and Alabama folks -- Andrew was big on tornado spin-offs a long way from the eyewall -- don't get surprised.”

“stove stomper be sure and check in with us.”

“We love you stove stomper!!”

“Yes stove, be safe, you need come come to the midwest, you can hike with us more often then just once a year then :P”

“I've always wondered that too, Tango.”

“Good luck StoveStomper. My brother said he has to stay behind. He is a cop in New Orleans. I got a call today from him and am very worried now.”

“Looks like the tropical storm season is winding down to a merciful close.”

“HUSH!!!!!!!!

You'll jinx it!!!!
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“Just so I don't jinx it.”

“LOL
I was correcting that as you were typing.”

“I always hate when that happens.”

“DAKAR (Reuters) - Signs a three-decade long drought in Africa's arid Sahel belt may be ending could herald an increase in hurricanes battering the eastern seaboard of the United States, a leading climatologist in West Africa said.

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"Many of the hurricanes which reach Florida or the United States are formed here," said Amadou Gaye, head of Dakar University's Atmospheric Physics Laboratory.

"Squalls from the Sahel reach the African coast, where some of them become whirlwinds and perhaps 10 days later they become cyclones in the Atlantic," he told Reuters in an interview on Thursday.

The Sahel, a semi-desert zone which separates the Sahara from Africa's more tropical regions around the Equator, has been gripped by the worst drought in modern history since the 1970s.

But that appears to be changing. The heaviest rainfall in some thirty years in mainland Africa's most westerly country, Senegal, coincided with a record hurricane season this year -- including Hurricane Katrina, which devastated New Orleans.

"Since 2000, there has been an upward tendency in rainfall," Gaye said. "Statistically, when there is a very rainy year in the Sahel there are a lot of Atlantic hurricanes."

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051209/sc_nm/environment_sahel_dc”

“It IS as bad as you think, and they ARE out to get you.

It's been lovely, but I have to scream now.”

“MIAMI (AFP) - Yet another tropical storm formed in the Atlantic, one month after the official end of the year's record-smashing hurricane season, forecasters said.

Tropical Storm Zeta developed in the eastern Atlantic, about 1,600 kilometers (1,000 miles) south-southwest of the Azores, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center reported.

The extended hurricane season in the Atlantic has broken several records, with 27 tropical storms, 14 of which became hurricanes.”

“{font="fuego"}I've noticed that hurricanes have increased both in number and intensity since Bumbleya took office.{/font}”

“Gotta work on that html!”

“Had to do it that way because there is no fuego font in html! Didn't want NetNanny to bust my chops.”

“Yeah I saw that! lol”