Tropical Depression 7

NOAA/NHC ^ | 08/25/2008 | NOAA/NHC

[NautiNurse]

Tropical Depression 7 has formed in the eastern Caribbean.

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Category	Wind Speed	Barometric Pressure	Storm Surge	Damage Potential
Tropical Depression	< 39 mph < 34 kts			Minimal
Tropical Storm	39 - 73 mph 34 - 63 kts			Minimal
Hurricane 1 (Weak)	74 - 95 mph 64 - 82 kts	28.94" or more 980.02 mb or more	4.0' - 5.0' 1.2 m - 1.5 m	Minimal damage to vegetation
Hurricane 2 (Moderate)	96 - 110 mph 83 - 95 kts	28.50" - 28.93" 965.12 mb - 979.68 mb	6.0' - 8.0' 1.8 m - 2.4 m	Moderate damage to houses
Hurricane 3 (Strong)	111 - 130 mph 96 - 112 kts	27.91" - 28.49" 945.14 mb - 964.78 mb	9.0' - 12.0' 2.7 m - 3.7 m	Extensive damage to small buildings
Hurricane 4 (Very strong)	131 - 155 mph 113 - 135 kts	27.17" - 27.90" 920.08 mb - 944.80 mb	13.0' - 18.0' 3.9 m - 5.5 m	Extreme structural damage
Hurricane 5 (Devastating)	Greater than 155 mph Greater than 135 kts	Less than 27.17" Less than 920.08 mb	Greater than 18.0' Greater than 5.5m	Catastrophic building failures possible

[dirtboy]

Winds are already back up to 70 mph as of the latest advisory.

[brytlea]

Is there a reason that Cuba doesn’t get whacked more often? It just seems that something causes many of these storms not to directly hit it.
susie

[Elle Bee]

buy some dry ice as last moment as you can, put it in the freezer and when the power goes out keep it closed and your freezer will remain frozen for days

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[dirtboy]

You know what is really scary about that, beyond the possibility of two landfalling hurricanes a day apart if the Euro model is correct?

Having two tropical systems inland at the same time in fairly close proximity. Major potential inland flooding.

[Elle Bee]

we're between avocados

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[dirtboy]

Cuba does get hit hard at times. But (A), being a totalitarian country, people aren’t asked to leave danger zones, they are told to leave, and, (B) after fifty years of Castro, there ain’t much of economic value on the island for a hurricane to destroy.

[NautiNurse]

For Fay, we thinned out the freezer contents a bit and replaced the empty space with plastic bottles of water, the bigger the better. Didn’t need ‘em this time, but they didn’t hurt anything either.

[NautiNurse]

Speaking of avocados, this has been a very light year for the tree. I don’t think there are ten avocados on the tree.

[brytlea]

He’s in my prayers. Glad all of my sons live in TX and not near the coast! However, I have family in the Houston/Galveston area.
susie

[PapaBear3625]

Latest update has it hitting early Tuesday, so he should be fine if he plans on leaving on the weekend. And I really hope that most NO businesses are planning on being closed Monday

[eastforker]

Do the squirrels mess with the avocados like they do my persimmon tree?

[rodguy911]

All these years I have been freezing water in plastic bottles and using them as ice and to drink from and now i hear you shouldn’t drink from them! I give up. Is anything good for you anymore?

[Elle Bee]

try dry ice in the freezer as part of your hurricane prep

buy it last minute and keep the freezer closed after you lose power an dry ice will keep everything really frozen for several days

you can usually get it at a supermarket ... Publics sells it by the pound down here

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[VirginiaMom]

Thank you so much for your prayers. I’m sure he’ll be fine, I just tend to worry way too much...lol! He just moved down there a few weeks ago and this seems to be exciting to him. It is NOT exciting for me, that’s for sure.

VirginiaMom

[Elle Bee]

why can't you drink frozen water?

and who pays for this kind of all knowing research?

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[eastforker]

Everything is good if you enjoy it. The only bad thing is letting someone convince you if you don’t follow their guidlines you are a bad or irresponsible person. We are all gonna die someday, I prefer death by red meat, a brandy, a good smoke with some good transfat.

[VirginiaMom]

He plans on leaving as soon as I tell him to get out of there. His girlfriend works for Americorps and is going to be helping with the evacuation if it comes to that. She’ll be put on an Amtrak train and sent to Memphis, so my son will drive her car north.

VirginiaMom

[NautiNurse]

The squirrels eat all the pecans. All of them. Every year.

[brytlea]

I could do that, but I had cleaned everything out before we went to TX this summer, and haven’t really restocked yet, so I’ll just wait. I have plenty of canned goods etc (and it’s not like I cook EVERY night...hehehe)
susie

[NautiNurse]

If dry ice isn’t available (e.g. around here), block ice is a good alternative. A 15lb block of ice will last up to a week in a well insulated ice chest.