Posted on 08/13/2004 10:08:09 AM PDT by Jeff400000
"Well I DO because it has ripped MY family a part! I have one relative who died over drugs. It has infiltrated into my community too. So yes, I am extremely obsessed about drug traffickers. So if you don't like my posts "ignore" them. (shrug)
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So start your own thread on that subject. The subject here is the hurricane.
Radar from Ft Myers shows that band of showers over you is moving northeast into the Atlantic ..
Directly in front of the storm's path.
Thanks Howlin. Much ablighed!
you were WAY ahead of the evac timeline!
I am right in the middle of this in Orlando. My cousin in Altamonte Springs is right in the middle of this. My sister-in-law in Sarasota is right in the middle of this. My Regional Office in Tampa is right in the middle of this.
My wife is scared to death. I just interjected a bit of gallows humor. Lighten up. You are not in the path of the eye like I am.
I'm just worried.....this thing turned badly so quickly!
Stay safe!
I'm looking at the infared animation from GOES, and in the course of the past hour, it looks like the eyewall has not been affected at all from being on land.
TD's 4 & 5 on same path as Bonnie/Charley?
Next weekend perhaps we do this again?
"So start your own thread on that subject. The subject here is the hurricane."
1,401 posted on 08/13/2004 2:01:42 PM PDT by MineralMan (godless atheist)
Figures, I get a response from an "godless athiest"
Don't worry MineralMan, GOD is on my side and those like me who worship the Lord instead of "mocking" him.
Yuch.
Yes - A little south of Sebring.
How high up are you guys?
How far away are the oaks from the house?
I'm not sure, Peach. My dad in Port Charlotte told me he had been preparing for two days doing the yard and emergency supplies, but he assumed they would not get the brunt of the storm. It wasn't until around noon that he heard "get out now" on the radio. That's what he told me but he could be mistaken.
Freaking lovely!!!!!
I don't know about Port Charlotte, but North Port, about 4 miles away was not evacuated.
Keep the thread on topic.
Prayers up.
It should weaken once over land since it is slowing down.
Now, I won't be as crazily optimistic of it going down to TS strength like some folks...Florida is not that big across and is mostly flat.
However, it should go down to low cat 2...possibly....maybe...Cat 1.
Well, it's taken a turn northward towards Arcadia, now.
They mentioned damage at Fiddlesticks - I saw that area mentioned hundres of posts ago... prayers for whoever has relatives/friends there
Was that a hurricane? Or N'oreaster? And having large waves hit does not always correlate to a direct hit.
Once again, this one is SSW of Jersey, and the prevailing steering currents are running NNE. The coast also runs NNE. If it hits Jersey, it will have been inland for some time. If it misses NC, it will also miss Jersey. The geometry isn't right for this to be anything but a potential rain and flooding event.
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