Posted on 09/01/2004 3:15:34 AM PDT by Patton@Bastogne
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Welcome to Wednesday's Hurricane Frances news-twist !
It looks like a Melbourne Landfall after all, once again (to Section9's worst fears) churning it's way North along the Coast Highway ...
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Patton@Bastogne
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I didn't mean landfall would occur tomorrow, I meant the earliest we'd possibly have some confidence about what state Frances was hitting would be sometime tomorrow at the earliest. Possibly could be in two days though.
And good lord, more of the "Charley hit 200 miles from the NHC forecast!" nosense? Can people read a map?
200 miles south of Tampa Bay isn't Port Charlotte, it's the Florida Keys.
Looks like Patrick AFB is a bullseye. Right now they are at HURCON 4. That will change throught the day, I'm sure.
I'm a dummy this morning....
One weather map says 11 pm AST
What does the "A" stand for?
Hmmm... It seems a lot farther when you drive it. Still 50 miles is the difference between a hurricane and no hurricane.
If it hits Orlando the theme park will be the least of Disney's worries. Their Celebration development was very lightly constructed. I asked one of their sales reps about it and he told me "not to worry -they never get hurricanes up here."
Called Mom last night in Cocoa. She is insisting they are staying put in the new house. I got very upset with her. As we are both Florida natives, she has become too complacent with small hurricanes to get out of the way of a big one.
While Punta Gorda/Port Charlotte may not be 200 miles south of Tampa - it sure isn't 50 miles....50 miles south of Tampa is Sarasota. Fort Meyers is 75 miles south of Sarasota.
Says it's a "Low-High Level Wind Shear" map.
AST= Alaskan Standard Time
"They moved to Florida in February to escape the Jersey winters..."
Tell them to be very careful. I've heard a number of Florida 'native' might begin staking 'newbies' to posts at the shoreline - a sacrifice to the 'hurricane gods'. They are trying to ward off the 'bad ju-ju' these new arrivals might have brought with them. It might just be a rumor though.
No 100% sure mind you but they did say on the news that most hotels are occupied by people displaced by Charley.
Yeah. Dad's not taking this storm well...
With respect, please drive to Cocoa, throw her over your shoulder, and get the hell out of Dodge. This storm has Vero Beach to St. Augustine written all over it. Staying at your house in Cocoa is like staying in a mobile home on the beach.
Not smart.
Be Seeing You,
Chris
Thank you...living on the East Coast I know Eastern, Central, Mountain, Pacific and of course Grenich Mean Time. Learn something new every day.
Poor Dad.
The city of Tampa itself is inland NE up the bay...
The NHC landfall itself the day before Charley hit was the south shore of the Tampa Bay......
And the landfall point was 50 miles N of the actual landfall point the next day. At the time, Charley was still south of Cuba.
The angle of deviation between the NHC forecast and the landfall point is only about 5 degrees of arc or so.
I have a bad feeling that this storm is gonna come on up and pay Savannah a long overdue visit ......
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