Posted on 09/25/2004 4:55:46 AM PDT by RedBloodedAmerican
Palm Beach! Hey Donald, you're fired!
I have a feeling you'll be awake, regardless!!!
Driving out those causeways is a very special feeling!
It is a wonderful place about 360 days of the year!
I'm not sure it matters too much now. I think we can all agree that the Florida east coast is going to get mugged again, pretty much in the same spot that Frances hit it.
In a weird way, that's a blessing. You can't sink the same boat twice, or flatten the same tree two times in a row.
Eye's looking a little ragged to me. I'd be surprised if it intensfied between now and 11pm.
Naw, a few oxycodone and zzzzzzzzzzzz
There's a Florida Today community forum website in which info was being exchanged about conditions and damage after Frances -- I suggest trying that via www.FloridaToday.com after this is over.
We have huge oaks...they overhang our driveway. So during a storm we move the cars into the back yard and park them up close to the house.
The oaks may fall and crush our roof, but they won't take out our cars, LOL.
So you think this hurricane is the real McCoy? I keep thinking it will degrade into tropical storm status before making landfall. But all the postings I read here tell me otherwise.
Man, God has given you marvelous opportunities for patience development.
not to worry. you are safe. Those are things. If they are there .. a gift. If not, .. maybe also a gift, although hareder to understand in the present.
LOL.
Let's all hope you are right.I can't believe it's hitting West Palm.
Amazing. You got 666 and 777. You've been redeemed by the posting gods.
O'Douls Amber (non alcoholic) and only on certain occasions. Like when the Dolphins win the Super Bowl. So...that means sometime about 40 years from now, in which case it won't matter.
Hope you stay inside and safe for the next few hours!
Be sure to come back and tell me how you survived!
My hubby got released from the hospital today (had hip replacement on Tuesday).
He's on pain meds and sleeping soundly in the back bedroom.
We're just hoping we don't have to make a "run for it" to another part of the house because there's no way "he's running", LOL.
Niece who just started med school on Grand Cayman in August got out alive with nothing but one suitcase. Finally heard from her roomie - the storm surge covered the island and put 4-6 ft of water in the downstairs of their condo and tore the roof off. What wasn't covered with sea water was soaked with rain.
They moved the school to Maine! Start again next week.
Hurricane Jeanne Intermediate Advisory Number 49b
Statement as of 9:00 PM EDT on September 25, 2004
...Dangerous Hurricane Jeanne bearing down on the Florida East
Coast...
a Hurricane Warning is in effect along the Florida East Coast from
Florida City northward to St. Augustine...including Lake
Okeechobee. A Hurricane Warning is also in effect for the
northwestern Bahamas...including the Abacos...Andros Island...Berry
Islands...Bimini...Eleuthera...Grand Bahama Island...and New
Providence. Preparations to protect life and property in the
Hurricane Warning area should be rushed to completion.
A Tropical Storm Warning and a Hurricane Watch remain in effect
from north of St. Augustine northward to Altamaha Sound Georgia.
A Tropical Storm Warning remains in effect for the West Coast of
Florida from East Cape Sable northward to the Ochlockonee River.
A Hurricane Watch remains in effect from Englewood to the Suwannee
River.
A tropical storm watch remains in effect from south of Florida City
around the southern end of the Florida Peninsula to East Cape Sable
including Florida Bay...and the Florida Keys north of the Seven
Mile Bridge.
At 9 PM EDT...0100z...the eye of Hurricane Jeanne was located near
latitude 27.2 north...longitude 79.5 west or about 75 miles
southeast of Vero Beach Florida...and about 55 miles east-southeast
of Fort Pierce Florida.
Jeanne is moving between the west and west-northwest near 13 mph. A
gradual turn to the northwest is expected during the next 24 hours.
On this track...the core of the hurricane will reach the Florida
East Coast in a few hours. Hurricane force winds are expected to
spread inland as much as 100 miles along the track of Jeanne.
Maximum sustained winds are near 115 mph with higher gusts. Jeanne
is a dangerous category three hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson
hurricane scale. Some additional strengthening is possible before
landfall in Florida. Stronger winds...especially in gusts...are
likely to occur on high rise buildings.
Hurricane force winds extend outward up to 70 miles from the
center...and tropical storm force winds extend outward up
to 205 miles. Settlement Point on the western end of Grand Bahama
Island recently reported sustained winds of 86 mph with a gust to
112 mph. A Florida coastal monitoring program wind tower near
Vero Beach recently reported sustained winds of 55 mph with a gust
to 68 mph.
The latest minimum pressure central pressure reported by a NOAA
hurricane hunter plane 951 mb...28.08 inches.
Coastal storm surge flooding of 4 to 7 feet above normal tide
levels...along with large and dangerous battering waves...can be
expected near and to the north of where the center makes landfall
along the Florida East Coast. A storm surge of up to 5 feet above
the present water level is likely to occur mainly on the east side
of Lake Okeechobee.
Tides of 1 to 3 feet above normal are possible in the warned area
along the Florida West Coast....possibly reaching 3 to 6 feet in
areas of onshore flow north of Tampa Bay.
Rainfall totals of 5 to 10 inches...with isolated higher amounts
...Are possible along the track of Jeanne over the northwestern
Bahamas and Florida.
Isolated tornadoes are possible over portions of the east Florida
Peninsula tonight.
Repeating the 9 PM EDT position...27.2 N... 79.5 W. Movement
toward...west to west-northwest near 13 mph. Maximum sustained
winds...115 mph. Minimum central pressure... 951 mb.
For storm information specific to your area...please monitor
products issued by your local weather office.
The next advisory will be issued by the National Hurricane Center at
11 PM EDT.
Forecaster Pasch
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