An unidentified resident in the town of
Batabano reinforces the roof of his house...
Posted on 06/10/2005 3:22:23 AM PDT by bd476
An unidentified resident in the town of
Batabano reinforces the roof of his house...
MIAMI - A tropical storm watch was issued Friday for central Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, where residents are still recovering from last year's hurricanes. Arlene, the Atlantic hurricane season's first named tropical storm, was centered about 10 miles south-southeast of the western tip of Cuba at 5 a.m. EDT. It was moving north about 8 mph, and could cross near or over western Cuba as it moved into the Gulf of Mexico early Friday, forecasters said.
Wind and rain extended 140 miles to the north and east from the storm's center.
Arlene had maximum sustained winds of 45 mph. The storm could drop as much as 5 to 10 inches of rain, and possibly cause flooding in western Cuba and tornados in southwest Florida and the Florida Keys, meteorologists said.
"This is going to be a major rainfall event before and ahead of the storm," said Trisha Wallace, a meteorologist at the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
The Cuban government issued a tropical storm warning for the western province of Pinar Del Rio to the capital of Havana. A tropical storm warning was also in effect for the Dry Tortugas, a cluster of islands about 70 miles west of Key West that comprise a U.S. national park. Other than park personnel, there are no permanent residents.
The storm was not expected to develop into a hurricane before making landfall, Wallace said.
Hurricane season began June 1 and ends Nov. 30. Last season, Florida was struck by hurricanes Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne; between them, the four storms damaged one out of every five homes in the state. The storms caused about 130 deaths in the United States and are blamed for $22 billion in insured damage.
I haven't heard from the boy but
I know they get them out in plenty of time.
I've lived on the DelMarVa penninsula for 23 years and have only dealt with 2 'canes....Gloria while in Delaware and Isabel right after we moved to Virginia. But I sure think that one of the 'canes you're talking about is Isabel and the other one is probably Gaston last year.
I spent 9 summers, June-September in Sarasota, FL and never once had to deal with a hurricane. Gloria was the first I dealt with, but my husband dealt with Alicia while living in Houston and working on Galeveston........
The Fish Market is but I'm not sure if Frank is out of the hoo-skow yet. The business is still doing fine though
Wait, wait, wait...I think I remember something about Frank! Wasn't that a political type thing?
Wasn't Isabel...it would have been summer of 1999. Just after I married Mr. SoVa and he brought me up here.
I remember Agnes and Camille from many years ago. I was in Baltimore for Isabel though.
Nope, tax evasion. Both for the shipyard and the fish market. His girlfriend ratted him out. She got off Scot free and he went to the joint.
Couldn't have said it better myself.
OMG, when did that hit the court?
When I first saw the shrimp used for bait on the pier, I about died. That's dinner up closer to the Mason Dixon.
Also, I couldn't believe the prices on blue crabs (sigh).
I love that fish market.
My husband is out getting gas. We are also in Milton. Off Avalon. I'm hoping it doesn't get too bad.
"One of them is still living out of two FEMA trailers in his driveway while the entire inside of his house is rebuilt"
I forgot about the FEMA trailers. There are so many of them! I hope they don't get damaged.
We're about as prepared as you get up here on Hamilton Bridge Road. A Pine tree came through front porch roof and took out two of our cars last time. I don't have to worry about that tree, but have about six others that are leaning. Good friends are in tiny Fema trailor down near Ward Basin. Think they will probably stay elsewhere. Hope everybody stays safe.
They are pretty flimsy, pretty much nothing more than about a 15' travel trailer
It all happened after (I think) I got back from Iraq in Feb of 2004
My husband was an F4g pilot in Iraq.
I didn't get to Florida until 97-98.
Well, as of 7PM, the wind speed in Arlene has been upgraded to 70 mph, so it is likely that our Hurricane Watch is going to become a Hurricane Warning. Meaning, I have to stay up all night putting sandbags by the river.
Stay safe!
Good to know that. Thanks.
There's two things I do well: bitch and worry.
My husband just talked to a friend of ours from Gulf Power. They don't have the lines completely fixed. He said if the winds get to 50mph, we will have power outages. If it gets hurricane strength, the outages will be extensive. They were told to bring enough clothing for 2-3 days.
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