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To: txflake
So this is finally a Texas hurricane? :)

What everyone in Texas wants is to be on the outer fringes of a hurricane SOMEWHERE. We are in a pretty significant drought so we're all wishing for some sort of a tropical storm to bring relief and not bring destruction.

That's a tricky thing to accomplish with a hurricane, althought it's been done.

59 posted on 07/13/2005 7:53:02 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: Dog Gone
That's a tricky thing to accomplish with a hurricane, althought it's been done.

It's like knocking out the 10 pin with a curve ball.
60 posted on 07/13/2005 7:55:39 PM PDT by ARCADIA (Abuse of power comes as no surprise)
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To: Dog Gone
Hurricane Emily Advisory Number 13

Statement as of 11:00 PM AST on July 13, 2005

 
...Emily becomes a hurricane in the Windward Islands...

A Hurricane Warning is in effect for Grenada...St. Vincent...The
Grenadines...and St. Lucia.

 
At 11 PM AST...0300z...the government of Venezuela has extended the
Tropical Storm Warning westward from Cumana to punto fijo on the
paraguana peninsula.

 
At 11 PM AST...the government of Barbados has discontinued the
Tropical Storm Warning for Barbados.

 

A Tropical Storm Warning is now in effect for Trinidad...
Tobago...and the northern coast of Venezuela from Pedernales
westward to punto fijo...including Isla Margarita and the offshore
islands north of the coast and west of Cumana.

 
A tropical storm watch is in effect for Bonaire...Curacao...and
Aruba.

 
Interests elsewhere in the central Caribbean should monitor the
progress of Emily.

 
For storm information specific to your area...including possible
inland watches and warnings...please monitor products issued
by your local weather office.

 
At 11 PM AST...0300z...the center of Hurricane Emily was located
near latitude 11.9 north... longitude 61.1 west or about 45
miles... 70 km... east-southeast of Grenada.

 
Emily is moving toward the west near 18 mph ...30 km/hr...and this
motion is expected to continue during the next 24 hours.  On this
track...Emily will pass through the Windward Islands tonight and
emerge in the southeastern Caribbean Sea early Thursday.

 
Data from a U.S. Air Force reconnaissance aircraft indicates that
maximum sustained winds have increased to near  90 mph...150
km/hr...with higher gusts. Emily is a category one hurricane on the
Saffir-Simpson scale. Some strengthening is forecast during the
next 24 hours.

 
Hurricane force winds extend outward up to  25 miles... 35 km...
from the center...and tropical storm force winds extend outward up
to 115 miles...185 km.

 
The most recent minimum central pressure reported by the
reconnaissance aircraft was 992 mb...29.29 inches.

 
Emily is expected to produce total rain accumulations of 3 to 6
inches across the Windward Islands...Trinidad and Tobago...portions
of northern Venezuela...and the Netherlands Antilles...with
possible isolated amounts of 12 inches over mountainous terrain.
These rains could produce life-threatening flash floods and mud
slides.

 
Coastal storm surge flooding of 2 to 4 feet above normal tide
levels can be expected near and to the north of the path of the
center.

 
Repeating the 11 PM AST position...11.9 N... 61.1 W.  Movement
toward...west near 18 mph.  Maximum sustained
winds... 90 mph.  Minimum central pressure... 992 mb.

 
An intermediate advisory will be issued by the National
Hurricane Center at 2 am AST followed by the next
complete advisory at 5 am AST.

 
Forecaster Knabb

62 posted on 07/13/2005 7:59:00 PM PDT by NautiNurse ("I'd rather see someone go to work for a Republican campaign than sit on their butt."--Howard Dean)
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To: Dog Gone

A cat 2 would do very nicely.


102 posted on 07/13/2005 9:20:44 PM PDT by jpsb (I already know I am a terrible speller)
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To: Dog Gone

Not all of us want a storm - those of us very near or right on the Gulf could very well do without it! My homeowners insurance is over $800 per month after the 2001 storm that came through and I can't afford another huge increase.


394 posted on 07/15/2005 5:50:50 AM PDT by texgal (end no-fault divorce laws return DUE PROCESS & EQUAL PROTECTION to ALL citizens))
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