Hurricane/TS Katrina Live Thread, Part II

To: NautiNurse; Howlin

You're BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

goodnight everyone - stay safe.........

41 posted on 08/26/2005 12:54:45 AM PDT by Gabz (USSG Warning: portable sewing machines are known to cause broken ankles)

To: Hillarys Gate Cult

42 posted on 08/26/2005 1:12:06 AM PDT by NautiNurse ("I'd rather see someone go to work for a Republican campaign than sit on their butt."--Howard Dean)

To: Howlin; MeekOneGOP

Couldn't sleep, came online and found

7 pounds 14 ounces.....born at 2:47...healthy! 1 hour and
45 minutes after they left the house!

Congratulations Howlin!!

43 posted on 08/26/2005 1:41:52 AM PDT by bd476

44 posted on 08/26/2005 1:52:48 AM PDT by WestVirginiaRebel (Idiots and the Internet don't mix, no matter how hard Michael Moore tries.)

To: aberaussie; Alas Babylon!; Alia; alnick; Amelia; asp1; Bahbah; balrog666; blam; blueberry12; ...

Heads up FL Gulf Coast FReepers: Katrina wasted no time regaining hurricane strength after emerging into the GOM.

45 posted on 08/26/2005 1:56:24 AM PDT by NautiNurse ("I'd rather see someone go to work for a Republican campaign than sit on their butt."--Howard Dean)

To: bd476; Howlin

46 posted on 08/26/2005 1:56:45 AM PDT by Jet Jaguar

Hurricane Katrina Advisory Number 11
Statement as of 5:00 am EDT on August 26, 2005

 
...Katrina regains hurricane status over the Gulf of Mexico...

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for all of the Florida Keys
and Florida Bay from Dry Tortugas northward... along the East Coast
of Florida from Florida City northward to Deerfield Beach... and
along the Gulf Coast of Florida from south of Florida City westward
and northward to Longboat Key.  A Tropical Storm Warning means that
tropical storm conditions are expected within the warning area
within the next 24 hours.

 

A tropical storm watch is in effect for portions of the Florida
West Coast from north of Longboat Key to Anclote Key.  A tropical
storm watch means that tropical storm conditions are possible
within the watch area... generally within 36 hours.

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

 
At 5 am EDT...0900z...the center of Hurricane Katrina was located
near latitude 25.3 north... longitude 81.5 west or about 50
miles... 85 km... north-northeast of Key West Florida.

 
Katrina is moving toward the west near  5 mph... 7 km/hr... and this
motion is expected to continue for the next 24 hours... with a
slight increase in forward speed.

 
Maximum sustained winds are near 75 mph... 120 km/hr... with higher
gusts.  Katrina 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 85 miles... 140 km.

 
Estimated minimum central pressure is  987 mb...29.15 inches.

Storm surge flooding of 3 to 5 feet above normal tide levels...
can be expected along the West Coast of Florida in areas of onshore
flow south of Venice... and in Florida Bay.  Storm surge should
continue to decrease this morning along the East Coast of Florida.

 
Katrina is expected to produce additional rainfall of 5 to 8 inches
over extreme southern Florida and the Florida Keys.  Isolated storm
total amounts of 15 to 20 inches are possible.

 
Isolated tornadoes are possible today over southern Florida and the
Florida Keys.

 
Repeating the 5 am EDT position...25.3 N... 81.5 W.  Movement
toward...west near  5 mph.  Maximum sustained
winds... 75 mph.  Minimum central pressure... 987 mb.

 
Intermediate advisories will be issued by the National Hurricane
Center at 7 am EDT and 9 am EDT followed by the next complete
advisory at 11 am EDT.

 
Forecaster Knabb

47 posted on 08/26/2005 1:57:18 AM PDT by NautiNurse ("I'd rather see someone go to work for a Republican campaign than sit on their butt."--Howard Dean)

Congratulations, Howlin!

My only grandchild, Teegan, will turn 2 tomorrow, the 27th. Aren't they great?

48 posted on 08/26/2005 2:05:22 AM PDT by IrishRainy

To: rodguy911; Elle Bee

Please check in with us when you can, FL Keys FRiends.

49 posted on 08/26/2005 2:06:34 AM PDT by NautiNurse ("I'd rather see someone go to work for a Republican campaign than sit on their butt."--Howard Dean)

(The answer is NO, no baby yet!)

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Congrats ............. time for a little change.

50 posted on 08/26/2005 2:15:50 AM PDT by beyond the sea ("I was just the spark the universe chose ....." --- Cindy Sheehan (barf alert))

Ivan-esque? 130 MPH? Cat 3? Before heading inland again..

51 posted on 08/26/2005 2:22:03 AM PDT by dakine

Do you know if there is a mandatory evacuation on Longboat?

52 posted on 08/26/2005 2:24:21 AM PDT by LBKQ

Congratulations, Grandma! Counting travel time to the hospital, Mom and baby couldn't have been in there more than an hour. LOL.

53 posted on 08/26/2005 2:34:24 AM PDT by Carolinamom (Life is a journey, not a destination.)

Do you know if there is a mandatory evacuation on Longboat?

Due to the current westward movement of the storm, there is no mandatory evac for Longboat Key at this time.

54 posted on 08/26/2005 2:35:10 AM PDT by NautiNurse ("I'd rather see someone go to work for a Republican campaign than sit on their butt."--Howard Dean)

Thanks!

I'm in IL right now. Just worried about our LBK house if Katrina decides to take a sharp right turn after she enters the Gulf.

I really appreciate this thread.

Thank you!

55 posted on 08/26/2005 2:39:23 AM PDT by LBKQ

To: LBKQ; dawn53

Very compact storm at this point--hurricane force winds only 20 miles out from center, tropcial storm winds out to 80 miles.

56 posted on 08/26/2005 2:40:41 AM PDT by NautiNurse ("I'd rather see someone go to work for a Republican campaign than sit on their butt."--Howard Dean)

NautiNurse, aren't you in Navarre? We are (were) scheduled to head to PCB tomorrow morning, but looks like that plan is not operative...

57 posted on 08/26/2005 2:41:25 AM PDT by abb (Because News Reporting is too important to be left to the Journalists.)

58 posted on 08/26/2005 2:43:28 AM PDT by NautiNurse ("I'd rather see someone go to work for a Republican campaign than sit on their butt."--Howard Dean)

Tampa Bay here. We do have a FReeper or two in Navarre.

59 posted on 08/26/2005 2:44:08 AM PDT by NautiNurse ("I'd rather see someone go to work for a Republican campaign than sit on their butt."--Howard Dean)

60 posted on 08/26/2005 2:48:58 AM PDT by Ros42

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