[Tall_Texan]

I don't think Florida has any real worries about this storm (except Pensacola, particularly if Jim Cantore shows up again). This should be just a stiff breeze and some rain rolling through south Florida. The real question is where it goes from there.

As hot as it still is in Texas, I can only assume that there is still plenty of warm Gulf waters for her to intensify once it passes the keys. I'd be perfectly glad to see Texas take the hit this time rather than the poor victims of Katrina. We're Texans. We can handle it.

[twin2]

A tropical storm watch just went up for Miami-Dade and Broward counties. Bryan Norcross (our south florida weather go-to guy) noted a couple of things...first of all it is crossing the very warm waters of the Bahamas. This area has a history of storms gaining strength rather quickly. Also, most of the convection is north of the center. He believes that they may shift the eye, and thus the future track more north. He would also not be surprised if south florida mainland gets upgraded to a hurricane watch or warning.

That being said, this feels an awful lot like Katrina two weeks ago. We all though "no big deal", then when you are going through it you realize the power of even a cat 1 storm.

[NautiNurse]

I don't think Florida has any real worries about this storm (except Pensacola, particularly if Jim Cantore shows up again).

I'm not so sure the families of the 11 Floridians killed in So. FL when little Cat 1 Katrina rolled through with 20" of rain, collapsing an overpass, and leaving more than 1 million without electricity would agree with you.