Posted on 10/24/2005 2:18:01 AM PDT by NautiNurse
They'll keep re-routing until they run out of options.
Looks like she turned a bit east. Haven't seen official yet, but the turn spared Andy Cooper over on Marco Island.
Keeps bouncing back here too. I'm noticing a pattern. Electricity flickers off about 15 seconds before a solid wind gust is heard.
Laptops with spare batteries and wireless/cell access, no worries, you're on it.
Dogs are freaked out and I may have to save the computer battery and power down for a while. Mr. Twin2 gave in and put down all the rollodin shutters so we are stuck until the power comes back after the storm.
God speed to all in the path.
The rain has started. Lots of green transformer flashes. I'd say gusts are 60+ now.
lol - but lots of us have backup power.
A tired wreck here.
It's almost to the southernmost of the 4 tracks in the iage posted earlier. Couldn't ask for any better landfall point given the projections we had for days now. If Marco Island has a chance, this is it.
This is probably too late for you to read it, but if not, please know that we'll be thinking about all of you while you're out of power. If there aren't many deaths, the news people will move on to the next story and we won't get much news about you. But just remember we're still thinking about you guys, waiting for you to get back with us.
Oh, and if you still have power and you're interested, go here and print this to read while you're waiting for your electricity to come back on. We can swap stories when you get back online. :-) Stay safe!!
Official Landfall location Cape Romano on the Collier/Monroe County line.
Oh, you still have power! Do you have a generator?
Conditions in Punta Gorda, FL at 6:34 am are fair to partly hurricany, with raging gusts making sleep difficult.
Eye wall reported to be right over Marco. Not good at all. The worrying about my folks has given me a migraine.
265 URNT12 KNHC 241034 VORTEX DATA MESSAGE A. 24/10:14:30Z B. 25 deg 48 min N 081 deg 46 min W C. 700 mb 2669 m D. NA kt E. deg nm F. 182 deg 086 kt G. 103 deg 025 nm H. 951 mb I. 13 C/ 3049 m J. 14 C/ 3048 m K. 12 C/ NA L. CLOSED WALL M. C60 N. 12345/ 7 O. 0.02 / 3 nm P. AF302 2524A WILMA OB 21 MAX FL WIND 122 KT SE QUAD 09:59:30 Z MAX FL TEMP 15 C, 98 / 22NM
Thank you for the local update. Godspeed, and keep us posted when you can.
WTNT64 KNHC 241033 TCUAT4 HURRICANE WILMA TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 630 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 AT 630 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE WILMA MADE LANDFALL VERY NEAR CAPE ROMANO FLORIDA. THIS POSITION IS ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF EVERGLADES CITY FLORIDA. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS AT LANDFALL WERE ESTIMATED TO BE 125 MPH...A STRONG CATEGORY 3 HURRICANE. FORECASTER PASCH
Hang in there...Godspeed. The next several hours are the worst with the communication blackout. Keep the faith.
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