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3 major hurricanes to hit US this year: AccuWeather
Reuters on Yahoo ^ | 5/15/06 | Reuters

Posted on 05/15/2006 9:54:48 AM PDT by NormsRevenge

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To: Howlin

Thanks for the ping, Howlin.
I like this part: with the storm-battered Gulf Coast most at risk in June and July,...
My 3 months on South Padre doesn't begin until July 30th. Works for me!


61 posted on 05/15/2006 11:34:59 AM PDT by RGVTx (Boycott Aruba/NL products list http://ashvickers.tripod.com/id2.html)
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To: NaughtiusMaximus

These locusts you speak of...they are ogranic locusts...correct?


62 posted on 05/15/2006 11:48:29 AM PDT by MplsSteve
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To: My Favorite Headache
Up in Georgia (I'm in Florida) they are wondering why we've never had a "Hurricane Jethro".

I agree. They keep trying to make the names sound "international" and P.C.

Why aren't there any African-American hurricane names?

I guess I'm just upset because there has never been a hurricane named "Roadrunner" or "Scooby".

63 posted on 05/15/2006 11:51:16 AM PDT by capt. norm (W.C. Fields: "Hollywood is the gold cap on a tooth that should have been pulled out years ago.")
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To: MplsSteve

I meant to say "organic" - not "ogranic"


64 posted on 05/15/2006 11:53:52 AM PDT by MplsSteve
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To: My Favorite Headache

I remember Agnes. We didn't have FEMA back then. However did we manage?


65 posted on 05/15/2006 11:56:11 AM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: 1Old Pro
May I add (7) if you can afford it, invest in small Honda generator, if you're in a hurricane prone area like I am.

If you end up not needing it yourself, there will be many who would gladly rent it from you.

I've been through many a hurricane and lack of electricity is one of the worst results because it lingers, destroys the food in your fridge, and you can't get online and lurk on FreeRepublic.com.

Wierd note: the last hurricane that hit here took out our electricity for 5 days, but our cable/broadband internet connection was back up within hours after the storm hit.

*Underground fiber-optic is way cool.

66 posted on 05/15/2006 11:59:05 AM PDT by capt. norm (W.C. Fields: "Hollywood is the gold cap on a tooth that should have been pulled out years ago.")
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To: numberonepal
Camille was a strange choice, however.

That's because I was at WALA-TV Channel 10 in Mobile at the time and we took 140 mph winds at Azalea International Airport until ther anemometer was destrpyed.

Like I said in my post, I only speak of hurricanes of which I have direct knowledge/contact. Ivan and Dennis just didn't get close enough to me to make me think I had direct knowledge. It just isn't the same watching them on radar and satellite...I may has well have been in Bismarck North Dakota.

I am referring to real, in your face, experience and the storms I listed are the only ones about which I can make that claim.

67 posted on 05/15/2006 12:05:20 PM PDT by capt. norm (W.C. Fields: "Hollywood is the gold cap on a tooth that should have been pulled out years ago.")
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To: Dog Gone
...there is an INVEST off its Pacific Coast today

And a weather man here says a tropical wave is already on its way. It will pass south of us, he says.

I'm headed to Nicaragua...

Their Flor De Caña rum is not too good. But of course, I'm partial to Puerto Rican rum. Have fun.

68 posted on 05/15/2006 12:05:44 PM PDT by cll (Carthage must be destroyed)
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To: capt. norm
I've never heard the claim of 140 mph at the Airport. Wow. My family happened to live in Long Beach at the time and we went to Cintronelle to ride her out. I was young, so don't remember the weather all that much, but I do remember the fear.

I get ya on the direct experience.

69 posted on 05/15/2006 12:10:45 PM PDT by numberonepal (Don't Even Think About Treading On Me)
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To: capt. norm

Good suggestion, power is good.


70 posted on 05/15/2006 12:13:57 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: NormsRevenge
I hope a few comes into mexico/Texas border, taking out a all border crossings and bringing needed rain to increase the lake level so I can get my boat into my boathouse. Other than the destruction of all illegal border crossings I wish for no other damage.
71 posted on 05/15/2006 12:14:25 PM PDT by WesternPacific
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To: mewzilla
I remember Agnes. We didn't have FEMA back then. However did we manage?

Here in Panama City we were evacuated (twice) for Agnes due to faulty Weather Service radar.

The radar in use was the Apalachicola an old tube model radar, Long since decommissioned. It wasn't until Tyndall AFB was allowed to release their radar data that it was realized the storm had gone inland and was "raising cane" from Tallahassee northward.

Agnes will remembered for the huge floods it caused in inland areas after it left the coast with little damage. It hit a lot of people in mountainous areas where people would little suspect a hurricane could affect them.

MSM moment: A reporter from the Atlanta Constitution came to report on the hurricane in the early stages. He got really scared and took off after filing a report that became the paper's headlines the next morning announcing that Panama City Beach had been wiped out by the storm.

It didn't do jack to Panama City Beach and the business owners quickly organized to file a lawsuit against the paper. It was not one of the AJC's more stellar moments

72 posted on 05/15/2006 12:17:19 PM PDT by capt. norm (W.C. Fields: "Hollywood is the gold cap on a tooth that should have been pulled out years ago.")
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To: capt. norm
"invest in small Honda generator"

I have a small 2600W Yamaha generator, which I plug to a manual transfer switch on my side of the power company meter. Semi-silent (or not as loud as many). I used it after our last hurricane. It ran for over 11 hours in one tankful. With that wattage I was able to run the fridge, the TV, a few fans and many lights simultaneously. At night I would turn off the fridge to be able turn on an air conditioner.

Cost me a little over $1,000.00.
73 posted on 05/15/2006 12:20:54 PM PDT by cll (Carthage must be destroyed)
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To: capt. norm

"Here in Panama City"

Thanks for the memories. I did a lot of time up in Fort Rucker. We drove down to PCB almost every weekend to decompress.


74 posted on 05/15/2006 12:26:11 PM PDT by cll (Carthage must be destroyed)
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To: numberonepal
For a while, the morning after Camille, we had water 3 and 4 feet deep on Government Street...only trucks and buses were making it through without getting their engines "drowned".

The tough part came the next night when heavy rains loosened the soil around huge trees that had already been nearly toppled by the hurricane force wind, and over they went, taking out electricity over a huge portion of Mobile. We were running emergency ads for Delchamps and Foodtown for people to come and get meat and frozen food that would otherwise have to be destroyed due to lack of refrigeration.

I was super lucky. I was living at the Chateau Rouge Apartments (near Springhill Ave. and Catherine St.) and that put me across the street from Providence Hospital. They were on the highest priority for power restoration and I guess we were on the same leg.

75 posted on 05/15/2006 12:27:10 PM PDT by capt. norm (W.C. Fields: "Hollywood is the gold cap on a tooth that should have been pulled out years ago.")
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To: cll

Thanks for the tip. I've never been there before, but I like adventures. I'll get to meet some Contras and some Sandinistas.

Of course, my spanish sucks. Mostly I'll be asking them where the bathroom is or where to turn in my towel. A sophisticated political discussion will not occur. ;-)


76 posted on 05/15/2006 12:29:27 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: NormsRevenge; All

Hurricane Preparedness ( and general "bad times" links )
various FR links & stories | 10-23-05 | the heavy equipment guy
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1507830/posts


77 posted on 05/15/2006 12:32:39 PM PDT by backhoe (-30-)
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To: cll
Thanks for the memories. I did a lot of time up in Fort Rucker. We drove down to PCB almost every weekend to decompress.

At that time I was the weather-caster on channel 7 (and later 13) but you don't come here from Ft. Rucker to watch TV, so I doubt you would remember that.

I only mentioned the "Honda" because their ads are all over the radio right now. They probably have found a nice niche market for their product.

Every time a hurricane knocks out the electricity for any length of time, the talk quickly turns to generators and everyone says "never again". I think they are an excellent investment.

During the last hurricane to knock out our power we had a major neighborhood barbecue, gathering all the "spoilables" and had a big feast. This year, more than half of my neighbors now have generators.

78 posted on 05/15/2006 12:35:21 PM PDT by capt. norm (W.C. Fields: "Hollywood is the gold cap on a tooth that should have been pulled out years ago.")
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To: NormsRevenge

I was made aware of the artful doublespeak by newsmen recently. It is truely and art form.

For instance:

Possibly 3 or more ('possibly 3' - could be less but if not it will be more) hurricanes or sever tropical depressions (maybe not 'hurricanes') may hit the gulf coast if current trends are any predictor. The east coast from Miami through New England may also be impacted by a possible increase in hurrican activity this year. blah, blah, blah,....and these jokers get paid in the high six figures for this????


79 posted on 05/15/2006 12:39:43 PM PDT by Hammerhead
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To: capt. norm
but you don't come here from Ft. Rucker to watch TV No, sorry...young (then) soldiers used to spend their time at landmarks such as Spinnaker's, Club La Vela and the Mouse Trap.
80 posted on 05/15/2006 12:43:40 PM PDT by cll (Carthage must be destroyed)
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