[NautiNurse]

Please use common sense when posting graphics--keeping in mind there are FReepers who use dial-up access to the internet, and many have java limitations (e.g. satellite loops). In other words--links are better than posting the graphics.

[dirtboy]

And I'd also like to add that these threads are no place for snarkfests, either, like what happened on the last one. At the end of the day, no one knows for sure where this storm will be three days from now or just how strong it will be then.

Bring in facts and opinions and present them just as that.

[NautiNurse]

Ernesto rapidly intensifying to near hurricane strength.
Tropical Storm Watch may be required for portions of the Florida Keys later today.

70 mph sustained winds, 990 mb, moving WNW 9 mph.

On/Off Hurricane Ping list, mash ---> .

[NautiNurse]

Hiya buickmackane!

Saw your post immediately after I requested the last thread to be locked. Glad to hear you are settled into your new digs. Another conservative voice in Liberal Land is a good thing! Now...if we can just find a way for bad weather to stop following you...

[Crazieman]

Hurricane Ernesto - Weather Channel.

[Crazieman]

Maybe get a moderator to edit the title.

[Caipirabob]

Well, this is a big change from the track I saw last Friday. Yuck.

Not taking any chance this time, either. Time to fill the propane and gas tanks, then do an inventory on supplies. We're loaded from collecting over the year from the last hurricane. We could go another 10-14 at short notice if need be, longer if it's bad.

*sigh* I'd rather be planning on the beer for the next football game, but this is the price we pay to live in Paradise.

On a sadder note, we can pretty much abandon any hope that insurance rates will stabelize anytime soon.

[Godebert]

Check-out the latest wave analysis for the mid-Atlantic on Swellinfo.com. The Eastern Atlantic has been like a lake all summer. Looks like labor day weekend could be epic. I'm stoked!

Swellinfom.com

[Coldwater Creek]

My 14 yo grandson informed me yesterday that I was the only one one the planet that still used dial=up.

Thanks in advance for all that you do to keep us informed.

Maria

[saveliberty]

Thanks for the great links,NautiNurse! :-)

[numberonepal]

Why to go Ernesto, I knew you could do it. Now slap Castro around a bit and go to East Texas.

[mutley]

This morning, it looks like Ernesto has been interacting with yet another Upper Level Low to the northeast, and has dragged him more north, and disrupted his structure,in the last few hours. That interaction seems to have ended now, and should start to again organize a bit, and resume a more westerly track. Or...I could be completely wrong.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Engineers worry levees won't hold up against Ernesto

[jdm]

Ernesto upgraded to hurricane status

Excerpt:

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Ernesto became the first hurricane of the Atlantic season Sunday with winds of 75 mph, and forecasters said it would strengthen as it headed toward the Gulf of Mexico, where it could menace a wide swath of coastline including New Orleans.

[silentknight]

Why isn't this in breaking news...it is now a threat to the United States. I had to do a search just to find the topic.

ack

[RobFromGa]

Nice job once again NN. Your threads are great for keeping up with these storms. I love the animated 3 and 5 day tracks, they really give you a good idea of how the storm is behaving. Not that they can't change.

[elfman2]

Thanks!

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

Thanks for the Great Thread.

[italianquaker]

here in the keys they already ordered madatory evac for tourist and non residents effective 1pm!!

[Sensei Ern]

Great....I finally get a hurricane named after me, and it is in Spanish.

[don-o]

Nice thread head. Uh - no singing is assumed?