It was "just" a tropical storm entering the Bahamas. Two days later, it was a Cat 5.
That's why anyone in the uncertainty cone for the forecast should not let down their guard until Ernesto is either off to sea or declared dead by the NHC.
Posted on 08/28/2006 7:27:21 AM PDT by NautiNurse
Thanks for the kind words. Hopefully Ernesto will soon be either Bahamas bound or oblivion bound.
That news needs to get out .. I had no clue.
Maybe just blow more "BOOTY" up on the Treasure Coast ;0)
However, since the circulation has gotten so badly beaten up, it will take longer to regenerate. Any signficant convection has been pushed well to the east, so that would take time to wrap back around the center, if it can. And if the trough to the west keeps shearing it and pushing it north for even just a few more hours, re-intensification will be delayed and the track could well stay off the Florida coast - a shift of only 30 miles and it won't make landfall.
Actually, Venezuela is selling their Citgo stations.
Then you'll be pleased to know that it is all Citgo stations at the service plazas on Florida's Turnpike ;(
I see that in the article link. Do we not have some restrictions on foreign governments owning huge national fuel suppliers?
LOL - thanks for the laugh, I needed it!
Bonyx says: Onyx is a psychic!
I don't even have to try to *find* my prediction, it is seared in my mind, in fact I will never forget it...
"my money is on a cat 3 between Mary Esther and Navarre"
;)
It was "just" a tropical storm entering the Bahamas. Two days later, it was a Cat 5.
That's why anyone in the uncertainty cone for the forecast should not let down their guard until Ernesto is either off to sea or declared dead by the NHC.
I dunno. Maybe we should ask BP.
Why are you on this thread? You've done nothing but muck it up for people who are trying to find out real information.
Knock it off.
Fair enough. It's probably pretty safe to assume that most of the "swimmers" were in fact surfers, because tropical storm conditions aren't exactly conducive to doing laps.
The kid in the creek probably wasn't a surfer, unless pre-teen creek surfing is a new extreme sport I missed, and the 71-year-old ... well, I can't begin to figure what the hell he was thinking.
My impression is wholly subjective, but based on a fair number of observations. A lot of surfers head out to places like Cocoa and New Smyrna when a storm is on the way, because those fat 5' swells aren't easy to come by on the Atlantic coast. There are a lot of kids out there 1-2 days from landfall, but not many 0-1 days out.
Now, the folks who decide to ride out the storm on small craft, they're definitely suffering from more b--ls than brains.
Yes, bonyx --- that was your exact post! We can keep it. More hurricanes will be born off the coast of Africa.
"I'll probably end up working all day tuesday here in Palm Beach county..."
Me too, I work in southern Palm Beach conty (Boca Raton) and I expect to probably be at work Tuesday and Wednesday too, unless we really get the direct hit. Already during my lunch break today I waited in a line about 30 cars long to fill up with gas, and it's like that everywhere. I can imagine how it's gonna be when I head back down to Ft Lauderdale where I live after work.
T'was seared in my mind, I tell ya, Onyx, seared in my mind....lol
--bonyx
Shuuush, we just put him to bed. He's had a busy day.
;)
Last I heard the water temp near the Keys is 90 degrees...here in SW FL about 88 or 89 degrees so 90 is probably right.
Shell and BP are also foreign owned.
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