Posted on 09/11/2003 1:30:19 PM PDT by John H K
BULLETIN HURRICANE ISABEL ADVISORY NUMBER 23 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 5 PM AST THU SEP 11 2003
...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS ISABEL NOW AT CATEGORY FIVE INTENSITY...
SATELLITE IMAGES INDICATE THAT HURRICANE ISABEL HAS CONTINUED TO STRENGTHEN...AND HAS REACHED CATEGORY FIVE INTENSITY ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE. ISABEL IS THE FIRST CATEGORY FIVE HURRICANE IN THE ATLANTIC BASIN SINCE MITCH OF 1998.
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ISABEL WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 21.6 NORTH... LONGITUDE 55.3 WEST OR ABOUT 500 MILES...805 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLAND.
ISABEL IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 160 MPH...260 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN INTENSITY ARE LIKELY OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 60 MILES... 95 KM... FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 185 MILES...295 KM.
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 921 MB...27.20 INCHES.
LARGE OCEAN SWELLS AND DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY OVER PORTIONS OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS...THE VIRGIN ISLANDS...AND PUERTO RICO OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...21.6 N... 55.3 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST NEAR 9 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...160 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 921 MB.
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 PM AST.
FORECASTER PASCH
I have a friend that was a nurse during Hugo. She worked in ICU at the hospital that is right on the coast. The stories that she has told me are unbelievable.
Those nurses had to manually bag their ventilator patients all night long because the back up generators failed, I think it was d/t the water supply being interrupted. The head nurse came around and loaded up their pockets with syringes of narcotics to keep the patients out of it and they each had a flashlight which they only turned on when necessary to conserve batteries. The nurses were all in separate rooms with their patients and were scared and lonely not knowing what was going on outside so they started singing to keep themselves from feeling so lonely.
She has a bunch of other stories too but what these people endured was amazing.
MKM
Yep but I'm an Operations Officer. My hurricane work has already started. Won't really heat up until Saturday but I've got a lot of work to do.
If you'd like to help, pray!
LOL. That reminds me, toe tags for the hurricane partiers.
and drop it on their cars in the parking lot.
When people refuse to evacuate, they should be given those and asked to put them on to make the clean-up easier. That might change a few stubborn minds. ;-)
You think I was kidding? That's exactly what they're for. It's a lot easier than arguing with them. Tends to work, too.
BTW, with a thought process like that: what are you doing say, around Tuesday of next week?
Probably nothing, but I'm about 1000 miles North of you with the Twin Beams shining through my back window.
Dan made his career in "Alicia" if I remember right...and yes, as much as one may hate him, he is no "panty waist" when it comes to "storms".
Only reason I'm backing him here is...I love a good storm myself! God's rule...no payoffs, bribes or campaign contributions determine the outcome. On your knees and pray..the "Almighty" is in the drivers seat!
I was running one shift of the military desk at the GEMA EOC in Atlanta for Floyd. It wasn't my duty station but I was out of town on business and they closed KSAV before my plane could get in. I walked into state HQ right as they were trying to find a warm body. My timing stunk that week.
It took my wife and kids about 8 hrs. Anyone leaving after that took 15-24 hrs. When it comes to evacuating, leave early, leave often!
Just thinking about Savannah makes me hungry for boiled peanuts.
If it misses us, the peanuts are on me.
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Nice. Give 'em a salute for me.
Oh, great. every time someone so much as mentions boiled goobers all I can picture is Jimmy Carter and Al Gore.
You be careful if Isabel comes knocking on you door.
Why do you think we boil 'em?
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