Posted on 09/14/2004 10:41:58 PM PDT by lainie
Haven't had t'storms yet - just steady rains since 8am.
I'm in accomack county on the mainland west of Chincoteague.
NOLA TV station finally changing their forecasts to reflect the non-eastern tracking..
They are going to have hurricane winds pretty soon!
They keep reporting "moving north" (and have been doing so now for over 3 hours!) and yet, the component of motion is clearly NNW. What *is* up with that?
NOLA TV Radar says its heading due North!
NHC at 1PM CDT says storm moving N at 14 MPH, MSW of 135 MPH.
I know I'm far behind but...
The Fox guy, William Longiness (?) said (paraphrase, I was on phone at time) they were able to stay as long as they were not in iminent danger and would have to go when told
"They keep reporting "moving north" (and have been doing so now for over 3 hours!) and yet, the component of motion is clearly NNW. What *is* up with that?"
Maybe it is an optical allusion....been noticing the same thing.
It aint gonna be a bullet...it's gonna be a claymore mine..
Except it moved from 88.0W to 88.2W in the past three hours. I would not call that N, but NNW.
Looks like a different image now, no longer looking at the road. Dark and ominous sky at astronimical noon!
Decoded Message:
Storm IVAN: Observed By AF #963
Storm #09 in Atlantic Ocean1
Maximum Flight Level Winds Were 123KT (141.5mph 227.8km/h) In SE Quadrant At 1427Z
Estimated Max Surface Winds 110.7KT (127.3mph 205.0km/h) *
Misc Remarks:
Date/Time of Recon Report: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 9:12:00 AM (Wed, 15 Sep 2004 16:12:00 UTC)
Position of the center: 27° 31' N 88° 10' W (27.5°N 88.2°W)
Minimum Height Measured At Standard Level Of 700mb: 2577m (Normal: 3011)
Surface Winds Were: Not Estimated
No Bearing From Center To Estimated Surface Winds Was Measured
Maximum Flight Level Winds Near Center Were 98KT (112.7mph 181.5km/h) From 290°
Maximum Flight Level Winds Were Measured 014nm (16.1 miles) From Center At Bearing 188°
Minimum pressure: 939mb (27.73in)
Eye Wall Was Characterized As Being: CLOSED
Eye Form Was Characterized As Being Circular , 40 nm (46.0 mi 74.1km) wide
Center Fix Established Using: Penetration Radar Wind Pressure Temperature
Center Fix Established At Level(s): 700mb
Navigational Accuracy Measured At 0.1nm
Meteorological Accuracy Measured At 3nm
* = Estimated Surface Winds are assumed 90% of Max Flight Level Winds
Highways are jammed....are these people going to get out in time?
Don't know if you were here in 1996 - big flooding in Greene and Madison, just north of Charlottesville. It was just so surreal to see Red Cross Disaster truck in front of my house. South River Road impassable for days. Graves Mountain, Hood, too. Another example: maybe the Nelson County story of Camille goes without saying. Hundreds of lives lost there from big water down the mountain. Yep. Flood. Bad.
We're here in Bham and the reports are that we will have tropical force winds tomorrow.
We have heard a lot of folks are staying put in Mobile and Destin and Fairhope. I'm concerned for all of them.
I would not stay in that kind of wind. We've had 65 mile a hour winds on this mountain where we live. Our brick house shuddered! I don't think I would stay anywhere around where there are 150 mile an hour winds!
We have hunkered everything down here. Taken down our flags, layed down outside funiture, and brought in what wasn't heavy, and are going to get batteries and groceries, in a short-short!
And to think I have always loved parades.
Not anymore....Good Grief.
Whitecaps on the river now on this one.
Some people just think that if you tell a lie long enough....it will happen, even if the opposite is logically and physically obvious.
It's trying to head straight up the Mississippi River.
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