Posted on 07/06/2005 2:57:36 PM PDT by NautiNurse
Hurricane Dennis heading toward the Gulf of Mexico
Dennis may =Ivan.
And gas was up 5 cents this morning...
You're going to need a lot of bullets, bucky. Best to take a chill pill, sit back, and enjoy your view of the tropics from Maryland.
you tell'em
It is out of concern and sympathy for ya'll as well as an interest in storms generall that I got on NN's ping list, but I would just mention from here in tornado alley that forewarnings to evacuate are not an option. This is also true with respect to any mischief we might experience from the New Madrid Fault. Not criticizing, just saying :) I wish you all the best and will at least worry along with you while this plays out.
They have done worse, though. I am fortunate to have Dr. Neil Frank as my weatherman. He always gets a gleam in his eye when he has something other than "hot and dry" to report.
Click HERE, and click PLAY for animation.
That's a good site for the spaghetti map. Thanks for posting it.
It's harder to evacuate, and with a city like New Orleans with limited access routes, it can't be done. By the time it's obvious that leaving is an awfully good idea, you can't. Only the ones who left before it was obvious will get out.
That, and the fact that we continue to pave more of the land means that runoff continually gets worse.
But Ivan killed a lot more people in the Caribbean last year than it did in the US. I'm guessing that Dennis will kill more people in Jamaica tomorrow than it will in the US when it will surely be a more powerful storm.
The "perfect storm" hitting any of the bays along the gulf coast, or in the case of New Orleans, shoving the lake into the city, will cause great loss of life. It's just a fact.
You're welcome.
According to the Orlando weatherman on WFTV, the model bringing it closest to Florida depends on a great deal of erosion of the high over Florida right now.
He's great! I miss seeing him .. where are you? He was in South Florida for years when I lived there (PRE-Andrew).
Bump for news from Panama City, FL
Well- they've given us good reason not to be in New Orleans AT ALL for 6 months of the year. If evacuation has to happen whenever a system gets into the Gulf, that could-literally- be every week! You could be home a few days then have to go again! Who can afford to do that, financially? Hotels, gas, travel costs. I can tell you for a fact you won't keep a job if you have to leave town every other week. Then- leaving so far in advance, you run the risk of having evacuated to where the storm DOES hit. We did that in Ivan. Went to northern Mobile county- to a friend's. It was the only place we had- still is. At least we didnt have to worry about the lake drowning us- but we ended up IN Ivan! ( not that impressive inland, IMO).
I have ALWAYS thought that the entire Gulf Coast should be vacation living only. NO permanent residents.
What other American city is doomed 6 months of every year? And they wonder why we have no industry and people are leaving?!
If this is all true, all building in the city and surrounding areas should stop. Citizens should be encouraged to permanently relocate, since we cannot be protected.
That's an absolute RIOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes, Dr. Frank is the greatest. I really miss the days when he was in charge of the NHC.
I hate to say it, but I think they have the hurricane going to far to the east in that graphic...
I hope this year isn't a repeat of 2004.
Oy Vey!!!
That's an angry looking "blob."
True, but there are certain precursors of tornado weather. For instance a southwesterly breeze I think would be in evidence a day or so ahead of the front that brings them. Of course, one obviously can't flee the state every time a front is approaching, but at least there should be signs that one ought to be alert for.
Let's hope the New Madrid is quiet in our lifetime.
I like storms too, but am hoping like hell not to have a repeat of last season here in FL.
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