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Posted on 09/18/2005 1:56:41 PM PDT by NautiNurse
LOL! My wife and I saw Jim Cantore in Burlington, Vermont, back in 1998. He was there to cover what was expected to be a "significant ice storm". That turned out to be the "Great Ice Storm of '98", which left many people around New England and Quebec without power for a month or so. (We lived about 30 miles east of Burlington at a somewhat higher elevation, and never saw any ice at all.) Bottom line: no matter where you live, or regardless of the season; a Cantore sighting means "head for the hills"!
What part of the Keys are you in?
Which radar are you looking at?
Looks like Texas and La costal freepers need to pay close attention to this strom. I myself am taking the day off to do some shopping. Already have good gas supply and generator. Have spare car battery, will get batteries for short wave radio. Oil for huricane lamp, clean up yard. Looks to me like 50/50 here in Galveston county.
The radar they are running on tv.. i.e Cnn and Fox
Whew! I thought I remembered other storms since then (including Claudette!) but I was beginning to get kind of a "Twilight Zone" feeling when I first looked at the list...
http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=52627
By Wednesday we'll have a much better idea where the hit will be...since you're right on the coast...have you thought about an evac?
Wow when did yo hear that, I'm here in Islamorada trying to get my daughter out of Key West to come home.
I am going to hang in here for several reasons..I am a general contractor here, built my own house in 1996, engineered to withstand 175 mph winds. One room in the house is solid poured concrete as a last resort bunker. House is up on stilts 15' above sea level. I have too much busines going on here to get out. Have spent the morning so far securing job sites and am now beginning on my own house. So it goes.....house built to withstand the worst and elevated above any storm surge possibility, so here I will be.
I prefaced my post by saying I did not wish to be alarmist. I certainly hope my neighbor's relative is wrong. he has been spot on in the past.
I am in Sugarloaf Key. 17 miles north of Key West.
heard from neighbor 1 1/2hours ago.
Full update with discussion due momentarily.
To start a post with "not to be alarmist..." and then give alarming info is still, well...alarmist. I just know that we always see things get out of control in these circumstances with people giving information which is often incorrect. I hope your neighbor isn't like that, yet I also hope that he is dreadfully mistaken in his interpretation of the info he received. It is a sure bet that this storm is going to get really ugly once it passes the keys.
At any rate, hang in there. We will be hoping for the best for you and yours. I think I am going to skedaddle up to Miami for the duration, where I hope this thing doesn't pull and Andrew and engulf all of the keys evacuees in the eye of the storm.
But I think this one's going to hit Lake Charles or Beaumont and hose the section of the Louisiana Coast that wasn't hosed by Katrina.
...Rita strengthening over the Bahamas... ...New watches and warnings issued for portions of South Florida...
At 11 am EDT...1500z...a Hurricane Warning is issued for the extreme southern Florida Peninsula from Golden Beach southward to Florida City and westward to East Cape Sable.
A Hurricane Warning remains in effect for all of the Florida Keys from Ocean Reef to the Dry Tortugas...including Florida Bay.
A Hurricane Warning is in effect for the Exumas and for Andros Island in the northwest Bahamas. A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for the turks and caicos and for all of the remainder of the Bahamas.
A Hurricane Warning is in effect for the Cuban provinces of Villa Clara and Matanzas. A Hurricane Watch remains in effect for the provinces of Ciudad de Habana...la Habana...and Pinar del Rio. A tropical storm watch remains in effect for the provinces of Ciego de Avila...Sancti Spiritus...and Cienfuegos.
At 11 am EDT...a Tropical Storm Warning and a Hurricane Watch are now in effect from Deerfield Beach Florida southward to north of Golden Beach.
At 11 am EDT...a Tropical Storm Warning is issued along the Florida East Coast from north of Deerfield Beach northward to Jupiter Inlet.
At 11 am EDT...a Hurricane Watch is issued for the extreme southwestern Florida Peninsula from west of East Cape Sable northward to Chokoloskee.
At 11 am EDT...a tropical storm watch is issued for the southwest Florida coast from north of Chokoloskee to Englewood.
For storm information specific to your area...including possible inland watches and warnings...please monitor products issued by your local weather office.
At 11 am EDT...1500z...the center of Tropical Storm Rita was located near latitude 23.0 north... longitude 75.2 west or about 195 miles... 315 km... southeast of Nassau and about 430 miles east-southeast of Key West Florida.
Rita is moving toward the west-northwest near 12 mph... 19 km/hr... and this motion is expected to continue during the next 24 hours.
Maximum sustained winds are near 65 mph...100 km/hr...with higher gusts. Some strengthening is forecast during the next 24 hours... and Rita could become a category one hurricane tonight.
Tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 145 miles ...230 km from the center.
Estimated minimum central pressure is 994 mb...29.35 inches.
Rita is expected to produce total rainfall accumulations of 4 to 6 inches over the southeastern and central Bahamas...with possible isolated maximum amounts of 8 inches. Storm totals of 6 to 10 inches...with isolated maximum amounts of 15 inches will be possible in the Florida Keys and northwestern Cuba...with 3 to 5 inches possible across the southern Florida Peninsula.
Storm surge flooding of 6 to 9 feet above normal tide levels...along with large and dangerous battering waves...are possible in the Florida Keys in areas of onshore flow. Coastal storm surge flooding of 3 to 5 feet are possible along the extreme southeastern Florida coast...and in the northwestern Bahamas.
Repeating the 11 am EDT position...23.0 N... 75.2 W. Movement toward...west-northwest near 12 mph. Maximum sustained winds... 65 mph. Minimum central pressure... 994 mb.
An intermediate advisory will be issued by the National Hurricane Center at 2 PM EDT followed by the next complete advisory at 5 PM EDT.
Forecaster Knabb
crap....is that a jog to the north from 5 a.m?
WFOR: Miami-Dade now under Hurricane WARNING as of 11A advisory. Standing by for full text.
That is what it looks like to me too.
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