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Hurricane Wilma Live Thread (As of 2:30 am EDT, Wilma is a Category 5 with 175-mph winds )
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| 18 October 2005
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Posted on 10/18/2005 7:40:22 AM PDT by NautiNurse
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To: rwfromkansas
I'd guess it might get close to Cape Cod, but that's about it.
You never know though.
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posted on
10/19/2005 3:01:14 PM PDT
by
nwctwx
(Everything I need to know, I learned on the Threat Matrix)
To: steveegg
Should I burn the couple hours to watch its constant running on the HBO/Cinemax family?
Yeah, cause it's not worth buying. I found a lot of it totally unbelievable. Not a lot of good science there.
1,022
posted on
10/19/2005 3:01:29 PM PDT
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: nicolezmomma
Can you send me that link? I live in St. Pete and it's gonna be divorce time because my husband wants to stay no matter what cat storm, and there is a point (Cat 3), when I'm outta here with our daughter. We're at a whopping 47 feet above sea level, which is considered no evac zone. No Need for divorce
Do you have two cars? If so, no problem. Tell him he can stay, and you're going to visit friends/relatives far away from shore (better yet, up north) for the weekend. Make sure you have his insurance policy number before you go
Even if you don't have two cars, you must have a friend in the area in a similar situation. Have a "girl's weekend".
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posted on
10/19/2005 3:02:15 PM PDT
by
SauronOfMordor
(I do what the voices in Lazamataz's head tell me to)
To: markman46
That low should weaken as it moves east. It was forecast to nudge the system prior to the main action from canada picking it up.
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posted on
10/19/2005 3:02:19 PM PDT
by
nwctwx
(Everything I need to know, I learned on the Threat Matrix)
To: nicolezmomma
I was born in St. Pete, as was my Mom, and I didn't even know we had any place in the city that high in elevation. I always thought Disston Ridge was the high point of the city at around 40 feet above sea level. Well, goes to show, you learn something new everyday.
To: nwctwx
AH ok, I know it chuged out of here yesterday afternoon northeasterly, or at least that was the drection the clouds were headed in.
1,026
posted on
10/19/2005 3:19:19 PM PDT
by
markman46
(engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
To: NautiNurse
We have to quit meeting like this.
1,027
posted on
10/19/2005 3:22:16 PM PDT
by
U S Army EOD
(LET ME KNOW WHERE HANOI JANE FONDA IS WHEN SHE TOURS)
To: NautiNurse; All
I am pretty far away but I can take several campers or RV's on my land. I am in Washington, GA. Freepmail me if you are interested.
1,028
posted on
10/19/2005 3:26:04 PM PDT
by
U S Army EOD
(LET ME KNOW WHERE HANOI JANE FONDA IS WHEN SHE TOURS)
To: steveegg
Hurricane Wilma Discussion Number 18
Statement as of 5:00 pm EDT on October 19, 2005
Agreement among the track guidance models...which had been very good over the past couple of days...has completely collapsed today. The 06z runs of the GFS...GFDL...and NOGAPS models accelerated Wilma rapidly toward New England under the influence of a large low pressure system in the Great Lakes region. All three of these models have backed off of this solution...with the GFDL showing an extreme change...with its 5-day position shifting a mere 1650 nmi from its previous position in Maine to the western tip of Cuba. There is almost as much spread in the 5-day positions of the 12z GFS ensemble members...which range from the Yucatan to well east of the Delmarva Peninsula...Simply amazing! If it wasn't so serious I would be LOL!
1,029
posted on
10/19/2005 3:27:03 PM PDT
by
CedarDave
(America's new fossil energy -- oil shale. Enviro-nazis newest endangered species -- the Shale Darter)
1,030
posted on
10/19/2005 3:30:42 PM PDT
by
DocRock
(Osama said, "We love death, the U.S. loves life, that is the main difference between us.")
To: RDTF; onyx
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posted on
10/19/2005 3:40:42 PM PDT
by
buickmackane
("I went into the fortune teller/Who said 'Beware of lightning that might strike' "--Bob Dylan)
To: RDTF; onyx
1,032
posted on
10/19/2005 3:42:20 PM PDT
by
buickmackane
("I went into the fortune teller/Who said 'Beware of lightning that might strike' "--Bob Dylan)
To: RoseyT; agrace
My mother also lives in Venice. We are trying to talk her into going north. She is 75, has an awful back. She has a good friend a few years older and not doing well at all - she is on oxygen. But they have other friends who tell them not to be concerned. Both my brother and my husband have offered to fly down there tomorrow and drive them north somewhere. She has supplies and a tank of gas, but not much water and won't go to the store because it will "be a mess". I thought I had her convinced earlier today to just leave. My brother said she told him that they didn't want them going up into Georgia.
Where are your inlaws? My mother lives in the Plantations.
1,033
posted on
10/19/2005 3:53:12 PM PDT
by
lupie
To: oldngray
The shingles are stripped off. The steel panels are screwed directly to the plywood underlayment. Steel is the best. Yes, it is more expensive, but consider the benefits. You want blue tarps?
1,034
posted on
10/19/2005 3:55:39 PM PDT
by
jslade
(.Go away Wilma. (Seminole Cty. FL))
To: NautiNurse
Just FYI and FWIW, my wife reminded me that the Center where she works has six (6) hookups for RV's. It's about one hour's drive north of Jacksonville, Florida. It is, however, right on the coast, on a river. $10 a night, she "thinks"-- they don't use them much.
1,035
posted on
10/19/2005 3:57:39 PM PDT
by
backhoe
(Reporting from Beautiful Brunswick, Georgia)
To: nwctwx; NautiNurse
Curious, my new and solid FRiend; is that your very on graphic?
1,036
posted on
10/19/2005 4:06:08 PM PDT
by
don-o
(Don't be a Freeploader. Do the right thing. Become a Monthly Donor!)
To: oldngray; jslade
IIRC, the metal roof is just about double the cost of shingles, and much more durable with twice the lifespan of shingles. Went with a reflective white metal roof. It is the most energy efficient of all roofing materials, including white barrel tiles. Reduced a/c costs 28% for July and August compared to dark gray shingles.
Roof material energy efficiency study
To: NautiNurse
Checking in. Thanks for the ping!
1,038
posted on
10/19/2005 4:10:00 PM PDT
by
Alia
To: NautiNurse
FWIW, I just noticed there are three of those highway message boards staged in the median on I-95 just south of US 192 in Melbourne, our major westbound evac route. Perhaps they are there for some event and it's just a coincidence but more likely Florida Emergency Management is on the ball. Lord knows they've had enough practice! Let's see, Governor Blank-o or Jeb, which would I choose (as if it required any thought).
1,039
posted on
10/19/2005 4:10:23 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
("Is there anything that I can do that wouldn't inconvenience me?" Adrian Monk)
To: Sender
Twelve years ago, on my parents anniversary, we had a tornado hit our town. I stood in the front window of our house and watched it go over our roof at about one hundred feet (yeah, I know that was stupid). We were fortunate in that it knocked over a couple of trees, twisted the tops out of a few others, and tore some shingles off the roof.
It was only an F1, but it ripped the daylights out of the town, wrecked the movie theater, a church, and two neighborhoods. For a long time the national weather service didn't want to admit that it was a tornado, since their Doppler radar didn't pick it up, but one of my neighbors had videotaped it and that finally forced them to admit that Doppler doesn't always detect smaller tornadoes.
1,040
posted on
10/19/2005 4:13:48 PM PDT
by
Stonewall Jackson
("Those who fail to study history are doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past.")
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