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Posted on 10/22/2005 1:25:10 PM PDT by NautiNurse
Since I am 35 miles Northwest of The town of Okeechobee this does not give me good feelings.
Thank you very much for your support. I really appreciate it, particularly when Wilma is going to be a little too close for comfort around here.
I hope all our Florida FRiends will post their respective locations in their taglines.
I knew we had folks living in the vicinity of Okeechobee. Thanks for checking in. I'm getting ready to spray for bugs around the house perimiter. Just found a long line of ants entering the garage for shelter.
I'm following the thread closely, although I don't post much. I'm part of the Oklahoma Southern Baptist Disaster Relief team and will be watching for activation.
Same here. Port Saint Lucie with my last plane in Fort Pierce. (KFPR)
I just made hot potato salad (German) to have with dinner. Yum:)
Interesting point about the ants- will put anti bug stuff on my list for tomorrow.
Even the Mexican Army can't get through.
Although there was hard rain in Merida and Chichitza there are no reported fatalities except chickens. Get this, the electricity is still on in those areas. They were watching Notre Dame football and NASCAR Bush racingl.
This is indeed great news. But we have little to no reports from Cancun and the Hotel Zone.
Your potato salad sounds great. Email me the recipe sometime if you can.
Fresh Vortex Data Message -
551 URNT12 KNHC 222210 VORTEX DATA MESSAGE A. 22/2153Z B. 21 DEG 27 MIN N 87 DEG 01MIN W C. 700 MB 2723 MA D. 60 KT E. 315 DEG 30 NM F. 032 DEG 93 KT G. 308 DEG 34 NM H. 957 MB I. 12 C/ 3057 M J. 14 C/ 3055 M K. 14 C/ NA L. CLOSED WALL M. C60 N. 12345/7 O. 1/1 NM P. NOAA2 1824A WILMA OB 18 MAX FL WIND 93 KT NE QUAD 2145Z REMNENTS OF INNER EYEWALL ON RADAR.
Motion over the last hour 11 minutes is to the northeast (55 degrees) at 3.3 mph. That puts Wilma just over 6 miles from the Gulf on that course, 9 miles from the Gulf going due north, and 23 miles north-northwest (328 degrees) of Cancun.
A rather exhaustive set of satellite pics/loops here (Wilma is Floater 1).
(Riding it out in Key Largo)
Good luck.
Beginning the turn...?
Possible. Could also be a wobble (speed is significantly less than the comparison over the previous 2 VDMs). The next eye fix should tell us more.
Done.
New Smyrna Beach on the East Coast. Nothing yet, just high cirrus clouds. (They also mentioned them as harbingers in "Isaac's Storm".)
Between us all, when I talk with my friend down there who is a stewart on a bus tour, I understand why they are called a 3rd world country. Their priorities are not what we normally know. None the less, he has been my friend for 30 years and I will share this comment with him. Whenever I can get there or on the phone.
Beef tips (plus shrooms, green pepper and onion) in burgundy wine here, followed by peach cobbler, in the oven now, ETA 2 hours.
I hope your friend made it through all right, along with everyone else down there.
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