Hurricane Wilma Live Thread, Part III (TS Alpha gets honorable mention too)

NHC - NOAA ^ | 22 October 2005 | NHC - NOAA

[steveegg]

It's not over yet. I'd expect a fresh thread before landfall.

[Jrabbit]

dang....Orlando lost his hat! His cameraman is named "Krispy" LOL

Ice storms are evil, evil things. Here we don't get beautiful snow....we get treacherous ice. Miserable stuff.

[Howlin]

This is amazing:

[exhaustedmomma]

He's ignoring us.

[laz]

I just went outside and put the shutter up.

Wind outside is already quite strong. Tropical storm force, with nasty gusts. No rain, really. I just felt a few stray drops blowing on my neck.

Maybe it's better not to see what's going on out there. It'll be quite a surprise when it's all over and I finally take a look. I expect not to recognize my street.

[Born in a Rage]

Thank you for the info, geopyg. Unfortunately, she is in a ranch house - surrounded by water.

[Howlin]

Thanks for that information!

Doesn't that worry you to death???

[Nita Nupress]

...it was pitch black and all night long, all you could hear was trees bending, snappy, falling through the OTHER folliage, and hitting the ground with unbelieveable THUDS/SLAMS, shaking the entier house like it was a toy.

Yeah, THAT'S what it's like. It was hard to describe the experience because I'd never been exposed to anything like it before. "Thud" and "slam" fits rather nicely.

33 trees. May-an!

[laz]

What are "stone crabs"??

I have absolutely no idea.

[Jrabbit]

Maybe he said "stoned" crabs. lol

[exhaustedmomma]

Thank you!! Yeah!

So, did you make any peepholes??

[Born in a Rage]

She knows...somehow I think she knows. I'm going to hit the hay myself here in a minute.

[sissyjane]

I've been gone all day and evening--What is happening with "Wilma", and when --is it going to happen?--Hubbie is snoring in chair with remote, so can't access TV....

[buickmackane]

Accuweather isn't ready to write TD Alpha off just yet:

You cant make this stuff up.

As for Alpha, the system's overall cloud structure has maintained itself after moving over the island of Hispaniola and should the low level circulation redevelop, a quick intensification to a 60 mph storm is possible by Monday afternoon. Alpha should be located ahead of Wilma by Monday night but probably will become part of one system farther north in the Atlantic.

http://hurricane.accuweather.com/hurricane/regions.asp?site=atl

[exhaustedmomma]

stone crabs

[neutrality]

Hmm, 130kt fl winds found; sounds a bit too high though

705 0609 2436N 08224W 03047 5221 221 129 086 086 130 02870 0000000100

[Jrabbit]

Naples report on Fox.....Todd Conner....flooding. He's not exactly in Naples. Oh, Ft. Meyers Beach.

[Black Tooth]

Tornoado warnings now for western Collier County.

[Nita Nupress]

I just went outside and put the shutter up.

Good. You'll be glad, I think. Half a window was too much, IMO.

Also, if you have any trees near your house, keep up with the wind direction during the storm on your local radio station so you can position yourself anywhere but downwind from the trees.

[neutrality]

However, 0000000100 indicates the data might be inaccurate