Looters Cancun
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Posted on 10/22/2005 1:25:10 PM PDT by NautiNurse
I just wish this storm would rake her path through here and be done with it. The cone of uncertainty is huge across the FL peninsula. Then we can begin the clean up.
Just watched Don Noe's report. He's my favorite local TV met by far. No grandstanding, no melodrama, just matter of fact intelligent analysis with a pleasant demeanor. I know everyone loves Norcross, but to me he always seems a little too much like he's hoping for a hit.
Discussion 31 shows landfall 3.7 miles south of Naples, at 0851 Monday morning. Times computed this way usually run late than reality, but maybe not so much in this case, with a data point just inshore.
Tomorrow when the ERC is done and the eyewall diameter firms up, I'll put up some surge extent projections.
Amazing that she'll get all the way from the Yucatan to Florida in about the same amount of time that she spent parked over Cancun and Cozumel.
That's in line with my own prediction that she won't hit north of Naples. I'm calling for a Cat 2, borderline Cat 3.
Joy.
I'll be keen to see those surge projections.
Looters Cancun
Yup, he's straight and to the point. No embellishment.
Between this time (2200 EST) tomorrow and 12 ours later, an hour after landfall, they show her moving at 20.9 mph, average.
If she pulls a Rita, she'll run off and leave a ridge of surge behind her, which the winds west of the eye will shove down towards the Florida Keys, hours after landfall.
Thanks for the tip. That was our first trip down there and we fell in love with the area. We were hoping to go back this winter but may have to postpone it a bit now. :(
Well it's nice to know that we have a lot in common with our southern neighbors.
I see the bare necessities of life are the same in Cancun as in New Orleans. LOL
That big screen tv is sloshing in the flood water. Nobody ever accused looters of being rocket scientists.
I would not be surprised to see that scenario materialize.
Maybe his brother will appoint Jeb as next FEMA director after his term expires.
They nudged it back to the south again.
Jeb is a bit overqualified for the FEMA director position. After all, James Lee Witt, the most qualified FEMA consultant on the planet, earned the position with a high school diploma.
Me too. No promises, lot of variables with this one, all of them seemingly skewed away from "normal" values.
Karl, how come reporters never have any problem getting pictures of looters, and cops and military types with licence to kill orders never seem to even get a sniff?
Is this a case of dead men tell no tales, or are looters just naturally drawn to reporters?
Goodnight, Nurse. Goodnight, all. Guess we'll be together again tomorrow ... at least until the power goes.
See you guys tomorrow. Though I probably won't be around much, what with finishing up preparations for Monday.
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