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Posted on 08/20/2007 8:12:21 AM PDT by NautiNurse
Bet they’ll be flyin’ *howler* monkeys, too! Didja see my monkey story to CindyDawg above?
Finally got here, long day.
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Now that was a guy enjoying a storm. lol
Thanks for the info.
I just found an interesting youtube tourist video about Chetumal. We can get a better idea about this town after seeing it. I hate to say, It Will look much different tomorrow.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH02Poq1R6M
Harrigan’s coverage in Iraq was great. However, nobody should be outside in a Cat 5 hurricane. During one of the major ‘05 storms, he narrowly missed being filleted by a large flying piece of sheet metal. At that point, he was frightened enough that he tried to get inside. The locals did not want to breach the building structure by opening the door to let him in. I don’t blame them a bit.
In Belize, they call them howla’ monkeys.
That's how HIV crossed the species....
LOL,,,Fo’Sho,,,;0)
I could hardly watch him. I just knew he was fixing to get it, and then he got locked out.
I always get a kick out of the weather reporters chastising the surfers when they themselves are out in the same storm.
If they live in Chetumal, they won’t be allowed to ride it out at home. Every person in the city has been put into shelters and the power was turned off at 7PM.
Out in the country, things might be different, but I’m sure the word has spread. I just saw footage of stores in Tulum all boarded up and closed, too.
I remember those videos of Steve in 05. They were hilarious/frightening...
He’s one of the good guys.
There’s miscellaneous small towns as well that I don’t have population figures for. Most of them do not appear to be right up against the coast, though Google Earth does not have good resolution in the area.
Going to be a long night for those folks.
Be one heck of an irony if he survives being the captive of murdering terrorists only to get killed doing the weather. Hope he has more sense now than two years ago!
Excellent find. Apparently, the higher elevations of Chetumal are not along the coastline. The video showed a very low lying shoreline. Godspeed to the citizens of Chetumal.
Dean kicking Janet out of the top #10?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_notable_Atlantic_hurricanes
Most intense Atlantic hurricanes
Intensity is measured solely by central pressure
Rank Hurricane Season Min. pressure
1 Wilma 2005 882 mbar (hPa)
2 Gilbert 1988 888 mbar (hPa)
3 “Labor Day” 1935 892 mbar (hPa)
4 Rita 2005 895 mbar (hPa)
5 Allen 1980 899 mbar (hPa)
6 Katrina 2005 902 mbar (hPa)
7 Camille 1969 905 mbar (hPa)
8 Mitch 1998 905 mbar (hPa)
9 Ivan 2004 910 mbar (hPa)
10 Janet 1955 914 mbar (hPa)
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