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Posted on 08/22/2012 1:47:19 PM PDT by NautiNurse
Tropical Storm Isaac threatens to dampen the Republican National Convention Monday in Tampa, Florida. National media outlets are having a grand time anticipating a Grand Old Party washout. Tampa mayor Bob Buckhorn (D) announced Wednesday that he is absolutely prepared to call off the convention next week, with anticipated attendance of 70,000 delegates, party officials, journalists, protesters and others. Buckhorn has not indicated that he would attempt to mitigate liberal protests or a hastily planned Joe "Plugs" Biden visit to Tampa during the convention.
Time will tell. Stay tuned...
Sea Surface Temps
Buoy Data:
Caribbean W. Carib and Florida
Radar:
Puerto Rico Gitmo, Cuba, Key West & Tampa Bay
“Ugh! I’m heading down to Florida for the Convention on Sunday.
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I’m heading down to the Keys on Sunday myself ... earlier I had heard Cat 1 at best ... those aren’t bad. Now I hear Cat 4/5 ... they evacuate the islands in those cases. Ugh.
Between TS Debby and now Isaac, looks like we may be taking the heat this season. Debby did a number on my banana plants. Looked like they had been run through a big paper shredder. Drowned my baby avocado tree too. Sigh...
Hurricane season bump
Pack your rubber boots and a poncho. Skip the umbrella. No good in the wind. Make sure you have water and a few packs of crackers handy in your hotel room. You just never know...
Welcome to Florida!
Sigh...
REALLY hoping there’s no need for a chocolate run ;)
Do the supplies include chocolate and recipes?
Seems like an excellent early call. If the circulation is reforming south (looks like it), it may wind up a bit farther west - east Texas should pay attention.
Here's hoping Hispaniola does the usual shred job!
From the best meteorologist there is imho. Hes a nole) In summary, this storm will break up over land. Worth the read Friends.
http://www.hurricanehunt.com/index-4.html/?p=324
That is what they said about Katrina.
I know. Only god knows. Stock up. I did today. Im in Clearwater..
Interesting times.
Hurricane Supply List: A pound of chocolate for each 10mph increase in wind speed above 45mph.
It turned north, shot the gap at Yucatan into the Gulf and went berserk.
Both.
They’ve got great speakers lined up. We want all of them on in primetime.
What we do NOT need is nonstop coverage of silly Shep and Anderson Cooper hogging the camera in 90 mph gusts, like it’s news that hurricanes produce wind.
I don’t know where Issac will go but a Republican Convention planned for the end of August in Florida? Why didn’t they pick Galveston or Mobile or something reasonable like that! snort/>/>>
I hope it doesn’t hit the sanabel and captiva islands. Selfishly we were going there in a few months to shell and fish.
When in panic, when in doubt,
run in circles, scream and shout.
Thanks NautiNurse! To think a few weeks ago I was bragging that the Connecticut Delegation hotel was right on the beach.
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