Hurricane Lili Now A Category 4

TWC | 10-02-02 | my favorite headache

[My Favorite Headache]

Category 4 storm now....we are talking Andrew style now.

[Uncle Sham]

Iberia Parish has three of these salt domes. Avery Island, Weeks Island, and Jefferson Island.

[Uncle Sham]

What are you doing still up at this hour?

[newsperson999]

looks like storm is done weakening in fact in the past 45 min to 1 hour it may be trying to get its act together again
..cloud tops are cooling on the south and east side..and the eye doesn't look as pathetic on radar...if it reforms the storm could go up a bit wind wise before landfall.we will see

[Uncle Sham]

another blink.

[Uncle Sham]

blinks becoming more ominous.

[Uncle Sham]

I want to thank everyone who has provided concern and helpfull info before my power goes.

[Free Trapper]

I could be wrong but I believe I read somewhere that one of the reasons the Tabasco company located on the island was for the salt to be used in their product.

[ET(end tyranny)]

Yeah, it looks like a small orange area headed your way.

[2sheep]

If Lili picks up all that Tabasco juice from the Tabasco plant and spreads it all over your town in a whirlwind mist, keep your eyes shut really really tight!

[Uncle Sham]

It's already here as far as I'm concerned! Heavy duty stuff outside as I type this.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Am fascinated with hurricanes, and getting some work done on the side. I keep flexible hours and do alot of research in the ovenight hours(less interruptions).

Does your computer have a fast enough connection to load the radar images? Looks like you may be in some heavy cells for a bit longer, then perhaps a break based on the rotation pattern. Or a long string of cells training around one after another over you, kinda hard to predict at the moment.

[DBtoo]

Hi Windsong, how is the weather where you are?

[Askel5]

The storm just woke me up. I won't have power for long ... took two tries just to get this far ...

I suspect we won't feel guilty about being at home this morning.

[Uncle Sham]

When I was a kid, I'd put it on crackers and eat em for snacks.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Good advice. I wonder if Avery Island sells Tobasco brand pepper spray?

[spodefly]

I have an updated model run thru the Spodefly supercomputer ... there may be a bug in the software though because something still doesn't look right.

[Uncle Sham]

High-speed thanks to Bellsouth. :-)

[2sheep]

Where did the salt come from that made the salt domes?

[Uncle Sham]

I've been up all night and had power so far all the way through. I've decided to post reports as the storm comes through. You all should be ok in a few hours. It's really gusting here.

[Askel5]

Pressure has risen 17 mb in just a couple hours. Just in the nick of time.

Your posts have been great last week and this, btw. (Not to mention heartening as I turn everything off and go back to sleep ... =)