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BULLETIN HURRICANE FRANCES INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 45B NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 3 AM EDT SUN SEP 05 2004 ...LARGE EYE OF HURRICANE FRANCES CONTINUES MOVING INLAND... ...EASTERN PORTION OF EYEWALL WITH STRONG WINDS STILL TO COME... A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA FROM FLORIDA CITY NORTHWARD TO FLAGLER BEACH...INCLUDING LAKE OKEECHOBEE. A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GRAND BAHAMA...ABACO...BIMIMI AND THE BERRY ISLANDS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF FLAGLER BEACH TO ALTAMAHA SOUND. A HURRICANE WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF FLAGLER BEACH TO...

For the better part of 18 months, John Kerry has bitterly denounced the Bush administration's, Over and over he has pronounced his unsparing indictment: "George Bush has pursued the most arrogant, inept, reckless, and ideological HURRICANE policy in the modern history of this country."

Better Safe Than Sorry! Hurricane Frances just might be a down-graded hurricane when it reaches Florida. A few days ago, then a category 4 storm with potential to devastate a state barely recovering from Hurricane Charley, Frances prompted Governor Jeb Bush to order the evacuation of millions of people from the southeastern coastal areas of his great state. There will no doubt be naysayers who second-guess Governor Bush's evacuation order if Frances continues to degrade and becomes a weak category 2 or a weaker Category 1 hurricane. (Although both are dangerous.) Those who understand risk assessment, however, will understand that...

BULLETIN: HURRICANE FRANCES INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 41A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 2 AM EDT SAT SEP 04 2004 ...FRANCES NEAR GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND... A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA FROM FLORIDA CITY NORTHWARD TO FLAGLER BEACH...INCLUDING LAKE OKEECHOBEE. A HURRICANE WARNING ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWESTERN BAHAMAS. A HURRICANE WARNING MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION. A HURRICANE WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAIN IN EFFECT FROM NORTH...

New course has Frances moving ashore about Sturart, then NW to over Lakeland, or even west of Lakeland, out into Gulf at Weeki Wachee.

Patrick Air Force Base, Kennedy Space Center Evacuated By Jim GaramoneAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Sept. 3, 2004 – The only creatures left on the barrier islands of Florida are alligators and rattlesnakes. As Hurricane Frances approaches Florida, officials ordered the evacuation of 2.5 million people from the barrier islands, low-lying areas and other exposed areas. This includes the personnel of Patrick Air Force Base and the Kennedy Space Center, both in Brevard County. "We have shut down the installation," said Air Force Lt. Col. Joe Lamarca, the base public affairs officer. "We have some security forces and civil...

. Hurricane Frances : Free Republic's Friday Discussion Thread (2004-09-03) ========================================= First, Thursday Night's Closing Summary (AlanCarp's Post): ETA Computer Model - Melbourne strike - taking 24 hours to approach the coast. Arrival 11am Sunday. Takes at least another 24 hours to cross Florida - exiting in the Big Bend region. GFDL Computer Model - Melbourne strike - similar to the ETA solution. A little quicker to the shore, arriving at 2am Sunday morning. GFS Computer Model - Melbourne strike, from a lower angle, and still slow to approach, arriving 8am Sunday morning. This is a worse-case solution, creeping up...

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Fellow FReepers, let us all join together and pray for our brothers and sisters in the path of Frances. Many are still being afflicted by the ravages of the first two hurricanes, and the effects of a third may be unimaginable. Thank you all in advance!

For Jupiter, it was the big one. Local pioneer Bessie DuBois, who lived through it, called the hurricane that hit on Sept. 16, 1928, "the hurricane of the century."It was a Category Four storm, said Senior Hurricane Specialist Gil Clark of the National Hurricane Center in Coral Cables.The power of hurricanes is ranked by categories one through five. A five is very rare, and so is anything on the border lineApproachThis particular storm was not unnoticed before it struck Florida. Ships at sea recorded its movement and strength, beginning on Monday, Sept. 10, when the developing low pressure area was...

Hurricane Frances threads found here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/search?m=all;o=time;s=hurricanePlease do not post on this thread.

Free Republic Community: Welcome to Friday's Hurricane Frances news-thread ! It looks like a Melbourne Landfall after all, once again (to Section9's worst fears) churning it's way North-West to clobber Kissimmee and Gainsville ... Well ... I made the round-trip Wednesday evening from Tampa--Palm Bay--Tampa to get the kids safely stowed away at a Days Inn in Clearwater. There was only light traffic on the Hwy-192 route between Melbourne and Kissimmee. Just a little heavier for the I-4 traffic for the next 80 miles to Tampa Clearwater. BTW. I was told by a Melbourne-Palm Bay Firefighter that shelters were few...

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AT 11 PM EDT...0300Z...A HURRICANE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE FLORIDA EAST COAST FROM FLORIDA CITY NORTHWARD TO FLAGLER BEACH... INCLUDING LAKE OKEECHOBEE. SOME OR ALL OF THE HURRICANE WATCH AREA WILL LIKELY BE UPGRADED TO A HURRICANE WARNING THURSDAY MORNING. A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS. AT 11 PM EDT...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE MIDDLE AND UPPER FLORIDA KEYS FROM SOUTH OF FLORIDA CITY SOUTHWARD TO THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE...INCLUDING FLORIDA BAY.

  Florida bases prepare for Hurricane Frances SAN ANTONIO -- National Hurricane Center officials expect Hurricane Frances to reach Florida on Sept. 4. (U.S. Air Force graphic by Virgie Reyes) 9/1/2004 - SAN ANTONIO (AFPN)  -- As forecasters predict Hurricane Frances will reach land near Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., on Sept. 4, bases have begun preparing for the storm Sept. 1. At Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., the 482nd Fighter Wing commander ordered 16 F-16 Fighting Falcons to Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas. Officials at the 45th Space Wing at Patrick are preparing for a potential evacuation...

Ok, FReepers in the way of Frances check in so we can get a head count to make sure everyone makes it through alright!

Mandatory Evacuation Ordered For Palm Beach, Florida. Breaking on Fox News...

. Free Republic Community: Welcome to Wednesday's Hurricane Frances news-twist ! It looks like a Melbourne Landfall after all, once again (to Section9's worst fears) churning it's way North along the Coast Highway ... Excellent Hurricane Frances Websites: HURRICANE ALLEY U.S. Weather Observers Patton@Bastogne Free Republic Member since 1998. General George S. Patton Jr. Website .

000 WTNT31 KNHC 312044 TCPAT1 BULLETIN HURRICANE FRANCES ADVISORY NUMBER 28 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 5 PM AST TUE AUG 31 2004 ...SEVERE HURRICANE FRANCES HEADING FOR THE BAHAMAS WITH 140 MPH WINDS... A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS... WHICH INCLUDES ACKLINS...CROOKED...INAGUAS...MAYAGUANA AND RAGGED ISLANDS...AND FOR THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS. A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS WHICH INCLUDES CAT...EXUMAS...LONG ISLANDS...RUM CAY AND SAN SALVADOR. A HURRICANE WARNING MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD...

Hurricane Frances Intermediate Advisory Number 27a Statement as of 2:00 PM AST on August 31, 2004 ...Powerfull Hurricane Frances...with 140 mph winds...moving westward a little faster... a Hurricane Warning is in effect for the southeastern Bahamas ...Which includes Acklins...crooked...Inaguas...Mayaguana and Ragged Islands...and for the Turks and Caicos Islands. A Hurricane Watch is in effect for the central Bahamas which includes Cat...Exumas...Long Island...Rum Cay and San Salvador. A Hurricane Warning means that hurricane conditions are expected within the warning area within the next 24 hours. Preparations to protect life and property should be rushed to completion. A Hurricane Watch means that...