Here we go again - we just can't catch a break here

not2sharp

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From the 11:00PM advisory:

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 135 MPH...215 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. THIS MAKES IVAN AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE
ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE. STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

Does anyone have a good anti-rain dance? :rolleyes:

n2s
 
I'll stick with Northern winters...at least snow doesn't usually take away your house. Good luck to those in harm's way.
 
Apparently those nude women in Nepal performed their rain dance too well; the rain is excessive, and falling in the wrong place. :D Sounds like you need an anti-wind dance! :eek: I've been in a Cat. 4 hurricane (Dominican Republic), and they are nasty. Hope you, your family and possessions are safe.
 
If they have to get people evacuated again.....I bet there will be many who will try to ride it out. It's tough evacuating once, even harder twice, but three times is too much for most folks.

nothing like getting kicked while your down on the ground...
 
I don't like this. I'm worried. Isn't the hurricane season just starting?

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I was watching news coverage of Florida last night on TV and the program broke for an ad on Florida. Come live in Florida. Look at this Golf course. These homes are great. Recreation activities abound.

I think they could have ran the ad in a better spot. I'd want my money back if I'd paid for it.


munk
 
N2S, yesterday you mentioned a friend being in Kendall for Hurricane Andrew. I was there too, lived 17 years in S. Fla. I only lost an 8ft part of my roof, but when the rain came in the next few days it ruined the place. Andrew was a cat 4, years later they decided it was a cat 5. It took 6 months for a roof, and a year for my workplace to rebuild. Hurricanes take a long time to recover from. I have trouble talking about some of the things I saw. And insurance is BS. I was fully insured, and they fought me tooth and nail over everything. I lost thousands, and did much repair work myself trying to break even. If the Fla. Keys are hit, forget about ever seeing them again as they were. In 10 or so years they might rise again in a totally different way... And stubborn people will die: in 1935 the Labor Day huirricane killed 2,000 rail workers in the keys. Frances last weekend blew at like 30-35 mph up here in the panhandle, but did little harm. 60, 90, 120, 150 mph incrementally destroys everything.

My best Andrew story? At Weeks Aviation mueseum in Kendall, they had a B-17 in poor shape, being repaired by volunteers. OF COURSE it was tied down with cables. But that black night of August 23, 1994, it flew for the last time. In the morning they found it 2-3 miles to the south, luckily in a bean field. Sadly many vintage WW2 aircraft were also destroyed.... gotta go. Pray Ivan hits an unpopulated area... all we can do. :( :( :(
 
I wonder if there is anything we can do to help people. Haven't seen anything on the TV down here on that line. Is there anything you people need besides our prayers?
 
Mamav,

Thanks for the thought.

Just stay positive and lets hope this things misses us.

If the storm does hit. The best way to help would be to get in touch any affected family members and either offer to store some of their stuff for a while, or invite them up for a few weeks. With Andrew the guys who made out like bandits were the moving and storage companies.

n2s
 
So far my daughter and her family has been very fortuanate. All they lost was power for a few hours. They live in the Jacksonville area, evidently had a lot of rain and a little wind but nothing too serious in their neighborhood.
Hopefully Ivan won't be as bad as Frances all over Florida!
We will continue to pray for our family and friends there and keep positive thoughts. Like N2S says, that's about all we can do except to invite 'em up for a few weeks. I would love to see my daughter and her family again but not for a few weeks although the house is there's if they need to come up fer a while. There's no guarantee they will all go home alive though, meaning the kids.:D ;)
 
BTW, Ivan just made it to catagory 5. Hurricane hunters have reported winds up to 175kts (over 200 MPH) and strengthening (internal pressure is way down to 916!!!). If it follows the track published at 5:00AM today, we will be down to 49 states.

n2s
 
The winds are 15Omph or so with gusts running much higher.
You have to figure Florida has survived this historically, but historically Florida was swamp.
There is now some chance it will swing out to the Gulf.

I'm worried about the next one after.

Tough time to be on the planet- or in a Russian school.



munk
 
From AccuWeather.com


Hurricane Ivan is now a Category 5 hurricane with sustained winds of 160 mph and gusts to 190 mph. As of Thursday morning, Ivan was located about 525 miles southeast of Kingston, Jamaica. This storm is expected to move to the west-northwest at about 15 mph, gradually adopting a more northerly track. Ivan poses a great threat to Jamaica and Cuba. Those with interests in Florida and the Gulf of Mexico should continue to monitor this storm closely, as it may threaten these areas early next week.
 

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They say North Florida isn't real Florida and I guess I am glad of it. Though even here in Tally and surrounding areas we got some damage and lost a lot of power from Francis. Right now Ivan sounds pretty bad but hopefuly it will peter out some like francis did. As bad as it was it had been forecast to be much worse and Ivan is still a good little ways off.

Luck to ya'll.

Sam
 
More bad news for Florida!!!

And if it turns just a fews miles to the North-east.......................................
 
N2,
Not far from you ,working 16hr.days with the Power Co.whereever it hits we will be traveling! Hang in,as bad as you see the Hurricanes ,I get to see & hear about it up close & personal!!
THE DUCK:cool:
 
Hope the storms continue to see you are too tough to mess with Jim...
 
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