WILMA!..... in Fred Flintstone's voice

[snapperbait]

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at4+shtml/203314.shtml?5day <br /><br />Oh Joy!...... Hurricane Wilma.. Looks like a poopy weekend...... Guess I'll have to take the portable canopy down again... Hope I don't have to board em' up....<br />

<br /><br />Bet we make it too Alpha... Beta's a maybe... Gamma?... Delta???..... OMEGA!?..........

 

[Reel Poor]

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Can you say...... UNCLE ?????

 

[TwoBallScrewBall]

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This morning is was a tropical storm.<br /><br />Now it's a 175mph Cat 5. <br /><br />Holy Crap. <br /><br />Guess the tree huggers were on to something with the whole warming the gulf of mexico thing. Or it could just be a busy season.

 

[Braxton]

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my portable canopy has to come down also snapperbait. we have been lucky so far this year in florida. i hope it continues to be lucky for us. Brax

 

[LadyFish]

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175 with winds gusting to 215, minimum pressure is 884 mb. <br /><br />According to the experts, this is probably the lowest minimum pressure ever observed in the Atlantic Basin followed by the 888 mb minimum pressure associated with hurricane Gilbert in 1988. <br /><br />With the Gulf waters beginning to cool off a little I'm hoping she loses strength from her current status. This is another catastrophic storm and one to be reckoned with.<br /><br />Y'all be careful and batton down the hatches my friends. I will be praying for you.

 

[SS MAYFLOAT]

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I just hope all these hurricanes don't mean a harsh winter for us up here in the north. Keeping prayers out for our coastal habitants. We hope the best for all....

 

[Braxton]

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i have not seen the mb down so low its scary! and thank you LF i was thinking and praying for you folks in Texas also,

 

[LadyFish]

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Thanks Braxton. This is just crazy for a storm this size so late in the season.<br /><br />Before you know it they are going to have to add numbers to the Saffir Simson scale. <br /><br />Part of the reason for so many storms lies in a decades-long natural cycle in hurricane activity that in 1995 switched to a high-hurricane activity mode. Hurricane activity has been above normal since 1995, and will likely continue to be for the rest of this decade and the next according to the experts. Now thats scarey for us living on barrier reef islands and the rest on the coast.<br /><br />

 

[Dave Abrahamson]

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Originally posted by Stiff Nibbles:<br /> This morning is was a tropical storm.<br /><br />Guess the tree huggers were on to something with the whole warming the gulf of mexico thing. Or it could just be a busy season.

Actually, It hasn't even made it as far as the Gulf of Mexico yet. It's still in the Caribbean.<br />With any luck, it will be knocked down a few notches before landfall. Sure hope it doesn't venture too far north on the west coast.....like Tampa Bay

 

[kenimpzoom]

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You stole my idea for a post.<br /><br />WILMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br /><br />The reason Wilma is so strong is cause it is very far south in the warm waters.<br /><br />As for Texas being safe, dont count on it. Wilma's forecasted track is dependant on the cold front coming through. Cold fronts are notorious for stalling out near Texas.<br /><br />Ken

 

[LadyFish]

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Don't even think that Kenny. So far, all the computer models are in agreement and have it going to south Florida sometime Saturday.<br /><br />From what I understand, a Cat-5 is only born from perfect conditions they don't hold together too long, at best 24-48 hours. This one should die down quite a bit before making landfall in Florida but its still a very serious storm.<br /><br />Y'all be careful.

 

[Limited-Time]

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Wilma should weaken when she hits the Yucatan. We can only pray it does not re-organize and strengthen once she's back over open water. BTW, the last time we had this many named storms was in the early 1930's. That ties in with the cycle theory. Unless global warming took a break for 90 or so years.

 

[snapperbait]

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Really and truely, we won't know much about where Wilma's headed till about friday morning, me thinks... Just glad she's gettin her Cat. 5 business over with now...<br /><br />As of the 5:30 news, there's a few models that have Wilma doing loop-d-loops over the Yucatan penensula... All depends on the high pressure to the north...

 

[snapperbait]

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Actually, this's almost funny.... <br /><br /> I woke up this morning to the clock radio... Mashed the snooze button as per usual.... Radio pops back on and their talking about a cat 5 storm, and I'm thinking I musta over-slept about a day or so becasue that sucker was a cat 1 when I went to bed..... <br /><br />My second thought was, "nahhh..can't be... gotta be an April fools joke in October"....... You know how them wack-jack morning show people are...

 

[12Footer]

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Do you see the little red cross just to the left of Lake "O" on the map below? That's where we live....This hurricane crap draws vacuum!!<br /><br />

 

[kenimpzoom]

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Everybody in the Gulf take heed (this includes me).<br /><br />This storm is a crap shoot as far as I am concerned. Look at the cone on the map above. It could hit New Orleans as far as I can tell.<br /><br />Also, it looks like the cold front has slowed considerably.<br /><br />For more info click here:<br /><br /> http://www.crownweather.com/tropical.html <br /><br /> http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/show.html <br /><br />Quote from site above, "...Three of the top models--the GFS, GFDL, and UKMET models--now show that the trough of low pressure that was expected to pull Wilma sharply northwards and then northeast across Florida is progressing slower than expected, and will not dig as far south. If this forecast verifies, it would be very bad news for Mexico. Wilma may not pass east of Mexico through the Yucatan Channel as originally thought, and may instead make a landfall on the Yucatan Peninsula near Cozumel or Cancun Island on Thursday night or Friday morning, probably as a Category 4 hurricane.<br /><br />However, this would be very good news for Florida. A long encounter with the Yucatan Peninsula would cause a serious disruption of the hurricane, and make it unlikely that Wilma could affect Florida as a major hurricane. A hit on southwest Florida as a Category 1 or 2 hurricane would be more likely, and the arrival of the hurricane would be delayed until Sunday. So, if I lived in Florida and was thinking about evacuating today, I would wait another day and see what the forecast tomorrow brings. "<br /><br />Ken

 

[Limited-Time]

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Damn 12Footer that X may as well have been a bulls-eye if current predictions hold true. Be safe.

 

[12Footer]

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We will, LT. No plywood being hung yet. Plans so far, are to take stock of potential yard missles, and plan for their securing --- but not yet. We are watching the progression both online, and on the weather channel, and are treating this accordingly .As Ken states above, it could make it's turn sooner, or it could make it later.<br />One thing Ken didn't mention, is Wilma's structure. By most standards, it's a compact storm, when compared to H Katrina, with hurricane force winds only extending outwards some 15 miles from the eye, compared to 60miles or better from Katrina.<br />Also, it will be receiving a lower grade fuel in the form of water temps being a tad lower just to the north, in the Gulf of Messico....So any degradation from landfall with the Y.Penn, would not necessarily be fully-regained as it tracks northward. At this time (subject to change, of course), we are expecting a cat3 or less, and a direct eyewall miss. If we do not get a direct hit, missing us by 15 miles north or south, we wont even need to "board-up", or fuel-up of the generator in the dark. <br /><br />However -- If it comes right for us, we are outta here. Period. This house is a cracker box surounded by beautiful Florida slash pines...4" outer wall studs surounded by green-tipped, 90foot long telephone poles! When Charley came thru and missed us by 30 miles, we had several of these QTIP-shaped trees snap halfway from the top, and come crashing-down in my back yard (see pic taken from my back porch).....We estimate 85MPH gusts did this. <br />Nope. Won't be an eye-witness to that again. <br /><br />

 

[12Footer]

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Ok, Plywood is up....It looks like it'll be a direct hit. The goods news is, it is moving fast, so it wont "sit-n-spin".

 

[Reel Poor]

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Snapper, 12 Footer, Braxton, yall hunker down good and be safe looks like its gonna be a pretty good bump. Possiably cat 3.