Hurricanes bearing down on FL

[LegendKiller]

My first hurricane since I moved here 3 years ago. I was hoping to go to the Buc's/Bangels pre-season game on sat, but that might not be happening.

Should be interesting.

[ialsohaveadream]

As someone who has lived here for 25 years, let me tell you this: it's just going to rain A LOT. And the winds are gonna be stronger than usual. You'll hardly feel it in Orlando.

When Andrew came barrelling through, that was pretty fierce, but generally we just get the minor hurricanes and tropical storms that level trailer parks.

[cheapie]

bengals. these are the bangels

http://www.netzmarkt.de/thomann/prodbilder/123576.jpg

loal. supricesed i got tath out correctly. i'm, uh. ,unkdray! lol.

[ialsohaveadream]

No, Cheap, those aren't the Bangels, those are the Bangles.

[Nija]

bengals. these are the bangels

http://www.netzmarkt.de/thomann/prodbilder/123576.jpg

loal. supricesed i got tath out correctly. i'm, uh. ,unkdray! lol.

:heh:

I see you've been hanging out with ski lately

[Maarchk]

"Look around, leaves are brown, and the sky is a hazy shade of winter..."
Good luck out there you guys... At least you know when bad stuff is coming...
I think the first one doesn't look as bad as Charlie... Which is odd, i thought it was supposed to be all boys.... Is bonnie a boys name?

[lights]

hope you folks there come out ok from the two hurricanes,... it's all over the news here.

on a site note,....makes me glad all i have to worry about these little things called earthquakes. ;)

[zenbooty]

Oooh, Hurricanes!


http://www.patobriens.com/Hurrican.jpg http://www.patobriens.com/Hurrican.jpg

[ialsohaveadream]

Mmmmmmm. Good idea, Zen!

[bachviet]

Hit too late 'cauze Canta had moved! ;)

[DarkFury]

Strong winds are a-blowin'....

http://www.lemonizer.com/upload/uploadsJuly/hurricanes1.jpg

[ski]

:heh:

I see you've been hanging out with ski lately
HEY!!!! :angry:

ehhh, I'll drink to that :cheers:

[Merlin]

I'm here in Atlanta and damn is it raining. Just coming down in buckets! Lots of lightning too. Runied my sleep!

[LegendKiller]

Bengals, Bangels, same damn thing...


wind and lots of rain, sounds fun.


LK

[faither]

http://images.picturequest.com/common/thumb-m/15/49/22184915.jpg

That was bagel not Bangel. :wavey2:

[Cantacuzene]

I wish I was in Florida for this. The waves are going to be epic. All I'm getting here is rain and traffic.

[johnnymk]

http://www.bobticeknives.com/7-6-bugle.jpg




That was bagel not Bangel. :wavey2:

That was bugle not bagel. Man, this could go on forever :bandit:

[zenbooty]

That was bugle not bagel. Man, this could go on forever :bandit:
http://www.darkshine.de/80Buggles.jpg

That was The Buggles, not Bugle.

[DarkFury]

Excuse me... are those bugle boy jeans you're wearing...


Thank you... :D

[ialsohaveadream]

are those bugle boy jeans you're wearing...


Hell nah ho, you know they Po-lo.

[LegendKiller]

Well, game is postponed till monday. The 'cane is heading almost directly for Orlando. We were told not to come into work at all.

Universal let us park our cars in the garage, had a friend take us there and drop us back off. This is going to be an interesting night.

[johnnymk]

My friend moved to Port Charlotte last year. I called him and he is very concerned about possible flooding there. I hope he makes it.

[InfiniteNothing]

I heard something on the news about 1MM evacuated. Has it hit yet?

[faither]

I'm glad they didn't start building my house in Tampa!

[eSDee]

I'm glad they didn't start building my house in Tampa!

You should have them build it underground ;)

[LegendKiller]

My fiance's parents live in Naples and it's really starting up there. Its going to hit somewhere south of Tampa at about 5pm. My aunt and uncle live in Sarasota (south of Tampa) and they evacuated a couple days ago, went up to Jacksonville I think.

Winds are up to 125 mph. It should go down some before it hits here, 60mi or so northeast of tampa, but its going right over orlando right now.


Jeb said that the evac might be bigger than the last big 'cane that hit mainland, 1.5m displaced, so they are projecting as many as 2m.


LK

[LegendKiller]

Chucles is a Cat4 now, news conference said there are going to be a lot of uprooted trees, tornados, flash floods, its going to peg Orlando directly.


LK

[DarkFury]

You should have them build it underground ;)
Try to build underground and it becomes a pool...

A good chunk of Florida is below sea level... and the water table is very high.

[faither]

You should have them build it underground ;)

I was very diappointed when they told me there are no basements. :angry:

I love my current basement.

[LegendKiller]

It just started to get really bad in the last 20min. Lots of rain and T&L. Windows are taped and we have an interior closet we can go to

[Jenny]

I'm praying for all of you! Keep us informed that you are still alive and ok!

[molecularfire]

"Look around, leaves are brown, and the sky is a hazy shade of winter..."
Good luck out there you guys... At least you know when bad stuff is coming...
I think the first one doesn't look as bad as Charlie... Which is odd, i thought it was supposed to be all boys.... Is bonnie a boys name?
I think they were originally all named after women but since hurricane Andy, they've been naming them after both men and women.

[zenbooty]

I think they were originally all named after women but since hurricane Andy, they've been naming them after both men and women.I think its girls names for hurricanes, boys names for tropical storms.

Charlie can be a girl's name. But it would have been better to name it Hurricane Chakah Kahn. :heh:

[faither]

They alternate - boy, girl.

[DarkFury]

http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/Business/US/hurricane_names_040726-1.html



The initial idea behind naming hurricanes came about in the 1950s as a means of streamlining an older system that used numeric latitude and longitude designations to identify storms. The new system was intended to ease communication issues with the clunky numeric names, and initially storms in the United States were given female names only.

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The names were put into six alphabetical lists that alternate male and female names to prevent gender bias, and the lists were put into use on a rotating basis. Every six years a list is repeated, so the 2004 list of names, beginning with Alex and ending with Walter, will be used again in 2010.
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Retiring Names

Hurricanes that cause extreme damage, like the $30 billion tally for Hurricane Andrew in 1992, have their names retired to prevent confusion in scientific literature and legal proceedings such as insurance claims. The country that feels the brunt of the damage can choose to retire the name. After hurricane Andrew ravaged the coast of south Florida in 1992, the name "Andrew" was retired and replaced by "Alex" for future name rotations.

2004 Atlantic Hurricane Names

Alex
Bonnie
Charley
Danielle
Earl
Frances
Gaston
Hermine
Ivan
Jeanne
Karl
Lisa
Matthew
Nicole
Otto
Paula
Richard
Shary
Tomas
Virginie
Walter


Pretty much that answers those questions.. :D

[nimj2323ck]

what if there's more hurricanes in a year than previously chosen names for that year?

sorry if it was in the article, i kind of skimmed through

[DarkFury]

what if there's more hurricanes in a year than previously chosen names for that year?

sorry if it was in the article, i kind of skimmed through

21+ storms would be a true DISASTER.

Here is what they said...



In the average year, about 10 named storms will pop up within Region IV, leaving many of the names at the end of the alphabet unused. So will those names like Wilfred and Wanda ever make it into the rotation?

"Well, no one has accused of systematically discriminating against the last half of the alphabet, so I don't think the system is going to change," Lepore said. "It may not be a perfect system, but if it ain't broke, we're not going to fix it."

[nimj2323ck]

21+ storms would be a true DISASTER.

Here is what they said...
Big disaster

that quote only says what happens to unused names for that year. so what would the 22nd storm be called? would they dip into next year's rotation?

[DarkFury]

Big disaster

that quote only says what happens to unused names for that year. so what would the 22nd storm be called? would they dip into next year's rotation?
Are you callin' for storm #22? :hmm:

they probably have a "super secret alternate" list that starts over....or something. :shrug:

Go use Google to look it up... Aiight? :D

[molecularfire]

Big disaster

that quote only says what happens to unused names for that year. so what would the 22nd storm be called? would they dip into next year's rotation?
Zephram. The 22nd storm would be called Zephram.

[Nija]

Just trying to help:

http://www.goes.noaa.gov/EVENTS/EG61.JPG

http://weathercenter.com/radar/animatedradar.htm

http://www.sptimes.com/2004/08/13/Weather/QA__What_to_expect__a.shtml

[ialsohaveadream]

Traffic here is nuts. Everyone from out west is heading here, and the streets are packed.

I brought all my outdoor stuff (grill, bikes, etc) in the house, just in case, but I don't think we'll get a very big hit here. A few branches blown off trees, some minor flooding is my guess.

[nimj2323ck]

Go use Google to look it up... Aiight?
Couldn't find a single mention of it. Weird. Anyway, when i was looking through the sites, i came across this list (http://www.weather.com/encyclopedia/tropical/archive/atlantic.html) of names for hurricanes in 2004. It's not the same one as ABC's though. What gives?


2004
Alex
Bonnie
Charley
Danielle
Earl
Frances
Georges
Hermine
Ivan
Jeanne
Karl
Lisa
Mitch
Nicholas
Otto
Paula
Richard
Shary
Tomas
Virginie
Walter

[ialsohaveadream]

I like DF's better, because G was for "Gaston", which gives us a decent chance at mocking the French-named hurricane as it turns away from land.

[DaFunkyUnit]

http://www.scorps.com/image/tourbook/cw/band_02.jpg

HERE I AM!!!

ROCK YOU LIKE A HURRICANE!!!

[InfiniteNothing]

HERE I AM!!!

ROCK YOU LIKE A HURRICANE!!!I thought the lyric was "Raunchy like a hurricane":confused:

[LegendKiller]

Really getting windy here, raining pretty hard. News is saying tornado's are all over the place. Their "tornados" here are nothing but whimpy little things though, not like the twisters up in the midwest.

once in a while the wind really picks up and it seems like the windows are going to break. The power browns out every once in a while.


I'll keep posting as long as I have power

[brainsmile]

Hurricanes bearing down on FL.

for a minute I thought you were talking about the Miami team. Darn it I want college football to start

[ialsohaveadream]

:stupid: The Canes are my favorite team, too.

We only got the outer limits here, just some stronger winds and heavy rain.

[DarkFury]

for a minute I thought you were talking about the Miami team. Darn it I want college football to start

Eh hmm... http://www.gotapex.com/forums/showpost.php?p=718756&postcount=11


:D

[LegendKiller]

Well, steph and I are alive. We got an interior closet ready and about 9 the wind really started going. There was a pine tree outside our window that started getting close, so instead of waiting for the window to break and glass to fly in, we went into the closet.

The power went out at about 9:20 until 5:30am. The tree is leaning up against the building (pics later).


Overall, it wasn't bad. But I have heard that in other places it is REALLY bad. There have been reports that Punta Gorda has been whiped out, over 400 people in trailers did not evacuate and some news reports are that there are bodies everywhere. Crazy stuff.


LK

[LPMiller]

I would be truly bummed if I were killed by Hurricane Otto.

[ialsohaveadream]

Glad to hear you're safe, LK. Welcome to Florida! :)

[ialsohaveadream]

http://www.kirksjerks.com/cane/DSC01094.JPG
http://www.kirksjerks.com/cane/DSC01079.JPG
Yes, that's water on the indoor court. A section of the roof blew off.

[DarkFury]

There have been reports that Punta Gorda has been whiped out, over 400 people in trailers did not evacuate and some news reports are that there are bodies everywhere. Crazy stuff.


LK
Well... if they had plenty of time to get out and STILL decided to ride it out in a freakin' trailer... well... they played Russian Roulette and lost on that one.

Everyone knows that you can't stay in your trailer/mobile home with a Category 3 storm bearing down on you... that's just suicide. :2far:

[Mike_N_Ike]

http://www.kirksjerks.com/cane/DSC01094.JPG
http://www.kirksjerks.com/cane/DSC01079.JPG
Yes, that's water on the indoor court. A section of the roof blew off.
Wow. :gle: That's incredible.

[poiselle]

Glad to hear you and Stephanie are alright.

[Apex]

http://www.sptimes.com/2004/08/16/Weather/Thieves_plunder_in_Ch.shtml