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Furtherman

07-22-2008, 01:26 PM

Hello, Dolly!

-- National Hurricane Center: Dolly has reached hurricane strength and should hit near the Texas-Mexico line on Wednesday.

http://www.crownweather.com/al04track.gif

Crown Weather Services (http://www.crownweather.com/tropical.html)

ozzie

07-23-2008, 04:50 AM

Hello, Dolly!

http://www.crownweather.com/al04track.gif

Crown Weather Services (http://www.crownweather.com/tropical.html)

Pretty minimal as far as Hurricanes go. The winds outside of the eye are tropical storm strength at best. As long as they evacuate the flood prone areas, everyone should be fine.

We got a few stray rain bands last night, and the waves are up a little in the Gulf, but other than that, you wouldn't know there was a storm out there. Usually, any Hurricane strength storm anywhere in the Gulf can be felt all along the coast. It might be that it was so close to Tex/Mex by the time it reached Hurricane strength.

There's a series of tropical waves coming off of Africa, so it looks like the Summertime pattern is in place for more storms to develop. Looks like it might be an active year afterall.

Arthur
Bertha
Cristobal
Dolly
Edouard
Fay
Gustav
Hanna
Ike
Josephine
Kyle
Laura
Marco
Nana
Omar
Paloma
Rene
Sally
Teddy
Vicky
Wilfred

King Hippos Bandaid

07-23-2008, 05:26 AM

boo to hurricanes

I always get all the wah wah my cruise is gonna be canceled calls

drjoek

07-23-2008, 05:37 AM

Trying To Reason With Hurricane Season

Jimmy Buffett

Squalls out on the gulf stream,
Big storms coming soon.
I passed out in my hammock,
God, I slept way past noon.
Stood up and tried to focus,
I hoped I wouldn't have to look far.
I knew I could use a Bloody Mary,
So I stumbled next door to the bar.

[Chorus:]
And now I must confess,
I could use some rest.
I can't run at this pace very long.
Yes, it's quite insane,
I think it hurts my brain.
But it cleans me out and then I can go on.

There's something about this Sunday
It's a most peculiar gray
Strolling down the avenue
That's known as A1A
I was feeling tired, then I got inspired.
And I knew that it wouldn't last long
So all alone I walked back home, sat on my beach
And then I made up this song.

[Chorus]

Well, the wind is blowin' harder now
Fifty knots of there abouts,
There's white caps on the ocean.
And I'm watching for water spouts
It's time to close the shutters
It's time to go inside.
In a week I'll be in gay Paris;
That's a mighty long airplane ride.

[Chorus]
Yes, It cleans me out and then I can go on.

Furtherman

07-23-2008, 08:59 AM

-100 points for mentioning Jimmy Buffett!!

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/US/weather/07/23/hurricane.dolly/art.dolly.projection.cnn.jpg

ozzie

07-23-2008, 09:06 AM

Dolly upgraded to a Category 2 Hurricane.

Odd for one to strengthen this close to landfall.

She slowed down, dropped pressure, and gained a lot of strength in the last few hours.

Higher winds, higher waves and storm surge. Not to mention that at this slower speed, she's dumping a ton of rain on an area that's not used to it.

Should make landfall in the next few hours and lose strength.

Brownsville and South Padre Island are getting hammered pretty good.

Jughead

07-23-2008, 10:00 AM

http://radar.weather.gov/Conus/RadarImg/southplains.gif

El Mudo

07-23-2008, 10:54 AM

2008 Hurricane Season Thread

It doesn't start till October

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/PHO/AAHD093_16x20~2006-Carolina-Hurricanes-Stanley-Cup-Champions-Posters.jpg

Oh does that poster make me shudder!!!!!! blah!!!!!!!!!!!!

I miss the Whalers... :(

Furtherman

07-24-2008, 05:57 AM

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/US/weather/07/24/dolly/art.dolly.flood2.ap.jpg

I can't believe I painted it this color blue.

Furtherman

08-04-2008, 09:02 AM

Edouard could reach hurricane strength before landfall, forecasters say (http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/08/03/tropical.weather/index.html)\

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/US/weather/08/03/tropical.weather/art.edouardo.11.jpg

Kevin

08-04-2008, 09:07 AM

When Is Katrina being inducted into the HOF? Is it a 5 year waiting period there too? I heard Andrew and Katrina have become quite the item. Katrina is into older Hurricanes,

barjockey

08-04-2008, 05:34 PM

When Is Katrina being inducted into the HOF? Is it a 5 year waiting period there too? I heard Andrew and Katrina have become quite the item. Katrina is into older Hurricanes,

Is he her 'Sugar' hurricane?:tongue:

IMSlacker

08-05-2008, 04:26 AM

Wow. Looks like everyone in Houston decided to stay home today. Pussies!

TeeBone

08-15-2008, 01:46 PM

Hurricane Season 2008 is heating up and it looks like there is one heading Florida's way.
That windy Whore, Fay will be in Florida by this time next week.
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

GET READY NOW IF YOU LIVE IN FLORIDA!!!
She's a tropical storm right now but intensifying.
Don't be like those Simpletons in New Orleans...
http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:so0OegjkGAKtEM:http://www.foxnews.com/images/175932/1_23_083105_looters2.jpg
You think this Dip-Shit SAVAGE paid any attention to reports of preparedness?
HELL NO !!!!!
Don't become a Heineken Looter-----GET READY NOW!!!!

Zorro

08-15-2008, 04:33 PM

Next week I'll be in Myrtle Beach...oy

ozzie

08-15-2008, 07:34 PM

That windy Whore, Fay will be in Florida by this time next week.
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

GET READY NOW IF YOU LIVE IN FLORIDA!!!

I'm not wishing this thing on Fezzie's "Great State of Florida", but I really hope that she does stay over land as much as possible, and doesn't venture out into the Gulf. It's as warm as bath-water right now, and she could really gather some strength out there over the weekend.

She won't be able to build much over Cuba, but if she stays in tact or re-forms in the open Gulf waters, watch out.

Most predictions have her coming into Florida right up Fez's old stomping grounds.

Poor Corky.

http://a65.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/106/l_277e1d4ce944390e4fb43b0be197e620.gif

TeeBone

08-18-2008, 02:00 PM

I live in both Tampa and Orlando and have to batten them both down, but I think we are going to skate by with Fay. She is going to come in around Ft. Myers and is moving slow. Typically a Hurricane losses half its strength in wind for every 6 hours over land. She's a slow mover so I think....ehhhhhh HOPE, we will be OK.
Good luck to anyone who lives down in SW FLA though.

ahhdurr

08-18-2008, 02:09 PM

Perhaps this will sweep all of those 6 toed demon cats out of the Hemingway mansion.

Drunky McBetidont

08-18-2008, 02:25 PM

bring it on muther fucker. 1st feeder bands have arrived in tampa area. everything is closed for tuesday. i have smokes and beer and i am ready for mother nature to rip a new hole in america's penis.

cougarjake13

08-18-2008, 05:59 PM

bring it on muther fucker. 1st feeder bands have arrived in tampa area. everything is closed for tuesday. i have smokes and beer and i am ready for mother nature to rip a new hole in america's penis.

im all stocked up on the beer fuck water

scottinnj

08-18-2008, 07:41 PM

Haven't even been paying attention. It's raining in Florida again?

Furtherman

08-19-2008, 06:34 AM

bobsnin

08-19-2008, 06:38 AM

Its coming our way. I'm sitting at work hoping the electricity goes out so i can go home and drink all the beer i stocked up on.

King Hippos Bandaid

08-19-2008, 02:21 PM

stuck at hotel in disney tornado watch in my county all night yipee today wasnt bad moderate rain all day w 25 mph wind had my poncho and drank biers all day in Germany at epcot

Towelie

08-19-2008, 02:22 PM

Had a few tornadoes touch down here last night

Not the worst storm, but my pool is about to overflow

TeeBone

08-19-2008, 03:40 PM

Misteriosa

08-19-2008, 03:43 PM

TeeBone

08-19-2008, 03:47 PM

My sister and her family live in Winter Park, FL... this is one of the few times ive listened to any of the reports :o

i sent her money for the hurricane kits... lets hope she actually used it for that....

I'm 4 miles from Winter Park at the moment, and she should be fine. This is a strong rain shower and that's about it for the Orlando area.
That being said, Fay is going to get to the open ocean by 2:00am, and grow even stronger, hang out for a day or so, then pound North Florida (Jacksonvile).

TheGameHHH

08-19-2008, 03:49 PM

I'm 4 miles from Winter Park at the moment, and she should be fine. This is a strong rain shower and that's about it for the Orlando area.
That being said, Fay is going to get to the open ocean by 2:00am, and grow even stronger, hang out for a day or so, then pound North Florida (Jacksonvile).

it was nothing but a pussy rain storm down here, i dont understand what all the hype is about. ive lived through one hurricane in 2004 and this was NOWHERE near that.

TeeBone

08-19-2008, 06:40 PM

it was nothing but a pussy rain storm down here, i dont understand what all the hype is about. ive lived through one hurricane in 2004 and this was NOWHERE near that.

I lived in Lauderdale by the Sea, across from the Seawatch in 04' and that was crazy.
This is not that bad, but its raining hard here in Orlando and will be all night.

BOY BOY

08-19-2008, 06:45 PM

wind and rain, thunder and bolts.
all you crackers need to get in your boats.

cougarjake13

08-19-2008, 07:42 PM

anyone got a boat ??

im up here on my roof watching the cars float by but im stranded

TeeBone

08-20-2008, 11:19 AM

As of the last update, FAY has moved 0 mph. She's just sitting over the Space Coast.
Whereas FAY is not a hurricane, this will go down as some of the worst floods Florida has seen in a very long time. Melbourne has received over 20 inches of rain in some parts and its not over yet.

Furtherman

08-26-2008, 08:08 AM

Gustav!

Forecasters: Gustav could soon be Category 2 hurricane (http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/08/26/hurricane.gustav/index.html)

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT07/AL0708W5.gif

ozzie

08-26-2008, 09:25 AM

Gustav!

Forecasters: Gustav could soon be Category 2 hurricane (http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/08/26/hurricane.gustav/index.html)

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT07/AL0708W5.gif

Projections show that it will likely already be a Cat 3 when it hits the open waters of the Gulf sometime Sunday.

If it does... as little Jimmy says... "Pray for us".

scottinnj

08-26-2008, 07:37 PM

King Hippos Bandaid

08-26-2008, 08:41 PM

looks like Gustov is packing a punch

please don't touch the oil rigs

I am liking $3.29 for a gallon of gas

BinaryBimbo

08-27-2008, 12:06 PM

Gustav!

Forecasters: Gustav could soon be Category 2 hurricane (http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/08/26/hurricane.gustav/index.html)

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT07/AL0708W5.gif

Proof that the LOCALs are the reason so many died last time?

City officials were taking no chances, and drawing blueprints of how to evacuate the city if necessary. New Orleans plans to institute a mandatory evacuation order should a Category 3 or stronger hurricane be within 72 hours of the city.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,411862,00.html

I know a lot of folks blamed Bush & Co. for the last disaster in NOLA; but I have maintained from day 1 that it was the ignorance of local officials who ignored unprecedented warnings from the President, The head of NOAA, the head of the National Hurricaine Center, and the usual warnings put out up to a week in advance from the Weather Service.

Like Carlos Mencina said on OnA once, (or it might have been at a Virus Show):
"If you tell Californians that an earthquake will strike a certain area in 5 days I can guarentee you no one will sit around and wait for it."

He was proven correct in the wildfires earlier this year. Local California officails coordinated an orderly evacuation, and had foodstuffs, and water, available for refugees before they needed them. And nobody died.

BinaryBimbo

08-27-2008, 12:09 PM

The Republicans are coming to New Orleans. If it hits, I wonder if Robertson will still blame the gays.

Don't you mean the Republicans are going to Minneapolis/St. Paul?

I blame the idiots who didn't use the trains to evacuate first the prisoners, and hospital paitients, and then the folks right next to the tracks at the Convention Center and Superdome.

As for Pat Robertson - I hope St. Peter is Gay.:devil2:

barjockey

08-29-2008, 09:44 PM

I really like adverse weather:huh:

Whiskeyportal

08-30-2008, 10:06 AM

http://a992.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/111/l_9eca6e3e1637ddbb64c41ea76aedce3f.jpg

I hope Texass sinks

Jughead

08-30-2008, 10:28 AM

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/overview_atl/atl_overview.gif

KingGeno

08-30-2008, 03:22 PM

The way things are looking, Gustav is gonna be a complete decimator, maybe even stronger than Katrina. I have friends and family down there that are heading to Houston, TX tonight and tomorrow.

I remembered reading this warning (http://www.srh.noaa.gov/data/warn_archive/LIX/NPW/0828_155101.txt) back when Katrina was out, and it is crazy to think that people stayed there for that. I hope everyone gets out of New New Orleans, and we don't have Old New New Orleans....

MOST OF THE AREA WILL BE UNINHABITABLE FOR WEEKS...PERHAPS LONGER. AT
LEAST ONE HALF OF WELL CONSTRUCTED HOMES WILL HAVE ROOF AND WALL
FAILURE. ALL GABLED ROOFS WILL FAIL...LEAVING THOSE HOMES SEVERELY
DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.

THE MAJORITY OF INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS WILL BECOME NON FUNCTIONAL.
PARTIAL TO COMPLETE WALL AND ROOF FAILURE IS EXPECTED. ALL WOOD
FRAMED LOW RISING APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL BE DESTROYED. CONCRETE
BLOCK LOW RISE APARTMENTS WILL SUSTAIN MAJOR DAMAGE...INCLUDING SOME
WALL AND ROOF FAILURE.

HIGH RISE OFFICE AND APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL SWAY DANGEROUSLY...A
FEW TO THE POINT OF TOTAL COLLAPSE. ALL WINDOWS WILL BLOW OUT.

AIRBORNE DEBRIS WILL BE WIDESPREAD...AND MAY INCLUDE HEAVY ITEMS SUCH
AS HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES AND EVEN LIGHT VEHICLES. SPORT UTILITY
VEHICLES AND LIGHT TRUCKS WILL BE MOVED. THE BLOWN DEBRIS WILL CREATE
ADDITIONAL DESTRUCTION. PERSONS...PETS...AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE
WINDS WILL FACE CERTAIN DEATH IF STRUCK.

POWER OUTAGES WILL LAST FOR WEEKS...AS MOST POWER POLES WILL BE DOWN
AND TRANSFORMERS DESTROYED. WATER SHORTAGES WILL MAKE HUMAN SUFFERING
INCREDIBLE BY MODERN STANDARDS.

THE VAST MAJORITY OF NATIVE TREES WILL BE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. ONLY
THE HEARTIEST WILL REMAIN STANDING...BUT BE TOTALLY DEFOLIATED. FEW
CROPS WILL REMAIN. LIVESTOCK LEFT EXPOSED TO THE WINDS WILL BE
KILLED.

AN INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR
HURRICANE FORCE...OR FREQUENT GUSTS AT OR ABOVE HURRICANE FORCE...ARE
CERTAIN WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.

ONCE TROPICAL STORM AND HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ONSET...DO NOT VENTURE
OUTSIDE!

Whiskeyportal

08-30-2008, 03:36 PM

I live just east of Houston, and Beaumont has a mandatory evacuation. I don't think Houston is the place to go, they should head north. I would be, but my boss has delegated me to shoot all looters on site :)

KingGeno

08-30-2008, 05:41 PM

I noticed that Port Arthur and Beaumont are both in line. Ugh.

Space Edge

08-30-2008, 05:51 PM

Nagin orders mandatory evacuation of New Orleans

44 minutes ago

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Mayor Ray Nagin ordered a mandatory evacuation of New Orleans on Saturday, directing residents of a city still recovering from the devastation left behind three years ago from Hurricane Katrina to flee from the approaching Hurricane Gustav.

Nagin said an informal evacuation that has taken place for days becomes mandatory at 8 a.m. Sunday on the city's west bank. It becomes mandatory on the east bank at noon.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Spooked by predictions that Hurricane Gustav could grow into a Category 5 monster, an estimated 1 million residents fled the Gulf Coast Saturday — ahead of the official order to get out of the way of a storm taking dead aim at Louisiana.

Residents took to buses, trains, planes and cars — clogging roadways leading away from New Orleans, still reeling three years after Hurricane Katrina flooded 80 percent of the city and killed about 1,600 across the region.

Gustav had already killed more than 80 people in the Caribbean, and if current forecasts hold up, it would make landfall Monday afternoon somewhere between the northeast corner of Texas and western Mississippi.

Forecasters warned it was still too soon to say whether New Orleans would take another direct hit, but residents weren't taking any chances judging by the bumper-to-bumper traffic pouring from the city. Gas stations along interstate highways were running out of fuel, and phone circuits were jammed.

Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center said they were surprised at how quickly Gustav gained strength as it slammed into Cuba's tobacco-growing western tip as a monstrous Category 4 hurricane Saturday. It went from a tropical storm to a Category 4 hurricane in about 24 hours, and was likely to become a Category 5 — with sustained winds of 156 mph or more — by Sunday.

"That puts a different light on our evacuations and hopefully that will send a very clear message to the people in the Gulf Coast to really pay attention," said Federal Emergency Management Agency chief David Paulison.

Residents were streaming out of the city even though a mandatory evacuation order had not yet been issued for New Orleans. Hotels closed, and the airport prepared to follow suit. Mayor Ray Nagin, saying the danger to the city was growing, told tourists to leave. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff planned to travel to Louisiana on Sunday to observe preparations.

As part of the evacuation plan New Orleans developed after Hurricane Katrina, residents who had no other way to get out of the city waited on a line that snaked for more than a mile through the parking lot of the city's Union Passenger Terminal. From there, they were to board motor coaches bound for shelters in north Louisiana.

"I don't like it," said Joseph Jones Jr., 61, who draped a towel over his head to block the blazing sun. "Going someplace you don't know, people you don't know. And then when you come back, is your house going to be OK?"

Jones had been in line for 2 1/2 hours, but he wasn't complaining. During Katrina, he'd been stranded on a highway overpass.

Others led children or pushed strollers with one hand and pulled luggage with the other. Volunteers handed out bottled water, and medics were nearby in case people became sick from the heat.

Unlike Katrina, when thousands took refuge inside the Superdome, there will be no "last resort" shelter, and those who stay behind accept "all responsibility for themselves and their loved ones," said the city's emergency preparedness director, Jerry Sneed.

Yet the presence of 2,000 National Guard troops that were expected to join 1,400 New Orleans police officers patrolling the streets following the evacuation — along with Gov. Bobby Jindal's request to neighboring states for rescue teams — suggested officials were expecting stragglers.

Standing outside his restaurant in the city's Faubourg Marigny district, Dale DeBruyne prepared for Gustav the way he did for Katrina — stubbornly.

"I'm not leaving," he said.

DeBruyne, 52, said his house was stocked with storm supplies, including generators.

"I stayed for Katrina," he said, "and I'll stay again."

Others were taking no chances.

Lee Isaacson, 52, a computer consultant, was boarding up windows in his home, which flooded during Katrina. He planned to take his family to North Carolina.

"We're doing this more for looters than the storm," Isaacson said, recalling the chaos that followed Katrina. "I don't think the hurricane will break them, but I don't want someone breaking in."

Many residents said the evacuation was more orderly than Katrina, although a plan to electronically log and track evacuees with a bar code system failed and was aborted to keep the buses moving. Officials said information on evacuees would be taken when they reached their destinations.

Advocates criticized the decision not to establish a shelter, warning that day laborers and the poorest residents will fall through the cracks.

About two dozen Hispanic men gathered under oak trees near Claiborne Avenue, where on better days they would be waiting for work rebuilding from Katrina. They were wary of boarding any bus, even though a city spokesman said no identity papers would be required.

"The problem is," said Pictor Soto, 44, of Peru, "there will be immigration people there and we're all undocumented."

Father west, where Gustav appeared more likely to make landfall, Guard troops were also being sent to Lake Charles. But the state's ports and oil refineries were still operating and had no plans to shut down.

The National Hurricane Center issued a hurricane watch for Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and part of Texas. A hurricane watch means hurricane conditions are possible within the watch area, generally within 36 hours.

Two East Texas counties issued mandatory evacuation orders, and authorities in Mississippi, also battered by Katrina, began evacuating the mentally ill and aged from facilities along the coast.

National Guard soldiers on Mississippi's coast were going door-to-door to alert thousands of families in FEMA trailers and cottages that they should be prepared to evacuate Sunday.

In Alabama, shelters were opened and 3,000 National Guard personnel assembled to help evacuees from Mississippi and Louisiana.

"If we don't get the wind and rain, we stand ready to help them," Gov. Bob Riley said.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hblwpbfkh_9JH9nsNU1Xn9ttNKKQD92SUUN00

Friday

08-30-2008, 05:54 PM

i hope Baby Dew Year is ok :sad:

barjockey

08-30-2008, 10:32 PM

Wow I was just watch Geraldo and the mayor of NO called Gustav the "mother of all storms". I hope he's just saying that to get people to evacuate. I dont have any faith in the leavee system.

JerseySean

08-30-2008, 10:51 PM

Wow I was just watch Geraldo and the mayor of NO called Gustav the "mother of all storms". I hope he's just saying that to get people to evacuate. I dont have any faith in the leavee system.

This may be kind of local, but I spoke to a few friends and my old roomate in Louisiana today. In the coastal parishes, Orleans, St Bernard all the way west to Iberia and St Martin have mandatory evacs. Houma is a fairly big city in Terrebone Parish and it DOES NOT HAVE adequate levies. After Katrina, certain areas were prioritized for rebuilding and updated wngineering. They havent gotten to Terrebone Parish yet. If Gustav hits that area, all of those houses will be demolished. Moreover, if Ponchetrain spills out again, Orleans, Metarie, Folsom will all spill down into St Bernard (hardest hit during Katrina). If Gustav hits the right spot, could be looking at close to 300k displaced people. This one will be a motherfucker.

KingGeno

08-30-2008, 10:53 PM

Kevin

08-30-2008, 11:34 PM

Along with the dmg that Katrina did, we are watching/will be watching/hopefully won't be seeing the destruction of a major city in our lifetime. Pretty crazy to think about it, but these are the storms that wiped out civilizations in ancient times. We have an alert system. Imagine if we didn't?

We wouldn't be prepared, so levees would break, and a whole city would get destroyed, and people would be displaced, and the government would not know what to do, it would turn into a major cluster fuc...

Oh wait..

Hottub

09-01-2008, 06:25 AM

Gustav is just about to make landfall in Houma.

Hottub

09-01-2008, 11:47 AM

Hanna has just been upgraded to a Cat 1 hurricane.

Kris10

09-01-2008, 06:53 PM

The waves are already starting to get crazy here from Hanna. I was at the beach today and had a blast but the red flags were out.

Gmann

09-01-2008, 09:04 PM

angrymissy

09-03-2008, 11:03 AM

Crap.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT08/refresh/AL0808W5_sm2+gif/143315W_sm.gif

Last time we just got hit by a remnant of a Tropical Storm here:

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a63/angrymissy/floodedcar.gif

~Katja~

09-03-2008, 11:06 AM

angrymissy

09-03-2008, 11:13 AM

damn it. the first time they projected that one's path it was going way south

Yes, I keep the NOAA site on bookmark during hurricane season because I live on the water. With the tides and canals on my street, the street becomes a river if there is a lot of rain, especially when the tide comes in. My house didn't flood out last time, but some neighbors had problems, and that car in the pic was totaled by salt water. I don't think my insurance company will be too pleased if it happens again.

angrymissy

09-05-2008, 04:45 AM

http://icons-pe.wunderground.com/data/images/at200808.gif

~Katja~

09-05-2008, 05:04 AM

http://icons-pe.wunderground.com/data/images/at200808.gif

looks like I should plan to arrive a bit later at the beach on Sunday...

ozzie

09-05-2008, 07:12 AM

Hanna should remain a tropical storm, and if the eye spends any time over land, the winds may drop below storm strength by the time she hits the northeast. She should also be moving along pretty quickly, so hopefully the rains and winds that you do get won't last too long. But definitely, if you're in a flood prone area, take precautions.

Yesterday it was looking like Ike was headed for a similar path, possibly skirting Florida, then turning North, and eventually Northeast.

Today? Almost all predictions have him headed for Miami, or worse, just south of there, and into the Gulf.

http://a900.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/88/l_a095244f093172d42dd0edbb6df63b83.gif

He was up to a Category 4 yesterday. Back down to a Cat 3 today while he's over some cooler waters, but no signs of slowing much beyond that. The Miami area could be on the bad side of a Cat 3 by Tuesday night.

If it does make it into the warm gulf waters, it has the potential to be catastrophic to some point on the gulf coast.

cougarjake13

09-05-2008, 12:35 PM

as long as it stays away from tampa im good

A.J.

09-06-2008, 08:38 AM

It's friggin' pouring down here. I heard I-95 north of Richmond was completely shut down.

Furtherman

09-09-2008, 05:30 AM

If it does make it into the warm gulf waters, it has the potential to be catastrophic to some point on the gulf coast.

Ike bears down on Cuba again; Texas could be next (http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/09/09/hurricane.ike/index.html)

Jughead

09-09-2008, 05:38 AM

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT09/refresh/AL0908_PROB64_F120_sm2+gif/092814.gif

IMSlacker

09-09-2008, 05:41 AM

Ike bears down on Cuba again; Texas could be next (http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/09/09/hurricane.ike/index.html)

Meh. Every time NOAA posts an update, Ike tracks further south. I'll bet it will miss Texas entirely.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT09/refresh/AL0908W5_sm2+gif/092814W_sm.gif

Don Stugots

09-09-2008, 06:08 AM

we are in the Lauderdale, Miami area for the week. the sky is cloudy but there is no rain. the wind is gusty but it feels warm. The waves are SICK! if i was a surfer I would be loving it, instead we are driving around in a VW bug with the top down. cell service is in and out.

Jughead

09-09-2008, 01:41 PM

HAVANA - Hurricane Ike moved into the warm waters of the Gulf and took aim at the U.S. and Mexican coasts Tuesday after bringing down aging buildings in Havana and tearing through western Cuba's tobacco country.

Whiskeyportal

09-10-2008, 02:09 PM

http://www.stormpulse.com/fullscreen/hurricane-ike-2008

Ike is projected much further north into texas now.

Furtherman

09-10-2008, 02:11 PM

I'll bet it will miss Texas entirely.

http://www.stormpulse.com/fullscreen/hurricane-ike-2008

Ike is projected much further north into texas now.

:laugh:

IMSlacker

09-10-2008, 02:14 PM

:laugh:

Yeah. I guess there's a reason I'm not a meteorologist.

Whiskeyportal

09-10-2008, 02:18 PM

Yeah. I guess there's a reason I'm not a meteorologist.

i didn't realize you just down FM 1960 from me. i live right by dayton at the moment

IMSlacker

09-10-2008, 02:28 PM

i didn't realize you just down FM 1960 from me. i live right by dayton at the moment

Yeah, that's not too far. I had to google Dayton. Had no idea where it was. I'm actually a few miles south of 1960. I live right off of beltway 8, near 59.

cougarjake13

09-10-2008, 04:19 PM

Meh. Every time NOAA posts an update, Ike tracks further south. I'll bet it will miss Texas entirely.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT09/refresh/AL0908W5_sm2+gif/092814W_sm.gif

wouldnt it be nice if it just wipes the fuck out of mexico ??

Whiskeyportal

09-11-2008, 03:41 AM

Ike turns to hit Houston directly

http://www.stormpulse.com/fullscreen/hurricane-ike-2008

Furtherman

09-12-2008, 07:06 AM

Sea floods Texas island; get out or 'certain death'. (http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/09/12/hurricane.ike.texas/index.html)

YourAmishDaddy

09-12-2008, 07:51 AM

They're already having to rescue people off of their rooftops from Ike. Damn shame they didn't listen to the warnings and got the hell out of there. The storm is still a long way away from being it's most punishing. At least another ten to twelve hours of this does not look good.

RAAMONE

09-12-2008, 07:54 AM

YourAmishDaddy

09-12-2008, 07:57 AM

i see they learned alot from the huricane in 1900 that completly submerged the island

Pretty sad.

IMSlacker

09-12-2008, 11:05 AM

It's getting breezy...

King Hippos Bandaid

09-12-2008, 12:10 PM

It's getting breezy...

Semper Fi bro

I hated tropical storm Faye and that is nothing compared to Ike according to him (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080912/ap_on_re_us/eye_of_ike)

Tall_James

09-12-2008, 12:11 PM

I just called my sister in New Orleans. Even though she's getting a taste of this storm she ain't leaving.

IMSlacker

09-12-2008, 12:16 PM

It's just now starting to rain a little bit. I wonder how much longer before the power goes out.

YourAmishDaddy

09-12-2008, 01:07 PM

It's just now starting to rain a little bit. I wonder how much longer before the power goes out.

Wow. You're area is heavily under the gun. Stay safe.

IMSlacker

09-12-2008, 01:20 PM

Wow. You're area is heavily under the gun. Stay safe.

Thanks.

IMSlacker

09-12-2008, 01:32 PM

btw, stormpulse.com (http://www.stormpulse.com/) is a pretty cool hurricane tracking site.

YourAmishDaddy

09-12-2008, 01:38 PM

40% of residents on Galveston Island decided to stay. All this while a wind driven fire is going on on the west side of the island.

Friday

09-12-2008, 02:07 PM

wouldnt it be nice if it just wipes the fuck out of mexico ??

NO

:furious:

tele7

09-12-2008, 02:19 PM

http://www.cypressgardens.com/events/images/glen_campbell_eventimage1.jpg

Can't get this song out of my head ....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tk3QI2zM0Nc

screen name "fretkillr" on youtube. he's amazing.

.....stay safe and good luck

Whiskeyportal

09-12-2008, 02:32 PM

just hours away now. i wish it would just get here and get it over with, the waiting sucks. luckily i have plenty of beer though :drunk:

Friday

09-12-2008, 02:42 PM

just hours away now. i wish it would just get here and get it over with, the waiting sucks. luckily i have plenty of beer though :drunk:

good luck and stay safe.... i wish i were there to enjoy the scary too!

DiabloSammich

09-12-2008, 02:51 PM

It's just now starting to rain a little bit. I wonder how much longer before the power goes out.

just hours away now. i wish it would just get here and get it over with, the waiting sucks. luckily i have plenty of beer though :drunk:

Hang in there, guys, and keep in touch as long as the power lets you.

YourAmishDaddy

09-12-2008, 02:54 PM

http://tornadovideos.net/UserFiles/Image/blog/2008/sep/ikepic4.png

http://tornadovideos.net/UserFiles/Image/blog/2008/sep/ikepic2.png
From the guys at TornadoVideos.net.

"Here are pictures from just a short time ago from atop the sea wall on the east side of Galveston Island. The statue below is a memorial for the lives lost during the infamous 1900 hurricane, which was the worst natural disaster in U.S. history. As I'm typing this from the sea wall, the storm surge continues to steady increase, with the waves breaking over the top. I'm going to have to retreat to the parking garage stat! We may be trapped here for days..."

http://tornadovideos.net/UserFiles/Image/blog/2008/sep/ikepic1.png

scottinnj

09-12-2008, 03:22 PM

scottinnj

09-12-2008, 03:24 PM

Everyone on the board living in the path of this-PLEASE LEAVE! I just read where they are telling you all that are staying to write your name and social security number in permanent ink on your arm so you can be identified after the storm passes.

PLEASE LEAVE! I love all you guys on this board, I want you to be safe.

IMSlacker

09-12-2008, 03:28 PM

scottinnj

09-12-2008, 03:29 PM

Sea floods Texas island; get out or 'certain death'. (http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/09/12/hurricane.ike.texas/index.html)

Galveston had ordered evacuation of the island, but LeBlanc said about 40 percent of the city's 57,523 residents chose to stay. "It's unfortunate that the warnings that we sent out were not heeded," he said.

That's over 20,000 people waiting in buildings that are below sea level for a 20 foot high wall of water.

PLEASE LEAVE!!

King Hippos Bandaid

09-12-2008, 03:30 PM

Slacker, can you be ronfez.net's official Hurricane Ike correspondent

I want a video of you with a yellow poncho on

IMSlacker

09-12-2008, 03:31 PM

That's over 20,000 people waiting in buildings that are below sea level for a 20 foot high wall of water.

PLEASE LEAVE!!

Yeah. Those people in Galveston are stupid. They've been showing some video of families with little kids walking around and looking at the waves. Assholes!

IMSlacker

09-12-2008, 03:33 PM

Slacker, can you be ronfez.net's official Hurricane Ike correspondent

I want a video of you with a yellow poncho on

No problem. I just need to run down to Best Buy and pick up a video camera.

Friday

09-12-2008, 03:59 PM

:laugh:

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YourAmishDaddy

09-12-2008, 04:03 PM

Geraldo is such a douche.

That's why I pretty much just hang with The Weather Channel. Jim Cantore isn't quite as douchey.

And Stephanie Abrams is so adorable

scottinnj

09-12-2008, 04:24 PM

King Hippos Bandaid

09-12-2008, 04:31 PM

No problem. I just need to run down to Best Buy and pick up a video camera.

you wont need to run, the tornado will bring best buy to you

IMSlacker

09-12-2008, 04:51 PM

OK, now it's starting to get really windy. Gonna be a long night.

scottinnj

09-12-2008, 04:53 PM

TWC is simulcasting the channel 11 news out of Houston. They are saying it's a couple more hours before Houston is going to be getting the full brunt of hurricane Ike's winds.

IMSlacker

09-12-2008, 04:54 PM

Yep. Just tropical storm force winds so far.

King Hippos Bandaid

09-12-2008, 05:15 PM

Yep. Just tropical storm force winds so far.

egging Ike on, not the smartest move

but I like your Guff

IMSlacker

09-12-2008, 05:19 PM

egging Ike on, not the smartest move

but I like your Guff

It looks like the really bad stuff is going to hit here at around 1:00. There's no way the power is going to stay on after that.

scottinnj

09-12-2008, 05:34 PM

Your channel 11 station is saying parts of Houston are losing power. You're lights still on IMSlacker?

Be careful Budday!

IMSlacker

09-12-2008, 05:36 PM

Yeah. We still have power for now.

Friday

09-12-2008, 05:40 PM

Yeah. We still have power for now.

do you have a generator or a phone you can post from?

i am worried 'bout ya!

plus i want reports.
storms fascinate me to no end. :)

IMSlacker

09-12-2008, 05:42 PM

do you have a generator or a phone you can post from?

i am worried 'bout ya!

plus i want reports.
storms fascinate me to no end. :)

No generator, but I may be able to post from my Blackberry if I can get a signal. I probably won't post often though. I'll need to conserve the battery.

scottinnj

09-12-2008, 06:20 PM

No generator, but I may be able to post from my Blackberry if I can get a signal. I probably won't post often though. I'll need to conserve the battery.

Plug it in now so it'll be charged before the electricity goes. Also, do you have a car adapter in case the power is out for a day or two?

IMSlacker

09-12-2008, 06:25 PM

Plug it in now so it'll be charged before the electricity goes. Also, do you have a car adapter in case the power is out for a day or two?

It's been plugged in all day. No car adapter though. We're going to get out of town if power is going to be out for a while though. Too hot to stay in Houston with no AC.

cougarjake13

09-12-2008, 06:25 PM

best of luck slacker

Friday

09-12-2008, 06:28 PM

maniacs.

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/US/weather/09/12/hurricane.ike.texas/art.ikeflood.jpg

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/US/weather/09/12/hurricane.ike.texas/art.ike.jpg

these images were taken BEFORE Ike even makes landfall.
oh boy...

i think i may be a bit too obsessed with hurricanes.

IMSlacker

09-12-2008, 06:36 PM

best of luck slacker

Thanks.

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s25/IMSlacker/hurricaneike.png

Wheeeeeee!

edit: wow that came out shitty.

Friday

09-12-2008, 08:33 PM

well.. the guys on the Weather channel are getting huge winds and rain already... i kind of wish i had their jobs hehe....

but I am wondering if Slacker still has power.

my cousin and his wife live in Corpus and I am hoping they are ok tonight too.

best of luck, tejas buddays.
this storm is pretty brutal...

Snoogans

09-12-2008, 08:59 PM

Thanks.

Wheeeeeee!

edit: wow that came out shitty.
http://i.imwx.com/images/maps/tropical/spec_trop5_325x220.jpg

Snoogans

09-12-2008, 08:59 PM

http://i.imwx.com/images/maps/tropical/map_spectrop03_ltst_6nh_enus_600x405.jpg

Whiskeyportal

09-12-2008, 09:20 PM

power and water are out now. winds picking up really good, neighbors powerline pole just fell over. but the beers are still cold ;)

Snoogans

09-12-2008, 09:21 PM

power and water are out now. winds picking up really good, neighbors powerline pole just fell over. but the beers are still cold ;)

lookin at that picture of the radar, I hope you have some motherfuckin everclear

Snoogans

09-12-2008, 09:24 PM

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/flt/t4/vis-l.jpg

it looks like a big delicious powdered donut

Friday

09-12-2008, 09:28 PM

power and water are out now. winds picking up really good, neighbors powerline pole just fell over. but the beers are still cold ;)

haha.
you always seem to have your priorities straight! lol

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/flt/t4/vis-l.jpg

it looks like a big delicious powdered donut

starvin! :wink:

scottinnj

09-12-2008, 10:37 PM

Going upstairs to bed, leaving TWC on.

Good Luck Whiskeyportal and Slacker, I'll check this thread tomorrow-post ASAP so we know you two are alright.

Stay away from the windows.

IMSlacker

09-12-2008, 11:24 PM

Our power's out now. The wind is really loud. So creepy.

I'm going back to bed.

epo

09-12-2008, 11:40 PM

Our power's out now. The wind is really loud. So creepy.

I'm going back to bed.

Be safe Slacker!

IMSlacker

09-13-2008, 02:15 AM

Looks like the eye is over is now. The wind and rain have completely stopped. I'm going to go out and hold up my "Fuck You, Ike!" sign now. Let me know if you see it on TV.

Don Stugots

09-13-2008, 02:24 AM

be safe guys. keep updating.

IMSlacker

09-13-2008, 03:20 AM

Things are picking up again.

IMSlacker

09-13-2008, 03:38 AM

A guy on the radio from Centerpoint Energy says there are 2 million homes without power.

Friday

09-13-2008, 03:46 AM

A guy on the radio from Centerpoint Energy says there are 2 million homes without power.

the weather channel is saying 3 million in the Houston area without power.
some will not have power for weeks to come...

you must be in the western part of the hurricane now..... that thing is huge.

stay safe!

EDIT: now they are saying 4 million... i am sure these numbers will be climbing.
looking at some of the pictures on AOL (http://news.aol.com/article/monster-storm-ike-hammers-texas-coast/163567?icid=100214839x1209548580x1200549253).... pretty wild.

yojimbo7248

09-13-2008, 03:55 AM

Stay safe, you two. I look forward to reading your updates.

IMSlacker

09-13-2008, 06:00 AM

This is starting to get old. We have a leak in the roof now, and my tomato plants have been wiped out. Oh, the humanity!

YourAmishDaddy

09-13-2008, 06:09 AM

Snoogans

09-13-2008, 08:32 AM

this could be the first time Ive ever seen a hurricane get completely over land and STILL be a hurricane.

Whiskeyportal

09-15-2008, 04:57 AM

wow, that was intense. took me two days to cut my way ot of my house and my driveway. I lost 8 trees a hundred foot or more tall. my hay barn took a direct hit and got creamed. my garage has a tree through it. my coral is gone. luckily nothing hit my house directly. it really is just depressing to look around at the people who lost everything. I had a bad feeling so I moved my truck when the eye was overhead and then a tree landed where it was parked. lots of clean up left. power is expected to be out for a week or more. fuck you ike.

Hottub

09-15-2008, 05:08 AM

Shit, WP.
Seems like Ike had it out for you.
I'm glad you guys are safe.

IMSlacker

09-15-2008, 02:48 PM

I'll never forgive Ike for making me miss Z's no-hitter!

JimmieHats

09-15-2008, 03:10 PM

I'll never forgive Ike for making me miss Z's no-hitter!

Sue him for punitive damages.

Whiskeyportal

09-16-2008, 07:06 AM

i'm stoked that we have cell service again where I live :) freegin' schweet
I miss my infrawebz porn though. power and cable are a long ways away

GreatAmericanZero

09-16-2008, 03:01 PM

Hurricane Ike can suck my big fat dick!

it was awful..im in northern Kentucky, no where near Houston

so my power was out from sunday afternoon to tuesday evening. Power was out at my apartment and my office. It was so boring and shitty. I hated it

I walked into a walgreens and there was no lights on and it was creepy. It felt like the end of the world. I bought a rolling stone and read every article (the cashier lady figured out the tax in a notebook).

I am glad my power is back. Power is the best thing ever..for real.

This sucked so much. Now gas is $4.25 here (and they try to trick you putting the diesel price up because its cheaper)

The very worst thing is when the power went out, i was in the middle of seeing "Burn After Reading"..so i have no idea how it ends. It went out right after an important development happens with Brad Pitt in the closet. Yeah...I am unbelievably pissed. The theater gave me a refund and a free pass, but that doesn't please me enough. They should give me 10 free passes...and free parking for the rest of my life! CUNTS

IMSlacker

09-19-2008, 10:33 AM

Power's back on! Yay, electricity!!

Whiskeyportal

09-26-2008, 07:51 AM

power is being restored:thumbup: i'll never talk shit about you again sweet sweet electricity :wub: no more generator action for the whiskeyportal household

cougarjake13

09-26-2008, 06:17 PM

kyle is gonna kick our asses

IMSlacker

09-26-2008, 07:30 PM

power is being restored:thumbup: i'll never talk shit about you again sweet sweet electricity :wub: no more generator action for the whiskeyportal household

Wow. A whole week after me. Welcome back to the 21st century, Whiskeyportal.

Jughead

09-26-2008, 07:32 PM

this could be the first time Ive ever seen a hurricane get completely over land and STILL be a hurricane.

You hurt my feeling the other night but I like you and I hope you are ok..Pm be about pharmacy I will fill you in...:innocent:

Furtherman

10-02-2008, 08:00 AM

300 people still missing since Ike hit Texas (http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/02/ike.missing/index.html)

Alligators loom over submerged cars. Mountains of debris are embedded in the ground. Cows, trucks and the remnants of homes are sunk into the ocean. And unverified sightings of missing loved ones are still making the rounds.

Some residents fear that remains of missing people will be found in piles of debris scattered across Gilchrist, Texas.

More than 300 people are missing since Hurricane Ike hit the Texas coast last month, and the obstacles to finding them are frustrating family and friends who desperately want to know if their loved ones are dead or alive.

Damn, I had no idea it was that bad.

Furtherman

10-14-2008, 10:10 AM

http://www.eximoedifice.com/shak/myspace_pics/profile/wire-omar.jpghttp://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/WORLD/weather/10/14/tropical.storm.omar/art.omar.noaa.jpg

Tropical Storm Omar formed Tuesday in the eastern Caribbean Sea with top winds of 40 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida.

Omar is the 15th named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, which began June 1 and ends November 30.

Furtherman

10-15-2008, 07:35 AM

Hurricane Omar nears Puerto Rico with 85-mph winds. (http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/weather/10/15/hurricane.omar/index.html)

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/WORLD/weather/10/15/hurricane.omar/art.hurricane.omar.ap.jpghttp://virgotex.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/shotgunomar.jpg

Freakshow

10-15-2008, 07:39 AM

shit. i'm going on a cruise in from Key West to Cozumel in 10 days...

Snoogans

10-15-2008, 07:54 AM