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euphonious
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 Posted: 09/05/04 - 16:15 Post subject: One more hurricane in Florida would finish the trilogy!
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http://www.wftv.com/news/3706647/detail.html
| Quote: | MIAMI -- Floridians might have a third major hurricane to worry about: Hurricane Ivan formed Sunday in the central Atlantic with a long-term forecast that could bring it to the state by early next week.
With top sustained winds of about 115 mph, Ivan became the fourth major hurricane of the season on Sunday afternoon, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said.
The Category 3 storm was about 2,400 miles east-southeast of Miami, too far away to tell with any certainty whether it would hit the continental United States. It was expected to keep strengthening, with hundreds of miles of warm water before the nearest land.
But particularly after the back-to-back Hurricanes Charley and Frances, Floridians should monitor any hurricane on a general path toward the state, forecasters said.
"Hopefully they won't let their guard down too much over the next week," said Eric Holweg, meteorologist at the hurricane center.
Even as Frances pummeled central Florida on Saturday with 95 mph winds and heavy rains, emergency officials were preparing for Ivan, said Michael Brown, director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
"We're watching for it just as we're gearing up and watching for wildfires in California and floods through the Midwest," Brown said.
At 1 p.m. EDT, Ivan was about 995 miles east of the Windward Islands in the southern Caribbean. It was moving west near 21 mph. It was expected to turn gradually west-northwest over the day.
Ivan was expected to approach the Lesser Antilles by Tuesday and reach the Bahamas by Friday. The path was similar but south of Frances' track into Florida's east coast.
"You might want to be smart about whether you take down your shutters," Miami-Dade County manager George Burgess said Sunday at a briefing on the aftermath of Frances.
Both Ivan and Frances formed as tropical storms near Cape Verde off the African coast, an area known as a breeding ground for storms that become big hurricanes.
"They tend to be stronger systems, just because they have such a great environment to grow in as they cross the Atlantic," Holweg said.
Ivan was already causing some worry at the National Hurricane Center. When Max Mayfield, director of the hurricane center, first saw a satellite image of the strengthening storm, his reaction was, "Oh no."
Holweg said it wasn't unusual to have so many hurricanes at this time of year, which is nearing the peak of the hurricane season. What was unusual, he said, was for one state to be hit in such quick succession.
Center officials have predicted that there would be more tropical storms and hurricanes in the Atlantic over the next several years.
Hurricane Charley hit Florida's southwest coast with 145 mph winds on Aug. 13 and crossed the state, killing 27 people and causing billions of dollars in damage. On Sunday, Hurricane Frances made landfall near Stuart with 105 mph winds. |
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r00typooh
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Location: Miami, FL
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Posted: 09/05/04 - 19:32 Post subject:
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hopefully this hurricane won't be a f****t and actually bring some distruction... if i waste a weekend again for some f*****g gay wind, i'll be p****d :/
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Renork
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Posted: 09/05/04 - 19:36 Post subject:
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| r00tus wrote: | | hopefully this hurricane won't be a f****t and actually bring some distruction... if i waste a weekend again for some f*****g gay wind, i'll be p****d :/ |
haha so awsome
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superturd
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Posted: 09/06/04 - 10:49 Post subject:
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That would be great... My wife and I are going to buy a house there next year. I'd like to see a huge drop in property values.
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Laresa
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Posted: 09/06/04 - 11:13 Post subject:
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| superturd wrote: | | That would be great... My wife and I are going to buy a house there next year. I'd like to see a huge drop in property values. |
Don't buy in an evac zone unless you plan on leaving your home everytime there's a hurricane warning 
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killswitch
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Joined: 09 Jun 2003
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Posted: 09/06/04 - 12:04 Post subject:
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| Laresa wrote: | | superturd wrote: | | That would be great... My wife and I are going to buy a house there next year. I'd like to see a huge drop in property values. |
Don't buy in an evac zone unless you plan on leaving your home everytime there's a hurricane warning |
You don't actually have to leave, I live in an evac zone and only a few people bothered to leave. Oh and houses in the Evac zone are usually the most expensive in Miami.
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Regan
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Posted: 09/06/04 - 16:35 Post subject:
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Jesus doesn't hate florida, he hates disney world! hence all the storms will hit orlando 
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Aluaeia
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Posted: 09/06/04 - 18:28 Post subject:
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Jesus hates Florida because he thinks it's trying to steal the old people from him.
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Kely
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Posted: 09/07/04 - 09:30 Post subject:
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it seems to be on Charley's path. Sick of this shit.
Plus they have always hit on weekends. Lets try a weekday for once.  doesn't look like that will happen though. /rude Ivan
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Tolanin
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Posted: 09/07/04 - 09:40 Post subject:
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| Kely wrote: | it seems to be on Charley's path. Sick of this shit.
Plus they have always hit on weekends. Lets try a weekday for once. doesn't look like that will happen though. /rude Ivan |
f*****g doubtful it will take charleys path, charley was the only hurricane in like 44 years that did what it did, most that are on that path just go into the gulf.. having a storm that size does a 180 is incredible, imagine the amount of force and inertia the things have going in one direction for them to turn at all is insane.\
that said
now someone photoshop a pic of jeb bush with a lightsaber.
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