Category: Miscellaneous babble

Ivan has beat up Grenada, and now has its sights set on Jamaica and Cuba. Don’t take the boards off the windows yet. Florida may be next.

From today’s 11AM discussion:

A RIDGE OVER THE BAHAMAS A LITTLE STRONGER THAN ANTICIPATED…WILL BRING THE HURRICANE TOWARD THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO AS INDICATED BY THE UK…CANADIAN AND NOGAPS GLOBAL MODELS. A WEAKER RIDGE THAN ANTICIPATED COULD RESULT ON A MORE NORTHWARD TRACK OVER THE BAHAMAS AND NEARBY THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA AS INDICATED BY THE GFS. THE 4-5 DAY OFFICIAL FORECAST…WHICH IS HIGHLY UNCERTAIN…CALLS FOR A SOLUTION IN BETWEEN…BRINGING THE HURRICANE OVER WEST/CENTRAL CUBA INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO AND THEN FLORIDA.

After spending pretty much the entire long weekend cleaning and unpacking various boxes, we finally have our apartment in mostly presentable condition. It’s been a month since we moved in and finally most of the things that are in boxes are out of boxes, or have been put into different boxes, or have been tossed. We probably haven’t tossed nearly enough stuff though. Soon we will be ready for the housewarming. All that’s left is a few things in the bedroom and some boxes of class notes that need to be put away or thrown away.

The Bahamas got hammered by Frances, and Florida’s getting it now too. And in another week or so, it may very well be deja vu as Ivan comes barrelling through. It was called a hurricane with today’s 5AM advisory with the 5 day track taking it over Haiti/Dominican Republic and over the Bahamas. But it’s still early yet and a long way away. Definitely another one to keep an eye on.
Apparently August has been a particularly busy season too, with 8 named storms so far. A record from what I’ve read.
In the meantime, if you’ve got some extra cash burning a hole in your pocket, consider making a donation to the Red Cross’ Disaster Relief Fund. You can even donate your spare change at a Coinstar machine.

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Well, thankfully Frances has weakened somewhat and won’t significantly impact us here, but that means Florida will take most of the impact, which is bad considering what Charley did a couple of weeks ago.
Now the next thing to think about is Ivan, which will probably be another big storm coming in the next 7-10 days.

Yesterday a couple of local radio guys were joking about how if Jim Cantore from the Weather Channel showed up on Folly Beach, then it’s time to get out. He always seems to go where the weather is going to be the worst. But if Mike Seidel showed up, then it was probably OK.

The latest 11 AM discussion from the NHC makes a Florida landfall in a couple of days more probable The wife has a notion that Frances will decide to skirt the coast, so our preparations continue.

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