GuppieGrouper
(Weather Master)
Wed Oct 19 2005 11:18 AM
Re: Wilma, Category 5 and Breaking Records

When you think about a hurricane turning, you have to visualize a truck hauling a tripple wide mobile home making a 90 degree turn in a four way stop with no stoplight. It is not going to happen quickly and it is not going to be neat. The lines will be crossed and a certain amount of acreage will be borrowed on both sides. As for whether or not Sarasota Bay will or won't be effected later on. The force that was generated by Wilma while she was a CAT 5 will be felt long after she has weakened to whatever weakeness she will become. How long that lasts will depend upon how long she maintains CAT 5 status. The only thing that can be turned on or off rapidly is a Television reporter claiming to be in a CAT 5 wind making an onsight report.


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