StPeteBill
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Good morning all, is what we are experiencing here in the St Pete/Tampa the extent of what we will receive?
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Random Chaos
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Radar links (some posted last night here):
http://www.intellicast.com/Local/USLocal...mp;prodnav=none
http://hardcoreweather.com/showthread.php?t=4173 (thanks to HCW for the link last night)
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/radar/loop/DS.p20-r/si.kbyx.shtml
Also, the Boat US graphic:
http://www.boatus.com/hurricanes/hurricane_field.asp
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laureg
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Loc: Port St. Lucie, FL
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I'm cracking up at the John Mellonhead. I think someone is looking for you...
People are gonna have to learn to prepare for the next Category higher than forecasted. We know so much about these things, but still not enough...nothing new to report here but things are picking up in Pahokee on the lake, so won't be long now...
Keep telling myself this will all be worth it in January when I am sitting on the beach with a margarita...
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twizted sizter
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Haven't lost cable yet but by the sound of the winds right now I'm sure it will be soon...already have puddles in the yard...ground is saturated...definitly didn't need anymore rain here,,,hope I don't regret not getting sandbags...the NoName & some system in 98/99 flooded us bad...water into my garage with both...and I'm not even in a flood zone.
Stay safe everyone.
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Random Chaos
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Yeah, I found it very disturbing that the "photo of the storm" last night on Washington Post's website was a Rueters photo of "Child playing in storm-induced surf on Key West" - how stupid can people get?
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kenwoodssaman
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Various media outlets saying landfall has occured on Cape Romaneo (sp)...good track by ...don't see how or why anyone could fault it...nasty, nasty weather here...gonna be a long day.
AT 630 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE MADE LANDFALL VERY
NEAR CAPE ROMANO FLORIDA. THIS POSITION IS ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF
EVERGLADES CITY FLORIDA. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS AT LANDFALL WERE
ESTIMATED TO BE 125 MPH...A STRONG CATEGORY 3 HURRICANE.
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leetdan
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Not to derail, but this has some major problems. Lines and poles will go down regardless, and it would take a very long time to visually inspect every single pole and transformer in the grid. There are also many ground-based transformers in new developments, even harder to inspect.
If ANY transformer was justled and has a short inside, it will simply wait for reacivation to explode all the same.
Meanwhile, winds have picked up considerably in Jupiter, but surprisingly enough the newspaper was delivered on time.
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Multi-Decadal Signal
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The wind train is nearing. We're getting a good pummeling this morning.
edited by me.
Just lost Comcast Cable TV connextion. Wind howling. Floor to ceiling sliding doors bowing in and out. Lights flickering. Good night and Good luck.
-------------------- Who you gonna' believe?
Me, or your damn lying eyes?
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kenwoodssaman
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New Advisory, down to 120 now, but pressure held at 950. Looks like we definitely got a three. Public Advisory
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laureg
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WPTV reporting winds have picked up about 10 mph in last hour Ft Lauderdale and south. SE of Hollywood showing sustained winds at 71
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Random Chaos
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Bouy at Naples, FL is reading 962mb:
http://tidesonline.nos.noaa.gov/plotcomp.shtml?station_info=8725110&flag=0
Bouy list: http://tidesonline.nos.noaa.gov/?sn=24&yd=297&ah=10
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IamTracy
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We're getting a lots of heavy rain and wind gusts in Polk County. I dread having to drive in it, but have to go to work. Was hoping for a phone call to not come in LOL. Good luck to our southern Florida neighbors.
Tracy
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LadyStorm
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MaryAnn, and others North of .
I hoe that you have seen the worst of her. However...if she makes an early turn she could run just off of the East Florida Coast...Just a heads up.
here is Fred and BamBam when you need them?
Our local mets are saying to expect the worst of her around mid day. We are supposed to get 50 mph sustained with gusts to 65. is a large storm and as she becomes her wind field will expand.
MaryAnn
-------------------- "The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of
thinking we were at when we created them"
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laureg
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My daughter went to the beach yesterday with friends and was turned away due to the mandatory evacuations...and hello, look where we are...local government stepping in and taking care of things... and that is just fine by me.
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Tazmanian93
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Been trying to tell you for 1/2 hour that we lost power in Tampa 4x now,everytime I write it the power goes out. May have to switch to AirCard pretty soon, Teco has real problems in my neighborhood, too many dang oaks. Be safe everyone
-------------------- Don't knock the weather; nine-tenths of the people couldn't start a conversation if it didn't change once in a while.
Go Bucs!!!!!!!!!
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LadyStorm
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Temps are dropping fairly quickly here, 5 degrees in the past half hour. Could be the Cold Front droping farther south????
-------------------- "The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of
thinking we were at when we created them"
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laureg
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WPTV reporting winds have picked up about 10 mph in last hour Ft Lauderdale and south. SE of Hollywood showing sustained winds at 71
make that gusts...
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OrlandoDan
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Temps are down here in Longwood too.
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charlottefl
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Winds are gusting to around 50 here maybe a little over, very heavy rain, and the wind dramatically increases with each rain band.. Will keep updated..
Port Charlotte
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Sheeper
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0730 from the Treasure Coast. Power went out at the Red Cross command center and EOC at 0700 (figues, don't it?). Seems to be isolated for now. Rain is pounding us with some good 45+MPH gusts.
All...stay dry, stay safe!
-------------------- Emergency Management Consultant & Trainer
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