Fall apart Hurricane Katrina!

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » August 24, 2005 11:39 am

balcony girls wrote:rut roh . . .

time for more batteries, sand, and beer . . ! !

you wore the flashlight out reading in the car on the way home last weekend?

ParrotheadGator · Post by **ParrotheadGator** » August 24, 2005 11:41 am

I have been working way too much....I haven't even turned on my tv or listened to a radio in forever...i had no idea it was out there

balcony girls · Post by **balcony girls** » August 24, 2005 11:42 am

tikitatas wrote:
balcony girls wrote:rut roh . . .

time for more batteries, sand, and beer . . ! !

Batten down your hatches, Cin! And get CORONA!

you know it. . ! ! . .this one may require a double inventory . .! !

true story . . in my " hurricane kit " there is an unopened bottle of Parrot Bay . . I've never even tasted it . . but thought it was important that I have something that didn't require any ice. . .! !

ParrotheadGator · Post by **ParrotheadGator** » August 24, 2005 11:43 am

balcony girls wrote:
tikitatas wrote:
balcony girls wrote:rut roh . . .

time for more batteries, sand, and beer . . ! !

Batten down your hatches, Cin! And get CORONA!
you know it. . ! ! . .this one may require a double inventory . .! !

true story . . in my " hurricane kit " there is an unopened bottle of Parrot Bay . . I've never even tasted it . . but thought it was important that I have something that didn't require any ice. . .! !

I put a coupel bottles of liquor in the freezer before hurricanes get here....they stay good and cold for at least 2 days, chilled for longer

ToplessRideFL · Post by **ToplessRideFL** » August 24, 2005 11:47 am

ParrotheadGator wrote:I have been working way too much....I haven't even turned on my tv or listened to a radio in forever...i had no idea it was out there

Psstt... MSN.com

ParrotheadGator · Post by **ParrotheadGator** » August 24, 2005 11:51 am

ToplessRideFL wrote:
ParrotheadGator wrote:I have been working way too much....I haven't even turned on my tv or listened to a radio in forever...i had no idea it was out there
Psstt... MSN.com

that would take away from my little bit of buffett time

ParrotheadGator · Post by **ParrotheadGator** » August 24, 2005 11:52 am

btw - I use this, when I remember

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/index.shtml?

balcony girls · Post by **balcony girls** » August 24, 2005 11:53 am

RinglingRingling wrote:
balcony girls wrote:rut roh . . .

time for more batteries, sand, and beer . . ! !

you wore the flashlight out reading in the car on the way home last weekend?

weekend, weekend. . . .? ?

hmmmm . .why does that ring a bell . . ? ?

that was " the trip from HELL , let me tell ya . . ! ! . .we went to bed at almost 4:00, and got up at 5:00 . .! !

Sam · Post by **Sam** » August 24, 2005 12:01 pm

Katrina IS NOT A CAT I as of yet.... she is not expected to make hurricaine status until AFTER crossing Florida and that is not expected until sometime Monday afternoon...

Anyway from from weatherunderground.com

http://www.weatherunderground.com/tropi ... ublic.html

Tropical Storm Katrina Advisory Number 4

Statement as of 11:00 am EDT on August 24, 2005

...Depression strengthens into Tropical Storm Katrina over the
central Bahamas...
...Hurricane Watch and Tropical Storm Warning issued for Florida...

at 11 am EDT...1500z...a Tropical Storm Warning and a Hurricane
Watch have been issued for the Southeast Florida coast from Vero
Beach southward to Florida City. This replaces the tropical storm
watch. A Hurricane Watch means that hurricane conditions are
possible within the watch area...generally within 36 hours.

A Tropical Storm Warning remains in effect for the central and
northwest Bahamas. A Tropical Storm Warning means that tropical
storm conditions are expected within the warning area within the
next 24 hours.

A tropical storm watch remains in effect for the middle and upper
Florida Keys from west of the Seven Mile Bridge northward to south
of Florida City. A tropical storm watch means that tropical storm
conditions are possible within the watch area...generally within 36
hours.

A watch or warning may be required for Lake Okeechobee later today.
A Hurricane Warning may be required for portions of the northwest
Bahamas later today.

For storm information specific to your area...including possible
inland watches and warnings...please monitor products issued
by your local weather office.

At 11 am EDT...1500z...the center of Tropical Storm Katrina was
located near latitude 24.7 north... longitude 76.7 west or about 50
miles... 80 km... east-southeast of Nassau and about 230 miles...
375 km...east-southeast of southeast coast of Florida.

Katrina is moving toward the north-northwest near 8 mph
...13 km/hr. A gradual turn toward the northwest at a slightly
slower forward speed is expected to occur later today. This motion
should bring the center through the central and northwest Bahamas
later today and tonight.

Earlier reports from an Air Force Reserve reconnaissance aircraft
indicated maximum sustained winds had increased to near 40 mph...
65 km/hr...with higher gusts. Additional strengthening is forecast
during the next 24 hours.

Tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 70 miles
...110 km...mainly east of the center.

The estimated minimum central pressure is 1006 mb...29.71 inches.

Due to its slow forward speed...Katrina is expected to produce a
significant heavy rainfall event over the central and northwest
Bahamas...and South Florida... with total rainfall accumulations of
6 to 12 inches and isolated maximum amounts of 15 to 20 inches
possible.

Storm surge flooding of 3 to 5 feet above normal tide levels...
along with large and dangerous battering waves... can be expected
near the center in areas of onshore winds in the Bahamas.

Repeating the 11 am EDT position...24.7 N... 76.7 W. Movement
toward...north-northwest near 8 mph. Maximum sustained
winds... 40 mph. Minimum central pressure...1006 mb.

An intermediate advisory will be issued by the National
Hurricane Center at 2 PM EDT followed by the next complete
advisory at 5 PM EDT.

Forecaster Stewart

ParrotheadGator · Post by **ParrotheadGator** » August 24, 2005 12:02 pm

How exactly is it going to strengthen as it goes over land...isn't that the opposite effect land usually has on a tropical storm/hurricane?

Sam · Post by **Sam** » August 24, 2005 12:10 pm

ParrotheadGator wrote:How exactly is it going to strengthen as it goes over land...isn't that the opposite effect land usually has on a tropical storm/hurricane?

IT will lose some strength over land as it passes and depending on it's speed as it moves across Fla.... but gain strenth as it hits the open warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico and feeds off of them.... no doubt the various islands ( Bahamas, etc) MAY BE affecting it as well...and keeping it's strength down...something it won't have in the Gulf.....

EDITED TO ADD
Tongue Of The Ocean ( TOTO) is right there and with very deep cold waters....as the storms /hurricaines draw up the warm water to feed and gain strength... they also cause the cold water to rise up from the depths too... thus bringing a cooling effect to the water that will eventually cause a loss in the growth of the strength and eventually weaken the storm....

How long this takes to effect the storm/ hurricaine depends on several factors....The stronger the storm the slower moving it is and size of it, the faster the effect as it brings up more cold water faster.........so I have been told....

ToplessRideFL · Post by **ToplessRideFL** » August 24, 2005 12:13 pm

ParrotheadGator wrote:btw - I use this, when I remember

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/index.shtml?

me too

Sam · Post by **Sam** » August 24, 2005 12:18 pm

ToplessRideFL wrote:
ParrotheadGator wrote:btw - I use this, when I remember

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/index.shtml?
me too

I use the NOAA and other sites as well..

Pretty much, it is NOAA and the NWS that issues all of the weather advisories....

ParrotheadGator · Post by **ParrotheadGator** » August 24, 2005 12:26 pm

maybe it will cancel my seminar Saturday..hmmm

Sam · Post by **Sam** » August 24, 2005 12:46 pm

One of the local news stations weather guessers said a few mins ago, that Katrina should/could make a CAT I with 75 MPH winds and make landfall in south Fla sometime Friday AM ....

The best thing one can do is to keep themselves informed on this and any other storm.... and KEEP CHECKING FOR UPDATES.... predicting hurricaines is still not an exact science as of yet ..... that is why they have such a margin for error on just where ground zero when the dtorm goes "feet dry" will be...

LaTda · Post by **LaTda** » August 24, 2005 2:12 pm

RinglingRingling wrote:
balcony girls wrote:rut roh . . .

time for more batteries, sand, and beer . . ! !

you wore the flashlight out reading in the car on the way home last weekend?

oh silly me

for the flashlight, riiiight

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » August 24, 2005 2:40 pm

LaTda wrote:
RinglingRingling wrote:
balcony girls wrote:rut roh . . .

time for more batteries, sand, and beer . . ! !

you wore the flashlight out reading in the car on the way home last weekend?
oh silly me for the flashlight, riiiight

a flashlight is part of an emergency kit, right?

LaTda · Post by **LaTda** » August 24, 2005 2:42 pm

RinglingRingling wrote:
LaTda wrote:
RinglingRingling wrote:
balcony girls wrote:rut roh . . .

time for more batteries, sand, and beer . . ! !

you wore the flashlight out reading in the car on the way home last weekend?
oh silly me for the flashlight, riiiight
a flashlight is part of an emergency kit, right?

exactly, only my mind was in the gutter

ToplessRideFL · Post by **ToplessRideFL** » August 24, 2005 4:53 pm

This stinks!

ParrotheadGator · Post by **ParrotheadGator** » August 24, 2005 4:58 pm

reckon I'll just get a little rain unless it pushes further north