Wilma - aren't you florida people sick of this?
Oct 19th 2005, 1:44 pm
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Re: Wilma - aren't you florida people sick of this?
Originally Posted by Angry White Pyjamas
Most intense Atlantic hurricane ever at 882mb. Can only hope its peaking early and will drop off as it approaches FLA
No joke, they're talking about Punta Gorda I think?
Oct 19th 2005, 1:45 pm
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Re: Wilma - aren't you florida people sick of this?
Originally Posted by cindyabs
No joke, they're talking about Punta Gorda I think?
Oct 19th 2005, 1:49 pm
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Re: Wilma - aren't you florida people sick of this?
Originally Posted by gruffbrown
Or G Gorda Liddy
Pretty please with yourself are'ntcha?
Oct 19th 2005, 1:50 pm
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Re: Wilma - aren't you florida people sick of this?
Originally Posted by cindyabs
Pretty please with yourself are'ntcha?
Oct 19th 2005, 1:53 pm
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Re: Wilma - aren't you florida people sick of this?
Originally Posted by gruffbrown
It's early...best I could do
You should be in top (?) form by teatime.
Oct 19th 2005, 1:54 pm
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Re: Wilma - aren't you florida people sick of this?
Originally Posted by cindyabs
You should be in top (?) form by teatime.
Oct 19th 2005, 1:56 pm
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Re: Wilma - aren't you florida people sick of this?
Originally Posted by gruffbrown
I skivving at the moment, should be working......shhhh
Mum's the word.
Oct 19th 2005, 2:59 pm
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Re: Wilma - aren't you florida people sick of this?
Originally Posted by cindyabs
No joke, they're talking about Punta Gorda I think?
Oct 19th 2005, 3:02 pm
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Re: Wilma - aren't you florida people sick of this?
Originally Posted by BritGuyTN
Taken from weather.com
"Residents of the southern Florida, including the Keys, should begin thinking about the possibility of a hurricane strike sometime this coming weekend."
To all the Fl people (Ray, AWP etc...), after the last couple of years have you thought "is it really worth it?"
Just wondering
"Residents of the southern Florida, including the Keys, should begin thinking about the possibility of a hurricane strike sometime this coming weekend."
To all the Fl people (Ray, AWP etc...), after the last couple of years have you thought "is it really worth it?"
Just wondering
It was on the news that this was the 16th this season, geeze talk about a battered State.
Oct 19th 2005, 3:11 pm
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Re: Wilma - aren't you florida people sick of this?
Originally Posted by wildmark
It was on the news that this was the 16th this season, geeze talk about a battered State.
Punta Gorda? Yikes. So many folk are still living in FEMA trailers down there...
Oct 19th 2005, 3:13 pm
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Re: Wilma - aren't you florida people sick of this?
Originally Posted by Angry White Pyjamas
Naples or Punta Gorda for landfall saturday PM. Then across the Glades to us in PBC around 2am Sunday. Hopefully be a 3/4 at landfall and down to a 2 by the time it hits us. If not then we'll be cleaning up for quite some time.
Are you and/or your wife on duty Sunday ?
Oct 19th 2005, 3:22 pm
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Re: Wilma - aren't you florida people sick of this?
Originally Posted by izibear
We didn't get hit by 16 storms. There were 16 storms formed this year, and most of them went out into the open Atlantic.
Punta Gorda? Yikes. So many folk are still living in FEMA trailers down there...
Punta Gorda? Yikes. So many folk are still living in FEMA trailers down there...
Oct 19th 2005, 3:23 pm
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Re: Wilma - aren't you florida people sick of this?
Originally Posted by cindyabs
Are you and/or your wife on duty Sunday ?
Oct 19th 2005, 3:26 pm
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Re: Wilma - aren't you florida people sick of this?
Originally Posted by wildmark
How many actually hit land and caused damage?
Wilma is also the 12th Hurricane of the season equalling the 1965 record.
The ones that have impacted Florida DIRECTLY are Dennis, Katrina, Ophelia (no landfall but plenty of beach action) and Rita. And now Wilma is expected to.
Actually we've been prety lucky so far and had far less direct impact than last year.
This has also been a record breaking year in other ways:
- First year a Cat 4 made US landfall in July.
- Most number of Major hurricanes. (>= Cat 3)
- Strongest ever hurricane in the Atlantic.
- Costliest Hurricane ever.
- First Tropical Storm to make landfall on the Spanish Mainland.
And theres another 6 weeks left to go of the season.
Last edited by Angry White Pyjamas; Oct 19th 2005 at 3:29 pm.
Oct 19th 2005, 3:36 pm
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Re: Wilma - aren't you florida people sick of this?
Select your hurricane past and present ..and see the actual track ...
http://html.wral.com/sh/hurricanetracker/htarch.html
http://html.wral.com/sh/hurricanetracker/htarch.html