Just a reminder that the 'real' active hurricane season

[malaise]

begins next week and both the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific have active systems - three in the Eastern Pacific and four in the Atlantic.
Tropical Storm Harvey formed this morning and is heading for Central America with mostly water.

http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/



Remember if you live on the coast of the Atlantic, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico or California, you should have plans in the event that a hurricane is heading your way.

Some folks somewhere are going to get hit - be prepared.

[hobbit709]

1. Looks like 97L is coming your way.

http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/tracking/at201197_model.html

[malaise]

2. We're ready

A few days ago we were watching Harvey and he decided to head south of us.
Word is that 97 is going to hit a few places.




Remember these - Andrew formed on August 16 1992

Andrew was a perfect hurricane.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Andrew


Katrina formed Formed August 23, 2005
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina


Gilbert formed September 8, 1988
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Gilbert

[Uben]

3. I'd never wish a hurricane on anyone, but we coould use the rain

It seems like it always takes a flood from a hurricane to bust a Texas drought. I'm hoping at least for some rain bands if one comes thru.

[malaise]

5. Hopefully Irene will bring you some relief

and if not then maybe Jose although given the anti-immigration tide in the US, I'm not sure Hurricane Jose will go down well. :D

You really are facing an awful drought. Who knows maybe some of Harvey's rain will reach you.

[SammyWinstonJack]

18. Same here. We need rain!

[hobbit709]

4. don't forget this one

Camille

[malaise]

6. Which one?

:evilgrin:

[hobbit709]

7. Evidently they didn't like my linking to Camille

[malaise]

10. Camille was wicked

Funny the female hurricanes usually miss Jamaica

[Tallulah]

37. I experienced Andrew

NEVER AGAIN.

[dixiegrrrrl]

11. Hmmmm..bears watching from our place, too.

We are 90 miles due north of Pensecola.
That is nothing to a hurricane/tropical storm.
Thanks for the heads up, I have been gone most of the day.
"Coincidently" 3 people today happened to mention past hurricanes.
:hi:

[malaise]

15. It's that time of year

Most folks begin to pay attention around the last two weeks of August - memories.

[lpbk2713]

8. The '04 storms hit me all within six weeks time

I was right in the path of all three (Lakeland).

And then Wilma hit me in late October the next year.

You can never be too prepared, that's for sure.

[malaise]

9. I remember that year well

My sister and her family packed up their important stuff and left the state for two weeks. They had enough!! :D
You've had a few years of relief since.

[lpbk2713]

14. As I recall it ...

Jeanne was the one whose forward motion slowed down to a crawl but the intensity didn't change, that cuased a lot of damage. And Charley was the one that the forecasters said should have gone due north up the Gulf coast. After a lot of people went inland to get out of the way Charley changed direction and hit them anyway when they would have been better off where they were. You just never can tell.

[malaise]

16. We drove through Central Florida in April 2005 and I could not

believe the damage from Charley.

[Dappleganger]

31. That summer was awful...

but we have been pushing our luck the past few years and are due for some big punches.

[MrDiaz]

12. very sad to say

That a hurricane with lots of rain might actually do us good in texas, lol but i'm sure most of you hope alot worse stuff happens to us down here.

[malaise]

13. Not me - I have a niece and a nephew from Texas

and my nephew needs some rain badly.

gr./sp.

[AverageJoe90]

32. I'm from D/FW...... The weather here has been simply AWFUL.

[Are_grits_groceries]

17. Floyd was awful when it hit Eastern NC.

It flooded many hog farms and the waste from them was mixed in with the flooding. Just the thought of that water gives me the willies now.

Camille was scary bad. Some fools stayed in some apartments near the beach to have a hurricane party, and they and the apartments were never seen again.

I hope Texas does get some rain, but be careful what you wish for. Make sure you are nowhere remotely near where there might be a flood. Consider places that haven't flooded before. People have been caught off guard all over the world by too much water too fast. Even with the drought, a lot of the water might runoff rather than sink in if it is coming down at too high a rate.

We can use rain here in SC too. If they head for 'teh crazy', Texas and SC should get multiple hits. DeMinted would be worth a couple. Hugo damned near wiped the whole state off the map.

I'll bet we get some very late hurricanes. Old weather patterns are screwed up and will probably stay that way. If hurricane season is anything like tornado season, we are SOL.





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[malaise]

20. Floyd was wicked but the Bahamas got the worst of him

Formed September 7, 1999

Floyd struck The Bahamas at peak strength, causing heavy damage. It then paralleled the East Coast of the United States, causing massive evacuations and costly preparations from Florida through North the Mid-Atlantic states. The storm weakened significantly, however, before making landfall in North Carolina as a Category 2 hurricane, and caused further damage as it traveled up the Mid-Atlantic region and into New England.

[taterguy]

19. If we don't live on the coast but might visit the coast do we need to have plans?

Has the Hatteras-Ocracoke Tunnel ever been damaged by a hurricane?

[malaise]

21. Huh?

What tunnel? :evilgrin:

[taterguy]

22. The tunnel that connects Hatteras Island to Ocracoke Island

Hence the name, Hatteras-Ocracoke Tunnel.

[malaise]

25. Is that more than a bumper sticker? n/t

[taterguy]

26. It better be. I just paid $50.00 on eBay for a tunnel pass

[malaise]

27. Why?

After all this advice
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x8722847

[taterguy]

28. Obviously I forgot

Maybe they'll build one before the pass expires.

[malaise]

29. LOL

:rofl:

[taterguy]

35. It's your fault. I got so freaked out by hurricanes that my brain got scrambled.

I sure as hell wouldn't want to be on Ocracoke when a storm came along.

It wouldn't take much wind to capsize those ferries.

THAT'S WHY THEY NEED A TUNNEL!

[malaise]

36. LOL

:rofl:

[taterguy]

38. LOL, LOL, LOL

I'm out fifty bucks because of you and all you do is laugh.

How about an "I'm sorry for fucking up your finances."

Do they have a smiley for that?

[malaise]

39. I only have bad news bro

It's now Tropical Storm Irene

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

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT09/refresh/AL0911W5_NL_sm2+gif/230313W5_NL_sm.gif

[taterguy]

40. Sometimes I have a great notion to jump in the river and drown

But there are no rivers on Ocracoke, just creeks.

[William769]

23. This is the one to watch.

http://www.nbc-2.com/story/15299248/2011/08/19/watching-a-strong-disturbance-by-hurricane-expert-jim-reif

[malaise]

24. Yep the one to watch is 97 - soon to be Irene

by the look of things this morning





http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/gtwo_atl.shtml

This could be a Florida or Atlantic coast hurricane - early days but all interests should watch this carefully.

[Dappleganger]

30. We're ready...

we know that we are long overdue for the big one.

[malaise]

34. 97L will probably be tropical storm Irene later today

wind speed up to 35mph

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