chegitz guevara please stay tuned!!

[The Emperor Fabulous]

My prayers are with you...

Apparently, it's going to be strong enough to make it all the way up here to Bahston...so I can't imagine how strong it will be when it hits the penninsula...

This hurricane stuff really just seemed to arise out of nowhere...you know, we've been in Hurricane Season for about three months, and this is just the third?

Take care!

[Grandpa Troll]

FRom the 5 am advisory

almost a CAT 3..(111 MPH sustained)

next at 7am est then 9 est and full update at 11 am est

Stay tned this ones gonna be a bugger!!

[Grandpa Troll]

southeast 2100 mile radar she is a well defined eye forming

[Snowflake]

Wow, take care you two. Good luck!

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Ted Striker
From what I remember, Hurricane Andrew was the worst natural disaster in American history

Only in terms of money. The Galveston hurricane last century was the worst in terms of human life. Over 5,000 died in that one cuz no one believed the meteorologist that a hurricane was coming.

[chequita guevara]

If things weren't bad enough, a cold front is moving through the area giving us an unneeded soak. Also, funnel couds have been spouted SW of me. It's like nature is softening us up for the big one.

[Grandpa Troll]

I am finishing at work now as I have several bids to put out for next week. We have had 1/2 dozen Tornados hit us overnite from remnants of BONNIE!!

at least 4 people reported killed and huge power outages/damages in the New Hanover County (Wilmington) then Carteret County had at least 2 touchdown.

Reportedly in the Rocky Point community where we get aggregates and cement from for our plants power was out as a large swath was cut around 4:30 this morning taking our 30 + homes in its path

Thats why I started this thread because people need to be aware that it is, as I stated earlier, not allways the "EYE" that people should focus on.

We will, according to current forecasts in eastern North Carolina be under the gun around late Saturday night-early Sunday morning.

~sigh~

Che, how about you?

Jacksonville is on the north so will you be also in the Northeast quadrant UNLESS if it come like they are saying!

Ok..Until next we chat!

Hermano Bruce "Gramps"

[mrmitchell]

Who says they don't?

No one ever reports it. Do the Cubans not have much left to take, or is it the capitalist dog American press not caring about our island friends?

either way

stay safe, dude

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by mrmitchell

No one ever reports it.

You mean Americans never pay attention. I think they were hit pretty badly a few years ago.

Just saw the reports from Cuba. Havana didn't seem badly hit, but Charlies was only a Cat 2 storm. It's expected to reach Cat 3 this after noon.

Governor Bush was just on. Pinellas and Hilsboro counties (Tampa/St. Pete) are being told that they have only an hour left to evacuate and after that, it's too late.

Damage to Tampa is expected to be in the billions.

[chequita guevara]

My buidling is cinderblock and stucco, so I should be able to survive everything except a direct hit from a strong tornado. My bigger problem is I'm not prepared to be without power and water for several days.

[Japher]

I'm not prepared to be without power and water for several days

Charge up them batteries for your lap top and load up on the Mt. Dew now buddy!

[chequita guevara]

I have no laptop.

Be back in a bit. Gonna go to the store and get water and batteries and ice.

[chequita guevara]

For some reason, the official projection is still to make landfall somewhere near Tampa. The radar track, however, has it making landfall in Fort Myers, about 100 miles to the South, and an area which has has not been evacuated, AFAIK.

If the storm keeps heading the way it is now, it will come out far to the south of us, a little north of West Palm Beach. I pretty sure I'm gonna be fine.

[KrazyHorse]

Charlie is a Category 4 hurricane now.

http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2004/08/13/newflorida_hurricane040813.html

[chequita guevara]

Holy ****!