Hello, My Name is Hurricane Ivan

[Hueij]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara


Not me, Jamaica. They got hit, but they didn't take the full brunt of the storm.

As much as I don't like being hit by hurricanes, we can stand it a lot better 3rd world countries, and we can recover more quickly.

Still 11 people died in jamaica But thank God it wasn't as bad as Gilbert. I hope Cuba isn't suffering to(o?) badly.

[Giancarlo]

Originally posted by Hueij



Still 11 people died in jamaica But thank God it wasn't as bad as Gilbert. I hope Cuba isn't suffering to(o?) badly.

Yeah but that's just in Jamaica..

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040911/D851NDRG0.html

Ivan already has killed 50 people across the Caribbean this week, including 34 in Grenada.

[Frozzy]

Hueij: It's too. "Too" is an adjective and "to" is a preposition

Anyway;

THERE HAVE BEEN SOME GRADUAL CHANGES IN THE STEERING PATTERN OVER
THE LAST DAY OR SO WHICH COULD RESULT IN THE HURRICANE MOVING ON A
TRACK NOT AS CLOSE TO SOUTH FLORIDA. WHILE THIS MAY BE GOOD NEWS
FOR SOUTH FLORIDA...IT IS NOT SO FOR OTHER REGIONS OF THE EASTERN
GULF COAST. WATER VAPOR IMAGES SHOW THAT A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE
AT THE MID TO UPPER-LEVELS HAS DEVELOPED FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO
EASTWARD ACROSS FLORIDA. IT APPEARS THAT THIS RIDGE HAS BEEN
FORCING THE HURRICANE ON A MORE WESTWARD TRACK...DELAYING THE
EXPECTED NORTHWEST AND NORTHWARD TURN. ALTHOUGH THE NORTHWARD TURN
IS STILL FORECAST TO OCCUR AS A WEAKNESS DEVELOPS IN THE GULF OF
MEXICO...IT IS NOW EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER EXTREME WESTERN CUBA AND
OVER THE OPEN WATERS OF THE GULF OF MEXICO. THIS TRACK INCREASES
THE HURRICANE RISK FOR THE NORTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO REGION AND
DECREASES IT FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. THE WESTWARD SHIFT OF THE OFFICIAL
FORECAST REMAINS IN AGREEMENT WITH GUIDANCE WHICH HAS ALSO BEEN
SHIFTING GRADUALLY WESTWARD.

AS WAS THOUGHT POSSIBLE...IVAN HAS REGAINED CATEGORY FIVE STRENGTH.
A RECONNAISSANCE PLANE JUST MEASURED 161 KNOTS AT 700 MB AND AN
EXTRAPOLATED PRESSURE OF 914 MB. THE DROP MEASURED 918 MB BUT IT
HAD 29 KNOTS AT THE SURFACE. INITIAL INTENSITY HAS BEEN INCREASED
TO 145 KNOTS. THERE ARE NO SKILLS IN PREDICTING CHANGES IN
INTENSITY WITH SUCH EXTREMELY INTENSE HURRICANES...SO IVAN IS KEPT
AT 145 KNOTS UNTIL LANDFALL IN CUBA. THEREAFTER...THE SHEAR IS
FORECAST TO INCREASE...SO A GRADUAL WEAKENING IS INDICATED.
NEVERTHERLESS... IVAN IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE UNITES STATES AS A
MAJOR HURRICANE.

[Hueij]

I know some people in Ja, but I can't get trough to them yet, not on the net nor on the phone I hope they are okay.

[Hueij]

Originally posted by Kalius
Hueij: It's too. "Too" is an adjective and "to" is a preposition

I know what "preposition" means, but what is an "adjective:?

[Frozzy]

My apologies, it's an adverb. Got the two mixed for a second.

An adjective is, loosely, a describing word, used with a noun (e.g. "yellow car", or "the gruesome story"

[Hueij]

Originally posted by Kalius
My apologies, it's an adverb. Got the two mixed for a second.

An adjective is, loosely, a describing word, used with a noun (e.g. "yellow car", or "the gruesome story"

Ah thanks, but now I have a new question But I started a new thread on this, I don't want to jack this one.

[MrFun]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara


Not me, Jamaica. They got hit, but they didn't take the full brunt of the storm.

As much as I don't like being hit by hurricanes, we can stand it a lot better 3rd world countries, and we can recover more quickly.

doh

[The Mad Monk]

Sure as hell didn't miss Grand Cayman.

The windchart I posted (post 49) shows a 165 arrow right over the island --

[smacksim]

Has anyone heard from GCaymen? Or are they now : Grand Caymen Sandbar and Grille?

[Grandpa Troll]

Originally posted by smacksim
Has anyone heard from GCaymen? Or are they now : Grand Caymen Sandbar and Grille?

ya know when you track these things they so often do something different

Like the jogs they have been showing with Ivan

No one had predicted them

Lets hope no other surprises are in store

Gramps

[AnnC]

These Cape Verde storms are bad bad bad...

I have a bad feeling about this storm. A high pressure system keeps pushing it west, and if that continues, it could pass through the middle of the Gulf and strike New Orleans.

New Orleans has a 4-5 foot hurricane wall (if you've been there, you've seen it just inside the levee). But a storm like Ivan would easily swamp the wall.

[chequita guevara]

I have this feeling it's gonna hit Texas.

[mrmitchell]

Euargh! Go back! Into the ocean, foul beast! Stop spinning west!

[chequita guevara]

Spin West! Spin West!