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... I don't quite understand what is hitting now. Dh was evacuated from where he is because of a storm coming in. What is going on now. I look at the website and I'm not sure I quite understand what is happening where? Maybe I just don't want to make a mistake in understanding this so I'm asking the experts! ; ) Anni Hurricane Rita is down off Key West right now (posted, 9pm est). Current path has it heading across the open waters of the Gulf and towards the Texas coast - but NO is in the cone. Current predictions are that it could be as strong as a cat 3 or 4 by the time it hits land in the region of Galveston Tx on Friday. So - depending on where your DH is staying they will probably take precautions and get them out. After Katrina - nobody is taking any chances anywhere. Even the Keys were evacuated today because of this - and usually they are die hard hurricane partiers down there. http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at3+shtml/205128.shtml?5day > ... I don't quite understand what is hitting now. Dh was evacuated from > where he is because of a storm coming in. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Anni > Hurricane Rita is down off Key West right now (posted, 9pm est). Current > path has it heading across the open waters of the Gulf and towards the Texas [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at3+shtml/205128.shtml?5day Thanks... they did evacuate them this afternoon. Basically they moved inland because they were near the gulf area and moved other people out as well. Anni > > Hurricane Rita is down off Key West right now (posted, 9pm est). Current > > path has it heading across the open waters of the Gulf and towards the [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Anni At this point - its another scary storm! The Texas coast is in for a serious storm and can expect the same damage as Biloxi and Baton Rouge got from Katrina. There's no real fear of another new orleans incident with the flooding - but there will be alot of damage from the storm - like that of the other areas and also where your DH was last year after the storms hit the FL panhandle. Getting as far inland as they can is the best they can do. Texas is big, flat and open... that doesn't help to slow down the storms much, so damage will probably go pretty far inland there. Give DH our best! > At this point - its another scary storm! The Texas coast is in for a > serious storm and can expect the same damage as Biloxi and Baton Rouge got > from Katrina. I spoke with him last night and he said the same. There's no real fear of another new orleans incident with > the flooding - but there will be alot of damage from the storm - like that > of the other areas and also where your DH was last year after the storms hit > the FL panhandle. Louisiana will get a huge soaking again. Getting as far inland as they can is the best they can > do. Texas is big, flat and open... that doesn't help to slow down the > storms much, so damage will probably go pretty far inland there. They are in the central meeting place for their teams. > Give DH our best! Will do! Anni How did DH fair out? > > At this point - its another scary storm! The Texas coast is in for a > > serious storm and can expect the same damage as Biloxi and Baton Rouge got [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > Anni > How did DH fair out? He came home dead tired really but better than last year as he was quite sick last year as well as tired. He is at work today and seems no worse for the wear except... he shaved his head (I asked him what that was about and he said "oh we ended up on a Navy ship and the recruiter was there...LOL!) He gained weight... they ate garbage really and had no access to exercise to speak of and really no time. He had a beard which he shaved off. Okay... what is out there now Jen? I hear about tropical storms is that right... is that where we are now? Anni Mermaid mentioned in passing : > Okay... what is out there now Jen? I hear about tropical storms is > that right... is that where we are now? Glad to hear your hubby is ok. That must be absolutely exhausting and I cannot iamgine coming home and going straight to work after that! Phew! From today's Florida Today: September 26, 2005 Hurricane center watches three systems FLORIDA TODAY Three waves in the tropical Atlantic are being tracked today, and one could develop as it heads for the Gulf of Mexico later this week. The National Hurricane Center is watching a westward-moving tropical wave over the central Caribbean Sea that is producing showers and thunderstorms. Forecasters say that upper level winds are only marginally conducive for tropical cyclone formation, but could become more favorable for development over the next two to three days. The system is expected to move into the northwestern Caribbean Sea. The hurricane center is tracking two other systems: An area of low pressure is located about 1,300 miles east of the Lesser Antilles. Shower activity with this system remains limited and upper-level winds are not favorable for development at this time. A large non-tropical area of low pressure is centered several hundred miles east of Bermuda. Upper-level winds do not favor tropical cyclone development with this system.  SignatureAs long as there is one upright man, as long as there is one compassionate woman, the contagion may spread and the scene is not desolate. Hope is the thing left to us in a bad time. - E.B.White > Mermaid mentioned in passing : > > [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > > -- Okay thanks... dh was asking me about this and I can't make much sense out of it all on the weather service thingy... Dh is happy to be home. He took 28 rolls of film to be processed. Probably half of the pics were no biggy but another half were absolutely mind boggling. Anni > > How did DH fair out? > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Okay... what is out there now Jen? I hear about tropical storms is that > right... is that where we are now? Glad he is home! That is a big relief for you. Its a bummer he doesn't get an extra day off to recoup, but I'm sure he'll catch up soon enough. Rita is now just a tropical depression and scattered up around the northern/eastern US. The tropics are giving us a breather for the moment, although there is a new wave that is off the top of South America in the Southern Caribbean that they are concerned about and watching closely. There are also 3 waves (tw 45, 46 and 47) that are coming across the Atlantic off the African coast. TW 46 shows some organization, but its way to early to say anything. In general, it looks pretty quiet for this week. |
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