Hurricane Dean

[The Avon Lady]

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

I'm trying to save the Earth even though she is attacking me

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[Onkel Neal]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Projected path looks favorable for not hitting TX. Unless Dean decides to take a right turn on Tuesday. This storm is every bit as nasty as Katrina. Jamaica is going to be a mess for sure.

Heh, let's hope it goes along the currently projected path, which has it a little more south than yesterday.

This is a pretty cool hurricane tracking tool, you can see where previous canes went, how fast the winds were, etc. Some of them took some pretty fancy turns, what I wish they included on a tool like this, I wish they also had the projected path highlighted at each stage, so you can tell where the model was predicting the cane to go. I mean, look at the '04 cane Jeanne... did anyone have a clue where that thing was going? Can you imagine the big sigh of relief from Florida on 9/21 when it turned due east... and then the big "oh crap!" on 9/25 when it circled around west again?

Good news, the sandbags John requested have arrived at the datacenter.

[Onkel Neal]

Originally Posted by P_Funk

Why do they always give them such wussy names? Katrina... sounds like a temper tantrum. Dean... very dry and uptight.

What about Hurricane Hitler. Tropical Storm Nero.

Give them some balls! Its just embarassing to think that the American government got undressed in N'Orleans by something named after a girl I knew in high school.

Yeah, we need a hurricane Thor and a hurricane Conan!

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Heh, let's hope it goes along the currently projected path, which has it a little more south than yesterday.

This is a pretty cool hurricane tracking tool, you can see where previous canes went, how fast the winds were, etc. Some of them took some pretty fancy turns, what I wish they included on a tool like this, I wish they also had the projected path highlighted at each stage, so you can tell where the model was predicting the cane to go. I mean, look at the '04 cane Jeanne... did anyone have a clue where that thing was going? Can you imagine the big sigh of relief from Florida on 9/21 when it turned due east... and then the big "oh crap!" on 9/25 when it circled around west again?

Good news, the sandbags John requested have arrived at the datacenter.

Very true on tracking. Like everything else and weather, just a predicted track. Dean could make a right turn and go just about anywhere. I believe the last that went over the Yucatan Peninsula lost a lot of punch. Lets hope that happens here. It all depends on how hot the waters are in the Gulf. As for Jamaica, not a happy outlook. As for TX, FEMA's major distribution center is in Fort Worth so once they have their day long meetings on what to do getting supplies to the affected areas is easy.

The models are looking like Mexico will take the brunt of the storm...........as of now.

[Heibges]

I thought it was a thread about Howard Dean, and I was going to reiterate that he is from Machusettes, not Vermont.

[Iceman]

I find it humorous people trying to predict the paths of such storms...as the link Neal provided the one thing absolutly certain is people don't have a clue as to where a storm will actually go...

Originally Posted by Iceman

I find it humorous people trying to predict the paths of such storms...as the link Neal provided the one thing absolutly certain is people don't have a clue as to where a storm will actually go...

I agree whole heartily. Its much like climate! The difference is climate must be measured over more than a few days, more like milenina.

[geetrue]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Very true on tracking. Like everything else and weather, just a predicted track. Dean could make a right turn and go just about anywhere. I believe the last that went over the Yucatan Peninsula lost a lot of punch. Lets hope that happens here. It all depends on how hot the waters are in the Gulf. As for Jamaica, not a happy outlook. As for TX, FEMA's major distribution center is in Fort Worth so once they have their day long meetings on what to do getting supplies to the affected areas is easy.

I was just a little boy in 1955, when I lived in Waco, Texas ... but we got hit by a hurricane all the way up in Waco ... which is I don't know some 220 miles I think from Houston, Texas.

Moved to Houston in 1959 and got hit by Hurricane Carla in 1961. That was the hurricane that made Dan Rather famous.

He was just a local news man out of Houston when CBS spotted him on the air and hired him.

Hurricane Carla was so bad it left rattle snakes hanging on the barb wire fences when the water receeded.

This is a very bad hurricane ... God bless whoever it hits and where ever it strikes.

[Iceman]

Originally Posted by geetrue

This is a very bad hurricane ... God bless whoever it hits and where ever it strikes.

Amen

[Bort]

Yikes That looks like one nasty storm! It's at times like this I'm glad the only large body of water near me is a lake.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by geetrue

This is a very bad hurricane ... God bless whoever it hits and where ever it strikes.

Fingers crossed for everyone unfortunate enough to find themselves in it's path.

[Onkel Neal]

It's looking more south, hasta la vista, baby. I think the US global warming is too much for it.

[Dowly]

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

It's looking more south, hasta la vista, baby. I think the US global warming is too much for it.

I think someone gave Dean a hint that there's two mean m***er*******ers living in Texas and decided to turn around ASAP. Neal and Mr. D.Lemon. :p

[Heibges]

Much like Dick Blain telling Major Strasser of the Third Reich, "There are some parts of New York I would advise you against trying to invade."