Hurricane Dennis

[Ringo8n24]

Well, my house is all boarded up and VERY DARK! I keep walking around outside because I know I will be couped up all day tomorrow. I HATE that. I LOVE being outside. The weather here is gorgeous right now. The skys are bluer than I've seen them in a long time and no clouds anywhere. But local news says we can expect rain by tonight.


Elizabeth & Tina, I will keep in touch with both of you. Look for some pics! I'll post them if I have electricity.

Karin

Our house is dark, too. We put the boards up last night and I slept later than usual because it was so dark in the house. I find myself cooking everything I can in the freezer in case we lose power. We tried to buy a generator yesterday, but all five shipments were gone already. It was not meant to be. I see on the Weather Channel, Kadee, you should be getting some rain soon if not now.

 

[Kadee]

Our house is dark, too. We put the boards up last night and I slept later than usual because it was so dark in the house. I find myself cooking everything I can in the freezer in case we lose power. We tried to buy a generator yesterday, but all five shipments were gone already. It was not meant to be. I see on the Weather Channel, Kadee, you should be getting some rain soon if not now.

No generator for us either. It's starting to cloud up some. I think we will be getting rain very shortly. A couple of hours or so. We'll just stay snuggled up in our "Cave" of a house.:dazzle: All this darkness is going to make me very edgy or even depressed.

 

[Ringo8n24]

No generator for us either. It's starting to cloud up some. I think we will be getting rain very shortly. A couple of hours or so. We'll just stay snuggled up in our "Cave" of a house.:dazzle: All this darkness is going to make me very edgy or even depressed.

We have been watching Disney movies all day. Little Mermaid just went off, now I think I am going to put the old vacation planning tape in from 1992. That is my favorite. I will probably gain 10 pounds eating "hurricane" snacks this weekend and sitting around watching Disney. Gosh, I wish the Disney channel had better stuff on it like it used to.

 

[Kadee]

Ok...it's raining now. We are getting the northern most band of Dennis and it is still 350 miles away! This is a pretty hard rain with lots of lightning.

 

[pinkrose]

Dennis is gaining strength. Pressure has really been dropping. They are saying cat.3 maybe even a cat.4 at landfall.

 

[DisneyChik17]

Dennis is gaining strength. Pressure has really been dropping. They are saying cat.3 maybe even a cat.4 at landfall.

YIKES! I guess they weren't kidding when they said there was warm water in the Gulf. Hopefully something will slow it down or change it's path.

 

[pinkrose]

Dennis is a cat. 3 now with winds 115 mph.

 

[pinkrose]

Sat. image of the eye...

 

[SpongeScott]

about time I joined this thread since Dennis looks like he's coming to get me. Some idiot wrote into our local paper last week and suggested the city government buy a big fan to blow the storms back into the gulf. Now THAT would be an effective use of taxpaper money.

Even though the path right now looks like its heading toward Mississippi/Louisiana, all bets are it will be pushed back to Alabama/Florida. Stay safe everybody.

Maybe that big fan wasn't such a bad idea. . .

I wonder how many hurricanes he drank before he wrote that letter.

 

[pinkrose]

125 mph, 942 mb

AT 8 PM CDT...0100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DENNIS WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 26.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 85.1 WEST OR ABOUT 275 MILES
SOUTH OF PANAMA CITY FLORIDA AND ABOUT 365 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
BILOXI MISSISSIPPI.

REPEATING THE 8 PM CDT POSITION...26.3 N... 85.1 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...125 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 942 MB.

 

[JMishy]

We're under tornado warnings and flash flood warnings until 8am tomorrow. *hides too*

 

[pinkrose]

We're under tornado warnings and flash flood warnings until 8am tomorrow. *hides too*

Stay safe!!!

Dennis is a CAT4 151 mph flight level winds

 

[SpongeScott]

We're under tornado warnings and flash flood warnings until 8am tomorrow. *hides too*

in Jacksonville? Wow!

 

[JMishy]

in Jacksonville? Wow!

I know, it's crazy! We also lost power between my posts and it just came back up about 20 minutes ago.

 

[LouDisney]

Good luck to us all. Be safe everyone and take care. It all starts tomorrow. I know we will all keep in touch for as long as we can, granted we do not lose power. My thougths and prayers are with everyone in the path of this storm.

 

[Ringo8n24]

The wind is picking up here and the water is very rough. The casinos had to be closed by midnight. Nothing like waiting until the last minute to make a buck. I saw on the hurricane hunters website that they have recorded winds up again at 131 kts. Looks like it is intensifying again. Man, I need a vacation to WDW after this...

 

[pinkrose]

Kadee, this storm looks to be heading right for you. Stay safe!

URNT12 KNHC 101015
VORTEX DATA MESSAGE
A. 10/09:58:20Z
B. 28 deg 00 min N
086 deg 11 min W
C. 700 mb 2509 m
D. NA kt
E. NA deg nm
F. 037 deg 115 kt
G. 309 deg 005 nm
H. 931 mb
I. 13 C/ 3056 m
J. 20 C/ 3044 m
K. 10 C/ NA
L. CLOSED WALL
M. C9
N. 12345/ 7
O. 0.02 / 1 nm
P. AF305 1604A DENNIS OB 12
MAX FL WIND 115 KT NW QUAD 09:52:20 Z

 

[Figment1986]

Ok.. I lost power last monring.. (when i was sleeping) and it came on by 9:00a.m. then the mall lost power for 5 mins...

3 tornadows touched down in the Tampa area... nothing i have heard yet...

I am safe... I only hope so for those in the panhandel...

 

[pinkrose]

MKCP and Ringo, are you all in the man. evac. area of Ms.? You guys stay safe!

Glad you are ok Figment!

 

[Kadee]

Well, Dennis is just about here. I just woke up (6am my time) and it is just about to start raining according to the radar. Who knows how long we will have power being that Dennis has turned into a monster! 145 mph an pressure is continually dropping. It could be 150 by the time the eye gets here. And it is huge! It's going to be bad.