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The Official Hurricane Frances thread...
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The eye of the storm appears to be just now over Tampa and according to the Doppler radar some very heavy rain bands now coming from the warmer Gulf waters are swinging in from the west into the Orlando area, and of course warmer waters allow for the storm to regain strength. This all looks like the next 6-12 hours at its current speed its going to drop even more rain with some reverse direction winds.
figmentmom
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barnum42 said:
And I'm sure the media is salivating at the thought of being the first to call this new storm "Ivan the Terrible!"
*MichelleP*
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Barnum-
It is making news here in Southwest Florida, because those of us who have prepared for two storms and lived all of the uncertainty are just shuddering at the thought. I remember right after Charley the weather people were very gently intorducing Frances because they did not want to freak people out. Apparently, that will not be the case this time, because our media told us if we were boarded up, to stay that way for now.
It is making news here in Southwest Florida, because those of us who have prepared for two storms and lived all of the uncertainty are just shuddering at the thought. I remember right after Charley the weather people were very gently intorducing Frances because they did not want to freak people out. Apparently, that will not be the case this time, because our media told us if we were boarded up, to stay that way for now.
DDuckFan130
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Just an update from my neck of the woods. It's still pretty windy and rainy, but it's more wind than anything. It's good enough that we can go out, seeing as how South Beach is opening its businesses again. My family and I are heading out to church right now because it's not so bad out. We'll probably take the plywood down tomorrow. Talk to you later :wave:
Carrousel.Lover
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Exactly. I can imagine some producer in the control room rubbing his/her hands together muttering about ratings.figmentmom said:And I'm sure the media is salivating at the thought of being the first to call this new storm "Ivan the Terrible!"
edited to add story - listening to one of the local announcers discussing the hurricane commented on the person in the tv studio telling the poor person on the scene that she couldn't understand/hear him and he needed to speak slower?! There she is all warm and dry and the guy actually tried to speak as requested s-l-o-w-e-r muffled up as he was. hello?! :hammer: they needed to wrap her up and send her out there. It's one thing to report the news and in some circumstances these people end up becoming the news for some of the ridiculous reporting scenerios they place themselves in. I don't need to see the lady blow over to believethat the wind is strong.
Mary Poppins
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Rob (MKT) just replied to my im. He's fine but frustrated.
Tim G
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Don't worry I'm already Tracking "Ivan" but there's only so much someone can dobarnum42 said:
As soon as "Frances" has left Florida I'll start putting these radar images on the boards as you all are used to get from me... on the hour every hour...
Underneath a Atlantic IR-Radar view... you can see "Ivan" in the in the Lower Right hand corner
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Mary Poppins
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Here in west Orange County we just started getting some outer rain bands. It has been fairly calm for the past few hours. Wind is steady at 20 mph with gusts of 66. They said it would be hitting us around 8 pm which is about right.