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Tropical Storm Fay Arrives in Florida
« on: August 16, 2008, 05:38:04 PM »
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Tropical Storm Fay Arrives in Florida
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Tropical Storm Fay made landfall on Florida’s southwest coast early Tuesday morning, flooding roads, cutting power and knocking down trees but causing less destruction than the hurricanes that slammed the area in 2004 and 2005.

A slow-moving, soggy storm, Fay never achieved hurricane status before coming ashore around 5 a.m. Eastern time near Cape Romano, south of Naples, after shifting slightly east overnight.

“The way the geography of southwest Florida coast is set up, you get just a slight jog to the right and it’s going to come in, and that’s exactly what happened,” said Dennis Feltgin, meteorologist at the National Hurricane Center. “It was so close to the coast.”

Because of that tilt, Fay spent less time over water and less time strengthening than initially forecast. It reached land with sustained winds of 60 miles per hour, too slow to qualify as a hurricane, and with a heavy, soaking rain that could bring as much as 10 inches of water to some areas.

In and around Naples and Fort Myers on Tuesday morning, police officials closed several roads as water reached knee-high depths in some areas. Wind bent street signs and tossed palm fronds and other debris across roads.

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Re: Forecasters: Floridians should prepare for hurricane Fay
« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2008, 06:02:03 PM »
I'm getting hit by this right now in the dominican republic
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Re: Forecasters: Floridians should prepare for hurricane Fay
« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2008, 06:09:09 PM »
:o


What happened to their map?  SC is a misshaped blob.  It looks like it was scribbled on the at the last minute.
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Re: Forecasters: Floridians should prepare for hurricane Fay
« Reply #3 on: August 16, 2008, 06:17:30 PM »
here are the computer models for fay:

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Re: Forecasters: Floridians should prepare for hurricane Fay
« Reply #4 on: August 16, 2008, 09:56:18 PM »
Now the real hurricane season starts.  I'm in Palm Beach...looks like I'm safe....for now.
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Re: Forecasters: Floridians should prepare for hurricane Fay
« Reply #5 on: August 16, 2008, 10:23:30 PM »
Quote from: Hawkgirl on August 16, 2008, 09:56:18 PM
Now the real hurricane season starts.  I'm in Palm Beach...looks like I'm safe....for now.

I'm in Orlando...leaving back for D.C. tomorrow.  I feel for the people that just got here for their week at Disney.

I hope they got insurance on their trip packages.
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Re: Forecasters: Floridians should prepare for hurricane Fay
« Reply #6 on: August 16, 2008, 11:05:41 PM »

we have a lot of florida people here.  y'all keep your heads down, okay?

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Re: Forecasters: Floridians should prepare for hurricane Fay
« Reply #7 on: August 16, 2008, 11:20:02 PM »
Damn that Bush and his weather control!
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Re: Forecasters: Floridians should prepare for hurricane Fay
« Reply #8 on: August 17, 2008, 04:20:08 AM »
Quote from: Wretched Excess on August 16, 2008, 11:05:41 PM

we have a lot of florida people here.  y'all keep your heads down, okay?



Hain't no thang really. Latest has her as a Tropical Storm and not a real big one either. It'll rain alot and blow a bit. Nothing more than we get during a typical afternoon shower, just for a bit longer. ;)
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Re: Forecasters: Floridians should prepare for hurricane Fay
« Reply #9 on: August 17, 2008, 06:48:16 AM »
And no doubt we'll be feeling the effects even up here with more rain.

I read in one of the local rags/websites that this place has had the most rain since 1938, which by no small coincidence is the same year of the hurricane that hit New York.
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Re: Forecasters: Floridians should prepare for hurricane Fay
« Reply #10 on: August 17, 2008, 12:52:14 PM »
Quote from: Big Don on August 16, 2008, 11:20:02 PM
Damn that Bush and his weather control!

Damn you for beating me to the joke!
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Re: Forecasters: Floridians should prepare for hurricane Fay
« Reply #11 on: August 17, 2008, 05:42:39 PM »
 Yikes...every time I check on the newest cone...it gets closer to my house!!Greater Jacksonville area has been pretty darn lucky for quite a few years ...Im only asking for 20 more. Its now showing H's all the way up.
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Re: Forecasters: Floridians should prepare for hurricane Fay
« Reply #12 on: August 17, 2008, 08:24:31 PM »
Sanibel is one of my favorite vacation places.   Looks like they will be right in the middle of it.   I hope it doesn't strengthen too much.

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Re: Forecasters: Floridians should prepare for hurricane Fay
« Reply #13 on: August 17, 2008, 08:36:38 PM »
Quote from: cottondress on August 17, 2008, 05:42:39 PM
Yikes...every time I check on the newest cone...it gets closer to my house!!Greater Jacksonville area has been pretty darn lucky for quite a few years ...Im only asking for 20 more. Its now showing H's all the way up.


Our son lives in Green Cove Springs!  We are in the Panhandle
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Re: Forecasters: Floridians should prepare for hurricane Fay
« Reply #14 on: August 18, 2008, 08:36:03 AM »
Quote from: Willow on August 17, 2008, 08:36:38 PM
Quote from: cottondress on August 17, 2008, 05:42:39 PM
Yikes...every time I check on the newest cone...it gets closer to my house!!Greater Jacksonville area has been pretty darn lucky for quite a few years ...Im only asking for 20 more. Its now showing H's all the way up.


Our son lives in Green Cove Springs!  We are in the Panhandle


 Im in Orange Park...we be neighbors
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Re: Forecasters: Floridians should prepare for hurricane Fay
« Reply #15 on: August 18, 2008, 08:38:19 AM »


wow.  the computer models are scrambled this morning (the computer model graphic in reply #3 stays current, by the way)



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Re: Forecasters: Floridians should prepare for hurricane Fay
« Reply #16 on: August 18, 2008, 10:46:33 AM »
Quote from: Big Don on August 16, 2008, 11:20:02 PM
Damn that Bush and his weather control!

Don't worry - we are just testing a new release of the VRWC's weather control machine software. If this test is successful, then we will be able to pin point bad weather in a radius as small as a DUmmy's basement.

I don't know about y'all but I am getting excited!  :-)

(I really do hope all of you in Florida are safe and receive minimal damage from this)
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Re: Forecasters: Floridians should prepare for hurricane Fay
« Reply #17 on: August 18, 2008, 11:04:41 AM »
Quote from: PatriotGame on August 18, 2008, 10:46:33 AM
Don't worry - we are just testing a new release of the VRWC's weather control machine software. If this test is successful, then we will be able to pin point bad weather in a radius as small as a DUmmy's basement.
Or as large as a convention center:

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Re: Forecasters: Floridians should prepare for hurricane Fay
« Reply #18 on: August 18, 2008, 11:17:59 AM »
We had a waterfront condo in Key West until after Wilma. I rode out Rita, but took the last flight out before Wilma.....$990 for a one way flight to E Tn! After finding out the condo complex was vastly uninsured....being assessed for damages, getting the new HOA fees (they more than doubled), and finding out what our new hazard insurance cost was going to be :censored:.....we were lucky enough to sell ours the next spring.

Prayers out for you all in the path.......
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Re: Forecasters: Floridians should prepare for hurricane Fay
« Reply #19 on: August 18, 2008, 11:38:07 AM »
It doesn't look bad at all....yes, it's raining and probably will be until tomorrow.  The brunt of this storm will be hitting the east coast while the eye goes up the west coast.  Still, I'll be going to work today and tomorrow...this is just another afternoon thunderstorm.
The retards in Broward closed schools today and it's their first day of school.  Nothing like throwing off the plans of thousands of parents because you let a little rain derail your opening day. 
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Re: Forecasters: Floridians should prepare for hurricane Fay
« Reply #20 on: August 18, 2008, 01:06:18 PM »
It is still just a gale. A big gale of a tropical gale, but a gale none the less. Unless a big beal is not made of this, and every storm, the budgets might get cut among the Weatherfolk.
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Re: Forecasters: Floridians should prepare for hurricane Fay
« Reply #21 on: August 18, 2008, 03:28:20 PM »
My mom just moved to Lake Placid. So, it is obviously her fault.
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Re: Forecasters: Floridians should prepare for hurricane Fay
« Reply #22 on: August 19, 2008, 06:13:01 AM »
wow.  the track moved overnight.




on edit : this graphic updates continuously as the NHC releases new storm tracks.
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Re: Forecasters: Floridians should prepare for hurricane Fay
« Reply #23 on: August 19, 2008, 06:16:10 AM »
Oh boy, that looks like a mess.
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Re: Forecasters: Floridians should prepare for hurricane Fay
« Reply #24 on: August 19, 2008, 08:01:29 AM »
Quote from: Chris on August 19, 2008, 06:16:10 AM
Oh boy, that looks like a mess.

no kidding.  and the 8AM run of the computer models should serve to make it even more confusing. :whatever:
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