Wilma: Most Intense Hurricane Ever

See what you get for going to sleep?

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[L.]

"A recon plane found a pressure of 892 mb around 2:30 this morning, then 884 mb around 5 a.m., "

You may have something here Dan- because I went to bed at 2:30 and was back up at 5. Really.

[Isabell]

Thats exactly right. Don't sleep!

[L.]

And I was going to take a nap this afternoon too.

[MarlboroGal]

I guess we had better get used to it. What a bummer. :(
http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/science/09/23/hurricane.cycle/index.html

[Smokey]

No way, I'm like right in the path too right now. I'm Right below Tampa, and it doesnt look good. Pray for that thing to miss the state and to just go back into atlantic.

[Heidi]

SMOKEY, get out of there! The wind is gusting to 215 miles per hour. Are you East coast or tip? Is the water on the East still warm? I lived farther up in the west near St. Pete, and our water stayed warm all year unless there was a rare arctic chill, and even then it was like February before the water temp dropped to uncomfortable, you know like 68 degrees. I told my husband it was coming when it was first formed. He said it would go west, but I told him this one is coming for us. Right for us! Are Fl. inhabitants, getting mandatory evac.?

[Smokey]

215!!! What, are you serious
Not sure about that yet but, I'm right below St.Pete, in Bradenton, and the water out at the beach still feels like 80 or 85 degrees still.

I havent heard of any Mandatory's unless you in a trailer, or maybe the elderly, but i'm not sure. I think i'm riding this one out, my house is about 30 miles inland, so we should be alright. But if its 215 i'm gettin on a plane and heading west!

[Cindi in PA]

My sister inlaws are in and around Ft. Meyers, heading their way for sure. But I know they will leave, they always do.

[L.]

In all seriousness, if you live in the path of this monster (excepting for my ex) please get out of its way. I don't want to see anyone on CNN living through hell because they didn't leave. (again except my ex) Ya'll can come up north. You'll like it this time of year.

[paul]

Tuesday, September 20, 2005
Shame On The MSM
Dan, this table was a waste of your time. I went through the study that concludes that concludes Global Warming is making hurricanes worse. Well, no where it says anything about the number of hurricanes. It 'only' states that hurricanes are getting more powerfull. These numbers you have here are useless.

There is so much prove that heat is contained due to human-induced atmospheric changes
that even the few sceptical scientists who never saw prove now agree that Global Warming is
happening.

Posted by: Dutchguy | Sep 22, 2005 3:21:58 AM

Actually the chart imposed as proof of MSM something or other takes into account only North Atlantic.

There are also North Pacific, South Pacific, South Indian, North Indian hurricane areas.
US has been keeping well documented records of world wide hurricane for onl;y the last 50 years so use of the chart itself is deceptive in that it only looks at North America and disreguards the rest of the world - conservatism at work perhaps.

A world wide analysis does show both an increase in number and power of hurricanes world wide that correlates very well with increase in fossil fuel buring going on in India and China.

It 'only' states that hurricanes are getting more powerfull.

Time to do a holloway with this too.

[Sweetie]

In all seriousness, if you live in the path of this monster (excepting for my ex) please get out of its way. I don't want to see anyone on CNN living through hell because they didn't leave. (again except my ex) Ya'll can come up north. You'll like it this time of year.

I hope everyone gets out of the way of this one, except of course, your ex!!! LOL, that cracked me up.

[*flo*]

Floridian by transplant, lol...remember fleeing hurricane Charley last year, with Punta Gorda and neighboring Port Charlotte areas taking the brunt of this storm, there were three storms back to back, later (2) we rode out...the winds are the scary part...we were prepared to do without electricity...water, ice are major items, (wood, batteries, candles, can foods)are collected throughout the year. Soon as I hear "Hurricane", I head to the gas station...
Can't say I would blame global warming on the numerous storms over the past few yrs, as stated not enough research to say, but I do question other theroies regarding weather modiications and storm intensity.
HAARP
http://www.raidersnewsupdate.com/lead-story283.htm
http://www.weatherwars.info/

[callmeBetty]

Posted by: *flo* | Oct 19, 2005 12:48:39 PM

Thanks Flo. My son and I were wondering what those weird clouds and parallel 'com trails' were all about. We've definitely seen them, no myth. We've been getting a lot more rain in SoCal, causing floods and landslides after the fire season...... just got one big storm yesterday.

[LALady]

Nobody will have to tell me to get out....I am not stupid...got time to get Uhaul and load up my stuff and haul ass.