12-09-2003 16:34									#1
	Hurricane Isabel's now a category 5! (eek.) Support Apolyton, buy Galactic Civilizations: Deluxe Edition

Boy am I glad I don't live on the US East Coast right now!
Looks like it could hit the Carolinas/Georgia mid-next week - and a Cat. 5 is just plain scary

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ftp/graphic...IF/120858W5.gif

Satellite imagery:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/satellite.shtml - I'm watching the Atlantic Visible loop right now; kind of neat to watch the sunrise from above

Of course there is this scary hurricane with the nicely defined eye right in the middle ..... *hides*

	12-09-2003 20:08									#2
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We're make plans to evacuate, should it be necessary.

	12-09-2003 22:28									#3
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I just realized, I have no renter's insurance.

I really hope this misses.

	12-09-2003 22:43									#4
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Better buy a lot of boards and plastic tarp. I hope you don't have a ground floor apartment.

I can't wait to see what this does the the D.C. Metro area. These people can't drive in inclement weather...

	12-09-2003 22:46									#5
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that thing looks insane!

	12-09-2003 22:51									#6
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....and they still have no idea where its gonna go

for all I know it could end up right in my back yard in a few days

it looks almost like a black hole

	13-09-2003 00:11									#7
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quote: Originally posted by Timexwatch Better buy a lot of boards and plastic tarp. I hope you don't have a ground floor apartment.

We're on the 2nd floor, and far enough inland that we aren't gonna have a problem with storm surge. The aera will flood though. Heck, we flood during an heavy summer rainstorm.

I have about $50 'till next Friday, which ain't enough for boards. I wonder if I should go lift some tonight from the construction site. I could probably afford tarp.

Most likely it's gonna head north. Jacksonville is the least likely spot on the Atlantic/Gulf sea board to be hit by huricanes. It's because storms tend to turn north and we're set back from the peninsula. Course, the place took a near miss in '98.

I'd rather it come ashore here though, rather than say, St. Augustine or Savanah or Charleston. Jax is a black hole of architecture, and the world wouldn't miss us. We're a good candidate for urban renewal.

They say it's a greater than 50% chance it's gonna hit the U.S. at this point.

	13-09-2003 01:27									#8
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The path trackers had it coming closest to the US along the carolina coast, though weakere by then, a category 3.

	13-09-2003 01:27									#9
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quote: I have about $50 'till next Friday, which ain't enough for boards. I wonder if I should go lift some tonight from the construction site. I could probably afford tarp.

just shuttle over to the coast, wait until someones roof blows off, and then use that...

	13-09-2003 02:59									#10
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Well, I got insurance now.

Most likely it's gonna miss us, but who knows. It could head for the Bahamas and strengthen up again then come barreling down on us. Gotta be prepared.

I am now, officially, a Floridian. I've had to worry about a hurricane.

	14-09-2003 09:11									#11
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quote: Originally posted by Timexwatch Better buy a lot of boards and plastic tarp. I hope you don't have a ground floor apartment. I can't wait to see what this does the the D.C. Metro area. These people can't drive in inclement weather...

Don't look now, but they're plotting it to be heading right at you...

	14-09-2003 09:15									#12
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I love Cape Hatteras.

I hope it's still there after this...

	14-09-2003 10:03									#14
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I guess this means I'll be living on riverfront property now

	14-09-2003 10:19									#15
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I dunno. A hurricane is a golden oppurtunity.... I remember after Andrew several dozen made it off with millions after robbing a miami bank during the storm. Not after it.

I used to live in Tampa awhile ago. The only hurricanes I can think of that hit us directly was Elana and Bill

	14-09-2003 14:59									#16
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ALright, who programed that red line???

(edit: when I wrote that, the red line was staying 100 mile off the coast until it neared Long Island, then took an abrupt left and smacked right into NYC)

Last edited by The Mad Monk on 15-09-2003 at 07:45

	14-09-2003 15:13									#17
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A hurricane? When will it land, will have to remember to watch the fun on the news..

	14-09-2003 15:41									#18
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Oh, my poor, poor outer banks...

	14-09-2003 15:43									#19
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Dammit...they're not uploading indiviual pics, they're updating the same one.

I'll have to start saving them as they come, then.

	15-09-2003 06:27									#20
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This is starting to look double plus ungood to borrow a phrase from Chegitz.

The last major hurricane through here (Floyd in 1999) ran just along the coast, but still dropped a tree on my then-neighbor's house. And it took most of a week to restore power after some heavy thunderstorms last month.

I though these things were supposed to speed up, lose intensity, and turn right as they moved north.

	15-09-2003 06:47									#21
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According to the latest track, I better batten down the hatches, because D.C. is going to be like Venice

	15-09-2003 06:49									#22
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quote: Originally posted by The Mad Monk Don't look now, but they're plotting it to be heading right at you...

Son of a.....

We get too much **** here in DC. Snipers, planes falling out of the sky, anthrax, congress, hurricanes, snow storms. Damn it, I picked the wrong spot to move to.

	15-09-2003 08:29									#23
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Watching that thing update, I half expect to see the Death Star has cleared the planet flashing on the top of the image any time now...

	15-09-2003 09:22									#25
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I wonder what will happen if this thing hits NYC.

	15-09-2003 09:27									#26
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It'll get there eventually. It could get kind of messy if it hits Atlantic City, but I don't think it'll do that much damage to NYC.

I do think, however, it'll make an utter mess in D.C. if it barrels up the Potomac. This area hasn't exactly prepared itself for anything in the form of precipitation.

I can imagine seeing cherry trees blowing down the National Mall at 100 mph and lodging themselves somewhere in Maryland

	15-09-2003 10:14									#27
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Remember, if you have to evacuate and don't have room for your computer, yank the hard drives.

	15-09-2003 10:40									#28
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Looking at the current computer models (my 09-14-03 05:59 EST post), I have to say I really like the orange prediction, which now has the hurricane ricocheting off Pittsburg and shooting straight back to Africa.

	15-09-2003 19:22									#29
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quote: Originally posted by The Mad Monk Remember, if you have to evacuate and don't have room for your computer, yank the hard drives.

That's exactly what I ws planning on doing.

Good luck folks.

	15-09-2003 19:30									#30
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Stay safe guys.

(or, more likely, run away and be safe)