Dennis the Menace, I call you Dennis the Pussy! So you knocked over a few trees? A passing thunder storm can do that! pssh!
Hey Sinko, how was the storm on the west coast. I'm trying to call my ex in cape coral, but her phone isnt working =\
It's been shifting more to the left so you had it easy this time in Miami. 1 down, 7 more to go for you. Meanwhile, Dennis the Menace is back. Category 4 again now. Extremely dangerous Hurricane Dennis nears Gulf Coast 8:28 a.m. ET Sun.,Jul.10,2005 http://www.weather.com/newscenter/tropical/ Dennis Bottom Line # Dennis is a very dangerous hurricane # Landfall Sunday afternoon or evening # Impacts will be severe At 8:00 a.m. EDT, Dennis' maximum sustained winds remained at 145 mph making it an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane. This is the second time that Dennis has reached Category 4 status. The current central pressure of 930 mb (27.46") is the lowest so far recorded in the hurricane..................
I forgot to stock up on Sudafed. Landfall in Okaloosa (mine) or Santa Rosa counties. I'm not too happy about this. Trying to do last minute laundry and cleaning and such.
You still have power and internet so I guess Dennis is not treating you too badly. Anyway, here's an update, Dennis inland and weakening 7/10/2005 7:15 p.m. ET At 2:25 p.m. CDT, Dennis made landfall on Santa Rosa Island between Navarre Beach and Pensacola Beach as a Category 3 hurricane. Now Dennis is a Category 1 hurricane Dennis Landfall Bottom Line # Santa Rosa Island, FL # Category 3 - 115-120 mph # Impacts will now continue to spread inland At 2:25 p.m. CDT, Dennis made landfall on Santa Rosa Island between Navarre Beach and Pensacola Beach as a Category 3 hurricane with sustained winds in the eye wall of 115 to 120 mph. The center of the hurricane is swirling north-northwestward at 21 mph through southwest Alabama. Destruction of coastal property in the western Florida Panhandle east of landfall will prove extensive. Water rise was in the 12-to-18-foot range. Buoys offshore reported waves as high as 35 feet Sunday morning. Heavy rains and gusty winds from Dennis have pushed inland through much of central and eastern Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia. A Florida coastal monitoring program tower on the coast near Navarre Beach reported sustained winds of 99 mph with gusts to 121 mph near the time of landfall. As a weakening Dennis piles inland from southwestern Alabama, the once major hurricane will become a tropical depression across northern Mississippi and western Tennessee Monday. Some damaging winds are still possible across much of Alabama overnight. A tornado watch through midnight includes all of northern Florida, the southern two-thirds of Alabama and the southern two-thirds of Georgia......................
The yard is a mess. My neighbors have no power. But so far, it's not bad.....radio just said we will see the worst around 9 or 10 tonight.....2 hours away.
2 more hours? Good, would appreciate it if you could do some live reporting then. Kidding of course. Try to stay safe. The squirrel babies need you. And BTW, how come you have power? You've got your own generator?
No generator! Personally I hate them, they ruin the silence of the night! I had rather cook on a camp stove and use candles! ( we have a gas water heater). Our power is on a separate line from the neighbors' for some odd reason. I'll sit on the front porch during the tornado and post on the laptop if you would like. Anything for you, dreamy!
Dennis inland and weakening; TD-5 forms in the central Atlantic 7/10/2005 11:40 p.m. ET At 2:25 p.m. CDT, Dennis made landfall on Santa Rosa Island between Navarre Beach and Pensacola Beach as a Category 3 hurricane. Now Dennis is a tropical storm.................
Yeah, not suprising that it weakened before landfall. Hurricanes have a tendancy to do that when approaching the Gulf Coast. Also, a few days ago, computer models showed the 'cane having some dry air sucked into it...which appears like it happened in the few hours before it came on shore to assist in the weakening process...
Lands, rains and now as good as gone. "Tropical Depression Dennis unloading heavy rain 7/11/2005 9:00 a.m. ET Tropical Depression Dennis continues to unload heavy, flooding rain on portions of the South." And on a related story. Emily is coming. TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIVE ADVISORY NUMBER 2 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 5 AM AST MON JUL 11 2005 http://www.wxforecasts.com/ameriwx/...wvnoaaeventnum=5&hwvstormregion=NT&hwvmetric= AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIVE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 10.8 NORTH... LONGITUDE 43.6 WEST OR ABOUT 1185 MILES...1910 KM... EAST OF THE WINDWARD ISLANDS. THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 12 MPH ...19 KM/HR...AND A CONTINUED WESTWARD MOTION WITH SOME INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. CONDITIONS APPEAR FAVORABLE FOR THE DEPRESSION TO STRENGTHEN INTO A TROPICAL STORM DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1010 MB...29.83 INCHES. REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...10.8 N... 43.6 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST NEAR 12 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 35 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1010 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 AM AST. FORECASTER PASCH
4 months in Cuba is better than staying while we try to take over Cuba after Fidel dies. If only we can find some way to get rid of the base in Japan. Glad everything's okay up n Birmingham. (I hate generators too.) Our power didn't even go out but most of the city seems to not have electricity.
Just caused a bunch of rain here (Orlando.) However, it did mess up my mom, brother and sister-in-law flying back to Birmingham yesterday, so they had to stay an extra night and fly out this morning instead.
A couple of interesting headlines on Dennis. Top Stories 7:15 a.m. ET 7/12/05 *Dennis soaks the Ohio Valley *Cantore surveys Dennis' damage *After Dennis: Atlanta or Atlantis? And something about Emily. It's now officially upgraded to a tropical storm. Depression Evolves Into Tropical Storm Emily Tuesday, July 12, 2005 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,162226,00.html MIAMI — A tropical depression (search) in the Atlantic has developed into Tropical Storm Emily (search). That's a record fifth named storm for this point in the still-young hurricane season. Emily is one-thousand miles east-southeast of the Lesser Antilles, the chain of small islands between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic. According to the National Hurricane Center (search) — in Miami — Emily has winds of about 45 miles per hour and was moving to the west at 13 miles per hour. It is expected to strengthen and speed up Tuesday while gradually turning toward the west-northwest....................
She's still young, but already making a big impact in the oil market, some say. UPDATE 5-Oil jumps nearly $2 as new storm Emily brews Tuesday 12 July 2005, 3:30pm EST http://today.reuters.com/business/n...ply disruptions. Reuters Photo by Marc Serota NEW YORK, July 12 (Reuters) - Oil prices surged nearly $2 on Tuesday as relief that Hurricane Dennis had passed without major disruption to U.S. offshore oil infrastructure gave way to concern about a new Atlantic storm. U.S. light sweet crude for August delivery settled up $1.70 to $60.62 a barrel, after coming within a dollar of the record $62.10 posted last Thursday. London Brent crude gained $1.38 to $58.82. The contracts had fallen on Monday after companies expressed confidence that Gulf of Mexico output would swiftly return to normal, following shut-ins because of the hurricane. "There was no big damage after Hurricane Dennis but people are looking at the next one," said Tetsu Emori, chief commodities strategist at Mitsui Bussan Futures. "People are quite nervous and doing some short-covering." The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Tropical Storm Emily, the fifth major storm this season, had developed late on Monday. It was still far out in the ocean and several days away from posing a threat to any inhabited areas, the center added. Hurricane Dennis forced the cumulative shut-in of four million barrels of oil and more than 18 billion cubic feet of gas, the U.S. Mineral Management Service said. Before Dennis, Tropical Storm Cindy also forced offloading of imports to be suspended.....................
Tropical Storm Emily could become Hurricane Emily before reaching the Windward Islands. TROPICAL STORM EMILY STRENGTHENING, HURRICANE WATCHES ISSUED IN THE WINDWARD ISLANDS. 5:00pm EST Tropical Storm Emily Strengthening in the Tropical Atlantic. Tropical Storm Emily is moving West at 20 Mph with 50 Mph Winds. A turn to the W/NW is expected during the next 24 Hours. Further strengthening is forecast for Tropical Storm Emily and Emily could become Hurricane Emily before reaching the Windward Islands. A Hurricane Watch has been issued for Barbados.. The Grenadines.. St Vincent.. St Lucia.. and a Tropical Storm Watch has been issued for the Island of Tobago. All interests in the Eastern Caribbean should monitor the progress of Tropical Storm Emily.....................
Hurrican Emily may be headed for texas like 'Momma Emily! ( I am going to Texas Tuesday!) Weird, huh?
But it's headed to the islands. Tropical Storm Emily Heads Toward Barbados http://www.newsday.com/news/nationw...r,0,7451989.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines By PHILIP SPOONER Associated Press Writer July 13, 2005, 5:54 AM EDT BRIDGETOWN, Barbados -- Residents of Barbados prepared to become a speed bump in the path of Tropical Storm Emily Wednesday as the storm was forecast to pass over the Caribbean's easternmost island before it becomes a hurricane. Islanders snapped up stores of food, water and emergency supplies Tuesday, although by early Wednesday morning the Barbados government had downgraded its hurricane warning to a tropical storm warning. The outer bands of the storm hit the Windward Islands Wednesday morning. ................