[IceEnclosure]

we're in our respective hurricane-able locations. looking and ready. cody is close too, but she's in her SUV. the heat is on. two broken dogs in the far back.

there's also a guy or two in the west coast that are cool, but they're not having their picture right how.

the guys in the picture won't get HIT hit but we'll be ready in case.


PS this is the hurricane thread now. No drama for you, or your mama. or Allah.

[nredman]

stay safe - use the hurricane to your advantage to pick up women

[sek929]

Ice, nice to see someone on the east coast is still awake.

[Cubeoid]

That diagram is too confusing. I wana see a pie chart. Somebody is gonna get hurricaned!

[JoshuaZ]

Also beware of post hurricane looters. Try to join them.

[IceEnclosure]

Originally Posted by JoshuaZ

Also beware of post hurricane looters. Try to join them.

"SHOOT TO JOIN, JOIN TO KILL"

[wdlove]

My thoughts and prayers are with all of you in the path of Wilma. Especially thinking of Cody.

[Dork.]

[Ratm]

And here I was telling my brother not to worry and that it wouldn't redirect to FL. Hopefully the new hurricane shutters he installed will protect his new house.

Be safe Florida people.

[IceEnclosure]

Local news station just created a mobile Doppler equipped Hurricane Hummer® to cover the storm. Cute.

Hurricane warning for like, all the coastal parts of florida.


==========

RRICANE WILMA ADVISORY NUMBER 33
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
10 AM CDT SUN OCT 23 2005

...WILMA MOVING NORTHEASTWARD OVER WARM GULF WATERS...COULD
INTENSIFY TODAY OR TONIGHT...

A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA
KEYS...INCLUDING THE DRY TORTUGAS AND FLORIDA BAY...ALONG THE
FLORIDA WEST COAST FROM LONGBOAT KEY SOUTHWARD...AND ALONG THE
FLORIDA EAST COAST FROM TITUSVILLE SOUTHWARD...INCLUDING LAKE
OKEECHOBEE.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE FLORIDA WEST
COAST NORTH OF LONGBOAT KEY TO STEINHATCHEE RIVER...AND ALONG THE
FLORIDA EAST COAST NORTH OF TITUSVILLE TO FLAGLER BEACH.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE EAST COAST OF
FLORIDA FROM NORTH OF FLAGLER BEACH TO FERNANDINA BEACH.

AT 10 AM CDT...1500Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS DISCONTINUED ALL
HURRICANE WARNINGS FOR THE YUCATAN PENINSULA. HOWEVER...A TROPICAL
STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHEASTERN COAST OF THE
YUCATAN PENINSULA FROM SAN FELIPE TO TULUM...INCLUDING COZUMEL AND
THE NEARBY ISLANDS. THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FROM WEST OF SAN
FELIPE TO PROGRESO HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED.

A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE CUBAN PROVINCES OF
CIUDAD DE LA HABANA...LA HABANA...AND PINAR DEL RIO. A TROPICAL
STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ISLE OF YOUTH. A HURRICANE
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE PROVINCE OF MATANZAS.

A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWESTERN
BAHAMAS...INCLUDING THE ABACOS...ANDROS ISLAND...BERRY ISLANDS...
BIMINI...ELEUTHERA...GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND...AND NEW PROVIDENCE.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.

AT 10 AM CDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE WILMA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 22.7 NORTH... LONGITUDE 85.8 WEST OR ABOUT 285
MILES... 460 KM... WEST-SOUTHWEST OF KEY WEST FLORIDA... OR ABOUT
340 MILES... 545 KM... SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF THE
FLORIDA PENINSULA.

WILMA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 8 MPH...13 KM/HR. A
GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 100 MPH...160 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. WILMA IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
SCALE. SOME STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE TODAY OR TONIGHT.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 200 MILES...325 KM.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 961 MB...28.38 INCHES.

STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 8 TO 13 FT ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS IS
POSSIBLE ALONG THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COAST NEAR AND TO THE
SOUTH OF WHERE THE CENTER OF WILMA MAKES LANDFALL. STORM SURGE
FLOODING OF 5 TO 8 FT ABOVE NORMAL IS POSSIBLE IN THE FLORIDA KEYS
AND FLORIDA BAY...AS WELL AS IN LAKE OKEECHOBEE. STORM SURGE
FLOODING OF 2 TO 4 FEET IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN
COAST OF FLORIDA. STORM SURGE FLOODING ALONG THE YUCATAN PENINSULA
AND THE NEARBY ISLANDS SHOULD GRADUALLY SUBSIDE AS WILMA MOVES
AWAY.

WILMA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10
TO 15 INCHES THROUGH SUNDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN CUBA AND 2 TO
4 INCHES ACROSS THE NORTHEASTERN YUCATAN PENINSULA... WITH ISOLATED
MAXIMUM STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS APPROACHING 50 INCHES. RAINFALL ACROSS
SOUTHERN FLORIDA INCLUDING THE KEYS THROUGH TUESDAY IS EXPECTED TO
BE 4 TO 8 INCHES... WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 12 INCHES
POSSIBLE.

LARGE SWELLS GENERATED BY WILMA WILL CONTINUE TO PROPAGATE INTO THE
EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO. THESE SWELLS COULD AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE
NORTHERN GULF COAST TODAY AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
FLORIDA PENINSULA AND THE FLORIDA KEYS TODAY AND TONIGHT.

REPEATING THE 10 AM CDT POSITION...22.7 N... 85.8 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 8 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...100 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 961 MB.

AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 1 PM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 4 PM
CDT.

FORECASTER KNABB

[Allenzi35]

It's coming. I am about a few blocks from ice and it is getting a little windy here (los olas and A1A). At least it's moving now. Let's get it over with.

[rozwado1]

I'm sportin some frankenstein hair in the aforementioned pic.

Looks like it'll blow through and be quick. Everybody hold on.

[IceEnclosure]

Originally Posted by Allenzi35

...I am about a few blocks from ice...

literally. : )

[TailsToo]

I was supposed to be in Orlando this week too....

[rickey939]

Originally Posted by TailsToo

I was supposed to be in Orlando this week too....

I'm sure things would be cheaper now...go for it!

[Spliffdaddy]

*sigh*

My first week in Tampa. The weather *was* fantastic.

Hurricanes are generally harmless unless you elect idiots like Louisiana did.

[The Godfather]

Originally Posted by Spliffdaddy

*sigh*

My first week in Tampa. The weather *was* fantastic.

Hurricanes are generally harmless unless you elect idiots like Louisiana did.

In this county, we don't want to test the limits of our officials. We look for ourselves.

What's your business (or pleasure) in Tampa?

[The Godfather]

Since it IS a pic orgy...

[MindFad]

Yeah, it's gonna suck.

[nredman]

that weather widget should really have a hurricane graphic

[IceEnclosure]

nothing happening here yet.

I'm reporting from my remote location on the 14th floor, facing directly West with large picture windows that can see pretty far. In fact I can see most of Broward County from this spot. I should see some good transformer poppin' around the city.

My computer back at home is up off the floor and in the closet. The monitor is still out, but plastic-bagged, and sitting right under my window. I'm not so confident, but then again it's an aging ADC 17" ASD CRT. That's too much **** to say when talking about a monitor so if it gets wet it's time for a wide dell.

Oh, and things aren't looking good for my area. Besides being upped to a cat. 3 storm, it looks like it's shooting north of here, but the worst weather will be on the south side of the eye.

I'm doing all the things you'd expect me to do during a 'cane. It's a small party, but a party's a party.

:: crosses fingers for safe computer gear ::

This is Ice, reporting for Yo Mama's Newz.

be safe flow-ridaz.

[dcmacdaddy]

Originally Posted by IceEnclosure

nothing happening here yet.

I'm reporting from my remote location on the 14th floor, facing directly West with large picture windows that can see pretty far. In fact I can see most of Broward County from this spot. I should see some good transformer poppin' around the city.

My computer back at home is up off the floor and in the closet. The monitor is still out, but plastic-bagged, and sitting right under my window. I'm not so confident, but then again it's an aging ADC 17" ASD CRT. That's too much **** to say when talking about a monitor so if it gets wet it's time for a wide dell.

Oh, and things aren't looking good for my area. Besides being upped to a cat. 3 storm, it looks like it's shooting north of here, but the worst weather will be on the south side of the eye.

I'm doing all the things you'd expect me to do during a 'cane. It's a small party, but a party's a party.

:: crosses fingers for safe computer gear ::

This is Ice, reporting for Yo Mama's Newz.

be safe flow-ridaz.

What kind of reporting comes without visuals? We need pics, stat!



Be safe . . . and when it starts getting blowy, stay away from the windows.

[Spliffdaddy]

Originally Posted by The Godfather

In this county, we don't want to test the limits of our officials. We look for ourselves.

What's your business (or pleasure) in Tampa?

Doing a little work for 'Surveillance and Spy Innovations'. Long story.

Anyhow, I seem to have survived the hurricane. Thanks to the local government officials - who aren't liberal Democrats.

Your vote matters, folks. It can make the difference between life and death. or something.

[IceEnclosure]

Originally Posted by dcmacdaddy

What kind of reporting comes without visuals? We need pics, stat!

yea, I'm snappin' photos but the card reader's back at home, and someone at Sony decided my camera didn't need a USB port.

get a visual from Local Doppler Radar at nbc6.net

[Cody Dawg]

Yes, we're currently starting to take a pummeling at 7:00 AM EST.



This year there are NO VEHICLES on our property so hopefully I'll still have a car to drive when this is all over.

I am ready for this one.

Here, you guys can watch it move across the state. I am at Jupiter Inlet which you can normally view via live cam here but I don't think it's going to be working today.

Last year Frances and Jeanne both came ashore through Jupiter Inlet (Frances right at Jupiter Inlet and Jeanne about 20 miles north) and what are the chances that Wilma would now come across the same exact location to exit?

Anyway, here you go:

LIVE SATELLITE VIEW.

[Cubeoid]

Live movie of the horigane: http://www.goes.noaa.gov/HURRLOOPS/huirloop.html

Hi Cody,

You should be alseeping.

Thanks
Cubeoid

[Cody Dawg]

Sleeping?

HA!

I have been up since about 4:30 AM. Had to make sure every bit of laundry was done, all the candles, flashlights, and radio are out and ready to go. Cell phones are charged. PowerBook is charged. Camera is charged. Took a shower and gave the dog a bath. Filled up the bathtub with water. Nothing is worse than being sweaty and the dog stinky when there is no air conditioning.

By the way, the air is chilling quickly outside. Last year when Frances and Jeanne came through it was like a convection oven. This year it's a lot cooler, thank goodness. Also, this year there are a lot more tornadoes.

I guess we're ready as ever for this thing.

One of two things will happen to us here:

1. Nothing

2. Something



Anyway, I'm not sure when we'll lose power but it's usually a certainty. If we don't I'll be stunned and astounded. We live in an area where our power lines are buried, but that doesn't mean much.

Yesterday the rats started running around. Yes, rats. And snakes. They always start scurrying and come out in broad daylight when a hurricane is coming. No one will ever convince me that rats and animals don't know what is going on.

Thanks for the link, Cubeoid.



Just heard a loud bang outside.

Hmmm...

[Cody Dawg]

Just set up the dial-up/dial-in modem for the PowerBook in case we lose power and have no DSL.

Apple is THE FINEST when it comes to setting up internet connex.

It's gnarly outside, now!

[Spliffdaddy]

I'm still alive!

Clouds are moving faster than clouds have a right to move. Birds are lined up on the electrical wires - as if to say their final goodbyes to one another.

Even though south Tampa is surrounded on 3 sides by water - I'm assured that this area is 9 feet above sea level....and hasn't flooded since 1931. Which was the last time a hurricane passed through here.

What I'm seeing is nothing compared to what's happening south of here. Heck, my (omg, fiber) internet is still going strong.

Back to you, Cody.

[Cody Dawg]

Watch out for tornadoes, Spliff. I just heard that there was one up in your area - St. Petersburg way.



Yes, it's deteriorating rapidly here. The wind is now very strong continually. But, I still have power - VERY impressed that we still have power. We're on what they call a "hospital grid" because there is a medical center/trauma center about 2 miles away. Supposedly the power lines are in better condition/maintenance here and supposed to withstand more.

Anyway, maybe it will just blow through and that will be that. The storm is clipping along very fast so it's possible.

[Cody Dawg]

8:45 AM EST and big things are hitting my house and we just lost power.



Oh well.

That's all she wrote, folks.

[Cody Dawg]

NOW IT IS GETTING *REALLLLLLY* BAD...A WINDOW *BEHIND* THE PLYWOOD IN MY HOUSE JUST SHATTERED EVERYWHERE.



It's like a freight train is going over our house.

[Cubeoid]

Hold on Cody Dawg! Just hold on!!!!

You too IceEnclosure! Hold on damn it!!!!



George Clooney did not let go! Do not leg go guys! Just hold on!!!1

[DarwinX]

Hang on and best of luck guys and gals!

[Gator Lager]

cody and ice, I hope things are good.
looks like the eye is beginning to exit into the atlantic. so it'll be over so. their was a tornado here last night. to damn close, no major damage, well at least the local news haven't reported any ?

http://www.intellicast.com/Local/USL...e&pid=none

I'm beginning to hate hurricanes.
GO GATOR's

[wdlove]

Originally Posted by Cody Dawg

NOW IT IS GETTING *REALLLLLLY* BAD...A WINDOW *BEHIND* THE PLYWOOD IN MY HOUSE JUST SHATTERED EVERYWHERE.



It's like a freight train is going over our house.

Hi Cody,

You are and have been in my thoughts and prayers. Look forward to hearing from you after the storm. May it all be well with you and your family.

[Cody Dawg]

The eye is here.

The Big Bad Eye.



Anyway, all is calm. There is a lot of debris and trees down, a broken window, the fences are down, but other than that we are GREAT.



Now, for part II.

[wdlove]

Originally Posted by Cody Dawg

The eye is here.

The Big Bad Eye.



Anyway, all is calm. There is a lot of debris and trees down, a broken window, the fences are down, but other than that we are GREAT.



Now, for part II.

Thank you for the update Cody. So sorry that you are having to grow through this. The most important thing is that you and your family are alright. I'm available if you need anything.

[starman]

I'm surprised you still have power.

I'm glad you're all doing well.

Pics?

[deomacius]

You guys WILL be providing pictures of the aftermath in your areas, right? Good luck weathering the storm.

[Cody Dawg]

I just took some video, actually.

Yeah, sure, I'll post pix later. The storm is about to start back up again. I was thinking of freaking out my neighbors and getting out the lawn mower to mow the lawn in the eye of the hurricane.

[BlueSky]

This is BlueSky in California, reporting from in front of my Mitsubishi television, watching the hurricane Wilma reports...have it set to MSNBC and I am about to use the remote control to traverse over to CNN ...just a sec...OK, got it....now viewing CNN...oh wait, that's a commercial, I'll have to come back...I'll try the rarely viewed FOX Snooze and...oops, another commercial...OK, I AM GOING BACK TO MSNBC, CAN YOU HEAR ME?...MSNBC is reporting sustained winds of 110 MPH and is cautioning residents to not "jump the gun" when winds die down because the other half of the hurricane is coming...OK, over to CNN and Miles O'Brien is horizontally live on the scene and holding onto a lamp post while debris flies behind and around him, I worry for that guy...all I want to know is WHERE IS ANDERSON COOPER??? WE NEED THE COOPMAN, HE'S THE HURRICANE HE-MAN AND ONLY HE CAN GET THE NEWS THAT'S FIT TO VIEW...OK, going over to the window for a quick smoke, stand by...

[Cubeoid]

Hi BlueSky, Cubeoid is here if you need anything in this chaotic time of TV viewing. Stay calm and have plenty of soda and remote nearby. This is Cubeoid, right here on alert. Thank you. Cubeoid, MacNN news.

[Cody Dawg]

I want to see you guys in the ubiquitous "weatherman nylon windbreaker" standing outside in wind and rain. "I AM STANDING HERE IN 90 MILES PER HOUR WIND!"



I thought it would be very funny to do a short video on a supposed weatherman who is reporting in the middle of terrible rain and wind a la Shepherd Smith in hurricane Katrina...

And right behind him, walking a dog, is a person just walking by with no wind, no rain, nothing, thus exposing the big weather lie that many news stations attempt to perpetrate upon us innocent viewers.



In other words, they attempt to dramatize the most minor of weather events. I wouldn't be surprised if Fox News had a wind fan and rain machine to make Shepherd look even more dramatic.

[starman]

Originally Posted by Cody Dawg

I just took some video, actually.

Yeah, sure, I'll post pix later. The storm is about to start back up again. I was thinking of freaking out my neighbors and getting out the lawn mower to mow the lawn in the eye of the hurricane.

DO IT!

[Cody Dawg]

Yeah, we're trying to figure out how to get the lawn mower out and maybe take some video during the end of the hurricane.

Or maybe right after - when there is tons of debris down.

I'd love to videotape the expressions of people driving by our house while he mows the lawn RIGHT AFTER the hurricane.





For now, though, the wind is stronger this time around than it was during the first half of the storm.

[deomacius]

Originally Posted by Cody Dawg

I just took some video, actually.

I was thinking of freaking out my neighbors and getting out the lawn mower to mow the lawn in the eye of the hurricane.

Nice! Don't forget those spots around the lawn gnomes and pink flamingos!

[Cody Dawg]

OKAY. IT IS HERE AGAIN AND *DEFINITELY* WORSE THIS TIME.

No lawn mowing right now.

[Gator Lager]

Originally Posted by Cody Dawg

OKAY. IT IS HERE AGAIN AND *DEFINITELY* WORSE THIS TIME.

No lawn mowing right now.

that would be something you could tell the grandkids.

yep I mowed the lawn in the middle (the eye, no reason to tell them that) of a hurricane
you kids have it soft.

[Cubeoid]

Quick. Now is your chance to loot!

It would be pretty funny if you saw Mindfad flying past your window clutching his computer.. heheheh. Poor Mindfad.