Just when ya thought it was safe, Here comes *Hurricane Ivan

Basic Pitch · Post by **Basic Pitch** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 11:36 am

Hi all,

Well this has just not been floridas month let alone year with these storms, we are still recovering from hurricane Frances, there are still over 1 million with out water and power from the initial 5.5 million that lost utilities. They have yet to even come close to cleaning up all the downed trees and home damage and here now comes a smaller but much more powerfull storm, hurricane ivan.

This storm thank god is moving west and hopefully it will continue on its path but we are going to get moderate winds with out a doubt, good thing I left my 2nd storie windows covered with the shutters incase this happened.

There are thousands of people still trying to get food, water, ice and gas with little luck, this storm if it does turn at the last minute and hit south florda would be absolutely devestating to this state.

I have lived in florida for the last 15 years and never have we had anything like this before, I dont believe in the history of the state has anything like this happened.

Hurricane Ivan is reported to slam Jamaica in the hours to come as a catagory 5 hurricane with winds speeds reaching 155+ mph with the posibilitie of becomeing more powerfull. A Catagory 5 is extremely dangerous, I hate for any one else to take the brunt of this storm but south florida is just not ready yet to take a beating like this while still very vulnerable from Frances.

Lets try and muster up those positive Z vibes and move this baby out to sea..

I tried today to get some plane tickets to atlanta but the airlines are raping every one, and tickets for a one hour flight are reaching price points of US$500-2000.00 round trip per person, so it looks like I either have to stay and hope for the best or pay those absurd prices.

Well, not much I can do but hope for the best right now, im sure my wife would love to take a trip for a few days to atlanta but to be honest, after not working now for over a week and my buisiness loosing so much income, the thought of spending a few thousand and locking up for another week makes me feel a bit ill.

Ill keep you guys posted, as it looks right now the forcast track is for the storm to move into the gulf of mexico and hit the west coast of florida, which means I wont get a direct hit like I did with frances, but it does mean a serious possibilitie of more downed power lines and more tree's uprooting, as you may or not know already there are multiple states sending in back up techs to help with the florida power issues, I can only imagine what this next storm is going to do as a catagory 5 or stronger.

*sigh*

Ill keep you all posted.

Cheers!

Post by **garyb** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 11:44 am

you're going to have to sacrifice jeb to appease the godz....

blazesboylan · Post by **blazesboylan** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 12:38 pm

Why? The gods don't want him!!!

Immanuel · Post by **Immanuel** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 12:48 pm

Hoping all the best for you. Keep your gasolin reserve as high as posible, so you would eventually be able to flee before it is too late (that is: not after the beating starts). Far away - far far away. That is, if it turns out Ivan is going your way.

BingoTheClowno · Post by **BingoTheClowno** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 1:14 pm

Tracking Ivan:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/satellite.shtml

Closeup:

http://www.goes.noaa.gov/g8severe.html

Jamaica looks like it is directly in Ivan's path.

ChrisWerner · Post by **ChrisWerner** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 2:51 pm

Ivan can´t decide where he wants to go at the moment, he cruises around the north of Jamaica with 50 km/h.
In his eye he has a speed of aprox. 250km/h.

Let us take a minute with best wishes for everybody who is involved with Ivan.

Damn, good luck to you, they expect Ivan tomorrow or the day after tomorrow at Florida.
It´s the third time this year, isn´t it?

[ This Message was edited by: ChrisWerner on 2004-09-11 15:54 ]

Basic Pitch · Post by **Basic Pitch** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 7:18 pm

Heck its about the 3rd time this month hehe,

1st charlie, then Frances and now Ivan, whats the world coming too, there has not been a storm from like this I think in all the hostory of Florida, infact the last dangerous hurricane was 12 years ago and many years before that.

Global warming I guess

but then again big buisiness says that there is no such thing..

Cheers!

kensuguro · Post by **kensuguro** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 9:28 pm

the hurricanes must have done lots of damage to sea life as well. (imagine all the corals being crushed) I hope this hurricane month hasn't done permanent damage to the ecossytem. Cuz then that can lead to even more problems in the long run...

This Ivan dude should seriously think about giving Floridians a break.

[ This Message was edited by: kensuguro on 2004-09-11 22:31 ]

Post by **hubird** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 10:10 pm

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nprime · Post by **nprime** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 1:05 am

the eye of the storm?

Post by **garyb** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 3:21 am

had to say it.......

Post by **hubird** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 7:50 am

Basic Pitch · Post by **Basic Pitch** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 12:43 pm

Hahah that eye in the center got me laughing hehe.

Funny stuff..

Cheers!

BingoTheClowno · Post by **BingoTheClowno** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 11:12 am

On 2004-09-10 12:44, garyb wrote:
you're going to have to sacrifice jeb to appease the godz....

I hope Ivan doesn't head toward Texas, in that case we might have to sacrifice his brother.

nprime · Post by **nprime** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 11:16 am

Well it's about time Texas took a hit, just as payback for bringing us BUSH!

Just Kidding! I wouldn't wish this horror on anyone (well, maybe Bush personally, how does he sleep at night knowing that so much death is on his head?).

R

BingoTheClowno · Post by **BingoTheClowno** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 2:15 pm

On 2004-09-11 22:28, kensuguro wrote:
the hurricanes must have done lots of damage to sea life as well. (imagine all the corals being crushed) I hope this hurricane month hasn't done permanent damage to the ecossytem. Cuz then that can lead to even more problems in the long run...

Check this out, Francis destroyed turtle nests on beaches.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=s ... ea_turtles

Post by **hubird** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 7:38 pm

...In Pompano Beach the storm buried about 225 sea turtle nests under up to 2 feet of sand.

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Counterparts · Post by **Counterparts** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 8:20 am

Regarding hurricanes, why is it that every time one touches down in the USoA it hits (and anihilates) a trailer park? Tornadoes too.

Most odd.

Royston

Post by **garyb** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 9:26 pm

there are more trailerparks than suburban enclaves and the trailerparks are usually on the more exposed land that sane people with money wouldn't put homes on....
trailers break easily in high winds.....

Counterparts · Post by **Counterparts** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 3:24 am

Ah, that makes sense.

These hurricanes are actually affecting Britain quite badly too - after beating up the west indies / the americas they pop back over the Atlantic, following the conveyor and smack the west coast pretty hard:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/3571844.stm

I was staying in Boscastle just a year ago - the hotel/restaurant I stayed in was completely destroyed in the flood.

Royston