Gustav makes landfall in Haiti

[D3V]

Another hurricane on the Horizon, oh joy.

I wouldn't mind Florida getting stomped again, then again it is pretty nice that it isn't raining anymore...


http://i.imwx.com/images/maps/tropical/map_tropprjpath07_ltst_5nhato_enus_600x405.jpg

Lead Meteorologist, The Weather Channel
2:45 p.m. ET 8/26/2008
Hurricane Gustav, with 90-mph sustained winds, has make landfall on the southwest peninsula of Haiti.

View the Hurricane Gustav Tracker.

As of 2 p.m. EDT, the eye of Gustav was located about 40 miles southwest of Port Au Prince, Haiti. Gustav was moving toward the northwest at 10 mph. A turn toward the west-northwest and decrease in forward speed is expected tomorrow with the hurricane forecast to be near southeastern Cuba.

View the projected path.

Hurricane warnings remain in effect from Barahona in the Dominican Republic west to Le Mole St. Nicholas in Haiti, and for the Cuban provinces of Guantanamo, Santiago de Cuba and Granma.

Hurricane watches are posted for Haiti from Le Mole St. Nicholas to the northern border with the Dominican Republic; the Cuban provinces of Las Tunas and Holguin; and Jamaica.

Elsewhere, Tropical Depression Fay continues to inundate much of the Southeast and southern Appalachians. The low that was formerly Fay is near the Alabama-Tennessee border and tracking northward. Flood watches remain posted for the eastern half of Tennessee, a good chunk of Georgia and portions of the western Carolinas. Isolated tornadoes remain a threat.

In the eastern Pacific, Tropical Depression Julio has weakened to a dissipating low over the northern Gulf of California. No further bulletins will be issued on the system.

Meanwhile, in the Atlantic Ocean, two other areas are being monitored for tropical cyclone development. One is located several hundred miles east-northeast of the Leeward Islands, and the other is just southwest of the Cape Verde Islands.


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[jamer123]

have fun man hope you get hit and get a new car

[Wallow]

have fun man hope you get hit and get a new car

It's ironic. That Hurricane hit the Cayman Islands (where I went on vacation last week) just after I left.

[D3V]

I wouldn't mind some more destruction, but in all seriousness I would rather it not, being stuck at home during the horrible storm is pitiful, and if anything around a category 2 storm or up comes through we would evacuate. 60 MPH winds are disgusting, anything in the 80-120 range (or whatever it goes through 2-3 category) is seriously dangerous, I'd rather not have to go hang out in GA, or wherever would be advised.

[Kazilla]

you should come all the way over the the good state of arizona, you'll see so little rain you'll of forgotten what it is.

[D3V]

Heh, no thanks! I like humidity and beaches.

[Wallow]

Heh, no thanks! I like humidity and beaches.

You're screwed in Flordia without air conditioning and a tolerance for rain storms and hurricanes. That sums it up

[D3V]

Yes, but living here for 21 years I'm used to it being 90 degrees all but about 2 months out of the year, so really it's not too bad. I just keep my windows down in my car and over 60mph and i'm straight.

[Wallow]

Yes, but living here for 21 years I'm used to it being 90 degrees all but about 2 months out of the year, so really it's not too bad. I just keep my windows down in my car and over 60mph and i'm straight.

What has been the lowest temperature in the Winter down at Florida?

[Titusfied]

At nights, it can get in the low 60's, high 50's normally. Not sure what the record low is, but probably freezing point?

Also, it's now looking as though Gustav is staying away from Florida and is going to crush Louisianna / Texas or somewhere in that area, and potentially as a Cat 3 or stronger... Great for my company, bad for the people there though...

[KagomJack]

Yeah, it's probably gonna come hit Mississppi just to fuck with me.

[D3V]

What has been the lowest temperature in the Winter down at Florida?

Well, i'd say in the winter it can actually get down in the teens in Florida, we never get snow though.

Even out where I live away from the coast i've personally seen it down to about 8 degrees, that was about two years ago it was awesome, we put our sprinklers on our roof and filled both sides of our yard with ice. LOL.

[Wallow]

You know what would be awesome? If Florida or California blew themselves off of the US and became a separate country/island.

[D3V]

....Right

California will eventually break at the fault line and about half of it will be gone,and Florida is already progressively going under water more and more each year, I wouldn't be suprised in 50 years if the tides increase to a point where some areas are uninhabitable.

[Titusfied]

Now there is another Tropical Depression that might be threatening Florida next week?

[D3V]

YES!!!

http://i.imwx.com/images/maps/tropical/map_spectrop09_ltst_6nh_enus_600x405.jpg

[Wallow]

....Right

California will eventually break at the fault line and about half of it will be gone,and Florida is already progressively going under water more and more each year, I wouldn't be suprised in 50 years if the tides increase to a point where some areas are uninhabitable.

Heh, 50 years? Remember that map I showed of the future of the world? That's supposed start in around 5...

http://www.greatdreams.com/namer3.jpg

[Tuttifrutti]

well that's fuckin scary.

[Willkillforfood]

Source? That looks to be what the earth will look like in at least a century, especially if we get more efficient means of getting energy.

[D3V]

It's going to take longer than 5 years, we could drop nuclear bombs across the entire world and it would still take much more damage to the ozone layer before anything really drastic will happen, but we are seriously, in the begenning stages of it.

[Wallow]

It's going to take longer than 5 years, we could drop nuclear bombs across the entire world and it would still take much more damage to the ozone layer before anything really drastic will happen, but we are seriously, in the begenning stages of it.

That's right, put yourself into a false sense of security. But you won't know what hit you when find your house at the bottom of the ocean.

[D3V]

... Don't flaunt ignorance. You really think in 5 years Florida and California are going to be gone?.. I'd guestimate atleast 200 years before anything dramatic would have to happen, and that's IF we ONLY progrses at the declining rate of global rate we are (meaning it keeps getting hotter at the same rate).. would in 200 years we see anything dramatic. We can still reverse our effects, and quite possibly, help Mother Nature out in our goal to go green as an economy hear, and set the standard for the rest of the large nations across the world.

[Willkillforfood]

Wallow, you're really knocking yourself down a few notches with this one. Those levels MIGHT be accomplished in 40 years, but probably longer than that.

[quikspy67]

Lol in 5 years I doubt it.

[Wallow]

Lol in 5 years I doubt it.

No, I'm not knocking myself down. Many influental people have predicted all these distasters would occur in around 5 years, or at least start ocurring. This consists of "cleansing the world of corruption," which is a lot to handle. First, what is corruption? Prostitution, all the gang wars and violence going on in the major cities of the world, etc. etc. That occurs in almost everwhere around the world, imagine destroying that with natural forces, meaning tsunamies, earthquakes, tornadoes, and hurricanes. Look at what's already happened and happening in the world. Who's to say this "cleansing" hasn't already started? I can understand why you can't belive me. The Human psyche forces the mind to comprehend only to a certain point or scale of things. I'm not saying in 5 years all of Florida and California will be gone, but I'm saying that in about 5 years, the world will defintely start being"cleansed."

[Willkillforfood]

Who are these influential people? Give sources.

[Wallow]

Dr. Clymer and Dr. Poesnecker of the Fraternitas Rosae Crucis, Gordon Scallion, etc. etc.

[D3V]

Here is today's updated picture and projections of the storms. Awkward really. Who knows where they will go, just have to check it over the weekend and see what shapens up.

http://i.imwx.com/images/maps/tropical/map_spectrop09_ltst_6nh_enus_600x405.jpg

[Titusfied]

Looks much different now for Hanna, she is going to turn north, although it's not certain where she'll make landfall?

[D3V]

It looks right around Jacksonville, Horray!

[Xenn]

I'm gonna pick up some sweet real estate in Alaska and just wait for global warming to make it tropical.

[D3V]

Good thinking! I'm going to get a job at Hallirburton and work my way up through the company being the biggest sleezeball I can be, and hopefully, one day make CEO and possibly even Vice president, that way I can lobby myself into billions and billions of dollars!