Sebago Son
Member
Looks like NOL is gonna get flushed again late Tuesday night... Have the FEMA trucks started to show up yet with bags full of money?
Early Preparations For Isaac.
- Thread starter charlie sherrill
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SUMMARY OF 800 AM EDT...1200 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...23.5N 80.0W
ABOUT 135 MI...220 KM ESE OF KEY WEST FLORIDA
ABOUT 155 MI...245 KM E OF HAVANA CUBA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...65 MPH...100 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 300 DEGREES AT 20 MPH...31 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...995 MB...29.38 INCHES
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY...
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE BAHAMAS HAS DISCONTINUED THE TROPICAL STORM
WARNING FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS...AND HAS CHANGED
THE HURRICANE WARNING TO A TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR ANDROS
ISLAND.
SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT...
A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* THE FLORIDA KEYS INCLUDING THE DRY TORTUGAS
* THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA FROM BONITA BEACH SOUTHWARD TO OCEAN
REEF
* FLORIDA BAY
A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* THE FLORIDA EAST COAST FROM GOLDEN BEACH SOUTHWARD TO OCEAN REEF
* THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO INDIAN PASS FLORIDA...NOT
INCLUDING METROPOLITAN NEW ORLEANS.
I wouldn't pay too much attention to this except the barometric pressure keeps dropping every update. Joe
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LOCATION...23.5N 80.0W
ABOUT 135 MI...220 KM ESE OF KEY WEST FLORIDA
ABOUT 155 MI...245 KM E OF HAVANA CUBA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...65 MPH...100 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 300 DEGREES AT 20 MPH...31 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...995 MB...29.38 INCHES
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
--------------------
CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY...
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE BAHAMAS HAS DISCONTINUED THE TROPICAL STORM
WARNING FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS...AND HAS CHANGED
THE HURRICANE WARNING TO A TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR ANDROS
ISLAND.
SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT...
A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* THE FLORIDA KEYS INCLUDING THE DRY TORTUGAS
* THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA FROM BONITA BEACH SOUTHWARD TO OCEAN
REEF
* FLORIDA BAY
A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* THE FLORIDA EAST COAST FROM GOLDEN BEACH SOUTHWARD TO OCEAN REEF
* THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO INDIAN PASS FLORIDA...NOT
INCLUDING METROPOLITAN NEW ORLEANS.
I wouldn't pay too much attention to this except the barometric pressure keeps dropping every update. Joe
Damn Yankee
Member
The EOC is opening today at 13:00. I have the 07:00- 13:00 security shift tomorrow
Come on Isaac show us what you got.
Come on Isaac show us what you got.
Sun is out now. Oh wait, now it's not. It rained, now it's clear.
Wind is picking up, Palm fronds are moving. I took my trash cans in to the garage.
Another day in paradise
Wind is picking up, Palm fronds are moving. I took my trash cans in to the garage.
Another day in paradise
Careful with that. These things are unpredictable. Katrina was almost ho-hum (Cat 1) going across Florida but jumped up big time in the Gulf. If this blows into Biloxi at 100mph+, it won't be pretty. Joe
CAJUNLAWYER
Member
Drew for your info it's NOLA not NOL-and you can bet your backside I'm a gonna get me some of dat money dis time around
REM 3200
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Moonman
Member
CAJ,
Keep your eyes pealed for Jim Cantore.
Keep your eyes pealed for Jim Cantore.
Sebago Son
Member
NOL-NOLA...
Having seen Dandy Ray Nagin on the news I know what the extra "A" in New Orleans stands for...
Drew for your info it's NOLA not NOL-and you can bet your backside I'm a gonna get me some of dat money dis time around
Having seen Dandy Ray Nagin on the news I know what the extra "A" in New Orleans stands for...
CAJUNLAWYER
Member
We have a problem this time around-seems that Mecedes doesn't want their superdome used for refugees.
Do you think Texas has forgotten yet ?????
Do you think Texas has forgotten yet ?????
Not on your tin type.....
Just dc'd the weather watch around here. Good luck to those between Pensacola and Houston. Joe
OP
charlie sherrill
Member
I took my kids and grand kids down to Pensacola yesterday for an overnight trip with a side trip to the Pensacola gun show. The 7-8 year old granddaughters loved it. They get trinkets at the gun show and got to splash in the Gulf for the second time in the last three weeks. The youngest wants the pink .22 single shot rifle and will probably get one, just not yet. We passed several "disaster relief" trucks on the way down...headed in the same direction as us. I got up this morning and the hotel crews were picking up all the beach stuff (tables, chairs, trash cans,etc.) and hauling it off on a trailer pulled by a 4X4 Dodge pickup. Some kind of newspersons were doing a broadcast on the beach behind our hotel this morning where some plump new bride and her skinny husband were doing wedding pictures yesterday. I might have been in the background for a couple of the pics yesterday but decided not to battle the jellyfish today. I guess the newsthing today was the before of a before and after thing. The weather was great with plenty of sun. The surf was a little rough but not bad. Jellyfish were the problem. I got stung five times before heading to the pool with the swim up bar. The chlorine in the pool and the tasty adult beverages from the bar seemed to ease the jellyfish stings. As we left the hotel and headed to the gun show everything appeared to be normal in Pensacola even though we had received word by phone that the Walmarts in the Hattiesburg, Ms. area were beginning to run out of storm essentials. That's OK because I got my stuff months ago and just added to it some a couple of days ago. I did find a large bottle of one of my favorite bourbons on sale in Pensacola. I got enough for a couple of months now.
At the gunshow I saw a lot of very nice Smith's. I've already got most of the ones I like and as usual the ones I didn't have were overpriced. I did find a very nice High Standard long tube riot gun with rifle sights for $100.00 OTD. I've already got one but I had an extra space in the gun rack that needed to be filled and I thought the price was more than fair. Even though the shotgun did not have much wear it did have a very small amount of surface rust that is no longer there. It cleaned up very well.
Back to the storm. Right now it ain't looking good for this neighborhood. This ain't my first rodeo. I've been through Camille and Katrina and a bunch of smaller ones in between. I'm ready. I have to get ready early because if we get a big one it will be days before I can attend to my own stuff. We'll be out there helping other folks who either didn't prepare, got caught in circumstances they couldn't help, or turned up here as "storm rats" from somewhere else. We still don't know exactly where this one is going or how strong it will be but hopefully it won't be as strong as Camille or Katrina. We still have a couple of days to find out. Oh, if Jim Cantore shows up where you are, go somewhere else.
At the gunshow I saw a lot of very nice Smith's. I've already got most of the ones I like and as usual the ones I didn't have were overpriced. I did find a very nice High Standard long tube riot gun with rifle sights for $100.00 OTD. I've already got one but I had an extra space in the gun rack that needed to be filled and I thought the price was more than fair. Even though the shotgun did not have much wear it did have a very small amount of surface rust that is no longer there. It cleaned up very well.
Back to the storm. Right now it ain't looking good for this neighborhood. This ain't my first rodeo. I've been through Camille and Katrina and a bunch of smaller ones in between. I'm ready. I have to get ready early because if we get a big one it will be days before I can attend to my own stuff. We'll be out there helping other folks who either didn't prepare, got caught in circumstances they couldn't help, or turned up here as "storm rats" from somewhere else. We still don't know exactly where this one is going or how strong it will be but hopefully it won't be as strong as Camille or Katrina. We still have a couple of days to find out. Oh, if Jim Cantore shows up where you are, go somewhere else.
627 city hunter
Member
Hurricane Isaac Gulf Coast memebers
Seems the hurricane is literally passing over my house as the tentative route shows.
Got food, water, gas, and defenses ready. We are staying out the storm.
What would you put in a emergency bag?
Seems the hurricane is literally passing over my house as the tentative route shows.
Got food, water, gas, and defenses ready. We are staying out the storm.
What would you put in a emergency bag?
Skeptic 9c
Member
I laid in some more bottled water. Looks like the storm is heading West far from the First Coast (NEFL) but I just had some very windy rain bouncing off the windows.
Geoff
Who is up even earlier, too many election ads on TV.
Geoff
Who is up even earlier, too many election ads on TV.
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Some games to play that do not require electricity. Some books and stuff to keep the kids occuppied. Being in Aghanistan our electrical reliabilty is not to good. A chess or checker board or and deck of cards will help pass the day.
It is absolutely torrential out right now. No roadwork this AM. Yay. Joe
Moonman
Member
OH GOD!
I just saw JIM CANTORE,
HE'S in N.O.
CAJ, Louisana Joe, and all others, HANG ON BOYS!!!!!
I just saw JIM CANTORE,
HE'S in N.O.
CAJ, Louisana Joe, and all others, HANG ON BOYS!!!!!
Well the storm is about 200 miles offshore from us as of 8 am. Very quiet night. Just some wind and a little rain right now.
Latest 8 am update, it has shifted a little more left (west) so guess where it is heading? Yes LA. It may strengthen some in the next 48 hrs.
Main problem appears to be that damn tidal surge. So if you are in a low lying area or below sea level be prepared!!
Tropical Storm ISAAC
Latest 8 am update, it has shifted a little more left (west) so guess where it is heading? Yes LA. It may strengthen some in the next 48 hrs.
Main problem appears to be that damn tidal surge. So if you are in a low lying area or below sea level be prepared!!
Tropical Storm ISAAC
truckemup97
Member
We have a problem this time around-seems that Mecedes doesn't want their superdome used for refugees.
Do you think Texas has forgotten yet ?????
I don't blame Daimler a bit, do you?
And no, the Texicans remember all to well. A friend in Houston posted something on Facebook this AM suggesting the refugees head to Charlotte and D.C., but I can't quote it exactly due to forum rules.
