Waiting for Frances.......

[Sasq]

Shorty is a running joke I have with her, I'm sure she'll answer when she comes back online.

[Greebe]

atm she's dealing with ~50mph winds gusting to a bit more with horizontal rain.

The eye wall is ~60miles in diameter which because of the extreme size will prevent the storm from intensifying before hitting the coast (in about 1-2 hours from now).

[Greebe]

I'm on the opposite coast with the lastest storm track taking the eye just north of us (Tampa).

All Schools in the area were closed and readied as shelters yesterday for those fleeing the east coast. Two weeks ago the east coast was our hosts when Charlie came through

[Greebe]

Latest news reports Francis is stationary now... not good. Juno Beach reporting winds a tad over 80mph (128kmh) with gusts >100mph (160kmh) with it still to make landfall (eye)

Storm strength hasn't changed still a catagory 2 with sustained winds of 105mph (168kmh)

Now where it goes is anyones guess, lets just hope it doesn't get stronger.

Over here on the otherside we had our first squal line race through, nothting to write home about tho



ps I'm just 5miles north of Sarasota on the south edge of Tampa Bay... Liz be just south of Ft. Lauderdale where it's making a mess of everything

[Lizzard[MPE]]

-a few trees are down in my neighborhood, i keepo having to move my car. thank god my friend vinnie is here with me right now since lastnight . i would be scared outta my mind if he wasnt. the electric keeps coming off and on but its still on right now. the hurricane is just beating the hell out of us atm. its not moving just beating us. its not even here yet, but the eye is going toward us. GREEBE, i live between west palm beach and ft lauderdale. SO IM RIGHTTT HERE WITH THIS SHITTTTT CRAZYNESSSSSSSSSS

[J1NG]

Two hurricanes in such a short time...

Keep us posted on your status Liz.

J1NG

[Greebe]

Ok my mistake... (Dan!)

Hang in there Lizzie, it could be worse, alot worse if it hadn't dropped from a 4 to a 2.

Vinni's the man for hangin in there with ya

[KvHagedorn]

Hang in there, girl. I hope you are not in too low-lying an area. I'm glad that, as bad as those winds are, they aren't as bad as they could have been. Hold on!

[Lizzard[MPE]]

im 5'7 1/2!

[Lizzard[MPE]]

wind is picking up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MultimediaMan]

It really is ironic about Weather.com....

Your Forecast, Lizzie;

79°F
Haze and Windy Feels Like
84°F

UV Index: 1 Low
Dew Point: 75°F
Humidity: 89%
Visibility: 3.0 miles
Pressure: 29.13 inches and falling
Wind: From the Northwest at 38 gusting to 52 mph

Oh, and by the way...did we mention the Category 2 Hurricane ?

[J1NG]

5.7(1/2)" tall? Damn, your rather tall.

Class 2. Still hurricane no?

J1NG

[Greebe]

Oh this is just wonderful... Tropical Storm Ivan is expected to be a Major Catagory 5 Hurricane by this Wednesday and headed our way!

Enough already! Geesh

[Greebe]

430,000 without power now... and it has yet to make landfall!

moving ever so slowly... mostly due west (right my way

[Jessterw]

I'm kinda glad I moved out of Florida all those years ago now. Still have a good friend in Tampa and my sister lives in Orlando, so I'm a good bit worried about where and how hard Frances ends up hitting.

Hope everyone down there stays safe.