And you thought Charley and Frances were bad..

[Jon P. Inghram]

I'm not gonna be impressed until one makes it over the Rockies.

[KvHagedorn]

Originally posted by Jon P. Inghram
I'm not gonna be impressed until one makes it over the Rockies.

LOL I don't wanna be around for a storm like that. It would probably dig a fjord right down the middle of Texas!

[KvHagedorn]

If Ivan doesn't change its course, it will make a direct hit on New Orleans.

And the reports I saw from there had lots of people remaining behind.. not evacuating. This could be very VERY messy.

[KvHagedorn]

Well, as everyone in the U.S. has probably heard, Mobile seems to be the target. Looks like it's gotten a bit less intense over the past day, but the pressure is actually getting a bit lower now, so it's strengthening as I write this.

[KvHagedorn]

Scary looking.. that eye is the biggest I've seen in a hurricane. Wonder what caused it to remain so large over the past several days.. This means that the most severe part of the storm will hit a HUGE area.. perhaps a 50 mile wide swath.

[Dr Mordrid]

Reports are now that it'll hit Mobile Bay, which means the backwash could push Lake Ponch. right into New Orleans

They're saying that while the high level winds are 125 mph the winds at sea level are around 150-170 mph with 45-50 foot swells. When that hits the shallows and piles up...

Dr. Mordrid

[agallag]

Damn!

I think that sums it up. I hope everyone is out of there. Anyone hanging around will get shiny new Darwin awards.

[KvHagedorn]

CNN had some fool stuck on the beach in Alabama just to the east of Mobile bay.. you see that part where the strongest part of the eyewall is supposed to make landfall? Yeah, that's the place..

What is the matter with these people?

[Dr Mordrid]

You mean like this moron?



These people must have a mutant gene that keeps them in front of these things when everyone and everyTHING else with a positive numbered IQ has long ago left Dodge

Check out my new post & pic re: Jeanne. She's hitting the Dominican Republic/southern Bahamas now and heading for the US.

A NOAA guy said when she hits open water it's back to guessing if she'll head for the Gulf of Mexico or steam up the Florida coast .... again.

If I lived down there I'd make for Michigan during hurricane season, probably just in time to get run over by an F4 tornado

Dr. Mordrid

[KvHagedorn]

I have this vision of watching one of these live reporters standing there in the hurricane one day and a stop sign (having been relieved of its position on its post by the storm) flying from one side and decapitating the reporter, his head falling cleanly to the ground as he still clutches his mic.

[KvHagedorn]

That poor fool is Gary Tuchman, and he is standing outside in Gulf Shores Alabama, where the eye is about to hit. Gulf Shores is (as one might gather) right on the coast. I hope the guy doesn't wash away..

[KvHagedorn]

Well.. it's making landfall right now in Gulf Shores, Alabama. They showed Gary Tuchman again, who said this was what he imagined the end of the world must be like, but he was still there. He was reporting winds nowhere near the speeds they supposedly are.

[Helevitia]

My buddy is currently in Birmingham, AL. He says they are hoping for a category1 by the time it reaches him. I told him to call me a couple times a day so I know he is alright.

[KvHagedorn]

Alright, here we are making landfall.. the dry land weakens the storm right away.

[KvHagedorn]

Monster ashore.. wonder what things will look like at dawn..