Hurricane Isabel

cybotron r_9 · Post by **cybotron r_9** » Tue Sep 09, 2003 3:49 pm

Yikes, this one could get nasty.

Maximum sustained winds are near 135 mph...215 km/hr...with
higher gusts...making Isabel a category four hurricane on the
Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale. Some slight additional
strengthening is possible during the next 24 hours.

Hurricane force winds extend outward up to 45 miles... 75 km...
from the center...and tropical storm force winds extend outward up
to 175 miles...280 km.

Jstyr · Post by **Jstyr** » Tue Sep 09, 2003 4:20 pm

Yea, she's a bigun.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Tue Sep 09, 2003 4:31 pm

Originally posted by Jstyr
Yea, she's a bigun.

must shop at the dress barn...

Jstyr · Post by **Jstyr** » Tue Sep 09, 2003 6:07 pm

Originally posted by YARDofSTUF
must shop at the dress barn...

Uglier than Barbara Bush...........

Pepin · Post by **Pepin** » Tue Sep 09, 2003 7:36 pm

Yeah.. this thing is gonna come by my place...

Jstyr · Post by **Jstyr** » Tue Sep 09, 2003 9:26 pm

Originally posted by Pepin
Yeah.. this thing is gonna come by my place...

badass vapor image.

cybotron r_9 · Post by **cybotron r_9** » Tue Sep 09, 2003 9:47 pm

if you liked that one you'll love this one

Isabel in motion

Shagster · Post by **Shagster** » Tue Sep 09, 2003 9:50 pm

I hope it hits florida. Kinda wanna go home for a few days.

RoundEye · Post by **RoundEye** » Tue Sep 09, 2003 9:53 pm

Originally posted by Shaggy
I hope it hits florida. Kinda wanna go home for a few days.

I hope the damn thing fades away in the Gulf somewhere. Last year we had two of them hit back to back. I was without power for days and it cost people too much money and lives.

wee96 · Post by **wee96** » Tue Sep 09, 2003 9:55 pm

I remember Hugo when I was younger (I lived in NC at the time) it looked like a HUGE atomic bomb. We were driving during its passing and you could literally see a wall of rain coming straight at you, its perfectly dry then you hear shhhhhhhHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH and its like someone dumped a 10000000 gallon bucket o' water on the car. Hurricanes aint nothin to mess with, they cause alot of damage.

Pepin · Post by **Pepin** » Tue Sep 09, 2003 11:10 pm

I'll try n get some pics as she comes by...

Jstyr · Post by **Jstyr** » Wed Sep 10, 2003 9:50 am

Originally posted by RoundEye
I hope the damn thing fades away in the Gulf somewhere. Last year we had two of them hit back to back. I was without power for days and it cost people too much money and lives.

I live 20 minutes south of Lafayette Roundeye. Let me tell you we were ground zero for that category 2 that came in (can't remember the name now). It had been a category 4 but dropped right before it made landfall (thank god). There were 50 year old oaks uprooted, my neighbor had 3 trees fall on his house. It looked like bomb had dropped on the town.

Anyways that was a cat 2, this is a category 4!! If it makes it into the gulf without encountering and significant landamass it'll blow up even larger and become a real horror.

Jstyr · Post by **Jstyr** » Wed Sep 10, 2003 11:03 am

Here's a link to some pictures I posted in the Digital forum. These are what remains of the storm's impact from last year.

Here

Shagster · Post by **Shagster** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 1:33 pm

Any news? Is it going to hit us at all? I know **** about weather, i haven't taken meteorology yet.

Zilog B · Post by **Zilog B** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 1:39 pm

Originally posted by Shaggy
Any news? Is it going to hit us at all? I know **** about weather, i haven't taken meteorology yet.

they aren't for sure yet. Last i heard it was only moving at 9 mph across the gulf and they aren't able to predict that many days in advance when it nears florida. Many of them just turn up the coast.

Shagster · Post by **Shagster** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 1:52 pm

Its getting smaller since the water is cooling down right?

ghost · Post by **ghost** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 2:00 pm

It's a Category 5 hurricane now, sustained winds of 160 m.p.h., gusts over 200.

ghost · Post by **ghost** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 2:01 pm

Originally posted by Shaggy
Its getting smaller since the water is cooling down right?

If I'm not mistaken, it's headed for the Gulf Stream waters along the east coast. That water is warm.

The Devil · Post by **The Devil** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 5:58 pm

Originally posted by ghost
If I'm not mistaken, it's headed for the Gulf Stream waters along the east coast. That water is warm.

Actually I plan to have her make landfall on the East Coast. It's been a while since I've stirred things up there. I'm getting tired of putting all of my attention on Bermuda lately.

Meggie · Post by **Meggie** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 6:31 pm

just dont let it hit CT, we're small and defensless. it would be like hitting a kid with glasses.

The Devil · Post by **The Devil** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 6:33 pm

Originally posted by Meggie
just dont let it hit CT, we're small and defensless. it would be like hitting a kid with glasses.

You're forgetting that my Prime Directive is to create mayhem and chaos....but you seem nice, for a nympho, so I'll perhaps steer her to the side of CT.

Meggie · Post by **Meggie** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 6:35 pm

Originally posted by The Devil
You're forgetting that my Prime Directive is to create mayhem and chaos....but you seem nice, for a nympho, so I'll perhaps steer her to the side of CT.

thanks, aim it towards the carolinas, they have nice weather too often.

The Devil · Post by **The Devil** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 6:35 pm

Originally posted by Meggie
thanks, aim it towards the carolinas, they have nice weather too often.

Ah yes, aim her at Brembo.....hmmmm.....

We will need to draw him outdoors, away from his expensive indoor electronic equipment...

brembo · Post by **brembo** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 6:57 pm

Originally posted by The Devil
Ah yes, aim her at Brembo.....hmmmm.....

We will need to draw him outdoors, away from his expensive indoor electronic equipment...

Look here ya horned jackass.....ya send the hurricane up here and I'll start goin to church. Oh, and just so ya know, Rosie O' Donell is MORE evil than you.

Hows it hangin Belzabub?

Indy · Post by **Indy** » Sat Sep 13, 2003 3:43 am

Originally posted by brembo
Look here ya horned jackass.....ya send the hurricane up here and I'll start goin to church. Oh, and just so ya know, Rosie O' Donell is MORE evil than you.

Hows it hangin Belzabub?

Croc · Post by **Croc** » Sat Sep 13, 2003 5:55 am

Originally posted by brembo

Hows it hangin Belzabub?

You mean The Devil has only ONE ??

No challenge.

Croc.

Shagster · Post by **Shagster** » Sun Sep 14, 2003 6:24 am

It's coming for us!!!

Vacation for shaggy in a week or two!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Sun Sep 14, 2003 7:20 am

Originally posted by Meggie
just dont let it hit CT, we're small and defensless. it would be like hitting a kid with glasses.

We have Long Island, and Fishers Island, which usually protects us pretty well.

Fall season though, all my buddies with personal watercraft all get pumped up. The swells coming in from the leftovers of the hurricanes get IMMENSE. Man, the air we can catch hitting those at 50mph. Whoopieeeee!!!

Bouncer · Post by **Bouncer** » Sun Sep 14, 2003 1:39 pm

Christ the damn things pointed staright at my house!

Which.. now that I think about it, might not be a bad thing. I mean, sure I'll lose all my stuff when it's wiped away, but before that happens I'll evac with my computers and everything else is insured.

AND, since I'm set to close on a condo on the 22nd, if it survives this I'll be fine in it (and get a highpressure wash at the same time for free! Woot!). If not, then I walk away losing my 500 dollar deposit... but not stuck with 185 thousand dollar piece of rubble.

/me nods.

Bring it on!

/me goes and dbl checks insurance for fire, flood, and hurricane.

Regards,
-Bouncer-

blebs · Post by **blebs** » Sun Sep 14, 2003 1:49 pm

Originally posted by brembo
Look here ya horned jackass.....ya send the hurricane up here and I'll start goin to church. Oh, and just so ya know, Rosie O' Donell is MORE evil than you.

Hows it hangin Belzabub?

Oh man you crack me up brembo. Thanks for the gut wrenching laugh!

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Sun Sep 14, 2003 3:42 pm

just what i'd need to go with my power issues! lol

lonewolfz28 · Post by **lonewolfz28** » Sun Sep 14, 2003 4:08 pm

Perfectly timed to hit NC right when I'm there on vacation house hunting.

Guess I'll have to eat the plane ticket cost and wait until the following week to see what survived.

AceFireball · Post by **AceFireball** » Sun Sep 14, 2003 4:36 pm

Originally posted by lonewolfz28
Perfectly timed to hit NC right when I'm there on vacation house hunting.

yup, its headed straight for my ass, forecasted to hit around thursday. I love hurricanes but the damage it has brought NC has been terrible

lonewolfz28 · Post by **lonewolfz28** » Sun Sep 14, 2003 4:48 pm

Originally posted by AceFireball
yup, its headed straight for my ass, forecasted to hit around thursday. I love hurricanes but the damage it has brought NC has been terrible

I was stationed in Goldsboro from '91 to '99 so I was there for Bertha, Fran and a couple of others that weren't bad enough to stick in my head. We used to play mud football between the dormitories in the middle of the storm.

I'm scheduled to drive from TX on the 19th or 20th, depending on how I feel. Hopefully it speeds up and is out of the area by then or shortly after. My ticket is to fly back to TX on the 1st. I hope I get a chance to use it.