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2008 Atlantic hurricane season

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Jason

#240
September 03, 2008, 10:48:57 AM
QuoteHurricane LOL
Hurricane ROFL
Hurricane BRB

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UnaBubba, Aug 23 2004

Great names!

BRB would have been great for Fay.  I'm afraid ROFL would not like the name and become a killer category 6 to throw it back in our faces.  ;)

gatorback

#241
September 03, 2008, 11:07:02 AM Last Edit: September 04, 2008, 08:26:42 AM by gatorback
Well, who didn't predict Hanna Montana turning North, but Ike a cat 4. already?  I underestimated Ike strengthening so much and so quickly.
'As a sinner I am truly conscious of having often offended my Creator and I beg him to forgive me, but as a Queen and Sovereign, I am aware of no fault or offence for which I have to render account to anyone here below.'   Mary, queen of Scots to her jailer, Sir Amyas Paulet; October 1586

gatorback

#242
September 04, 2008, 10:40:49 AM
Since Gustav gas prices have started to come down, but with the possiblity that Ike will make it into the Florida straight, you want to bet gas prices will stop falling...maybe reverse trend?
'As a sinner I am truly conscious of having often offended my Creator and I beg him to forgive me, but as a Queen and Sovereign, I am aware of no fault or offence for which I have to render account to anyone here below.'   Mary, queen of Scots to her jailer, Sir Amyas Paulet; October 1586

Jason

#243
September 04, 2008, 11:24:39 AM
Quote from: gatorback on September 03, 2008, 11:07:02 AM
Well, who didn't predict Hanna Montana turning North, but Ike a cat 4. already?  I underestimated Ike strengthening so much and so quickly.

Hopefully Ike doesn't pack quite the punch that its name suggests if/when it makes landfall.

Has anyone seen this site?

http://www.stormpulse.com/fullscreen/current

Great graphic on the storms.

gatorback

#244
September 04, 2008, 01:29:24 PM Last Edit: September 06, 2008, 08:00:36 PM by gatorback
Great.  Ike is heading straight to the GOF.   :-\
'As a sinner I am truly conscious of having often offended my Creator and I beg him to forgive me, but as a Queen and Sovereign, I am aware of no fault or offence for which I have to render account to anyone here below.'   Mary, queen of Scots to her jailer, Sir Amyas Paulet; October 1586

gatorback

#245
September 08, 2008, 10:24:34 AM
Yup.  Gas prices are headed back up now...I think this has been a pretty active season with 3 storms making US landfalls in the past 3 weeks.
'As a sinner I am truly conscious of having often offended my Creator and I beg him to forgive me, but as a Queen and Sovereign, I am aware of no fault or offence for which I have to render account to anyone here below.'   Mary, queen of Scots to her jailer, Sir Amyas Paulet; October 1586

gatorback

#246
September 09, 2008, 06:51:05 AM Last Edit: September 09, 2008, 07:00:32 AM by gatorback
Wow.  Ike is huge.  It is going to knock Texas out.   :o
'As a sinner I am truly conscious of having often offended my Creator and I beg him to forgive me, but as a Queen and Sovereign, I am aware of no fault or offence for which I have to render account to anyone here below.'   Mary, queen of Scots to her jailer, Sir Amyas Paulet; October 1586

reednavy

#247
September 09, 2008, 07:06:54 AM
Corpus Christi it is looking right now. Except, we could see a trend farther south, to agree with reliable model guidance. So, areas that got Dolly, may get the big daddy, Ike.
Jacksonville: We're not vertically challenged, just horizontally gifted!

gatorback

#248
September 10, 2008, 03:12:43 PM
Yup. Texas is going to get the big one as some models showing an increase to a cat 4 ! Austin is in the middle of Ike.
'As a sinner I am truly conscious of having often offended my Creator and I beg him to forgive me, but as a Queen and Sovereign, I am aware of no fault or offence for which I have to render account to anyone here below.'   Mary, queen of Scots to her jailer, Sir Amyas Paulet; October 1586

gatorback

#249
September 11, 2008, 05:07:17 AM Last Edit: September 11, 2008, 05:12:27 AM by gatorback
Well we are at the height of the Atlantic hurricane season and what an active season it has been.  It is all down hill from here.  :(
'As a sinner I am truly conscious of having often offended my Creator and I beg him to forgive me, but as a Queen and Sovereign, I am aware of no fault or offence for which I have to render account to anyone here below.'   Mary, queen of Scots to her jailer, Sir Amyas Paulet; October 1586

scaleybark

#250
September 12, 2008, 09:52:12 AM
It looks like this storm will be very disruptive to gasoline.  According to this mornings TU, many TX gasoline refineries will shut down for a few days, and wholesale prices for the gulf coast are already above $5.00/gallon.  According to Bloomberg.com, about 19% of US refining capacity is being shutdown before the storm hits.  http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=asJVNMXFF4yc&refer=home  There are reports that gas station chains in various areas are asking people to not purchase more than 8-10 gallons at a time.  http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&tab=wn&ned=us&nolr=1&q=gas+shortages+ike

Because of the size of the storm, forecasters are expecting the storm surge to be bad and to cover a large section of TX coastline.
The good news is that the storm winds are still only about 105 mph, so perhaps the inland effects will not be as bad as feared, and the gasoline refineries will come back online quickly.

gatorback

#251
September 12, 2008, 11:12:13 AM Last Edit: September 12, 2008, 11:22:58 AM by gatorback
 :o  Ike is so huge.  Austin is getting cloud bands from Ike and we're like over 400 hundreds of miles from the COC.  :o

Google's steet view of galveston, tx...I just don't see how with a 24 ft surge and 20 ft waves anything is going to be the same
'As a sinner I am truly conscious of having often offended my Creator and I beg him to forgive me, but as a Queen and Sovereign, I am aware of no fault or offence for which I have to render account to anyone here below.'   Mary, queen of Scots to her jailer, Sir Amyas Paulet; October 1586

thelakelander

#252
September 12, 2008, 08:40:40 PM
images taken in Galveston, TX about 10 hours ago.









more photos here: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?o=4&f=/n/a/2008/09/11/national/a103306D77.DTL
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Lunican

#253
September 12, 2008, 08:49:07 PM
Doesn't look good for Galveston. What's with the fire?

thelakelander

#254
September 12, 2008, 08:49:38 PM
Somebody's house.  I guess a transformer blew or something.
"A man who views the world the same at 50 as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life." - Muhammad Ali
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