OT: Sorry East Coast...GERT may be heading your way

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I suppose "when it rains it pours" might be applicable : (

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Stay safe.

Mike

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-- Michael Taylor (mtdesign3@aol.com), September 18, 1999

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Hurricane Gert discussion report:

http://www.hwn.org/hadt44us.htm

Critt Wilmington, North Carolina

-- Critt Jarvis (critt@critt.com), September 18, 1999.

Michael,

That's the best graphic I've seen of hurricane location. What's the URL for that site?

-- de (delewis@XOUTionetone.net), September 18, 1999.


Gert is NOT forecast to hit the EC of the US. Scaring people needlessly is somewhat childish don't you think?

Hurricane Gert may threaten Bermuda 5 a.m. ET, Saturday

MIAMI (AP)--Powerful Hurricane Gert weakened a bit as it moved northwest across the open Atlantic Friday, its path forecast to possibly threaten Bermuda--but bypass the East Coast.

Gert whipped up 125 mph winds about 835 miles south-southeast of Bermuda, dipping below the minimum 131 mph winds of Category 4 status, said Martin Nelson, lead forecaster at the National Hurricane Center.

Gert was weakened by a mid-Atlantic trough and is not expected to change strength through Saturday. It earlier had 145 mph winds, making it the fourth Category 4 storm of the Atlantic season

The storm was moving north-northwest at 9 mph and could threaten Bermuda by Monday.

At 5 a.m. EDT, Gert's center was located near 22.2 north latitude and 57.4 west longitude. Gert had maximum sustained winds of 125, with hurricane force winds extending up to 120 miles from the center, and tropical storm force winds up to 230 miles.

-- Gordon (g_gecko_69@hotmail.com), September 18, 1999.


Hey Mike, mind changing the heading on this thread?

-- BB (peace2u@bellatlantic.net), September 18, 1999.

Nice map, Mike, thanks. We're a bit gun-shy and keeping our eye on Gert. Those of us who have lived around hurricanes know they're not nearly as predictable as Floyd.

A more likely weather problem, though, is the disturbance over Florida which is forecast to dump more rain on the East Coast floods. Many rivers and creeks in North Carolina have not yet crested.

-- Old Git (anon@spamproblems.com), September 18, 1999.



http://kauai.nrlmry.navy.mil:/sat-bin/tc_home

here's the homepage......

-- (nobody@nowhere.com), September 18, 1999.


Like that map too, Michael.

(Collecting map URL's as a new hobby).

;-D

Just what the EC needs... more water. Bummer.

Diane

-- Diane J. Squire (sacredspaces@yahoo.com), September 18, 1999.


"MAY BE HEADING YOUR WAY." "We may have an earthquake too." Hoping we don't and hoping Gert doesn't come your way.

-- bardou (bardou@baloney.com), September 18, 1999.

sheesh... sensitivity on the board seems to be peaking.

de, the url is http://kauai.nrlmry.navy.mil:80/sat-bin/tc_home

Yep, the Navy.

I've never thought of myself as a scare monger before. Thanks for the heads up. In essence, I was trying to give friends on the board a little advance warning. The Navy is the group plotting the course of the hurricane and I've been watching for the last few days. So far, they've been dead on.

Again, sorry if I caused any undue fear. I'll try not to write about banking as well in the future.

Best wishes,

Mike

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-- Michael Taylor (mtdesign3@aol.com), September 18, 1999.


Michael, one of our favorite regulars, post as much about whatever as often as you like!

We posted map Links from that Navy site re Floyd, got the info from csy2k, great tracking. Forewarning is what this Forum is all about. Thank you!

-- Ashton & Leska in Cascadia (allaha@earthlink.net), September 18, 1999.



Michael,

Great information. Thanks!

Scarlett :^)

-- Scarlett (kevinr@sprintmail.com), September 18, 1999.


UPDATE: http://kauai.nrlmry.navy.mil:80/rtrurl/al091999.gif.99091818.gif Hope they're right!!! Mike ==================================================================

-- Michael Taylor (mtdesign3@aol.com), September 18, 1999.

Mike, keep informing us, that's what this forum is about.

FEMA's tracking map. The lines represent the eyes of the hurricanes.

souce: http://www.fema.gov/hu99/tkmap2.htm

-- Better Be (PreparedTh@an.sorry), September 18, 1999.


Yes, by all means keep us informed. Loved the map and url. Just don't misinform us. Thanks

-- ..... (....@.....), September 18, 1999.

yup- reliable info is good- but needless scares is a no-no- we on the east coast are very touchy about huricaines at this point. We had between 7.5-10 inches of rain- power is still out across large areas of the state, trees are down, etc. I was out assessing the damage in the field before- lost much of my cider apple crop; that's the worst of it. Not too bad all things considered......we were all joking at the Farmer's market today about a new variety of corn we're all growing now called "sideways corn"- ha ha.....also sideways brussel sprouts, sideaways brocolli, etc......well-we needed the rain...

-- farmer (hillsidefarm@drbs.net), September 18, 1999.


maybe this'll work Better Be... Nature provides such irony. First the drought and now hurricanes. By the way, along with friends I have in the area my twin brother lives in D.C. so I'm very, very concerned. Even if this hits as a tropical storm it would be bad : ( Mike =================================================================

-- Michael Taylor (mtdesign3@aol.com), September 18, 1999.

Good, keep heading north. We don't need any more rain here in NJ, at least not right now, thank you very much! Come back next month, as a nice little tropical storm. <:)=

(I never thought that I would be saying this, a few months ago!)

-- Sysman (y2kboard@yahoo.com), September 18, 1999.


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