On hurricane Ivan
 

Being from a rather large city near the gulf coast of Texas I have seen my fair share of hurricanes. Lemme tell you people who don't know, it sucks. Power goes out, people get hurt, streets are flooded, houses are flooded. It's an altogether not-fun event. I know that the Nuklear Power gang live in Florida, and that Florida has seen more than enough hurricanes lately. That being the case my heartfelt wish for you guys is that it shifts to us instead of you. Ivan is shaping up to be pretty bad (Honestly, what did you expect from a hurricane named Ivan? Anything named Ivan is bound to mess something up. Ex. Ivan the Horrible/Terrible or whatever) and I know that things are rough for Florida right now. So in an unprecedented act of kindness I am going to attempt to control the weather to bring the hurricane here. Don't be angry if it doesn't work... i'm a busy girl.

That aside, good luck to you guys.

I know of a guy that lives in Melbourne, FL. and LOVES hurricanes. Something about the "mass destruction, chaos, and death" that just gives him a friggin' hardon every time. I think he is a lot like BM. :bmage:

On a side note:

From the National Weather Service

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BULLETIN
HURRICANE IVAN ADVISORY NUMBER 29
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 AM AST THU SEP 09 2004

...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS HURRICANE IVAN HEADING FOR JAMAICA AND THE
WESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA...

AT 11 AM AST...THE GOVERNMENT OF JAMAICA HAS ISSUED A HURRICANE
WARNING FOR JAMAICA.

A HURRICANE WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR
THE ENTIRE SOUTHWEST PENINSULA OF HAITI FROM THE BORDER OF THE
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC WESTWARD...INCLUDING PORT AU PRINCE.

A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THE CAYMAN ISLANDS. A HURRICANE
WARNING WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED FOR THE CAYMAN ISLANDS LATER TODAY.

AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC HAS
ISSUED A HURRICANE WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE
BARAHONA PENINSULA FROM BARAHONA TO PERDENALES. A TROPICAL STORM
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF THE DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC FROM PALENQUE WESTWARD TO BARAHONA.

AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF CUBA HAS ISSUED A HURRICANE
WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN CUBA FROM THE PROVINCE OF MATANZAS
EASTWARD.

AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE HURRICANE WARNING FOR ARUBA...BONAIRE...
AND CURACAO AND ALL WARNINGS FOR VENEZUELA AND COLOMBIA HAVE BEEN
DISCONTINUED.

INTERESTS IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA SHOULD CLOSELY
MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF DANGEROUS HURRICANE IVAN.

AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE EYE OF HURRICANE IVAN WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 14.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 71.4 WEST OR ABOUT 430 MILES...
695 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF KINGSTON JAMAICA.

IVAN IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH
...24 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT
24 HOURS. ON THIS TRACK THE HURRICANE WILL BE NEARING JAMAICA ON
FRIDAY.

IVAN IS A EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY FIVE HURRICANE ON THE
SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE WIT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 160
MPH...260 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN
INTENSITY ARE EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 60 MILES... 95 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 160 MILES...260 KM.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 920 MB...27.17 INCHES.

STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...
ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE EXPECTED
NEAR THE CENTER OF IVAN IN THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING LIFE-
THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES...CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE
PATH OF IVAN.

REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...14.5 N... 71.4 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...160 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 920 MB.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.

AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 2 PM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 5 PM
AST.

More food for Thought
 

There has already been a little chatter about this but sence news is moving so fas may as well consider the thread on the other end of this link dead but it helps to keep up access.

Hurricane's Third Times the Charm

I'm seriously considering moving away from this hurricane magnet of a state after I get done with school.

I'm glad that i just moved out of there to VA for the next three years. but i hope i still have a house and friends to come back to after this ordeal. i miss florida :(

Meh mother nature it simply "Evening it out" First west coast got hit...then East... and now it's Central Florida's turn.

Ok joking aside...

IF IVan hit's us, it hit's us. We cant control nature. Power outage's suck... -_-
mega ass.... no A/C cuase's people to get cabin fever REALY fast.. -_-

At least to beat the cabin feaver you aren't seeing anyone making a metal glider and getting a long high tension cable to try surffing the Hurricane's air currents.

Projected path has Ivan's eye passing over my house at a Category 4-5

I have some plywood leftover from when the last noreaster collapsed my shed. :)

Either get out of there or make sure everything's bolted down. I'm hoping the best for you.