Hurricane Season 2004

[Rob]

Ivan is now a category 5.

[Vator]

Oh, c'mon Zod! Why not tell everyone the good news?

Ivan is going to constantly juggle it's intensity between a 4 and a 5!

Seriously, at any rate, this hurricane is going to be a major headache for the Southeastern US. Expect Ivan to remain a major Hurricane till US land fall...

[Jeff]

Dang.

There's gonna be nothing left of Florida at this rate!  When was the last time that FLA was threatened with 3 big storms in a row over a single month like this? 

Charlie (Cat 4-5)
Frances (Cat 2-3)
Ivan (Cat 4-5)

Jeff

[Vator]

Not within the last 150 years!

And what's bad for Florida is bad for us, since we always get the Flordian backwash...

[Darthshader]

I cannot even begin to express how SICK of this hurricane crap I am!!!!

Charley damaged my home, (just $2000) Francis damaged one of my work trucks, and this has killed my business for the rest of the season. Moved most of the contents of my home to a safer location, but cannot move anything home until we see what Ivan is going to do. (I live in a mandantory evacuation area, twice I have been told to leave my home) This is going on 5 weeks with no work, I am about to snap. I am physically ok, but pretty stressed. Almost ready to go O Ren on somebody....   Being without power for a week at a time in the Florida heat is enough to make a person crazy.

There HAS to be SOME explanation why these storms are hitting this area like this.  I have lived in Florida over 30 years, I've never heard of this happening before, anywhere.  I am thankful that damage was not worse for me, but PLEASE! ENOUGH!!

But here I am, checking in and venting a little. Hope all the rest of my Florida friends are ok. (Just checked on Karma, she is ok too) For any of you that might be in future hurricane paths, heed the warnings and PREPARE. Thanks for all of you that cared enough to think of our struggle.

[Jeff]

Good luck with Ivan, Sharon!  I hope this time the storm misses you!

Jeff

[Rob]

Oh, c'mon Zod! Why not tell everyone the good news?

How about some more bad news...

http://hurricanealley.net/Storms/09L.html

Winds at 350 feet above sea level measured at 210 mph.

[Vator]

Yes Darthshader, there is a reason that this season seems to have a lot more activity for Florida.

You see, the last 30 or so years have seen a lull in hurricane activity. However, the pattern is changing, and it looks like this season is going to be quite active.

So far, everything has gone according to the forcast that calls for 3-4 major storms. Not only that, the last 5 years have been very calm, contrast that with this year and I'm sure it would seem like there has been a HUGE spike in activity.

Storms to Locations thus far in the US....

Let's see....

Florida: Bonnie, Charley, Frances

Georgia: Bonnie, Charley, Frances

South Carolina/North Carolina: Alex, Bonnie, Charley, Gaston, Frances

Virginia: Alex, Bonnie, Gaston, Frances

At anyrate, I wish all my fellow Southeasterners the best of luck with Ivan. Especially Florida, since, well you've taken a harsh beating this last month.

[Vator]

Oh, c'mon Zod! Why not tell everyone the good news?

How about some more bad news...

http://hurricanealley.net/Storms/09L.html

Winds at 350 feet above sea level measured at 210 mph.

Saw that in the 11 o'clock advisory. He's living up to his Russian Counterpart, that's for sure...

[DSJ™]

Found this picture of Ivan on the Astronomy Picture of the Day Archive.   

Above the Eye of Hurricane Ivan:

Ninety percent of the houses on Grenada were damaged. Such is the destructive force of Hurricane Ivan, already one of the most powerful and destructive hurricanes on record. And the storm will likely make landfall in southern USA tomorrow. Ivan is the currently the third - and largest - hurricane set to strike the US this hurricane season. The swirling eye of Hurricane Ivan was photographed above from the orbiting International Space Station (ISS) on Saturday as the storm's sustained 200 kilometer per hour winds wreaked havoc in the Caribbean. The bad news is that hurricane season in the Atlantic typically lasts until November 30, still over two months away. The more immediate bad news is that tropical storm Jeanne is next in line coming across the mid-Atlantic Ocean and could pass Puerto Rico sometime today.




Holy ****!

[Darthshader]

Ivan is going to miss my area, but best wishes for those in it's path. Please take care of yourselves, and prepare!

[Scott]

Good luck to everyone in the Gulf...my thoughts and prayers will be with you.  We should all pray Ivan does not hit New Orleans, sounds like that could be the worst disaster in US history

[Vator]

Nah, no way this will be worse than the Galveston Hurricane of 1900...8000 people aren't gonna die.

[Vator]

Ivan was a killer. Just about 10 people died in my area.

Lot's of wind damage, but not much rain.