Wunderground Is Now Showing Hurricane Isaac to be a Category 1 on Monday

[JaneyVee]

And category 2 on Tuesday. It was originally on track to be a tropical storm. It has now been upgraded.

Residents of Florida and Gulf states be prepared and stay safe.

[a geek named Bob]

1. It's not rain

It's God pissing on the Republican Convention, from a great height.

[JaneyVee]

3. Tampa seems to be on the vicious side of the hurricane, the saw blade.

[a geek named Bob]

4. I really wish

my talents lay in building anti hurricane machines

[NCarolinawoman]

10. Yes. Upper right quadrant. n/t

[FarCenter]

13. Based on the previous theological pronouncements of many fundamentalist preachers

God is pissed with the Republicans.

[a geek named Bob]

14. ...and Pat Robertson was saying

That it's a perfectly normal exchange of winds and heating factors...

It's so much fun to watch the fundies back-peddle.

[nolabear]

2. And take it from an old hurricane-watcher, that leading edge isn't where you want to be.

I hope people stay safe. And I hope it screws with the GOP. But vibes for all, Cuba, Haiti, Florida, and on up into the States.

[a geek named Bob]

5. I remember being a really young kid

and having two of those monsters wonder through Fort Walton Beach...

VERY not fun!

[Botany]

7. a lot depends on the temp of the water in the Gulf of Mexico

If that water is warmer than normal then the storm can really grow in power .....
Katrina was a Cat 1 or 2 after it passed over Florida but because the Gulf of
Mexico was so warm it grew to category 5 by the time it made landfall in
Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana.

The mayor Tampa might have to postpone the RNC for a few days because the
last thing he needs is 25,000 extra people in town if the storm hits w/ hurricane
force.

Best wishes to all in the storm's path and that they stay safe.

[nolabear]

9. Right now the temp is 87 degrees. 80 is the point at which it becomes a problem.

So if it doesn't lose some strength when it goes over Cuba and Haiti things could be intense.

[Botany]

11. I seem to remember that the water in the gulf was >88 degrees for Katrina

but I might be wrong ...... thanx for the info


I can't tell but it looks like the worst will hit the Florida panhandle area ..... but
all of that is speculation ..... although they have gotten much better @ predicting
a hurricanes' path .... all that science, satellite, and computer modeling stuff.

[TBF]

6. This time of year I never let my tank get below half-empty

they can turn ... Ike was a Cat 4 when it hit Galveston in 2008.

[JaneyVee]

8. Memo to GOP:

State of Emergency, preparations, information and evacuation plans etc. brought to you by "Big Government."

[ProdigalJunkMail]

12. gonna go right over mom and pops

they are near Destin...

sP