Hurricane Isabel Targets Washington DC & NYC This Thursday

[althecat]

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0309/S00119.htm

Two new forecast paths for Hurricane Isabel show the storm crossing directly over either Washington DC or New York City on Thursday. Compared with forecasts run on Saturday 13th NZT, today's forecasts show the Hurricane arriving earlier (moving faster) and the track running further West, now clearly crossing the Eastern Seaboard coast. Please note: Hurricane paths are inherently volatile and so the track of the hurricane could still vary considerably. The National Hurricane Center is now predicting landfall in Chesapeake Bay, but leaves open the possibility of a landfall anywhere from South Carolina to Massachusetts.

The latest NOAA forecasts at the bottom of this page, which show a New Jersey landfall, indicate well over 100mm of rain can be expected over a wide area.

FORECAST FOR THURSDAY...(colour lines indicate rainfall.. over 6 hours)



SATELLITE IMAGE OF THE EYE OF ISABEL...

[Branjor]

1. Oh. my. gosh.

And here I sit in New Jersey. Will have to make sure I get in several days of food and some bottled water. And I hope my dog's special food arrives in the mail tomorrow - we are very low on it.

[loudnclear]

2. Oh, hell, we are schedules to leave on a cruise from NYC Thursday...!!!

Anyone out there from Carnival Cruise Lines with any info on the scheduled cruise for the Legend?

[pasadenaboy]

3. I know you guys probably don't believe it,

but if this thing lands in NYC, the insurance industry as you know it will go under.

[VolcanoJen]

4. DUPE: Please post any Updates in today's Isabel Thread

We're going to do one LBN Thread about Hurricane Isabel per day, and all storm track updates should be posted within that thread.

Here's the thread for Sunday, September 14:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=113796

Thanks!
VolcanoJen
DU Moderator