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Brotherjohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-05 01:26 PM Original message |
Hurricane Dennis ain't lookin' good. I don't want another Ivan this soon! |
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tk2kewl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-05 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. Batten down the hatches and hang in there. |
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Boomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-05 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
2. Stormy decades ahead |
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DisassemblingHisLies (273 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-05 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
3. *hug for Brotherjohn* |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-05 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
4. Will Gitmo be gotmo? |
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Brotherjohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-05 01:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. I was wondering that. Is Gitmo on that peninsula about to be swiped? nt |
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amazona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-05 01:45 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. i read they are taking some precautions |
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Gruenemann (753 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-05 01:51 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. No, Gitmo is near the eastern tip, not west. eom |
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amazona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-05 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
5. no such thing as a "one in a lifetime" storm |
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Brotherjohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-05 01:50 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. I guess I meant "once in a lifetime" for that strong, at this exact... |
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Dudley_DUright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-05 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
6. Sorry you are under the gun again BJ (and it is only the start of July!) |
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bullimiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-05 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
7. crap that looks like its right where it left off last year. |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-05 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
8. Is it too late to get out??? |
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Brotherjohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-05 01:55 PM Response to Reply #8 |
26. Well, there's work (I can't just leave today). Although we've thought of. |
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paula777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-05 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
9. What do you guys do in this situation? Do you get in a basement or |
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Dudley_DUright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-05 01:42 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Very few basements in FL |
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ihaveaquestion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-05 01:44 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Shut the shutters or board up the windows and evacuate. |
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paula777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-05 01:47 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. So what do you do? Go the the library or something? Where do you |
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amazona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-05 01:49 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. you evacuate 100 miles or more to the north usually |
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paula777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-05 01:52 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Well in the movies everyone goes to the library in a crisis |
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ihaveaquestion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-05 03:21 PM Response to Reply #19 |
40. At least 100 miles! |
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amazona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-05 01:47 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. basement and bathtubs? You're thinking of tornados! |
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Brotherjohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-05 01:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
27. We rode Ivan out in the only interior closet in our house (a big closet). |
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paula777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-05 02:01 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Good luck man, that sounds really scary. |
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TX-RAT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-05 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
10. We go to Destin Fla every fall |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-05 01:54 PM Response to Reply #10 |
25. we go in the spring. i love destin n/t |
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TX-RAT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-05 02:09 PM Response to Reply #25 |
34. Do you stay off of Old 98? |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-05 05:06 PM Response to Reply #34 |
49. right on the beach |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-05 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
12. "broken levee blues" |
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Brotherjohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-05 02:02 PM Response to Reply #12 |
31. Luckily, we live at about ther highest elevation on the coast. |
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Miami Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-05 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
14. I hope Dennis doesn't affect you like Ivan did |
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denese (247 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-05 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
21. as a fellow Floridian |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-05 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
24. my brother and his daughter in mobile. 5 days out |
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Brotherjohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-05 01:59 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Mobile is at real risk too. It's just a bit to the west, although further |
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funkybutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-05 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
29. We're worried here in New Orleans too |
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Brotherjohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-05 02:04 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. I hope N.O. never gets that worst case scenario. It's my hometown. |
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GumboYaYa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-05 03:14 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. No ill will to you BrotherJohn, but I agree. |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-05 05:11 PM Response to Reply #29 |
50. Yes, that's what I've been seeing. |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-05 05:31 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. The uncertainty principal at work... |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-05 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
33. Is it Category 3 yet? |
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Pithy Cherub (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-05 02:16 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. My local weather wimp ( L.A., CA) just said sustained winds at 105 mph. |
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ihaveaquestion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-05 03:29 PM Response to Reply #33 |
43. Max Sustained Winds of 105 mph = Cat-2 |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-05 04:11 PM Response to Reply #33 |
48. It is now a Cat 3 - 115mph |
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peacebaby3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-05 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
36. I'm right across the bay from Mobile! |
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Corgigal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-05 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
38. screw that |
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Brotherjohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-05 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
39. UPDATE to ALL: Change of plans! If the forecast holds, we're leaving! |
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LizW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-05 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
41. Are you in Pensacola, Brotherjohn? |
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Brotherjohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-05 03:24 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Yep. I just went to get gas. Lines EVERYWHERE. |
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LizW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-05 03:40 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. We're in Birmingham |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-05 04:02 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. Dennis up to Cat 3 - 115mph now...Plywood goes up tomorrow... |
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funkybutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-05 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
44. Better book your hotel and get those reservations b/c |
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peacebaby3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-05 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
45. I have family about 3 hours NE and will go there if it gets bad. |
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ihaveaquestion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-05 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
52. Dennis is now a MAJOR Catagory 3 |
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shawmut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-05 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
53. Almost a cat 4, winds up the 130mph |
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