Hurricane Felix

[malaise]

http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/tracking/at200706_sat.html#a_topad

Central America get ready.

[bluerum]

1. Yeah - its a category 1 already. Just kind of sprung up down there.

[malaise]

2. Northern Belize is already a disaster from Dean

Thankfully we are likely to escape this one.

[Warpy]

3. There's one behind it, too

Check out the view off the African coast.

People on the Yucatan are having the same kind of year Florida had in 2004.

[malaise]

4. Early days for that one

but it looks more likely to go through the Leewards - never good news for Florida.

[bluerum]

5. Yes. That is more typical. Starting as a disturbance off the coast of Africa.

AFAIK Felix started in the Caribbean and escalated rather quickly in those warm waters.

[RL3AO]

6. I'm starting to get an bad feeling about this storm.

Mitch killed 12,000 when it hit Honduras. Fifi killed 8,000 in Honduras.