Resilient Storm Fay Could Hit Florida a Third Time

[lovuian]

http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/49885/story.htm

Damage was light as Fay blustered diagonally across the peninsula. At 6 p.m. EDT (2200 GMT) the storm's center was over central Florida about 50 miles (85 km) south-southwest of Melbourne, the US National Hurricane Center said.

Tropical storms are powered by warm ocean waters and generally weaken quickly once they move ashore. Fay defied expectations by growing stronger over land.

"In fact, it is stronger than it has ever been so far," the hurricane forecasters noted in their advisory.

Fay's top sustained winds rose to 65 miles per hour (105 km per hour), making it slightly stronger than it was when it passed over the Florida Keys on Monday or when it came back ashore in southwest Florida on Tuesday.

The land in Fay's path was so warm and swampy that "it might not register that it's really land at this point," said Corey Walton, a hurricane support meteorologist at the Miami-based hurricane center.

The core of the storm was expected to move into the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday, possibly growing into a hurricane over the warm Gulf Stream current before curving back into north Florida on Thursday. It would become a hurricane if its sustained winds reach 74 mph (119 kph).
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WHOAH Florida Hang on

[notadmblnd]

1. You think it's just trying to make sure all the fires are out?

or has Fla's problem with fire the past few years passe?

[lovuian]

2. kicker is it when in a Tropicla Storm and going back as a

possible Hurricane

[angrycarpenter]

3. This damn thing is going to come right across me

If I need to evacuate there is no way. I have been laid off for three weeks now and I don't even have the money for a tank of gas. I filed for unemployment three weeks ago I have not received a check yet.
I called the office today and there is no one to take calls and the website is down.

I'll be OK. If my house gets blown away and I survive FEMA will help me out.:sarcasm: :scared: