Florida DUers - keep an eye on TD9

[malaise]

http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/tracking/at201209_model.html?MR=1

[DrDan]

1. that red track goes right over my house . . . .

[malaise]

2. I'm assuming that track will change

because eastern Florida will be quite fugged if Isaac takes that path.
The worst part of that red track is that it comes from the most accurate forecaster- GFS

[DrDan]

33. sure hope so - that high in the Atlantic will be the key

[steve2470]

3. goes very near me also, ugh but we do need the rain nt

[monmouth]

6. Right over me also...n/t

[DonRedwood]

21. I hope it misses you guys :0(

[Renew Deal]

31. Nice post Castro!

[DrDan]

32. lol - well, a tad to the north of that

[greytdemocrat]

4. Watching...

This is the 1st one this year that has my attention. The others have been, thankfully forgettable!

[HockeyMom]

5. We have reservations next Tuesday in the Keys

The hotel has already charged our credit card. I really hope if it hits there they give us another date at the SAME RATE.

Even if we stay home, the models show if it hits the Keys, it will hit us in Naples too.

[malaise]

7. Call them and ask for their hurricane policy

call before the excitement begins.

[HockeyMom]

12. Good point.

thanks.

[FLSurfer]

8. Thanks Malaise. Saw this one yesterday.

This one may bear watching. The sooner it turns the better.

[trumad]

9. Yep

Here it comes.

[HopeHoops]

10. The blue track's heading for the Cayman Islands. Coincidence?

[Berlum]

11. Is this the storm they've named Issac?

Issace has an interesting tale in the Bible. the name apparently means "he laughs."

[malaise]

13. LOL

Will be Isaac

[Berlum]

14. Then this could be Jehovah's Revenge on the Republican Pharisees who debauched the Sea of Galilee

Issac comes to exact Divine Retribution on Republican Pharisees and their Tampa convention for having had the gall to pretend they actually heed the words of tHe loRd, but hold fast to diaper sex with hookers, and Galilee De-bauch-erey!

Republican Sinners in the Hands of an Angry Godde (or Goddess, or whatever ya got).

[malaise]

15. I have a nephew in Tampa

Neither of us want a hurricane in Tampa but we would enjoy ReTHUG chaos as they run around like headless chickens not sure what to do

[ananda]

17. The Feds could send them all FEMA trailers..

.. so they'd know what it was like after Katrina.

[HopeHoops]

16. It's just a tropical depression now. I hadn't heard that they'd named it.

[William769]

18. All part of Florida living.

I survived Andrew, barely (lost everything). Moved to North Fort Myers, survived Charley. This too shall pass.

[malaise]

19. My sis and her family survived Andrew

It doesn't get much worse than that

[Baclava]

20. this one has potential

?346735737

[malaise]

22. Now Tropical Storm Isaac

Pay attention folks

[Baclava]

23. it's all about THE CONE

and the Spaghetti

[malaise]

24. I'm in it

Damn!

[Baclava]

25. It's a big cone

everybody in FL is in it for now

[darkangel218]

26. me too.

But I'm in central FL, so we won't get it so bad.

[malaise]

27. Get your documents and valued

photos into plastic containers.
Be prepared.

[darkangel218]

28. I know, ill get ready

But I won't panic much. I've been through Wilma, 2 weeks without electricity, that one was bad. Worst can happen is another couple weeks w/o power and shortage of gasoline. No biggie

[malaise]

30. Those of us in the hurricane belt who prepare

do not panic.

[malaise]

37. The hurricane is usually the leat of our problems

It's the lack of electricity and water after - the dislocation. That's what we prepare for - indeed we've learned to make it as comfortable as possible

[trumad]

39. That's what we said about Charley...

[greytdemocrat]

29. The only "good" thing...

from a US perspective is the models seem to agree on pulling
the storm over the mountains of DR/Haiti and then again over Cuba.


This will bring those countries heavy rain and probable flash floods/mud slides. BUT it will stop the storm from becoming a monster. Hopefully. You can never tell.


I'm getting ready already, just in case.

[pipi_k]

34. Florida weddings

in August are always tricky.

My oldest niece is getting married this coming Saturday in/near Orlando.

I think they'll just squeak by with some wind and rain before the real nasty stuff starts.

She should have held it up here in Mass (where she lives) where it will be 83 and mostly sunny.

[ananda]

35. Latest news with tracking forecast.. headed straight for Florida.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/79973.html

[NightWatcher]

38. time to finish building my arc, Jacksonville has had a ton of rain this summer

the past two days it has put down 2'' each day and we are already water logged with the rest of the nation in drought. I think the Tropic Belt has expanded towards the poles and we are now part of The Tropics. It would make sense with the drought that is going on in the South and middle of the country. Most of the planet's deserts are just outside of the tropical zone. We are super swampy and overwhelmed by mosquitoes, I'm glad I already take an anti-malaria medication.

[Baclava]

41. eventually

[Baclava]

47. it's flaky on the outside and nutty with honey on the inside

I lived in Greece for a year - that's where I found it

[davidpdx]

42. It's already started to shift west

If it continues that direction it's headed for the Gulf. I hope it doesn't hit NO. The last thing we need is for them to get hit by another powerful storm again.

[TBF]

43. We've got rain predicted all weekend here in Houston -

just got back from vacation so I really hope it doesn't come quite this far west. I really don't feel like loading the car up again ...

[davidpdx]

44. I don't think it will swing that far

The Gulf area doesn't need anymore bad news through. The last seven years haven't been good.

I just found out we may be in for a typhoon here in Korea. The damn thing maybe as strong as a category 3. It's still along way away (it hasn't even come close to Okinawa yet) so we are talking next Tuesday.

Since I've been here we've had a couple come all the way up to Seoul. One in September 2010 was bad. Then we had one in July that came close. This one could be much worse than the others.

If anyone's looking for me I'm going to tie myself to a lamppost in Incheon so I can get the full brunt of the storm.

[TBF]

45. Well if we hear about typhoons in Korea I

will be thinking of you! Growing up in the midwest we used to ride out the tornadoes in our basements, but Houston is below sea level (and I'm south of the city) so we load up and drive north west for a few hours.

When you come back after 4-5 days it's freaky like a ghost town with store shelves nearly empty and gas stations closed.

[greytdemocrat]

49. Looks like...

The Tampa area is mostly in the clear unless the track shifts again to the east. I'm in Sarasota and I'm sure we'll get some heavy bands and some wind but this is already looking to be a miss for SW Florida.

[Baclava]

50. clear of a direct hit anyway, I still worry about it blowing up in the gulf

Hurricane tracing models don't do well with intensity forecasts