Stay Away Hurricane Ike

Posted by on September 07th 2008 to Weather  Tagged , , ,
Stay Away Hurricane Ike

 
Although hurricane season while living in or traveling to the south is part of life, no one likes to hear that a storm is coming their way. People rush to the nearest store to stock their homes with water, flashlights and the typical hurricane supplies (and yes, that includes supplies for that ever famous hurricane party) and the shelves are often bare. As word was out that there was no way to avoid Ike, I managed to remain calm and keep my plans for the week, yet remained glued to the TV hoping to catch word of any changes that …read more

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Strong Storms Move Through Florida

Posted by on April 16th 2007 to Warnings, Weather  Tagged , ,
Strong Storms Move Through Florida

I can’t help but think about the coming hurricane season and wonder if these storms are preparing us for what’s to come?? And then there is the fact that my sister is in Florida as we speak. Hopefully she was able to dodge the tornadoes.
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Scary choice: Stay or go

Posted by on August 29th 2006 to Warnings, Weather  Tagged , , ,
Scary choice: Stay or go

“Mandatory hurricane evacuation orders prompt such a low percentage of residents of vulnerable areas to leave, some are suggesting emergency officials should try to scare people into leaving.
“One thing we can do is to make them appreciate what storms can do to their homes,” said Dr. Jay Baker, a sociologist at Florida State University and one of the nation’s ranking experts on emergency response. “Telling people specific results is better than simple evacuation orders. We need to make them understand how horrible it will be to be in their house with the water at a certain height. People need to …read more

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“Ernesto threatens Southwest Florida (My corner of Florida)

Posted by on August 28th 2006 to Southern Byways, Weather  Tagged , , ,
“Ernesto threatens Southwest Florida (My corner of Florida)

“Hurricane watch issued for Keys, path remains uncertain
Local leaders are keeping a close eye on Ernesto as projected paths Sunday placed the region, once again, in the storm’s cross hairs.
”It certainly looks like it’s going to impact a significant portion of Florida before it’s all over,” said Max Mayfield, the director of the National Hurricane Center.
Officials issued a hurricane watch for the Florida Keys, where evacuations began Sunday.
Portions of the Florida peninsula — including Charlotte and Sarasota counties — could be placed under a hurricane watch as well.”
And that is exactly where my house is… Charlotte County. Here we go …read more

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Chris Could Become a Hurricane

Posted by on August 02nd 2006 to Weather  Tagged , , ,
Chris Could Become a Hurricane

“Chris could become a hurricane later today or tonight,” the Miami-based hurricane center said in a bulletin. It would be so designated if sustained winds reach 74 mph (119 kph).”
Don’t like the sound of that. When Charlie went through, we thought that we had all the coverage we needed. Apparently not. The two biggest trees that you see in the photo, landed smack right in the middle of our pool cage. That wasn’t covered. It cost us a lot of money! Now we will just have to sit tight and wait and see what happens next. I was beginning to …read more

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Hurricane Center Predicts 4-6 Major Storms

Posted by on May 24th 2006 to Southern Byways, Warnings, Weather  Tagged , ,
Hurricane Center Predicts 4-6 Major Storms

MIAMI – There will be four to six major hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico this season, the National Hurricane Center predicted Monday.
There will be up to 16 named storms, the center predicted, which would be significantly less than last year’s record 27.
I wonder how they can come up with these numbers? And can you believe that there were 27 of them last year??
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