http://www.goes.noaa.gov/browsh3.html

Visitors to the keys have been ordered out as the keys come under a hurricane watch

Hope it stays west into the gulf and doest come east to my area

sorry for anyone in its path

yikes... that's starting to look mean. Take cover....

Keep your head down buddy! be safe all you florida and other states in it's path!

Arm bands, a rubber ring and a hard hat are in order :(


I hope it misses you bro...

It's all Mike AI's fault!! :nyanya:

Seriously though, hopes that everyone remains safe!

Why did I move to Florida?

Thanx man

unless it takes a hard right its going to end up in the gulf

so Mike AI and Sharkey could see this thing on their doorstep

or it could go further west then NO could see it

Water is warm in the gulf so it could get much stronger

:unsure:

I hate to wish this on anyone else, but I hope Dennis stays away from Tampa and New Orleans.

So I am pulling for Alabama!

Right now it looks like it's coming right up the west coast. I'm in Naples, right over the bridge from Marco Island, so we'll be getting pretty strong rain and wind unless it just moves a little to the west.

its shifting more and more east. this morning it was headed right for NO, now it looks like tampa.


Jamaica is getting pounded

http://hurricane.accuweather.com/hurricane...ic&storm=Dennis


already at 115 mph and it hasnt hit the gulf, and its moving with a head of steam.

Where is Tom Cruise when you need him? Surely he could solve this problem.

http://images.usatoday.com/life/_pho...ise-inside.jpg

Seriously, best of luck for those in the path, I hope it blows over as quickly and with as little damage as possible.

Last year taught me that being without utilities sucks even more then a tree through one's roof.

This year I have a 7500 KW generator that patches into my house's power grid through a panel in my garage. 30 gallons of fuel storage (about 6 days of 24/7 power). A one room portable A/C that is on wheels. Comcast cable for my main internet connection. Earthlink ADSL for backup internet. DirecTV for my main source of TV and Comcast cable for a backup.

I've also had all my remaining trees trimmed and upped my insurance to replacement cost since I've put a new roof on my house and remodeled the whole inside of my house.

I also have storm shutters for all openings to my house.

I figure I should be good to watch TV or listen to music, one room of A/C, and surf the internet in the middle of even a category 5 hurricane while all my neighbors sit in the dark bored and sweating in the heat pissed off about the noise from my generator.

I think this is about the best storm map since it shows wind speeds.
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_a...tswind120?large

Cleo...you are my hero! :rokk:
I've been "thinking about" getting the "earthquake survival kit" that is recommended for Southern California for 17 years. Someday....

Red...I'm hoping Dennis moves west. Far west.

So that would be a giant bowl of jelly that you sit on in the event of an earthquake as you sit there and jiggle as the ground beneath you wiggles?

Why do all the people I like live where Mother Nature plays bad games :(


Move to the North East of England, no summer - but no worries either :)

Oh, heaven's no, I already have *that*!! :yowsa:

I think I'm also supposed to have water, food, yanno...boring stuff like that. :D

Trev...if I moved to England you'd never get a bit of work done! :D

In all seriousness try and stay safe my friends :unsure:

Trev...if I moved to England you'd never get a bit of work done! :D [/b][/quote]
So very tempting :yowsa:

Trev...in all seriousness, I put Red through moderate heck in ICQ. The poor woman was reduced to sending me the URL to a weather map and saying "The hurricane is *here* and I live *here.*" She's going to get some serious weather, but unless Dennnis shifts, she won't get the full force.

I'm being funny as a survival tool..that "unless Dennis shifts" was scary.

(Red, don't read this!)

And Trev? I have always wanted a proper British tea. I've read James Herriot's books so many times I can quote them. :D
And after tea... :yowsa:

Trev...in all seriousness, I put Red through moderate heck in ICQ. The poor woman was reduced to sending me the URL to a weather map and saying "The hurricane is *here* and I live *here.*" She's going to get some serious weather, but unless Dennnis shifts, she won't get the full force.

I'm being funny as a survival tool..that "unless Dennis shifts" was scary.

(Red, don't read this!)

And Trev? I have always wanted a proper British tea. I've read James Herriot's books so many times I can quote them. :D
And after tea... :yowsa: [/b][/quote]
Red and Defiant are in my thoughts, as are all my friends on that side of the badness :(

Trev...in all seriousness, I put Red through moderate heck in ICQ. The poor woman was reduced to sending me the URL to a weather map and saying "The hurricane is *here* and I live *here.*" She's going to get some serious weather, but unless Dennnis shifts, she won't get the full force.

I'm being funny as a survival tool..that "unless Dennis shifts" was scary.

(Red, don't read this!)

And Trev? I have always wanted a proper British tea. I've read James Herriot's books so many times I can quote them. :D
And after tea... :yowsa: [/b][/quote]
After tea... I couldn't do that to a human, let alone a lady :awinky:

Cruise is good, but I think this one calls for the man.....

http://www.awrats.com/keanu.jpg

category 4 now

http://hurricane.accuweather.com/hurricane...ic&storm=Dennis

and heading right for cuba

"GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL STATION, Cuba - Packing devastating 135 mph winds, Hurricane Dennis tore down a guard tower at the U.S. detention camp for terror suspects as it stalked Cuba's south coast and prepared Friday to strike into the heart of the largest Caribbean island."

max sustained winds at 150 and heading nw

=(

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_a...html?3day?large

Oh there's a big part of me that is thinking ... Strap each of those Al Queda prisioners to a tree during this and "let Allah sort them out". :grrr:

http://hurricanecity.com/ is a very nice site for Hurricane info.