Thanks, Old, yeah. And send somebody over to fix my AC, wil ya?
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#4487911 - 08/30/1901:48 AMRe: Hurricane Dorian Not Likely To Hit Florida as a Cat 2 but rather as a Strong Cat 3
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#4487934 - 08/30/1912:54 PMRe: Hurricane Dorian Not Likely To Hit Florida as a Cat 2 but rather as a Strong Cat 3
[Re: Haggart]
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I think by Saturday evening we will know pretty well where the storm will be heading to before it hits land but either way I'm well prepared. I've lived in FL since I was 4 so I know the drill.
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#4487935 - 08/30/1901:00 PMRe: Hurricane Dorian Not Likely To Hit Florida as a Cat 2 but rather as a Strong Cat 3
[Re: Haggart]
There was only 16 squadrons of RAF fighters that used 100 octane during the BoB. The Fw190A could not fly with the outer cannon removed. There was no Fw190A-8s flying with the JGs in 1945.
#4487938 - 08/30/1901:04 PMRe: Hurricane Dorian Not Likely To Hit Florida as a Cat 2 but rather as a Strong Cat 3
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Originally Posted by rwatson
but still a nice state
It surely must be since people keep moving here in droves.
Check this out:
Florida population
1990 13 million 2000 15.3 million 2010 18.7 million 2018 21.3 million
Florida is now third in population behind California and Texas.
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#4487939 - 08/30/1901:08 PMRe: Hurricane Dorian Not Likely To Hit Florida as a Cat 2 but rather as a Strong Cat 3
[Re: Haggart]
Quote PM "It surely must be since people keep moving here in droves. "
Yep PM but I'm still an old New England Yankee..Love a couple feet of snow..once you accept you ain't going out it's easy
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#4487953 - 08/30/1902:31 PMRe: Hurricane Dorian Not Likely To Hit Florida as a Cat 2 but rather as a Strong Cat 3
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Originally Posted by rwatson
Yep PM but I'm still an old New England Yankee..Love a couple feet of snow..once you accept you ain't going out it's easy
The climate isn't the main reason why so many people are coming to Florida. It's essentially hot job market + no state income tax. That's a killer combo for bringing in people.
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#4487954 - 08/30/1902:46 PMRe: Hurricane Dorian Not Likely To Hit Florida as a Cat 2 but rather as a Strong Cat 3
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A good article mikew and even the NHC acknowledges the uncertainties which may always remain. No doubt Hurricane forecasting has saved a lot of lives and property over the decades and the evolution of the models have played a huge role in that. Regardless if one model is preferred over another for the various reasons I'm sure that evolution continues. Thanks for posting.
Here is one point from the hurricane discussion this morning worth noting for those of you in Florida if you haven't seen this yet:
5: am ......."After day 3, steering currents collapse as a break develops in the ridge, and Dorian will likely slow down considerably as it approaches the Florida peninsula. There is more spread among the deterministic models and their ensemble members during that time, with disagreement on exactly when and where Dorian will turn northwestward and northward on days 4 and 5. That being said, the tracks of the simple and corrected consensus models on this cycle did not warrant much change to the official NHC forecast, with perhaps just a slight southward adjustment on days 3 and 4. The biggest concern will be Dorian's slow motion when it is near Florida, placing some areas of the state at an increasing risk of a prolonged, drawn-out event of strong winds, dangerous storm surge, and heavy rainfall.
11:00 am ...... NHC ......"the NHC forecast calls for additional intensification, and Dorian is expected to become an extremely dangerous major hurricane soon with additional strengthening likely as it heads for the northwestern Bahamas and the Florida peninsula"
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#4487956 - 08/30/1902:55 PMRe: Hurricane Dorian Not Likely To Hit Florida as a Cat 2 but rather as a Strong Cat 3
[Re: Haggart]
I understand that PM but I'm retired so don't need a job and don't pay income tax and couldn't take the skeeters the size of B-17's and when I visited the mother in law worrying about what the thing was that made noises under her modular home foundation and an occasional gator roaming up from the park pond,,She lived in Ft.Pierce
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#4487958 - 08/30/1903:01 PMRe: Hurricane Dorian Not Likely To Hit Florida as a Cat 2 but rather as a Strong Cat 3
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Ok, fair enough rwatson.
I live in a heavily urbanized area so no worries about alligators getting me.
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#4487966 - 08/30/1903:27 PMRe: Hurricane Dorian Not Likely To Hit Florida as a Cat 2 but rather as a Strong Cat 3
[Re: Haggart]
Good on you PM Just saw a golfer concentrating on his shot and a gator passed by he didn't notice the gator and the gator paid no mind to him..Around here all we have id coons,,woodchucks and deer as my puppy lets me know around 3 am when they are in the yard,,So I take her out and let her raise hell and chase them off ..Lost mt last pup when he went ballistic and I got up and went to the bathroom an he blew through the window screen and the lattice on the deck...Cops found him later nailed by a car But got a mini pincer a couple days later Small but mighty.It ain't the size of the dog in the fight but the size of the fight in the dog...She will tear your ankles up if you mess with me
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#4488047 - 08/31/1901:15 PMRe: Hurricane Dorian Not Likely To Hit Florida as a Cat 2 but rather as a Strong Cat 3
[Re: Haggart]
I was moved by a sight I had on the way in to work today. A convoy of 15-20 Powerline/Phone trucks, all headed to Florida. My understanding is that over 100 local Oncor (Power) workers have already left to Florida to assist in any repairs.
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#4488054 - 08/31/1902:11 PMRe: Hurricane Dorian Not Likely To Hit Florida as a Cat 2 but rather as a Strong Cat 3
[Re: Haggart]
that's a good reason too to start a post about a Hurricane so Panzer will see the post at SimHQ and know it's coming toward Florida as i suspect that Panzer might be playing a Sim on his computer and might not realize a storm is coming
11:00 am .... max sustained winds at time of sample 150 mph. Moving west at 8 mph. "Dorian's satellite presentation is outstanding with a distinct eye of about 15 n mi in diameter"
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#4488078 - 08/31/1907:24 PMRe: Hurricane Dorian Not Likely To Hit Florida as a Cat 2 but rather as a Strong Cat 3
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