I am sick to hell of this damned storm already! I just checked the Hurricane Center website and TS Ivan even looks worse. I can see I am not pulling my shutters down this week. I want to see what comes of TS Ivan before I start up the ladder again. I am glad I got the two days off work but sitting on my *** watching Brandy & Mr. Whiskers with my six-year-old daughter is getting old QUICK!

 

Easy on the language! I feel the same way you do but unfortunately it's that time of year so we must put up with these stupid storms.

 

Man....We gotta' long way too go before this is outta here . What can I say ? Not much we can do about it other than wait it out , then get ready for Ivan !

 

Sorry, Wiz. Guess I am getting carried away with the howling wind and rain!

 

I hope you guys and gals all stay safe with little or no damage from these storms. Tim (IN)

 

Well I hate to be the bearer of REALLY BAD news but...Hurricane Ivan is gonna make things real interesting for the next few days. Already a Cat 4 and getting stronger.

You guys and gals batten down the hatches, hang on and stay safe.

John

 

Our Prayers are with all of you Floridians!!!
Michelle

 

these storms really hit home for me now, since having married into a southern family this past spring, i now have family in Florida, Georgia and North Carolina, i hope that they are all doing well and will be praying for all of you down there.

 

im moving out of this weather challenged burg.....this place sucks so much its not right......i think if i have to be without power or stay at reletives houses again imma be fed up

 

James it doesn't matter where ya live there is always something to screw uo a perfectly good weekend . When we lived in Michigan it was tornados and the nine months of winter ( seemed like it ) . Now I will agree a hurricane makes for a bad day at the beach . Just be glad ya had reletives too stay with . Now go get ready for Ivan

 

You know, what is happening now in fl. is the way it was in the 20-40. This is normal. Fl. has been in a lull for all most 50 years on weather problems the fun is just starting. It's going to be this way for some time.

 

Check this page out it tells you albout the hit we (FL) took from the 1900-2000.
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/Landsea/deadly/index.html

 

Ivan is moving WNW at 9MPH with 165mph winds, cat 5, about 140mi from the Cayman Islands 5:15pm from TWC

 

Back in the late 80s I was taking a degree in History from Florida International University in Miami. As a ploy to show that there was some interest in weather history at FIU a bunch of the undergrads did research on hurricanes for the National Weather Service. Soon afterwards the Hurricane Center relocated to its current location on the campus of FIU. Soon after graduation I went through Andrew and was in the ironic situation of thinking, "...I should have known better than to stay here..."

 

Thanks for the interesting read Dog! One thing that stuck out was the lives lost decreased as you get to present day,But the damages went thru the roof. The way i look at it is "What does'nt kill us will make us stronger"!