Hurricane Ophelia

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Sep 12, 2005 | 03:15 AM

Tomcat7742

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Hurricane Ophelia

Have any of you guys ever seen a hurricane move so slowly? I can imagine that this storm is not helping with the shipping lanes from Florida up through North Carolina. I just wish it would get some legs on and move a little bit quicker so we can get it over with. Need the rain from it, it'll save me from watering my yard

- Chris

Sep 12, 2005 | 07:19 AM

Aftrmidnite

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My fear is it will move up the Cheasapeake Bay, and there water is warm enough to bump it up a notch or two. We could use the rain.

Sep 12, 2005 | 09:01 AM

WhëëlMå1

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I am just hoping it moves out to sea STAT! Ive got to fly to Atlanta later this week, and I dont need anything delaying my flight.

Sep 12, 2005 | 10:20 AM

Tomcat7742

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I love how this storm moves slow and it's constantly changing from tropical storm to hurricane. Now we're back to tropical storm, maybe it will find a way to become a nor'easter or something

love the name game.

No matter what the storm hits the coast at, if it moves this slow it can do some serious flooding and damage. Hopefully it will pick up in speed once it hit the land.

- Chris

Sep 12, 2005 | 12:38 PM

CowboyBilly9Mile

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Hurricane Betsy kept people in wonder too, and look what it did.

Sep 12, 2005 | 09:31 PM

AlfredB1979

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From: Alvin, Texas.

I forget which storm it was last year, but it may have been Ivan that hit land, made its way up as a depression over land then a front caught a piece of it and shot it back south towards and into the GofM.

Weird stuff.

Oh, on the gobal warming front, a decent chunk of the nothern USA is getting frost warnings and heavy snow already. Montana, Maine, NH, Vermont....you name it. Just look at the NOAA page.

Sep 12, 2005 | 11:40 PM

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Does anyone remember which Hurricane hit the West coast of Florida above Tampa, but not into the Panhandle, about 3 to 5 years ago. A lot of flooding from the storm surge, and wind damage also. Work told me I needed to be ready to roll in 26 hours on that one, and never even heard of it before then. Was impressed the folks got no or late warnings on that one.