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Hurricane Ivan
Sep. 14th, 2004 08:33 amOh joy... from Weather.com
Ivan puts northern Gulf Coast in crosshairs
8:47 A.M. ET Tue.,Sep.14,2004
Buzz Bernard, Sr. Meteorologist, The Weather Channel
Extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 155 mph as of 7 a.m. ET
Mandatory evacuations along northern Gulf Coast beginning today
Hurricane Ivan has put the northern Gulf Coast in its crosshairs. Residents from southeastern Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle should prepare for a powerful shot. Ivan may no longer be a category five storm when it arrives, but it still will be an extremely dangerous hurricane with sustained winds of perhaps 130 or 140 mph near its center. A hurricane watch remains posted from Morgan City, La., to St. Marks, Fla., and extends inland over southeast Alabama and southwest Georgia. Conditions along the north-central and northeastern Gulf Coast will deteriorate rapidly tomorrow afternoon as Ivan approaches; landfall is anticipated late tomorrow night or early Thursday morning. Although storm surge (which could be as high as 13 feet along the Alabama coast) will be maximized near and just east of Ivan's eye, damaging winds and rising water could extend eastward as far as Apalachee Bay in Florida. Even after Ivan swirls inland, heavy rain, damaging winds and tornadoes will plague much of Alabama, Georgia and parts of Mississippi through the day Thursday and Thursday night. Thus, people in locations as far north as Birmingham and Atlanta should brace for damage, power outages and flooding.
Sigh. To show you differing reactions, I called Mom this morning and told her that she and Dad need to come up (my home town is about 100 mi from the coast). I still remember when Hurricane Frederick hit when I was a kid and even 100 mi in it was a hellish night to live through and we didn't have power for a week.
My sis on the other hand wanted Mom and Dad to go DOWN to the beach to secure the beach house. (Wish I had an eyeroll icon). She did tell her mother-in-law that she thought she should come home with my parents. Mom said she was going to call back and tell sis that maybe she should tell her mother-in-law to come to Birmingham.
Ivan puts northern Gulf Coast in crosshairs
8:47 A.M. ET Tue.,Sep.14,2004
Buzz Bernard, Sr. Meteorologist, The Weather Channel
Extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 155 mph as of 7 a.m. ET
Mandatory evacuations along northern Gulf Coast beginning today
Hurricane Ivan has put the northern Gulf Coast in its crosshairs. Residents from southeastern Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle should prepare for a powerful shot. Ivan may no longer be a category five storm when it arrives, but it still will be an extremely dangerous hurricane with sustained winds of perhaps 130 or 140 mph near its center. A hurricane watch remains posted from Morgan City, La., to St. Marks, Fla., and extends inland over southeast Alabama and southwest Georgia. Conditions along the north-central and northeastern Gulf Coast will deteriorate rapidly tomorrow afternoon as Ivan approaches; landfall is anticipated late tomorrow night or early Thursday morning. Although storm surge (which could be as high as 13 feet along the Alabama coast) will be maximized near and just east of Ivan's eye, damaging winds and rising water could extend eastward as far as Apalachee Bay in Florida. Even after Ivan swirls inland, heavy rain, damaging winds and tornadoes will plague much of Alabama, Georgia and parts of Mississippi through the day Thursday and Thursday night. Thus, people in locations as far north as Birmingham and Atlanta should brace for damage, power outages and flooding.
Sigh. To show you differing reactions, I called Mom this morning and told her that she and Dad need to come up (my home town is about 100 mi from the coast). I still remember when Hurricane Frederick hit when I was a kid and even 100 mi in it was a hellish night to live through and we didn't have power for a week.
My sis on the other hand wanted Mom and Dad to go DOWN to the beach to secure the beach house. (Wish I had an eyeroll icon). She did tell her mother-in-law that she thought she should come home with my parents. Mom said she was going to call back and tell sis that maybe she should tell her mother-in-law to come to Birmingham.
