Hurricane Gustav

PC · 08-25-2008, 10:39 AM

This thing could become a monster, lets pray it does not!!

http://www.wunderground.com/blog/Jef...&tstamp=200808

**seagrovegirl** · 08-25-2008, 10:48 AM

Uh oh...............

PC · 08-25-2008, 10:57 AM

Thats what I said, especially since we will be there in two weeks. Sowal that is.....

**Smiling JOe** · 08-25-2008, 10:57 AM

**SHELLY** · 08-25-2008, 11:46 AM

http://weather.myfoxtampabay.com/map...tav_track.html

**scooterbug44** · 08-25-2008, 01:24 PM

Hello Gustav!

Winds are up to 60 mph already!

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at2+shtml/181113.shtml?5day?large#contents

**Alicia Leonard** · 08-25-2008, 02:05 PM

Originally Posted by scooterbug44

Hello Gustav!

Winds are up to 60 mph already!

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at2+shtml/181113.shtml?5day?large#contents

Why does this name make me think of Ivan

**scooterbug44** · 08-25-2008, 02:10 PM

'Cause it sounds Russian?

**Alicia Leonard** · 08-25-2008, 02:31 PM

Originally Posted by scooterbug44

'Cause it sounds Russian?

Yes............I no like Russian sounding hurricanes

**sunspotbaby** · 08-25-2008, 02:36 PM

Originally Posted by aleonard

Yes............I no like Russian sounding hurricanes

Same here, I may be driving North next week.

**scooterbug44** · 08-25-2008, 02:38 PM

On the plus side, it won't mess up the SWGB wedding (since they rescheduled) and the uncles haven't seen me in a while! Evacucation time!

**NotDeadYet** · 08-25-2008, 03:21 PM

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...kWM&refer=home

**Miss Critter** · 08-25-2008, 03:29 PM

Originally Posted by aleonard

Why does this name make me think of Ivan

Originally Posted by scooterbug44

'Cause it sounds Russian?

Also sounds like a certain "K" name I won't mention. To paraphrase Harry Potter "She Who Must Not Be Named."

**klauricella** · 08-25-2008, 06:59 PM

I'd have to say this one makes me a little nervous

**Johnrudy** · 08-25-2008, 08:34 PM

greenroom, if you are like every surfer I've ever known, you sort of look forward to these storms for the waves. (of course, providing no damage to life and property.)
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**Johnrudy** · 08-25-2008, 08:48 PM

have fun!

**Beachbummett** · 08-25-2008, 09:46 PM

**Beachbummett** · 08-25-2008, 09:48 PM

**SWGB** · 08-26-2008, 01:49 AM

Originally Posted by greenroomsurfer

Of course!!! I also have mad carpentry skills!

Kind of like the tire repair shop that throws tacks on the road?

**NotDeadYet** · 08-26-2008, 06:44 AM

This morning's track pushes it further south and west and into the Gulf through the Yucatan channel. Looks like the oil and gas industry got their money's worth with that forecast I posted yesterday. Their hired weatherman was right on, a major hurricane in the Gulf.

**Beachbummett** · 08-26-2008, 08:19 AM

**Jdarg** · 08-26-2008, 08:20 AM

I think I am going to make a reservation- how does Jax sound? I'm thinking head east.

**scooterbug44** · 08-26-2008, 08:23 AM

Looks like I'll be partying in Savannah next week!

**TooFarTampa** · 08-26-2008, 08:27 AM

Well effing eff eff!

**Miss Critter** · 08-26-2008, 08:30 AM

Originally Posted by TooFarTampa

Well effing eff eff!

I share your technically accurate assessment.

**seagrover** · 08-26-2008, 08:33 AM

I'm not going to look at the Weather Channel, not going to look at any forcast - I'm doing NOTHING!!!

I'm so worn out over the last NON-storm, I'm not over that one yet!!!

They even tricked me with Jim Cantori in PCB - BAD Weather Channel - BAD!!!!!

**Beachbummett** · 08-26-2008, 08:37 AM

Originally Posted by TooFarTampa

Well effing eff eff!

Exactly what I thought!

Originally Posted by seagrover

I'm not going to look at the Weather Channel, not going to look at any forcast - I'm doing NOTHING!!!

I'm so worn out over the last NON-storm, I'm not over that one yet!!!

They even tricked me with Jim Cantori in PCB - BAD Weather Channel - BAD!!!!!

This is what worries me and pisse$ me off about the weather channel. They hype EVERYTHING so much and make such a big deal out of everything that people will stop watching when they really should have. You stay safe sparklegrover, where else could I have pinks on such a nice porch?

**seagrover** · 08-26-2008, 08:42 AM

And BB, that may be part of the problem from last time, too - I didn't have a single drop of any PInk liquid or any kind of liquid!!!

I will change that from now on - think I will have one for breakfast!!! Come on over!!!

**Paige** · 08-26-2008, 08:49 AM

I sure don't want Gustav to hit SoWal, but 1 model has New Orleans as a direct hit with a Cat 3 or higher. That would not be good.

**TooFarTampa** · 08-26-2008, 08:50 AM

Originally Posted by Paige

I sure don't want Gustav to hit SoWal, but 1 model has New Orleans as a direct hit with a Cat 3 or higher. That would not be good.

Couldn't help but notice that too.

**cinlo** · 08-26-2008, 09:41 AM

We're driving down on Sept. 5th for a week in Panama City Beach. Who has a guess that we're in the clear from Gustav?? We have our fingers crossed..

**seagrovegirl** · 08-26-2008, 09:52 AM

If it continues straight ahead, we will meet Gustav, but chances of that are very slim because hurricanes rarely go in a straight line.. It's going to hit on the Gulf Coast somewhere.......who knows....it's at least 10 days away from us.

**Alicia Leonard** · 08-26-2008, 09:55 AM

Originally Posted by TooFarTampa

Well effing eff eff!

Originally Posted by seagrover

I'm not going to look at the Weather Channel, not going to look at any forcast - I'm doing NOTHING!!!

I'm so worn out over the last NON-storm, I'm not over that one yet!!!

They even tricked me with Jim Cantori in PCB - BAD Weather Channel - BAD!!!!!

TFT.....you are special

SG.I hate the music. Makes my heart race just to hear it

**beachmouse** · 08-26-2008, 10:04 AM

Models are kind of murky right now on the long term path of Gustav once it clears Cuba. There are about 3-4 different weather events in play that will impact the ultimate path of the storm.

Keep checking the National Hurricane Center web site and we'll hopefully have a better idea of how the ridge that would keep Gustav to the South is going to set up or not set up by about late Thursday.

**seagrovegirl** · 08-26-2008, 10:23 AM

**seagrovegirl** · 08-26-2008, 10:23 AM

Originally Posted by seagrovegirl

Heading for New Orleans................

**scooterbug44** · 08-26-2008, 10:53 AM

Since Katrina was supposed to make landfall in Seagrove, I am not convinced we're in the clear yet.

IMO it's going to curve and whomp us!

**bluemtnrunner** · 08-26-2008, 10:59 AM

At least we have the possiblity of real drama from hurricanes to rescue us from the contrived drama of our daily lives. What will we do with ourselves after hurricane season?

**sunspotbaby** · 08-26-2008, 11:00 AM

Originally Posted by scooterbug44

Since Katrina was supposed to make landfall in Seagrove, I am not convinced we're in the clear yet.

IMO it's going to curve and whomp us!

Mr. Sunspot always likes to make his predictions:

! Pack a bag !

**TreeFrog** · 08-26-2008, 11:06 AM

The current model runs show it moving faster after Friday. Looks to me like landfall would be early morning hours next Tuesday. Too early to say where.

**scooterbug44** · 08-26-2008, 11:08 AM

I've been gardening and cleaning the house - that's like an engraved invitation to a hurricane, which is why I'm convinced it's coming here!

**SHELLY** · 08-26-2008, 11:26 AM

Originally Posted by scooterbug44

I've been gardening and cleaning the house - that's like an engraved invitation to a hurricane, which is why I'm convinced it's coming here!

...my freezer is packed with steak, shrimp and fish--that means, "run for the hills!"

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**ronfrazer** · 08-26-2008, 11:47 AM

Because Gustav is weak and disorganized, and because there are many weather systems in the area that could push it around, my guess is that it'll wander quite a bit. I wouldn't change my plans. What the heck, a category 2 hurricane will give you some fun stories for the folks back home!

**Alicia Leonard** · 08-26-2008, 11:53 AM

Originally Posted by bluemtnrunner

At least we have the possiblity of real drama from hurricanes to rescue us from the contrived drama of our daily lives. What will we do with ourselves after hurricane season?

Pray our house insurance isn't canceled.

**NotDeadYet** · 08-26-2008, 12:11 PM

Weak and disorganized?

I don't think so.

"Gustav intensified from a tropical depression at 11 am yesterday to a Category 1 hurricane last night in just 16 hours, tying Hurricane Humberto's record--set just last year--for the fastest intensification from first advisory to a Category 1 hurricane.." Weather Underground/Tropical Jeff Masters
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**Miss Kitty** · 08-26-2008, 12:17 PM

Originally Posted by aleonard

Pray our house insurance isn't cancelled.

Aleo...you always get to the meat of the story!

**inside635** · 08-26-2008, 12:42 PM

Originally Posted by Paige

I sure don't want Gustav to hit SoWal, but 1 model has New Orleans as a direct hit with a Cat 3 or higher. That would not be good.

Not sure how N.O. can survive if they are smacked head on so soon after Katrina.

**SWGB** · 08-26-2008, 01:02 PM

Originally Posted by ronfrazer

Because Gustav is weak and disorganized, and because there are many weather systems in the area that could push it around, my guess is that it'll wander quite a bit. I wouldn't change my plans. What the heck, a category 2 hurricane will give you some fun stories for the folks back home!

A vacation renter won't experience anything over a Tropical Storm. Florida State law requires a renter (short term only) to vacate by law. In fact if they refuse technically the rental company is supposed to call the Sheriff's department to have them removed. For a renting vacationer to stay in anything over a Tropical Storm is just insanity anyway.