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Landlocked

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May 16, 2005
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Re: Hurricane Season Has Arrived

That's good. Maybe I won't be swimming in seaweed soup next weekend
 

sunshine79

Beach Comber
Jun 9, 2005
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Re: Hurricane Season Has Arrived

let's hope it doesn't do too much damage before we've even normalized everything from the last hurricane season
 

Smiling JOe

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Nov 18, 2004
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Re: Hurricane Season Has Arrived

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This is NOAA's most recent map. It will automatically update as time passes.
We should not have much to worry about if Arlene contiunues as forcasted. Remember, the main line is not necessarily the path of the storm. Rather, you should look at the cone.
 
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seagrovelover

little sugar
Jan 12, 2005
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Re: Hurricane Season Has Arrived

does something like this get rid of the seaweed or pull more in?? :dunno:
 

Kurt

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Oct 15, 2004
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Re: Hurricane Season Has Arrived

It depends on the prevailing winds, but in general a good storm will bring all kinds of fun stuff onshore, sometimes including debris from Caribbean and Mexican coasts.
 

Seasider

Beach Lover
Nov 27, 2004
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Re: Hurricane Season Has Arrived

Would a smaller storm, as this one appears to be, have a positive effect of pushing sand back up on the beaches?

Also, any chance of getting the webcam back up this year?
 

Paula

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Jan 25, 2005
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Re: Hurricane Season Has Arrived

This morning's Wall Street Journal had an article about hurricane forcasting. It said, "Its [NOAA] forecast, issued this week, says there is an 86% chance that landfalling hurricanes will put 2005 in the top one-third historicallyl, with two to five intense hurricanes. The Colorado team agreed, upping an earlier forecast to eight hurricnes, half of which would be whoppers with sustained winds above 110 m.p.h." The article also said, "Get used to it. Surface temperatures in the Atlantic have been elevated since 1995, relative to an historical average that goes back 150 years, notes NOAA's Stanley Goldenberg. From 1995 to 2000, the number of hurricanes almost doubled from the historical norm." Sounds like another interesting year...
 

Smiling JOe

SoWal Expert
Nov 18, 2004
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Re: Hurricane Season Has Arrived

Seasider said:
Would a smaller storm, as this one appears to be, have a positive effect of pushing sand back up on the beaches?

Also, any chance of getting the webcam back up this year?
Yes, smaller storms should put more sand on the beach.

We are waiting on RiverOtter, the person with the most posts other than Kurt, to purchase a place on the Beach to house the web cam, but he tells us that we may be waiting a while.
 

JB

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Nov 17, 2004
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Re: Hurricane Season Has Arrived

The NHC is now saying Arlene could be a minimal hurricane when it makes landfall Saturday night. Looks like it could come ashore anywhere from PCB to Gulfport. Y'all batten down the hatches!
 

Smiling JOe

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Nov 18, 2004
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Re: Hurricane Season Has Arrived

If you look at the NOAA map which I posted above, you will notice that as of 4pm today (Fri), the maximum sustained winds are 65 mph, only 9 mph less than a hurricane. At the moment in SoWal, winds have kicked up a notch and I can definitely sense a storm on the horizon.

(Waterman, I may have to take a "raincheck" for lunch.)
 
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