Hurricane Wilma looking to hit Floridia's west coast head on.

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  • Larry Chanin
    Larry Chanin Posts: 601
    edited October 2005
    BobMcG wrote:
    I wish you and everyone the best of luck on this one.

    I have three cousins and their families not too far from you Larry, over in the Winter Haven and Haines City areas. They'll be riding it out with you.
    Bob

    Hi Bob,

    Thanks. It's good to hear from you.

    I guess it's no coincidence that your relatives live in Polk County? ;)

    Larry
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  • Larry Chanin
    Larry Chanin Posts: 601
    edited October 2005
    aaharvel wrote:
    hey Larry. Looking over the Weather Channel right now. This is certainly GREAT news. Maybe by the time it hits the Fl. coast, it won't even be a tropical depression.

    Hi Andrew,

    We can certainly hope, but I think that's it's very unlikely that the storm will diminish to that degree. I'm going to attempt to attach two files showing a current local hour by hour forecast of the weather conditions in Sarasota for the next 36 hours. The one labeled Sunday 23rd is for today from 1:00 PM to 6:00 AM tommorrow morning. The other file labeled Monday 24th is for tommorrow morning at 7:00 AM to 6:00 AM Tuesday morning.

    I believe these forecasts are based on the hurricane making landfall along the current forecast track which is around Naples, about 120 miles South of Sarasota.

    Larry
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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited October 2005
    12:30pm. Just talked to my father in bradenton/sarasota. He said it's warm and sunny outside. Thinking the storm could possibly hit land about 150 miles south of them.
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  • BobMcG
    BobMcG Posts: 1,585
    edited October 2005
    Larry Chanin wrote:
    Hi Bob,

    Thanks. It's good to hear from you.

    I guess it's no coincidence that your relatives live in Polk County? ;)

    Larry

    That is a bit strange isn't it?
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  • Larry Chanin
    Larry Chanin Posts: 601
    edited October 2005
    BobMcG wrote:
    That is a bit strange isn't it?

    Hi Bob,

    No, not strange at all. You folks are just genetically predisposed to being Polk enthusiasts. Your brother Mike is just as nutty as you about Polks, right? See...genetically predisposed. You can't help it, it's in your genes. :D

    Regards,

    Larry
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  • Larry Chanin
    Larry Chanin Posts: 601
    edited October 2005
    aaharvel wrote:
    12:30pm. Just talked to my father in bradenton/sarasota. He said it's warm and sunny outside. Thinking the storm could possibly hit land about 150 miles south of them.

    Hi Andrew,

    Yes, it was sunny at that time, but not now. About an hour ago we had our first tornado warning in Southern Sarasota county. A warning means a water spout or a tornado was actually sighted. Whereas a tornado watch means that the conditions are right for tornados. We'll probably be in a tornado watch until tommorrow. The hurricane strength has slightly intensified to 103 mph.

    The good news is that with the hurricane nearing, the cone of uncertainty is narrowing. So Sarasota is no longer in the cone which means that is is unlikely that we will sustain a direct hit. However, the sustained winds I posted earlier which go up to 67 mph are very likely with gusts of up to 80 or 90 mph. With those gusts it's also very likely that I won't have electric service so I probably won't be able to continue updating this thread come Monday morning. :(

    Larry
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited October 2005
    Just sitting here in the emergency center waiting ........
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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited October 2005
    edit. I'm stupid.
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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited October 2005
    double dose of stupid.

    Doublepost.
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  • faster100
    faster100 Posts: 6,124
    edited October 2005
    your "eye" must not be to good then :D

    It's now a cat 3 major hurricane and gonna hit "as of now" naples florida around 8am.. Its getting stronger also.. 115 mph winds

    Be safe, im watching this one closely
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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited October 2005
    ****~ i was watching out-of date radar on TWC. oops.
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  • faster100
    faster100 Posts: 6,124
    edited October 2005
    yeah its getting pretty bad, hope all is well.. I wont sleep much tonight.. for us and those that live down there.. My sister in-law is in miami and didn't leave
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    Sherwood p-965
    Sherwood sd871 dvd
    Rotel 1075 amp x5
    LSI15 mains
    LsiC center
    LSIfx surround backs
    Lsi7 side surrounds
    SVS pb12/plus2

    2 Channel Rig:

    nad 1020 Pre-amp
    Rotel 1080 stereo amp
    Polk sda 2B
    kenwood grunt Tuner
    realistic lab 450 TT
    Signal cable IC
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  • faster100
    faster100 Posts: 6,124
    edited October 2005
    Its here, windy as hell.. gusts to 45 mph here and worse down south, will hear more when/after the storm pass's and people get out to see the damage
    MY HT RIG:
    Sherwood p-965
    Sherwood sd871 dvd
    Rotel 1075 amp x5
    LSI15 mains
    LsiC center
    LSIfx surround backs
    Lsi7 side surrounds
    SVS pb12/plus2

    2 Channel Rig:

    nad 1020 Pre-amp
    Rotel 1080 stereo amp
    Polk sda 2B
    kenwood grunt Tuner
    realistic lab 450 TT
    Signal cable IC
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  • Larry Chanin
    Larry Chanin Posts: 601
    edited October 2005
    Hi Andrew,

    Well, as far as Sarasota is concerned, I think you can breath easier. It appears that the worst has passed, but it would still be unwise for residents to get on the roads until utility crews can assess the damage.

    I believe the forecasted sustained winds for Sarasota that I posted earlier were about 20 mph higher than actual. I don't believe that there have been any reports of hurricane force winds, even in gusts.

    Here's hoping that Wingnut and the East coast fares as well.

    Larry
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited October 2005
    Good to see you guys are ok..and with electricity; I just hope the damage is low everywhere.
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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited October 2005
    Cancun was wasted.
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  • Pauly
    Pauly Posts: 4,519
    edited October 2005
    Well Pauly and family and Georges SDAs are fine. Got some wind and rain but nothing like further south and got the day off and the sun is already out :) Hope all is well with others


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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited October 2005
    Glad that ALL of you are safe, the corp. that I work for lost 3-4 hospitals in La. and Miss. Two will not be rebuilt, the loss results in a 10% decline of our company's gross revenues,,wanna guess what comes next :(
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