Dauphin Island--hurricane force winds arrive at 10pm

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Dauphin Island--hurricane force winds arrive at 10pm

#1 Postby rockyman » Wed Sep 15, 2004 10:26 pm

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=DPIA1

Well...technically, the sustained winds are just shy of hurrican force...with gusts up to 77knots!

I was hopeful a couple of hours ago that a sharp right turn was occurring...but apparently not sharp enough to spare my fair Island.

No word on whether my house has been washed away (yet) :cry:
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#2 Postby cape_escape » Wed Sep 15, 2004 10:27 pm

Good luck to you rockyman! I hope you are somewhere safe!
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#3 Postby rockyman » Wed Sep 15, 2004 10:28 pm

I'm in Greenville, Alabama...about 30 miles south of Montgomery...I just got word that about 25 people stayed on the Island!
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#4 Postby Houstonia » Wed Sep 15, 2004 10:44 pm

I'm right there with you Rockyman... hoping that DI comes through the storm alright.

We are waiting to see if my parents will be able to spend the month of October down there. My mother is worried there will be nothing left. They were down there just after... I think it was Lili, hit. Even with little lIli, many roads were impassable due to sand.

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#5 Postby Chilly_Water » Wed Sep 15, 2004 10:47 pm

This bouy south of Dauphin Island seems to be in the eye(look at the drop in wave wave height). It will be interesting to see what happens with the 11:50pmEDT update.
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=42040
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#6 Postby LaBreeze » Wed Sep 15, 2004 10:51 pm

"Little Lili" - I don't think so.
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#7 Postby LSU2001 » Wed Sep 15, 2004 10:51 pm

why would the bouy say pressure is rising rapidly if it is in the eye? I am really lost here
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#8 Postby Brent » Wed Sep 15, 2004 10:57 pm

Hmmmmm.... good point. :?:
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#9 Postby Chilly_Water » Wed Sep 15, 2004 11:00 pm

I could be wrong, but from the 11pmEDT 'cane coordinates(29.3N 88.1W) and the bouy coordinates(29.21N 88.20W) it seems close as of an hour ago.
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#10 Postby wxwatcher2 » Wed Sep 15, 2004 11:00 pm

Bastardi on Msnbc said that Dauphin Island and the Island to the East will be restructured from this storm.

My best to you and your home.
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#11 Postby NFLnut » Thu Sep 16, 2004 12:59 am

A gust of 102 mph was reported about an hour ago from Dauphin Island.
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#12 Postby baygirl_1 » Thu Sep 16, 2004 1:04 am

Rockyman--
Where did those 25 folks stay on DI? Please tell me they were around town center, at least... not the west end! :eek: :eek:
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