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Miami conditions

#1 Postby Derek Ortt » Thu Aug 25, 2005 5:49 pm

winds now gusting near hurricane force at RSMAS
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#2 Postby Matt-hurricanewatcher » Thu Aug 25, 2005 5:54 pm

Wow Derek. Do you see any damage?
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#3 Postby Derek Ortt » Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:14 pm

no damage. I am on a causeway

we are now in the southern reaches of the eye
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#4 Postby x-y-no » Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:16 pm

Yeah, I saw that strong band rotating in on you ... figured you'd be getting close to hurricane force there, given the nice fetch over the bay.
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#5 Postby Ixolib » Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:17 pm

Derek Ortt wrote:no damage. I am on a causeway

we are now in the southern reaches of the eye


Please watch out for falling trees - they seem to be the main life-threatening issues at this point... :(
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#6 Postby Marilyn » Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:23 pm

x-y-no wrote:Yeah, I saw that strong band rotating in on you ... figured you'd be getting close to hurricane force there, given the nice fetch over the bay.
And what about you x-y-no how is it there where you are?
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#7 Postby x-y-no » Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:25 pm

Ixolib wrote:
Derek Ortt wrote:no damage. I am on a causeway

we are now in the southern reaches of the eye


Please watch out for falling trees - they seem to be the main life-threatening issues at this point... :(


I wouldn't worry. Unless he's in one of the really old shacks, Derek is in a solidly built structure. FG Walton Smith had a thing for building really solid. :-)
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#8 Postby x-y-no » Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:26 pm

Marilyn wrote:
x-y-no wrote:Yeah, I saw that strong band rotating in on you ... figured you'd be getting close to hurricane force there, given the nice fetch over the bay.
And what about you x-y-no how is it there where you are?


Right now, dead calm. Waiting for the backside of the eyewall to get here.
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#9 Postby Derek Ortt » Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:36 pm

Had sustained winds to 69 m.p.h. with gusts of 85 m.p.h. Am in the eye now, though the extreme southern portions
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#10 Postby sponger » Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:38 pm

if you have to take an eye, cat 1 is the storm to do it. Stay safe!
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#11 Postby Droop12 » Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:42 pm

Hope your having a blast Derek, I'd love to be out there. Not to say its safe to be out there, but I've only been able to observe the last 2 hurricanes in Pensacola from a window for fear of being hit with flying debris. Theres nothing better to build your respect for mother nature then to expirence her first hand. Stay put too, it looks like you have quite a few more hours of this. Everyone stay safe.
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#12 Postby Matt-hurricanewatcher » Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:43 pm

The southeast quad looks much stronger on the Radar.
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#13 Postby Derek Ortt » Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:50 pm

we're gusting over 80KT right now
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#14 Postby Brent » Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:51 pm

Derek Ortt wrote:we're gusting over 80KT right now


WOW...
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#15 Postby jkt21787 » Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:51 pm

Derek Ortt wrote:we're gusting over 80KT right now

Please be careful!!!!
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#16 Postby sponger » Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:53 pm

Derek, I am amazed you still have power. Fortuantely alot of S Fl power is underground. Probably only a matter of time! Do you have back up power, we will need all the pros when this gets to the gulf!
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#17 Postby Steve » Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:55 pm

Sounds exciting DO. Stay safe. The way Katrina came in and the way she's drifting now made it far more interesting for Miami and points South. Looks like a long night with lots of squalls on the backside too. It should stay interesting if she continues to track south of due west.

Take care.

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#18 Postby rainstorm » Thu Aug 25, 2005 7:01 pm

good luck derek, prayers are with you
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#19 Postby ncweatherwizard » Thu Aug 25, 2005 7:04 pm

No reports of damage on the main campus either that I know of, which is a little farther south and inland a bit from RSMAS. Last I checked the most damage was some tree limbs down...power is still up.

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#20 Postby Recurve » Thu Aug 25, 2005 7:05 pm

Miami and coconut grove must be getting pounded. Strong convection has been on the south side for a while.

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