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#41 Postby **dixiebreeze** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 9:52 am

Wilma impacting Panhandle and Big Bend areas says the Florida Department of EOC:

Hurricane Wilma
Category 4 Hurricane Wilma edging towards Cozumel and Cancun, Mexico...Wilma is forecast to meander near the Yucatan during the next few days...Landfall forecast across the Keys or southwest Florida on Monday...High surf advisories and a moderate risk of rip currents along Florida's panhandle and big bend coasts ...

jax · #42 Postby **jax** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 11:27 am

dixiebreeze wrote:Wilma impacting Panhandle and Big Bend areas says the Florida Department of EOC:

Hurricane Wilma
Category 4 Hurricane Wilma edging towards Cozumel and Cancun, Mexico...Wilma is forecast to meander near the Yucatan during the next few days...Landfall forecast across the Keys or southwest Florida on Monday...High surf advisories and a moderate risk of rip currents along Florida's panhandle and big bend coasts ...

Surf's Up!!
Headed out at 5am for a dawn patrol... waves should be clean and
overhead... It's about time we get some surf and not have to
worry about the storm hitting us. :wink:

#43 Postby **dixiebreeze** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 12:29 pm

Models are trending N just a tad. Hope this trend doesn't continue. We know where we're going -- if need be -- but really don't want to abandon home.

jax · #44 Postby **jax** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 12:36 pm

dixiebreeze wrote:Models are trending N just a tad. Hope this trend doesn't continue. We know where we're going -- if need be -- but really don't want to abandon home.

i'll be surprised if she's a cat 1 at landfall not...
way to much dry air in the gulf by Monday/Tuesday...
the further north she goes... the weeker she'll be.

Rainband · #45 Postby **Rainband** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 12:40 pm

12zNogaps shows her merging with the front and dumping lots of rain.

#46 Postby **dixiebreeze** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 11:56 am

Rainband wrote:12zNogaps shows her merging with the front and dumping lots of rain.

Any new thoughts from anyone about whether she will trend more northerly?

Somewhere, someone said the GFS has her moving more north, don't know about the other models.

We're sure to get some wind and rain here, considering Wilma's huge outflow.

arkess7 · #47 Postby **arkess7** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 4:52 pm

yea im sure we will get some rain.........i just hope she stays away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!uggggg!!!!!!!! :eek:

i think we are going to have a lot of evacuees up here......my husband is fixin to go fill up both our cars..........i got some more batteries and water and ice yesterday.........but ive been pretty stocked up all season long! :wink:

#48 Postby **dixiebreeze** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 7:07 pm

Nature Coast under a Tropical Storm Watch now. Expect it will upgrade to a TS warning eventually. Traffic very heavy in town tonight, probably evacuees from the South.

arkess7 · #49 Postby **arkess7** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 7:53 pm

dixiebreeze wrote:Nature Coast under a Tropical Storm Watch now. Expect it will upgrade to a TS warning eventually. Traffic very heavy in town tonight, probably evacuees from the South.

oh boy here we go!!!! my husbands card wouldnt work at a gas station here near "silver springs'.....dont know why? but we need to get gas 2morrow pronto!!!!!! :eek:

#50 Postby **dixiebreeze** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 9:48 pm

arkess7 wrote:
dixiebreeze wrote:Nature Coast under a Tropical Storm Watch now. Expect it will upgrade to a TS warning eventually. Traffic very heavy in town tonight, probably evacuees from the South.

oh boy here we go!!!! my husbands card wouldnt work at a gas station here near "silver springs'.....dont know why? but we need to get gas 2morrow pronto!!!!!!

Take it easy Arkess7, you should be OK in Ocala. That's where we're going if need be.

Website · #51 Postby **Brent** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 9:49 pm

dixiebreeze wrote:
arkess7 wrote:
dixiebreeze wrote:Nature Coast under a Tropical Storm Watch now. Expect it will upgrade to a TS warning eventually. Traffic very heavy in town tonight, probably evacuees from the South.

oh boy here we go!!!! my husbands card wouldnt work at a gas station here near "silver springs'.....dont know why? but we need to get gas 2morrow pronto!!!!!!

Take it easy Arkess7, you should be OK in Ocala. That's where we're going if need be.

Are you in a flood prone area?

#52 Postby **dixiebreeze** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 9:57 pm

Yes. Though we're about 8 miles from the gulf proper, we flooded inland up to a block from our street during the '93 NoName storm. Crystal River was awash in flood waters. But that was one heck of a storm surge backed by 'cane force winds!

Unless she trends a lot more northerly, though, we shouldn't have much to worry about except TS winds and rain.

arkess7 · #53 Postby **arkess7** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 10:10 pm

dixiebreeze wrote:Yes. Though we're about 8 miles from the gulf proper, we flooded inland up to a block from our street during the '93 NoName storm. Crystal River was awash in flood waters. But that was one heck of a storm surge backed by 'cane force winds!

Unless she trends a lot more northerly, though, we shouldn't have much to worry about except TS winds and rain.

yea i hope so!!!! ive been to crystal river a few times in the past.........my parents went to hommassa springs years ago and swam with the manatees..........so awesome!!!!!!! and its getting that time of year soon where the manatees migrate there!!!!!!!!!!! man i hope they are ok too!!!!

any one that wants to evacuate here YALL ARE SO WELCOME!!!!!!!!!

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