Tropical Storm Ernesto targets ... now it's Florida again

I sense an "Ask Pregnant Leo" thread coming on.

 

I sense a Green Day "Longview" marathon brewin'....

 

How's our south Florida crew doing? Lots o' rain? Check in when you can and let us know how you fared.

 

I suspect the Mid-Atlantic may get more out of it as a rainmaker than anyone else at this point.

 

John.... It was a real, breathless, panicky coverage for something that at NO time was going to hit SoFla as anything greater than the most minimal of hurricanes. Worst.... case... scenario.

People want to pipe in... "Well, ... um.... Wilma was a 1." Yes. A 1.99 that had decelled from a 3 in the Gulf of Mexico.

Now, it's like the boy who cried wolf.... the credibility of the news source will be questioned by some in the future.

I'm sort of angered by it.

 

looks like we dodged a bullet this time (at least here in miami). we had a little rain but extremely strong wind last night. i'm amazed that we didn't lose power because my house is on a third-world style power grid. i was laying in bed all night listening to the wind howling and the shutters clanging, just waiting for that sickening transformer explosion i've grown accustomed to over the past couple of years that signifies that the power is gone for a long time. but i guess it sounded much worse than it actually was. looks like winds barely topped 45 mph, although gusts had to have been higher. it's still extremely windy out there but all in all we're lucky. few reports of any major damage. sounds like things are re-opening later today and tomorrow is supposed to be a normal business day.

 

Columbo,

There are a lot of Monday morning quarterbacks after hurricanes come and go -- people who didn't evacuate are idiots ... the media sensationalizes the coverage ... much ado about nothing ... but I've seen enough to subscribe to the better-safe-than-sorry school of thought.


leo,

Glad to hear it.

 

Dude,

I'm not Monday Morning quarterbacking.

My posts earlier in the thread are easy to find.

I think that taking avery tropical depression/storm and covering it as the next Katrina is pathetic.

BTW: The center of the storm went right over my house. Nothing.

Glad you're OK, leo1.

 

Don't get so defensive, lieutenant. I didn't say you were a Monday morning quarterback. I was commenting on the dynamic you anticipate and posted about.

Relax.

 

Wasn't Wilma actually a 3 on landfall in Florida and a 2 as it left for the Atlantic?

I guess I can understand the hue and cry after last year's unprecedented season, but there's been nothing to get excited about this season. Sure, Ernesto could have gotten big and bad, and the NHC was calling for that at one point, but thanks to southwestern Haiti and eastern Cuba, it never had a chance to hit the fast lane.

 

How is he OK? He has a Schiltz hangover.

 

I really can't imagine being near a storm of any significant magnitude. In 1999 I spent a week at Bethany Beach in Delaware. Dennis, a weak hurricane that became a tropical storm by the time it got near there, got stuck off the coast for the better part of that week. I think it had something like 60 mph winds, but it was over 150 miles away. Didn't matter. When you went near the beach, the wind was so strong you could barely keep your eyes open. I'm fascinated by hurricanes, but I don't know how anyone could think it would be fun to ride a real one out.