Sunday, August 27, 2006

Ohhh, Crud!

The tropics were quiet for so long, we were hoping that it would be an uneventful year for the big winds and rain. And then, here comes Ernesto. In 24 hours, we've moved from feeling sorry for New Orleans - again! - to dismay as the Ernie track moved farther and farther east. It seems to have spared Jamaica but now will slam through the middle of Cuba. The latest prognostication on US landfall is Tampa, Wednesday, with a lead pipe...that would be a category 2...then cutting across the Florida peninsula and exiting north of Jacksonville on Friday morning.


My current favorite hurricane web site is http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/ because it has the 4 or 5 most used computer models that our Orlando weather stations talk about.

The thing I've learned in the 10+ years we've lived in Florida is that the projected track of the hurricane will change. Stay tuned! We will see what the week brings...

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

yeah...I just started watching that one a bit closer the last few days...prayin' that you guys will stay safe (and dry!). I was hoping for that Atlantis shuttle launch this week, too...oh well...hopefully soon though! Take care :)

Anna said...

Hi Uncle Rob and Aunt Gayle!
I now have a blog on here as well...my other one wasn't working too well. How do you put links on your page?

Lynda said...

Hope that hurricane didn't wipe you off the face of the planet! Didn't sound like it was all that devastating. Carmen actually got all of us started with this bloggin thing, so don't forget to check out our blog, too! (It is fairly painful with dial-up service, though!)