Best Wishes to Florida Ohana... - General Tiki

K Kono Member Orlando Joined: Oct 08, 2003 Posts: 1266	K Kono Posted posted on Wed, Sep 1, 2004 8:11 PM I've decided it's time to visit the folks up North. Me and the dog are hopping in the truck early Friday morning and jumping ship. Spending all day tomorrow wrapping up my electronics, art, tikis etc in plastic; whatever I don't take with me. Charley was a pissant compared to this one. The actual hurricane strength part of Charley was about 30 miles wide and it was traveling at about 35 miles per hour. Thus one hour of hurricane bullshit if the eye passes over you (as it did us in Orlando). This sunuvabitch has a hurricane strength section currently around 170 miles wide and it's moving about 14 miles per hour. So...if you're in the path of the eye of this hurricane (as Orlando is once again expected to be) you can expect at least a good 12 hours of semi-hell. I need to move back to Tampa. Bleh. Last time Orlando got hit was I think 1960. Now two in three weeks. Yay. I'm really not worried about getting injured or anything, I don't think Orlando will get winds that strong but jeezus, 40mph winds Friday during the day, 50mph winds Friday night and the hurricane isn't projected to pass here until Sunday morning at 2:00am. All day Saturday the winds and rain will get stronger and stronger then Sunday you get the backside of it! That's just too much window rattling for me. I just don't need that crap. I hope the roof and the windows stay intact to protect all my tiki goods. Hopefully when Frances meets the coast she starts losing strength rapidly. If I was you coastal guys and gals, I'd go to Pablus' house. At least get a free drink. I'll be going offline tomorrow afternoon and will be back next Wednesday or when the electricity returns whichever comes first. Good luck everyone. Cybertiki, I've always blown these things off as well, and I'd probably feel quite a bit better in Lauderdale but this do look bad for us here. It's a BIG fat ass storm and it's lumbering this way. I was told that it's not as likely to veer north because the jet stream has started to recede north for the winter. I wish it'd give us a little encore.

I've decided it's time to visit the folks up North. Me and the dog are hopping in the truck early Friday morning and jumping ship. Spending all day tomorrow wrapping up my electronics, art, tikis etc in plastic; whatever I don't take with me.

Charley was a pissant compared to this one. The actual hurricane strength part of Charley was about 30 miles wide and it was traveling at about 35 miles per hour. Thus one hour of hurricane bullshit if the eye passes over you (as it did us in Orlando). This sunuvabitch has a hurricane strength section currently around 170 miles wide and it's moving about 14 miles per hour. So...if you're in the path of the eye of this hurricane (as Orlando is once again expected to be) you can expect at least a good 12 hours of semi-hell. I need to move back to Tampa. Bleh. Last time Orlando got hit was I think 1960. Now two in three weeks. Yay.

I'm really not worried about getting injured or anything, I don't think Orlando will get winds that strong but jeezus, 40mph winds Friday during the day, 50mph winds Friday night and the hurricane isn't projected to pass here until Sunday morning at 2:00am. All day Saturday the winds and rain will get stronger and stronger then Sunday you get the backside of it! That's just too much window rattling for me. I just don't need that crap. I hope the roof and the windows stay intact to protect all my tiki goods.

Hopefully when Frances meets the coast she starts losing strength rapidly. If I was you coastal guys and gals, I'd go to Pablus' house. At least get a free drink. I'll be going offline tomorrow afternoon and will be back next Wednesday or when the electricity returns whichever comes first. Good luck everyone.

Cybertiki, I've always blown these things off as well, and I'd probably feel quite a bit better in Lauderdale but this do look bad for us here. It's a BIG fat ass storm and it's lumbering this way. I was told that it's not as likely to veer north because the jet stream has started to recede north for the winter. I wish it'd give us a little encore.

Post #111886 by Kono on Wed, Sep 1, 2004 8:11 PM