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Tropical Storms Ana & Bill
NOAA/NHC ^ | 15 August 2009 | NOAA/NHC

Posted on 08/15/2009 3:31:52 AM PDT by NautiNurse

The 2009 Atlantic tropical season is heating up with Tropical Storm Ana forming about 1000 miles east of the Leeward Islands, and Invest 90, a large Cape Verde system showing substantial promise for development. Currently, neither of the two systems pose an immediate threat to land. Long term forecasts indicate potential threat to Florida, while a third tropical wave is poised off of the So. Florida coast.

Tropical Storm Ana

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Category Wind Speed Barometric Pressure Storm Surge Damage Potential
Tropical
Depression
< 39 mph
< 34 kts
    Minimal
Tropical
Storm
39 - 73 mph
34 - 63 kts
    Minimal
Hurricane 1
(Weak)
74 - 95 mph
64 - 82 kts
28.94" or more
980.02 mb or more
4.0' - 5.0'
1.2 m - 1.5 m
Minimal damage to vegetation
Hurricane 2
(Moderate)
96 - 110 mph
83 - 95 kts
28.50" - 28.93"
965.12 mb - 979.68 mb
6.0' - 8.0'
1.8 m - 2.4 m
Moderate damage to houses
Hurricane 3
(Strong)
111 - 130 mph
96 - 112 kts
27.91" - 28.49"
945.14 mb - 964.78 mb
9.0' - 12.0'
2.7 m - 3.7 m
Extensive damage to small buildings
Hurricane 4
(Very strong)
131 - 155 mph
113 - 135 kts
27.17" - 27.90"
920.08 mb - 944.80 mb
13.0' - 18.0'
3.9 m - 5.5 m
Extreme structural damage
Hurricane 5
(Devastating)
Greater than 155 mph
Greater than 135 kts
Less than 27.17"
Less than 920.08 mb
Greater than 18.0'
Greater than 5.5m
Catastrophic building failures possible


TOPICS: Weather
KEYWORDS: ana; atlantic; bill; tropical
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To: NautiNurse

Thank you for keeping this alive and up to date.

We are East of Houston and we are now back in our house but still lots of work to do. So watching and praying it is not us this year. (Selfish I know...sorry).

But all that we have learned from IKE is amazing and the stuff books are made of. Get your kits ready, your cars gassed, food bought, generators purchased and think about a chain saw if you have trees. Locate and bag or protect all insurance papers, RX’s, anything you may not be able to get to after. Have all phone numbers ready and if you are unfortunate enough to get hit, Call FEMA on your way home and get the process started. FEMA may not help, you may not qualify, but you do have to contact them. No way around it.

Lastly, if “advised” get out. Not worth your life. IMO.

Good luck this year to all in the path of whatever storm.


101 posted on 08/15/2009 3:01:48 PM PDT by Katlyn
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To: Armedanddangerous
they apparently dont do background checks there anymore, so he could fit right in.

lol--criminal enterprise is a badge of honor for the current administration and their cronies.

I wonder how the Tampa area is going to fare from these storms?

Tampa Bay concerns are primarily for Gulf of Mexico (GOM) approach where water would pile up into the bay. East coast storm landfall crossing the state is mostly an annoyance. If a storm crossed the state then stalled over the TB, or circled back, then that would be a different story.

102 posted on 08/15/2009 3:08:08 PM PDT by NautiNurse (Obama: A day without TOTUS is like a day without sunshine)
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To: NautiNurse

I’d be happy to puppy sit.


103 posted on 08/15/2009 3:09:48 PM PDT by lonestar (Obama is turning Bush's "mess" into a catastrophe.)
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To: Old Professer
Don’t know what’s holding Ana up.

See post #83 WV image. Lots of dry air in front of Ana.

104 posted on 08/15/2009 3:10:38 PM PDT by NautiNurse (Obama: A day without TOTUS is like a day without sunshine)
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To: Old Professer
Beyond filling the tank and laying in some grub, I wouldn’t rush around just yet.

If you start preparing in advance then you don't need to rush. Around here, if you don't have everything you need and want early then you might as well forget about it at crunch time unless you want a black eye while fighting over a loaf of bread.

105 posted on 08/15/2009 3:14:25 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: Katlyn

Great post packed with valuable guidance, Katlyn. It truly has the voice of experience behind it too. Glad you are back with us to share life saving info this season.


106 posted on 08/15/2009 3:14:52 PM PDT by NautiNurse (Obama: A day without TOTUS is like a day without sunshine)
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To: lonestar
I’d be happy to puppy sit.

C'mon over! He's a great pup, but he needs two full time sitters. Doberman/Terrier mix with pogo sticks for legs.

107 posted on 08/15/2009 3:20:18 PM PDT by NautiNurse (Obama: A day without TOTUS is like a day without sunshine)
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To: NautiNurse

108 posted on 08/15/2009 3:24:25 PM PDT by Prole (Please pray for the families of Chris and Channon. May God always watch over them.)
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To: ConservativeTeen

LOL! I’ll see you at orientation on Monday!


109 posted on 08/15/2009 3:36:06 PM PDT by rangerwife (Proud wife of a Purple Heart recipient)
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To: ConservativeTeen

Oops you might not be a 1L...are you?


110 posted on 08/15/2009 3:38:53 PM PDT by rangerwife (Proud wife of a Purple Heart recipient)
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To: ichabod1
I realize now I need to do better with emergency light. The few flashlights and tea lights I had were not sufficient.

I indulged in a super-duper rechargeable lantern for this season. With the new puppy, I figure it will get plenty of use for those late night outings. Apparently, it has enough battery juice for 48 hours between charges.

111 posted on 08/15/2009 3:46:22 PM PDT by NautiNurse (Obama: A day without TOTUS is like a day without sunshine)
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To: jpsb

Please do me a favor. If Galveston is a target area again, PLEASE don’t wait until the last second to get out!


112 posted on 08/15/2009 3:46:55 PM PDT by Lucius Cornelius Sulla ("men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters." -- Edmund Burke)
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To: rangerwife

I’m a 3L. I remember it being really hot for orientation in Ann Arbor two years ago, I can only imagine how hot (and potentially stormy) it’s going to be for your orientation.


113 posted on 08/15/2009 3:55:47 PM PDT by ConservativeTeen (Proud Right Wing Extremist)
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To: NautiNurse

That’s my point; the conditions don’t favor strong and rapid development.


114 posted on 08/15/2009 4:01:08 PM PDT by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, then writes again.)
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To: NautiNurse

My sister Suzy lost her home in Ivan. I went through hell in Fay, now my brother Bill just sent divorce papers to his wife in Jupiter. I have a very bad feeling about tropical storm Bill...(btw Bill looks like a young Dean Martin, if Dean were 6’4 and were a buff firefighter captain— it’s a cliche- far right) http://www.margatefl.com/press/021406%20Fire%20Dept%20Training%20at%205750%20Margate%20Blvd.pdf

My tomatoes are rotting from a super-abundance of afternoon rain in Jacksonville, FL. Listening to B.B. King “Nobody loves me but my mother and she could be jiving too...”


115 posted on 08/15/2009 4:23:06 PM PDT by Dutchgirl ("What I believe about God is the most important thing about me." A.W. Tozer)
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To: NautiNurse

Thanks NautiNurse! Prayers they will both disappear before they reach land.


116 posted on 08/15/2009 4:26:14 PM PDT by proudofthesouth (Zero is fast becoming America's Hitler.)
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To: Old Professer

Thank you for the information. Please keep it up!


117 posted on 08/15/2009 4:28:19 PM PDT by PatriotGirl827 (Pray for the United States of America!)
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To: NautiNurse; ichabod1

How about an old fashioned hand pumped mantle lantern. Coleman makes a dual mantle hand pumped lantern that runs on white gas (naphtha).


118 posted on 08/15/2009 4:38:13 PM PDT by Clive
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To: Dutchgirl

I’m Jacksonville, Fl also, hope this area’s luck since Dora never runs out. Luck will some day run out sad to say. I hope when it does finally run out, it is not too bad.
Fay was the worst tropical weather event ever for me in Florida, 2004 was a not too close 2nd.


119 posted on 08/15/2009 4:45:42 PM PDT by yield 2 the right
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To: Clive

hurricane lamps tend to burn awfully hot for FL in extreme heat and humidity when there isn’t a/c.


120 posted on 08/15/2009 4:52:16 PM PDT by NautiNurse (Obama: A day without TOTUS is like a day without sunshine)
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