Hurricane Alex

NOAA/NHC ^ | 29 June 2010 | NOAA/NHC

[jpsb]

Going to Mexico, thank goodness. Thanks for the ping.

[smokingfrog]

Surf’s up!

http://www.stormsurf.com/buoy/mht/gom.html

[mstar]

Looks like a small remnant of Alex, left after that mass broke away and headed northeast toward Louisiana, still remains and could reform as a hurricane again - but with half the mass and greatly reduced wind velocity. Just guessing - from views seen at this link. Maybe this is God's oil-spill cleanup campaign... who knows.

Been hurricane watching for a while and have never seen this type of pattern, at least I don't remember one. Maybe the Lord is getting ready to show He is the boss of the Gulf Coast, and will clean up His own waters.

NN thanks for the updates. Hope everyone is out of harms way.

[SouthTexas]

I don’t even watch them anymore since I’ve found the many links online with the REAL data. :)

[SouthTexas]

A dirt track slide?

Will still be very wet for the next few days but that’s what I thought early on.

[SouthTexas]

Here's a better shot of the bands.

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

It’s very bad,Ron,,,

The south end of Louisiana is flat for the most part,,,

Only a few sandy beaches,,,

Mostly marshland,,,

This or any bad storm will push the oil into the marsh where

you can’t even walk,,,

Too thick to go by boat,,,

Area too large to cover with choppers,,,

It just ain’t no way to clean it up once it gets into the

marsh...

[lonestar]

Please don’t be another Ike, the inland hurricane that hit Ohio. I’ll never forget it as long as I live...

ROFLOL...don't move if you think it was bad there!

[barkeep]

Here in West Texas, we PRAY for blown out storms, we need the water. Looks like this one is headed west, might inconvenience the Cartels for a day or two.

We might get lucky and see some rain, but I’m putting long odds on it.

[DrewsMum]

This is gonna get me in so much trouble w/my Texas friends but....

I really wish if Alex HAS to come to texas that it would gather all the oil out of the gulf and dump it in Galveston....I mean if it has to go SOMEWHERE, that’s the best place....because no one would no the difference, it’s such a crap hole down there....the nastiest beach I have ever scene and it’s a pitiful shame, b/c that island could be a vacationer’s paradise if it were taken care of...ugh!

[alancarp]

Hard to call it a cleanup operation since there’s no sign of that gusher stopping in the foreseeable future. But we’ll take whatever we can get, certainly.

[valkyry1]

No there is no way to clean it up and have you seen the video of the boiling water coming on to shore?

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

Yup,,,saw a little of it,,,

I think that was foam from the wave action,,,

Ain’t sure,,,

It sure didn’t look rite,,,

I’ve gotta wonder if that’s something to do with all that

krap that they sprayed on the water ?...

[Liberty Valance]

Weird patterns in that loop. Thanks.

[mstar]

And Ike made landfall as only a Cat. 2 storm.

I think it was about 3 to 5 mph short of a Cat 3 at landfall, and one nasty hurricane.

A tropical depression, such as Allison, under perfect storm conditions, can mess up your life for a good long while.

Stay safe :)

[mstar]

We will take whatever we can get, certainly.

Yes, and be grateful for it.

[valkyry1]

I found the link

http://www.rsairphoto.com/gallery.php?gal=29

//crap sprayed on the water//

Probably does have something to do with it, but whether it does or it dont you know not much can live through that.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

‘No there is no way to clean it up and have you seen the video of the boiling water coming on to shore?’

I guarantee that in 100,000 years you will be unable to tell the lowland had ever been oil soaked.

[NautiNurse]

[NautiNurse]

Hurricane Alex sustained winds 80 mph; moving WNW at 7 mph
959 mb; 220 mile SE of Brownsville TX.
Hurricane force winds extend outward up to 25 miles, tropical
storm force winds 200 miles from the center.

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