Friday, August 28, 2015

Important Tropical Storm Erika Update

Dave Barry posts this update from weather.com.  Note to weather.com guys:  passing spell check doesn't mean you're off the hook.
To be temporarily serious, by the placement of the symbols, I can tell you that was yesterday.  Today the path has shifted west until the 8 PM update has it coming ashore as a tropical storm around Tampa on Monday afternoon and moving up the west coast of Florida, which will be a Bad Thing for folks over there.  They've had an extremely wet summer over there, with flood warnings and advisories daily, so they could do without the rain.  I think McThag is over there somewhere.  Good luck! 

I'm keeping an eye on it to see if I have to do any serious preparation, but as long as it stays a tropical storm it looks like I'm going to work Monday.  It's almost a summer hobby around here to keep an eye on the forecasts. 


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5 comments:

  1. Reg TAugust 29, 2015 at 1:13 AM

    Even if it had said "Shifts" instead, "Erika's Cone" still sounds a bit like TMI, if you ask me. Something only her OB/GYN should know ;-)

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  2. DivemedicAugust 29, 2015 at 12:28 PM

    The safest place to be is in the 5 day cone, which guarantees that in 5 days, you won't be in the area that is actually hit.

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  3. AnonymousAugust 30, 2015 at 11:02 AM

    Wait! Hold the presses. A tropical storm hit's Florida in August.

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  4. SiGraybeardAugust 30, 2015 at 12:06 PM

    Anon - the real story, not the headline, is that Florida hasn't been hit by a hurricane since Wilma in November of 2005. 9 years, 10 months. They were predicting Erika to be the one to break that, but that obviously ain't happening.

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  5. AnonymousAugust 30, 2015 at 6:24 PM

    Thank you global warming; fewer hurricanes and tropical storms

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