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2008-08-20 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Tropical Storm Fay Heads for Fla. Gulf Coast

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Posted by Fred 2008-08-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11126 views ] Top

#1 It is now just north of Melbourne (South of the cape). I am on ocean at Hammock Dunes (Palm Coast) and winds are tolerable at around 30-40 mph. Squalls are coming every hour or so. This thing is moving very slowly and I don't expect higher winds until sometime early tomorrow morning. I haven't seen any kite boarders come sailing by my window, yet:)

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2008-08-20 10:24|| 2008-08-20 10:24|| Front Page Top

#2 BFD.
(A tropical storm, ooooh! How frightening!)

Posted by mojo">mojo 2008-08-20 10:33|| 2008-08-20 10:33|| Front Page Top

#3 Little caught up in our own weather system; am I right in understanding that this would be a welcome rainfall for Florida?

Posted by swksvolFF 2008-08-20 11:09|| 2008-08-20 11:09|| Front Page Top

#4 Sources back in Brevard County (head east from Orlando, stop when you reach the ocean) tell me that this thing is parked on top of them and drenching them good. Parts have gotten 11 inches so far, and the streets are flooding over pretty much everywhere. 5500 or so are currently without power, and they are requesting that people cut back on water usage for personal hygiene only. Melbourne International (hey, they have 2 flights a week to the Bahamas, so....) has had all kinds of critters on the runway, like walking catfish, turtles and snakes. I think it's still open, by why anyone wants to go there now is beyond me. Kennedy Space Center has been closed.

Cocoa has been evac'd in parts and there is an evac going on in parts of Melbourne and West Melbourne. Our "retirement villa" is on higher ground, but I'm not very hopeful right now that we will escape flooding with a downpour like this.

(BTW, mojo, Floridians generally aren't scared of a tropical storm, it's the aftermath and the cleanup that bugs 'em.)

Best of luck to anyone in that downpour who can read this....take care and hope you are on higher ground......

Posted by Swamp Blondie in the Cornfields 2008-08-20 13:21|| 2008-08-20 13:21|| Front Page Top

#5 Cocoa evacuated? Oh noes! Hope Jeannie, Capt. Nelson, and Capt. Healey are OK!

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-08-20 13:28|| 2008-08-20 13:28|| Front Page Top

#6 Oops, got more info. Parts of Brevard have gotten 21 inches. The National Weather Service Office, about a mile or so south of our "retirement villa", got 15 inches. School has been canceled for Thursday. And it's still coming.

If we had a drought, I think it's pretty much over now, swksvolFF. ;)

Posted by Swamp Blondie in the Cornfields 2008-08-20 13:29|| 2008-08-20 13:29|| Front Page Top

#7 cripes! 21"? San Diego averages 9"+ a year. If we got 21" in a day, I'd have beachfront property

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-08-20 13:31|| 2008-08-20 13:31|| Front Page Top

#8 Some of those swamps that had been drained must now be swamps again. How happy the environmentalists must be!

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-08-20 13:34|| 2008-08-20 13:34|| Front Page Top

#9 Good lord, 15"! 21"!. Send some our way ;)

Posted by swksvolFF 2008-08-20 13:36|| 2008-08-20 13:36|| Front Page Top

#10 Yep, I think it's pretty much at the "Biblical flood" stage.

The local authorities have ordered people to stay off the roads, which, considering some of them are under 5 feet of water, is probably a good idea.

Trust me, if any of youse guys can figure out how to get this biatch out of Brevard, you are welcome to her. "Jeannie" said this is beyond her control, and those damn Captains she hangs with ain't much use right now, either. ;)

Posted by Swamp Blondie in the Cornfields 2008-08-20 14:08|| 2008-08-20 14:08|| Front Page Top

#11 It's still very dry here. we were hoping it would come our way but new computer models have it moving much further south and west, through Georgia and Alabama. Phooey.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2008-08-20 14:21|| 2008-08-20 14:21|| Front Page Top

#12 Gonna be good for Dothan. (let's go thar!)

Posted by .5MT 2008-08-20 18:41|| www.cybernations.net]">[www.cybernations.net] 2008-08-20 18:41|| Front Page Top

#13 Georgia certainly could use some rain like that.

Posted by Jolutch Mussolini7800 2008-08-20 18:54|| 2008-08-20 18:54|| Front Page Top

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