Running 2012 Hurricane Thread

Oh, good, a chance to have convention buffoonery AND Jim Cantore in the same city.

 

This will be funny until people start dying:

 

And maybe this.

 

I'll take the maybe this.

 

Oh, she's there.

Miss Warm and Moist is on scene.

 

Tampa dodges a bullet.



I'm glad. I fully do not want any messages muted by the roar of the wind.

 

Looks like we're going to get the western edge of it here on the Mississippi Coast, which means wind and rain but probably not much storm surge. Still, it's times like these that I'm glad my neighbor directly to the south built an 8-foot brick wall all the way around his property.

 

There's a tropical storm warning covering the area where I live. Went to the grocery store this morning and stocked up on red wine.

 

As of this morning, looks like it's Destin's day in the barrel, via Marathon. Tampa Bay probably won't get hit, but spend plenty of time in the wettest quadrant. Not great protesting weather.

 

Newest guidance: Might be a Cat 3 arriving in Pensacola Wednesday morning.

http://www.alabamawx.com/?p=63991

 

Monday edition of the Thing Which Must Not Be Mentioned cancelled in Tampa.

http://mobile.nytimes.com/article?a=964560&f=19

 

The models right now seem to have it headed straight for New Orleans and staying over water as it scrapes past Cuba.

Don't forget, Katrina was a Category 3 at landfall. Isaac should be at least a 2.