Tropical Storm Florence threatens ... a lot of fish

Re: New depression expected to become Florence, possible East Coast threat

The computer models would be much more disquieting for South Floridians.

Why even look at the maps.... we're fucked again.

 

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Of course, what happens after the 5-day period is still to be determined. Depends on that high and any upper-level lows around. In 10 days this could be a Cat 5 sitting on Miami or an extratropical low racing towards Iceland.

Plus the storm is still in its early stages, and if the center reforms north, it might get sucked up by a trough and sent to a wavery grave.

As always, prepare, pay attention to advisories and if Jim Cantore knocks on your door asking for a flashlight and Triskets, just swallow the gun and end it right on your porch. That guy's always bad news.

 

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Wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

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Florence ... that sounds like a bad ass name for a hurricane.

Gordon ... not so much. That one has Canada written all over it.

 

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A hot wet windbag named Florence or a hot wet windbag IN Florence...
I can picture both...

 

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Holy crap, that's like the funniest thing I have read on here in a long time.
And on a side note: Do you work for the freaking Weather Channel? You don't see "extratropical low racing towards Iceland" very often.
And I'm a little disappointed on one has put "the seas turn red" and "Aunt Flo" in the same sentence.

 

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Nah, I'm just a weather nerd/meterologist wannabe. Got fascinated by tropical systems since we had a near miss in 1984 and again with Glorida the next year, thought I'd be a weatherman when (if) I grew up, but alas, too much math and science ripped up my dream like wind shear. I used to work for the same company that owns TWC, so I could look at my check every two weeks and say "hey, John Hope and Jim Cantore get a check just like mine. Just with 30 times more money."

Side note: Landmark Communications had a company-wide drawing where the winner got to go to any of Landmark's holdings. Winner? None other than Danger Jim, who chose to visit the TV station they owned in Vegas. This was before he became the Official "We're Fucked" Bellweather, so nobody out there panicked.

 

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Instead of Cantore, it would be better if Stephanie Abrams showed up. The Weather Channel seems to put her on the edge of the storm, and she's hot.

 

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7-10 days, huh?

Great way to commemorate the fifth anniversary of 9/11.

 

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Most famously, the October Gale -- aka The Perfect Storm -- confounded everyone by turning back south in a retrograde fashion.
Bad news for Clooney.

 

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The 2 more recent models Columbo posted earlier have Flo jogging more north. Looks like Jeb can zip up his TV makeup bag for now.

 

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The Lieutenant posted two models?

I wish I had.... nothing like a hopping a couple of sheilas [/irwin honorarium]