Hurricane Jeanne

Jeanne has stayed on a westerly track for too long. Now when she makes her northern turn, it will be inland up the peninsula of Florida. Max Mayfield, the head of the National Hurricane Center in Miami, says to prepare for it to land as a Cat 3. They're saying it will be worse than Frances.

Idiot Weston officials have backed off from issuing citations to people for having hurricane shutters up. No matter what they say, it's not that they were worried about fire- it's just that they think shutters are ugly. Churls.

Kathy K. has a great list of Florida bloggers in Jeanne's road, AKA "The Usual Suspects". My favorite hurricane analyst is on the list and on the job

Frances debris on A1A waiting to be flung by Jeanne

UPDATE:
Cat 3. Do I hear a 4?

H_NK_R

Care to solve the puzzle?
Is that word going straight to your spine yet?

Here's the Miami radar.
It's quite windy out. Jeanne has inched one-tenth of a degree north, which is good for us here in Broward. They don't know if it's a wobble, or a trend. Any movement north decreases the wind damage we're going to receive here.
My mother-in-law who lives across the lake had heart surgery a couple of weeks ago, so my father-in-law has taken her far away. I feel sorry for all the frail, old people having to deal with this mess.

UPDATE III:
The first squalls have arrived.
I'll take some pictures before it gets dark. I know how much y'all love the pictures I take through the screens on my porch. ;)

Jeanne, get your fat ass out of town

The National Guard is on the way

UPDATE IV

The News-Press has the explanation as to how Jeanne was able to come back around to threaten Florida a second time. No, she didn't grope around until she caught sight of our coast and said "Oh, there's Florida!" It also says Ivan could reconstitute itself for a third time in the Gulf.
I hear things breaking outside, and the worst of the winds won't be for another three or four hours. My dog won't set one pad onto the patio. She wants nothing to do with this storm. It must be awful up in Fort Pierce and Stuart. The rain is coming down there like Niagara Falls.
Broward County mayor Ilene Lieberman got a little shock from Florida Power and Light when they told her that Broward residents who lose power (20,000 so far) may have to wait three weeks to get it restored. She said that was unacceptable and that she would ask Goveror Bush to intervene. That part made me laugh.
One of those silly surfers didn't make it out of the water in Miami. I know those guys love doing their thing, but people are having to put themselves in danger to search for this fellow. Some young guys think they have a big red 'S' on their chest.

Austin Grover, 9, from left, Will Tweedle, 11, Robert Grover and Jessica Grover, 10, advertise free hot chicken at C.R. Chicks on S.E. Monterey Road in Stuart Saturday morning. The owner decided to give away extra food before the restaurant lost power during Hurricane Jeanne.

The eyewall is coming ashore in Stuart, for those of you who want to watch the live streaming coverage. Cindy sends us a link for live web coverage from Fox. Thanks, Cindy.

UPDATE V:

As of 8:00, 186,000 homes were without power. FPL's warning of a three-week delay in restoring power is due to their being stretched thin from all the hurricanes, so Mayor Lieberman telling on them to the Governor isn't going to help.

Frances and Jeanne made landfall at the exact same coordinates. That must be one for the history books.

Somebody's condo Hutchinson Island, Martin County

Belle Glade

UPDATE VI:

What is it with people trying to drive over bridges in the middle of a hurricane?

St. Lucie dispatchers told car went off South Bridge

FORT PIERCE -- St. Lucie County dispatchers received two calls Saturday evening reporting that a vehicle had fallen off the South Bridge to Hutchinson Island.

The U.S. Coast Guard may attempt to check out the report if the calm during the eye lasts long enough.

According to dispatchers, the vehicle was traveling east toward the island. Callers said the car drove up to the barricade, stopped and then tried speeding over the bridge before falling off, dispatch said.

Wind gusts over 100 mph were expected in the area.

County Administrator Doug Anderson said he visited near the bridge but did not go over because conditions were unsafe.

I hope it was one lone idiot who didn't take anybody with him.

Posted by floridacracker at September 25, 2004 10:04 AM