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Alan Anderson 01-09-2004 12:04

Re: Huricane francis
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by RudimentaryPeni
Florida should just build a big giant wall then the hurricane wont be able to get through.

If I'm reading the satellite photos correctly, Frances is approximately as long as Florida and more than twice as wide. It's also quite a bit higher than any wall I've ever heard of. In a contest between a hurricane and a "big giant wall", the wall loses.

Blacknight 01-09-2004 15:32

Re: Huricane francis
 
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Sweet idea! It would also help to keep out those pesky Mongol invasions.
I don't think that'll happen unless the mongols traded their horses for boats...
And we just found out we've got a 5 day weekend. Hopefully it turns north like floyd at the last second....

Barry Bonzack 01-09-2004 15:37

:Gulp:
 
Just for K and Gs... would someone overlap the picture of this hurricane's path with the path of Charley? Also if you could show the sizes of both in proportion, that'd be pretty cool.... I have a feeling my house is near the intersecting point of both paths. I hear this one has a 48 mi wide eye. :ahh:

Lisa Perez 01-09-2004 16:02

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I'm gonna be praying for you guys!

Gabe Salas Jr. 01-09-2004 16:19

Re: Hurricane Frances
 
I really do not know what my plans are quite yet. All I know is that I need to board up my house, pack, and leave. I may travel to Atlanta. I am pretty sure they will require a mandatory evacuation from all counties with coastlines touching from Ft. Lauderdale, to Jacksonville. So, five day weekend for me. What are other people's plans?

Katie Reynolds 01-09-2004 16:24

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Lisa Perez
I'm gonna be praying for you guys!

Me too.

*Glad I live in Wisconsin ...*

:(

Ryan Albright 01-09-2004 16:41

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Thanks for everyone who is praying for us. I moved to orlando a week after charley but i was up here to help with clean up. Now that i am a resident up here i am def worried. We have a meeting at our complex tonight on what they want us to do. I am telling you tho that the way its projected results here in orlando will be castrophic, they are still repairing stuff from charley. All around ucf there are still down powerlines. As of now i am planning on bunkering down and to ride this out, my parents live in ft. lauderdale so basically no point to go down there. I will have a video camera and digital camera attached to my side during this and i will post pictures on chielfdelphi whenever internet goes back up here. But def prayers are necessary and greatly appreciated

tiffany34990 01-09-2004 17:20

Re: Huricane francis
 
i pray that everyone is okay-- i'm gonna be in my lovely house praying for my life-- shutters are up but u really don't know what's gonna happen-- school are all closed here now


good luck everyone in florida be safe and be smart

GILLIGAN!!!!!!! 01-09-2004 19:06

Re: Huricane francis
 
OK guys, im waiting for the 11PM advisory, but i think it might end up turning north and hitting the Carolinas, which would rock because then we would get the 10ft surf for 2 or 3 days AND have a 5 day weekend. Keep your fingers crossed.

Tytus Gerrish 01-09-2004 19:21

Re: Huricane francis
 
Jim, Dont You Get it? This thing is going to destroy everything in its path. its better that it hits florida, where buildings are built to withstand a huricane then anywhere else witch will be torn apart. thats what happened to Ft Myers They never get huricanes and their structures didnt stand up to it.

GILLIGAN!!!!!!! 01-09-2004 19:47

Re: Huricane francis
 
Ya i get it, but if it curves north, it may drop to a cat3 because the waters get cooler, so it might not be as bad.

Denalin Fusion 01-09-2004 20:18

Re: Huricane francis
 
I remember last summer having what was close to a drought, this summer seems like the exact opposite!

Arefin Bari 01-09-2004 20:21

Re: Huricane francis
 
alright...

5 days weekend = WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! :)

Hurricane Francis = GRRRRR.... NOT COOOOOOL!!! :mad:


hopefully, Everybody will be alright...

Andrew Rudolph 01-09-2004 21:02

Re: Huricane francis
 
I'm Evacuating out of my dorms to miami, everyone in an on campus apartement (me included) is being moved into one of the classroom building, and since this storm is big and slow, i really dont look forward to spending a day in there, so im outa here!

Spammy Badame 01-09-2004 23:15

Re: Huricane francis
 
My attitude of this thing has totally changed during the day. First block was just like normal class. Second block we took school pictures. Third Block we watched the weather channel, and 4th block we found out that we had a 5 day weekend. I was soo excited about that. All this week i had wanted this thing to hit us dead on. I wanted to have the eye hit us. I wanted to go to the beach and walk around. I didn't think anything bad would happen. The worst thing that has ever happened to us (my family) in a hurricane is during Irene, i think (the one after floyd), the cabage palm in my back yard tilted. It's a little higher than a 45 degree angle. i would prolly say 60 degrees from the ground. and it's been there ever since. so i figured this would just be like any of those hurricanes, i figured we would prolly lose that palm and a few leaves, nothing much. however, as soon as i got home, my dad was in the garage, i got out of the car and said, "we have a 5 day weekend." he said, "dont' celebrate too quickly, we have a lot of work to do, and this thing is coming straight towards us." at that point, it still didn't kick in how bad this thing is gonna be. but as i was walking the boards to the correct windows around my house, i was already walking in puddles of water. that's when i remembered how quickly my house floods. my yard is already soaked! but now i'm just freaked out about this thing. our whole house is covered in windows. and not just little window, we have 6 sliding glass doors, one window the size of a sliding glass door, 4 floor to ceiling windows, a half-rotting frame on our back door, and one small window, in our doorless shower. we're waiting this thing out in my laundry room. to imagine the size of my laundry room, imagine the size of a pit with a washer, dryer, and refrigerator in it. yes, there will be 4 of us in there. we'll be there for friday night and saturday. I really am scared now. I don't want to lose everything!!

Oh yeah, and thanks for the wonderful pictures of the hurricane and how big it was, as if i wasn't worried enough!!


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