[extropy-chat] hurricane frances

Mike Lorrey mlorrey at yahoo.com
Sat Sep 4 17:37:38 UTC 2004


--- Harvey Newstrom <mail at harveynewstrom.com> wrote:
> 
> > Honestly folks, it isn't the apocalyse, its just a storm.
> > Sure there will be some roof damage here and there, stuff
> > may fly around.  But in most cases you are safer in your
> > sturdy home with adequate supplies, than on some clogged
> > freeway filled with panicky and sleepy yahoos creeping to
> > the north.  Floridians, stand your ground!
> 
> Spike, trees are already down in my home town of Melbourne now.  They
> are predicting sustained winds of over 100 MPH for over 24 hours. Did

> you see the pictures from hurricane Charley?  There are foundations 
> with no houses on them.  Forget mobile home parks which are totally 
> gone now, I am talking about real structures that are not there 
> anymore.  People cannot weather the storm in such structures.  This
> is how those 20 people died and hundreds were injured, trying to stay

> home.

Well, Melbourne is certainly getting the brunt end of things here. Hope
your home makes it through, Harvey.

Frances is currently holding at max winds of 105 mph at the eyewall.
Gusts that high are occuring as far as 100 miles away from the eye, but
sustained winds by landfall should be 73 mph, at about 4-5 am tomorrow.
Nowhere near Andrew strength. They are now predicting a storm surge of
only 6 feet and rain of 8-20 inches across Florida. The shuttles should
make it through okay unless something freakish happens.

Wind speeds at Palm Beach are currently only 30-45 mph.

=====
Mike Lorrey
Chairman, Free Town Land Development
"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."
                                         -William Pitt (1759-1806) 
Blog: http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=Sadomikeyism


		
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