Yep, looks like Hurricane Isabel is barrelling towards Florida. In fact, her project path is right into northeast Florida. I live in northeast Florida. I’m supposed to be flying to Baltimore on Thursday - but as it stands, that could be when Isabel hits.
I can’t leave my daughter home alone with a hurricane enroute, but if it does come ashore then, my flight will be canceled anyway. I was discussing this storm with said daughter. Her reaction was “Well, we won’t have to worry about selling the house then!”
Yeah, kid - keep a happy thought!
I know it’s still pretty far out and one never really knows about the weather. I was reading on one site that there are no predicted high altitude steering currents in the forecast which would deflect the storm appreciably. No other systems are expected to affect Isabel.
I’m thinking I’ll spend this weekend taking everything that’s outside and putting it inside. No need to take a chance on having my patio furniture come flying thru a window.
Best wishes, FairyChatMom. I’m hoping she takes a more northerly course. The last category five hurricane that hit Florida crossed into the Gulf and paid my town a little visit.
I cannot remember a hurricane following the center of it’s projected path this many days away from landfall.This thing could hit anywhere from Virginia to Texas.
And those fucks at FARK made a link to my favorite tracking site, which now slowed it down… Of course it likely would have got overloaded anyway with a big storm on its way.
I have it on good authority that the Florida State Chamber of Commerce posted a large billboard, pointed out into the Atlantic, somewhere offshore (Bimini?). It reads:
Polycarp: But what if Isabel is a geriatric hurricane? It will ignore that sign and find the nearest crowded market-place to charge through, all the time hitting the gas instead of the brake…
Oh well. We escaped this one. It’s raining here in the Dominican Rep. after a few days wondering whether we were going to be blown up by Isabel. I suppose that she wouldn’t do that to her namesake (the island’s original name is Isabela).
Sorry Floridians… We’ll try to fish you out when you float ass by
Hey FairyChat, I had an interview a couple of years ago in Orange Park. Two stereotypes about the JAX area were passed along to me at the time:
1 - Jacksonville was the nicest city in southern Georgia
2 - Hurricanes never hit JAX
Just my luck, since I now have an interview scheduled for next week in Hampton, VA, the eye will come ashore at Virginia beach. How ironic, since I had one cancelled because of the Detroit blackout.
FCM I have the solution to your problem and an answer to your prayers.
Just have Pat Robertson “pray” the hurricane away from the coast of Florida. It worked well enough when a hurricane was threatening to demolish Robertsons empire in Virginia Beach back in the early 1990’s.
Gave us the incentive to get off our butts and lay in some power outage supplies*, at least. We hemmed and hawed and just never got around to it back in June.
*[sub]Batteries, charcoal for the grill, water, that kinda stuff. Actual hurricane supplies tends to be the kids and the pets and a full tank of gas in the car, and heading for a hotel/relative’s house out of town.[/sub]
