OT: Hurricane Dennis..Here we go again

snaz16 · Post by **snaz16** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 7:30 pm

The tropics are brewin' up again,and us folks on the west coast of Fla are getting a little nervous,as Dennis goes to a Cat. 3. Here in Punta Gorda,where we took the brunt of Charley last August,this would be the last thing we need. As of now its projected to skirt the coast Sat. If this holds true we will get 50 to 70 mph winds,and rain. But as last year taught us ,anything can happen. At least the homestead is repaired from Charley. Looks like the panhandle could bear the brunt of this one. This is way to early for this crap!

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 7:31 pm

Looks like you and I need to go a little more inland. Freakin' Earthquakes and Hurricanes...our coasts suck.

snaz16 · Post by **snaz16** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 7:36 pm

dbdynsty25 wrote:Looks like you and I need to go a little more inland. Freakin' Earthquakes and Hurricanes...our coasts suck.

Not much inland on this peninsula. Drive a 150 miles and your on another coast

Zeppo · Post by **Zeppo** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 8:03 pm

Good luck down there. Apparently, this season will be an above-average hurricane season, so it probably will stay pretty active through the summer.

Cincinnati_Kid · Post by **Cincinnati_Kid** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 8:08 pm

here we go again

where are you located snaz ?

snaz16 · Post by **snaz16** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 9:34 pm

Cincy;
I'm in Punta Gorda. We were ground zero for Charley's 150+ winds last Aug. There are still many people living in trailers next to storm damaged homes,as well as approx. 400 FEMA trailers out by the airport housing about 1200 displaced people. I don't wish this storm on anybody,but we damn sure don't need any part of this bad boy. Stay safe up there. If it stays on its projected course,you'll probably get some tropical storm force winds and rain. The Hi pressure system needs to stay in place,and we should skate. If it moves east,we could be in trouble. After last year we are all freakin amateur meteoroligists around here

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 9:41 pm

Best of luck to you cats in the Sunshine State.

Take care,
PK

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 11:17 pm

Me and the wife just got back from our vacation down there. It was amazing to watch the local news act so blase as the chance of a hurricane grows...at least at this point.

Hell, they break into programming with a news update when lightning hits the area anymore up here it seems...

athletics_fan · Post by **athletics_fan** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 12:38 am

I'm in Pensacola, where it's forecasted to hit. As if Ivan wasn't enough, now we have to deal with Dennis.

I hate hurricanes

AcemanPR · Post by **AcemanPR** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 9:09 am

I just hope Dennis will back his way up to Northwest Ohio and dump 2 or 3 inches of rain on us.

Rain...something I've seen twice in the last 8 weeks.

Brando70 · Post by **Brando70** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 10:04 am

Stay safe, Florida DSPers. I am sure this crap is getting old.

I will take my chances with the twin disasters of the flyover states: tornados and ennui.

wco81 · Post by **wco81** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 10:44 am

The hurricanes are also affecting the rest of the nation/world.

Price of oil, heating oil and gas have spiked in the last week because of real or anticipated supply disruptions from the Gulf. Actually, it's only about 200k barrels which are affected.

But the oil market is now full of hedge fund types and other Wall Street arbitrageurs so the prices are more volatile than they otherwise would be.

Hurricanes are nothing new. But the way the oil market is responding to them is.

snaz16 · Post by **snaz16** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 6:33 pm

wco81 wrote:The hurricanes are also affecting the rest of the nation/world.

Price of oil, heating oil and gas have spiked in the last week because of real or anticipated supply disruptions from the Gulf. Actually, it's only about 200k barrels which are affected.

But the oil market is now full of hedge fund types and other Wall Street arbitrageurs so the prices are more volatile than they otherwise would be.

Hurricanes are nothing new. But the way the oil market is responding to them is.

Tell me about it. The price went up 14 cents a gallon here in Punta Gorda overnight.