Masquerouge
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Apparently it is the biggest recorded hurricane in this area ever. 
Wilma - 12. hurricane of the 2005 season.
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Its power will fade away, I guess.
Masquerouge
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I guess your guess will be correct 
Or else mankind is doomed 
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Masquerouge said:
You know, I mean before it strikes Florida
RoddyVR said:
If it stays a little bit offshore (and essentially travels up the Gulf Stream) then it could hit New England rated as a hurricane. I remember only that four or five years ago a hurricane practically driving up the Hudson River. However, it is likely to have faded a bit by the time it gets here, and paranoid as I am I have not stocked up on supplies a bit north of you in New Hampshire.
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IglooDude said:If it stays a little bit offshore (and essentially travels up the Gulf Stream) then it could hit New England rated as a hurricane. I remember only that four or five years ago a hurricane practically driving up the Hudson River. However, it is likely to have faded a bit by the time it gets here, and paranoid as I am I have not stocked up on supplies a bit north of you in New Hampshire.
That would have been Hurricane Floyd in 1999 (a year which, incidentally, used the same list as this year - but Floyd was retired after 1999). Floyd was only a Tropical Storm when it made its second landfall here in NJ, but it made landfall for the first time in North Carolina as a Category 2 hurricane. More notable about Floyd was its size - it was the largest hurricane on record in the Atlantic.
As it stands, if Wilma continues on its current path, it is very possible that it will hit Long Island or New England as a Category 1 or 2 Hurricane after crossing Florida; it is predicted to pick up immense speed shortly before crossing Florida and will be moving almost as fast as the so-called "Long Island Express" - a Category 3 hurricane that hit Long Island in 1938 at a forward speed of 70 miles per hour (a fast-moving storm is moving at about 15 miles per hour) and drove a storm surge of 35 feet, higher than that of Hurricane Katrina, up Narragansett Bay and into Providence, Rhode Island. This speed would prevent Wilma from losing significant strength as it would only take a day or so for it to reach New England.
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Ultima Dragoon said:
Trouble-a-brewin'.
Ultima Dragoon said:
I've been hearing that quote A LOT lately... (more than you'll ever know. 
)I saw it this morning (the wind speed graph wasn't updated), and I thought it was a typo when I saw 175mph. It was barely a hurricane the day before!
Ultima Dragoon said:
Probably not. Most of the refineries/oil platforms are closer to the Texas/Louisiana border than out by Florida. Not that there won't be an impact, but it won't be as severe as Katrina or Rita was.
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Chieftess said:
I'm doing Mcabeth in English st the moment.
Chieftess said:
What the? That's a massive increase in speed!
Uhh... What's that in kilometres?
Turner_727 said:
Shows what I know about where things in America are. All I know is that the Statue of Liberty is in New York.
CAptain Carnage said:
I can feel it in my bones
Oh god, There's a massive storm front over my house at the moment. I just hope it isn't a supercell. *shudder*
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I guess so too, once it reaches the cold waters of western Europe
175mph = 280km/hUltima Dragoon said:
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silver 2039 said:
People said the same thing about Pakistan/India in the earthquake thread but none of them got warned. The double standard is intreasting is'nt it?
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The Yucatan peninsula will most likely get some severe punishment from Wilma - the wobbly track is forecasted to continue once the eyewall makes landfall, and no significant weakening is predicted to happen before she hits land. During the last hour Wilma hasshifted course from a northernly to a westernly course. And the eyewall is not far from the Yucatan coastline now.
It's is allmost certain that she will land as a category 4 hurricane - with the odd chance of even reaching category 5. This is due to an unfortunate cykle of eyewall replacement which will peak at intensity around the time the hurricane reaches Yucatan. Predicted storm surges will be around 7-11 feet.
It's is allmost certain that she will land as a category 4 hurricane - with the odd chance of even reaching category 5. This is due to an unfortunate cykle of eyewall replacement which will peak at intensity around the time the hurricane reaches Yucatan. Predicted storm surges will be around 7-11 feet.
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KaeptnOvi said:175mph = 280km/h
May god have mercy on them all.
That's fast
The ones down here only reach that very rarely.
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Ultima Dragoon said:May god have mercy on them all.
That's fast
The ones down here only reach that very rarely.
Very fast. Try to put your head out of the car window in 140 km/h. Then imagine, that the hurricane winds are about twice as fast.
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And i live right in its path, Naples. Guess I'll see if Im alive on Tuesday.
Cuivienen said:
Yep, Floyd, thanks. I remember it mostly because it sank my uncle's sailboat.
I can't even imagine a hurricane moving at 70mph.
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Quick update:
Wilma's eye is now enveloping the entire holiday resort island of Cozumel.
Winds are 140 MPH with higher gusts, surges at 7-11 feet. Both the popular holiday destinations of Cozumel and Play del Carmen will get to test their hurricane preparedness...
Wilma's eye is now enveloping the entire holiday resort island of Cozumel.
Winds are 140 MPH with higher gusts, surges at 7-11 feet. Both the popular holiday destinations of Cozumel and Play del Carmen will get to test their hurricane preparedness...
