[at-l] Hurricane Frances

[jbryankramer at msn.com (J Bryan Kramer)]

Yeah and category five is open ended and starts at 155 mph. However a 190
mph storm is a whole different beast than a 155 mph one. And there have been
a few of these super storms. The 1935 keys storm is ranked as the worst
followed by Camille in the Florida/Alabama panhandle. Andrew is number three
and  not too far down the list is Donna and Betsy both of which I remember
from my Miami days. I recall a story by a well known diver from this area:
Wes Giles (IIRC) who went thru Gilbert while he was a Cozumel. Waves were
washing in the third floor window of his hotel room.
 
Just remember we've been living in a fool's paradise, just look at the
number of hits the SE got from 1950-1970, something like 15 major hits and
33 total hits in those years as opposed to 5 major hits in the last 15
years.
 
Bryan

 
Yes, there is such a thing as a category 5. Ever heard of Andrew?
Dawg

----- Original Message ----- 
From: J Bryan  <mailto:jbryankramer@msn.com> Kramer 
To: Bluetrail@aol.com ; at-l@backcountry.net 
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 4:40 PM
Subject: RE: [at-l] Hurricane Frances

It's too far off to take these projections seriously, other than watching
the developments carefully. The NWS is none too accurate on track
projections, especially 5 day predictions. And their intensity projections
are even worse. Just a couple of degrees variation in track coluld put this
storm anywhere from Miami to Charelston.

Bryan

-------Original Message-----
--Current projection has Frances hitting just north of 
--Melbourne, FL, and heading right across central 
--Florida/Orlando area.  I still have widow makers hanging in 
--my live oaks (tree people are scheduled to come NEXT week).  
--Lots of the debris from Charley has been picked up; what 
--doesn't get picked up is likely to become missiles.


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