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Title: Meanwhile In Florida
Post by: MrKrabs on August 28, 2012, 02:15:48 PM
Here you go Gulf Coast, this is what you get to look forward to... AND WE ONLY GOT HIT BY A BLOODY FETER BAND!?!?!?

Location: Port Saint Lucie, FL
Expected Total Rainfall: 17in
ACTUAL Total Rainfall: 25in

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AND THERE ARE WALKING CATFISH EVERYWHERE  :noid
Title: Re: Meanwhile In Florida
Post by: Nathan60 on August 28, 2012, 02:18:08 PM
I spoke with my father whio is in Sebring and he said they really didnt get anywhere near what they needed. Last time I was donw there all the hammocks were dried up.
Title: Re: Meanwhile In Florida
Post by: MrKrabs on August 28, 2012, 02:26:25 PM
Yeah - most of FL got ripped off of the chance for much needed rain...

It was just that the East coast got pummeled by the N/S Feter Band...

It is too bad it didn't drift a bit more west so more of the state could have had some...
Title: Re: Meanwhile In Florida
Post by: bacon8tr on August 28, 2012, 03:53:56 PM
 :O Those pics bring back bad memories of Rita and Ike.......stay safe to all in the path  :pray
Title: Re: Meanwhile In Florida
Post by: Wildcat1 on August 28, 2012, 04:09:12 PM
For me, it was a joke. I was pissed. No real storms here since 2004
Title: Re: Meanwhile In Florida
Post by: waystin2 on August 28, 2012, 04:29:01 PM
We got off easy here in Winter Park.  Damn that's a lot of water... :uhoh
Title: Re: Meanwhile In Florida
Post by: Dimebag on August 28, 2012, 04:58:12 PM
Quote from: Wildcat1 on August 28, 2012, 04:09:12 PM
For me, it was a joke. I was pissed. No real storms here since 2004

careful whatcha wish for

Title: Re: Meanwhile In Florida
Post by: TwinBoom on August 28, 2012, 05:21:20 PM
Not even good Surf here i feel ripped off too!
Title: Re: Meanwhile In Florida
Post by: save on August 28, 2012, 06:15:55 PM
And Sweden  have had more rain than ever recorded before (recorded since 1760), and one of the coolest.
Title: Re: Meanwhile In Florida
Post by: Changeup on August 28, 2012, 07:08:48 PM
Quote from: save on August 28, 2012, 06:15:55 PM
And Sweden  have had more rain than ever recorded before (recorded since 1760), and one of the coolest.


Thats the price you must pay for having large-breasted, blonde women who look sexy trying to speak English but fail at it miserably.  Who needs English anyway?
Title: Re: Meanwhile In Florida
Post by: deadstikmac on August 28, 2012, 09:01:58 PM
Ya here in Brandon we did not get much of anything... 'cept some sideways rain for a day.
Title: Re: Meanwhile In Florida
Post by: Dogtown on August 28, 2012, 11:52:33 PM
I'm in Daytona ...got some good rain but its rained here for 14 days strait....rivers up ...mullet running ....good fishing  :aok
Title: Re: Meanwhile In Florida
Post by: icepac on August 29, 2012, 09:16:50 AM
On monday night, there was some crazy lightning at about 3:00 am that had bolts that looked to be over 50 miles long.

You would see a flash running north/south all the way to the horizon and wouldn't hear the thunder for about 15 seconds.

The thunder had a different character in that you could feel a very strong sub-bass frequency and the thunderclaps lasted for 7 seconds per strike.

Bizarre.
Title: Re: Meanwhile In Florida
Post by: Butcher on August 29, 2012, 09:57:30 AM
Oh please.... this is actually what happened in florida:

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Title: Re: Meanwhile In Florida
Post by: icepac on August 29, 2012, 12:28:25 PM
Water in some streets here is still halfway between ankles and knees.
Title: Re: Meanwhile In Florida
Post by: Zoney on August 29, 2012, 12:47:11 PM
I think it's kharma.  That's what Florida gets for digging that big ditch between themselves and Cuba and filling it with shark infested waters just to keep those poor Cubans from walking to their state for freedom.

Just sayin.
Title: Re: Meanwhile In Florida
Post by: jollyFE on August 29, 2012, 10:16:58 PM
whats a feeter band...
Title: Re: Meanwhile In Florida
Post by: MrKrabs on August 29, 2012, 10:29:25 PM
Quote from: jollyFE on August 29, 2012, 10:16:58 PM
whats a feeter band...

Whether it is a serious question or not...

Do you notice that when a Tropical Storm/Hurricane spins that it grow "arms" or bands of spiraling showers that reach out? Those are called Feter Bands and they tend to produce heavy rainfall and often small tornados
Title: Re: Meanwhile In Florida
Post by: Mace2004 on September 01, 2012, 06:29:28 PM
Quote from: MrKrabs on August 29, 2012, 10:29:25 PM
Whether it is a serious question or not...

Do you notice that when a Tropical Storm/Hurricane spins that it grow "arms" or bands of spiraling showers that reach out? Those are called Feter Bands and they tend to produce heavy rainfall and often small tornados
Sorry but the correct term is feeder band.
Title: Re: Meanwhile In Florida
Post by: R 105 on September 02, 2012, 08:36:30 AM
 I find it odd how people over react to storms in Florida. I think it is because we have so many non-Floridians in position of power. It cost money to say cancel a day of the RNC for police and other services or cancelling school for almost no reason. Get a grip folks it was a little rain and very little wind for 90% of our state.
Title: Re: Meanwhile In Florida
Post by: Butcher on September 02, 2012, 09:33:47 AM
Quote from: R 105 on September 02, 2012, 08:36:30 AM
I find it odd how people over react to storms in Florida. I think it is because we have so many non-Floridians in position of power. It cost money to say cancel a day of the RNC for police and other services or cancelling school for almost no reason. Get a grip folks it was a little rain and very little wind for 90% of our state.

Nah, because 10 years ago 3 hurricanes tore up florida - Charlie? Jeanni and something else - One entire town got virtually wiped out. Hurricanes are unpredictable and during this time nobody was prepared.

Here's an example of one of the hurricanes that trashed my area:
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Title: Re: Meanwhile In Florida
Post by: Shuffler on September 02, 2012, 11:20:09 AM
Quote from: R 105 on September 02, 2012, 08:36:30 AM
I find it odd how people over react to storms in Florida. I think it is because we have so many non-Floridians in position of power. It cost money to say cancel a day of the RNC for police and other services or cancelling school for almost no reason. Get a grip folks it was a little rain and very little wind for 90% of our state.

It's better to be safe than sorry. Even when told to evacuate pyou will see those folks who stay and put others at risk of death.
Title: Re: Meanwhile In Florida
Post by: Dogtown on September 02, 2012, 11:34:26 AM
I find that the smaller hurricanes ...1's and 2's are just a bunch of rain with gusty winds, no different than our normal summer rains that happen when the east and west sea breezes collide. Its the tornadoes that spawn in these hurricanes that do the most damage and just like anywhere in the country these are harder to predict and therefore they should be taken seriously. Just my two cents.
Title: Re: Meanwhile In Florida
Post by: chaser on September 02, 2012, 05:23:10 PM
Quote from: MrKrabs on August 28, 2012, 02:26:25 PM
Yeah - most of FL got ripped off of the chance for much needed rain...

It was just that the East coast got pummeled by the N/S Feter Band...

It is too bad it didn't drift a bit more west so more of the state could have had some...

That'd be a FEEDER band. Just saying.
Title: Re: Meanwhile In Florida
Post by: R 105 on September 03, 2012, 09:39:05 AM
Quote from: Butcher on September 02, 2012, 09:33:47 AM
Nah, because 10 years ago 3 hurricanes tore up florida - Charlie? Jeanni and something else - One entire town got virtually wiped out. Hurricanes are unpredictable and during this time nobody was prepared.

Here's an example of one of the hurricanes that trashed my area:
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Yep that was 2004 I think. We live in Bradenton and our neighbors took off and went to Orlando to hide out from the storm while we stayed home. The storm when ashore below Ft Myers went across the state blow the roof off the place our neighbors were staying and destroyed their car. Mean while my wife and I were just fine 2 miles from the beach here in Bradenton with our generator running. We only had a few limbs fall in our yard. The point is the storm models are about as predictable as playing the lotto. The only storm that ever caused much damage was the no name storm in 89.

 We lost two patrol cars that year to storm surge at my PD and that storm came out of now where. I rode out a huge storm in a house trailer in Ruskin in 1969 as a kid. Now tornadoes in the midwest is another story those things will kill you. I bet more people were killed in just one or two of the big tornadoes last year than all the hurricanes Florida has had in the last 100 years.     
Title: Re: Meanwhile In Florida
Post by: mbailey on September 03, 2012, 10:11:13 AM
Quote from: Butcher on September 02, 2012, 09:33:47 AM
Nah, because 10 years ago 3 hurricanes tore up florida - Charlie? Jeanni and something else - One entire town got virtually wiped out. Hurricanes are unpredictable and during this time nobody was prepared.

Here's an example of one of the hurricanes that trashed my area:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Jeanne_2004_track.png/800px-Jeanne_2004_track.png)

I think it was the 2004 "Hurricane Train" there was a total of  4...... Charlie, Francis, Jeanne and Ivan
Title: Re: Meanwhile In Florida
Post by: Wildcat1 on September 03, 2012, 10:34:20 AM
Yep, 2004 was a doozy. Francis and Jeanne lasted for days, and Charlie was still a Cat. 2 by the time it reached Orlando. Ft. Meyers was absolutely devastated by Charlie. When it hit us, it caused extensive damage. We lost an 80 year old, 40 ft. Tall oak tree in our lawn, which could have destroyed our house. The whole thing lasted two hours because the storm was moving so fast.
Title: Re: Meanwhile In Florida
Post by: Butcher on September 03, 2012, 11:05:10 AM
Quote from: R 105 on September 03, 2012, 09:39:05 AM
We lost two patrol cars that year to storm surge at my PD and that storm came out of now where. I rode out a huge storm in a house trailer in Ruskin in 1969 as a kid. Now tornadoes in the midwest is another story those things will kill you. I bet more people were killed in just one or two of the big tornadoes last year than all the hurricanes Florida has had in the last 100 years.     

Tornadoes are just as bad in Florida - Hurricanes I don't mind much - but the tornadoes that they spawn are extremely deadly. One family - the Cordero's was living in a trailer at the time during 04, entire family was killed. Bob was disabled from a motorcycle accident and his wife worked security, they had 3 kids.
When one of the hurricanes went overhead, a tornado spawned and was less then 2000 feet from my house, picked up their trailer and flung it like a rag doll. I used to help them fix up the place, gave them whatever my rental property had left over when remodeling apartments (i.e bathroom sinks and kitchen cabinets etc).

After everything calmed down, I drove my truck up the road to check on some of the neighbors and tenants I have, found the trailer disintegrated in the storm, scattered all over the place, grim reminder of how serious mother nature can be.

Why he didn't goto the shelter is probably same reason I didn't - I rode out enough hurricanes and storms that I never was effected by them.
Title: Re: Meanwhile In Florida
Post by: Daddkev on September 03, 2012, 12:56:05 PM
 :bolt: :bolt: :bolt: I was on watch, on the Flightline when Hugo hit! Saw the roof to a resturant fly over the base 300 ft up, going about 120 miles an hour. It landed 15 miles from the building it left from. Even small hurricanes are scary, lots of stuff flying around and all going sideways. I was stationed at NAS CecilField, Jacksonville FL.  :salute :salute :salute You guys just be carefull.  :salute :salute :salute
Title: Re: Meanwhile In Florida
Post by: M0nkey_Man on September 03, 2012, 03:38:01 PM
Quote from: bacon8tr on August 28, 2012, 03:53:56 PM
:O Those pics bring back bad memories of Rita and Ike.......stay safe to all in the path  :pray
Our family had the great idea to stay during Ike. Took a tree to the house but it wasn't near as bad as Rita. Rita fed us 4 trees through the roof
Title: Re: Meanwhile In Florida
Post by: icepac on September 03, 2012, 07:41:37 PM
Quote from: Wildcat1 on September 03, 2012, 10:34:20 AM
Yep, 2004 was a doozy. Francis and Jeanne lasted for days, and Charlie was still a Cat. 2 by the time it reached Orlando. Ft. Meyers was absolutely devastated by Charlie. When it hit us, it caused extensive damage. We lost an 80 year old, 40 ft. Tall oak tree in our lawn, which could have destroyed our house. The whole thing lasted two hours because the storm was moving so fast.

Those live oaks in winter park don't have very deep root structures as compared to the white oaks you see up north.

Hurricane charley toppled many of them.