Tropical Storm Irene sprang into life.

[dixiegrrrrl]

Anyone need rain along the SE Gulf/Coast?

Puter models:
http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/tracking/at201109_model.html

[Ruby the Liberal]

1. Texas maybe?

*whistle*

[cutlassmama]

2. possible (blue), but more probable Florida

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. jeff Master says, at this point, a lot of possibilities.

"Given the uncertainties, this weekend would be a good time to go over your hurricane preparedness if you live anywhere in the Caribbean, Bahamas, or U.S. coast, since Irene could well be paying you a visit as a tropical storm or hurricane sometime in the next week."

http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=1888

( getting out my list of "storm home" friends across the counry....."

[Ruby the Liberal]

4. I was being a smartass.

In all seriousness, models collectively seem to indicate Tampa/StPete

[Odin2005]

5. I have a really bad feeling about this storm.

:scared:

[flvegan]

10. Don't say that.

It's potentially coming to my back door, and I don't need any of that nonsense on top of my own concern about it.

[Odin2005]

11. I was looking at the tracks of past storms and...

...I fear Irene will have a track similar to Hurricane David of 1979.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_David

[mnhtnbb]

14. I have friends living in the DR--returning to the US in September

I hope they are making plans...

[malaise]

24. Yep but David was way more powerful

:hi:

[Odin2005]

25. I think Irene will go north of the forcast track and mostly miss Hispanola.

Which is BAD NEWS for the Carolinas. when she hits the gulf stream she will bomb out.

[texanwitch]

6. Just a little of the rain would do for me.

Come on Irene, just a little rain.

[Strelnikov_]

7. That was quick n/t

[dixiegrrrrl]

8. You mean that it went tropical so fast?

They are saying good chance of it strengthening.

[NightWatcher]

9. I'm in the Gulf off Alabama now, but will be back to Jax next Friday

I hope that I can get the my rain catch system cleaned out well before this comes to fill em up.

I don't want to be on this ship in the gulf when any storms get close. Being on anchorage is boring.

[Lochloosa]

12. NightWatcher....how have you been?

[NightWatcher]

13. Pretty well

We've got a happy, healthy 5 month old and I've been busy with the marine endangered species work since leaving CES. I don't miss those ignorant assholes one bit. The best thing I got from them was a pickup truck they didn't want to spend $500 to repair. Two years later the truck is still trucking. The way they operated their business I'm surprised they're still in business. Half the crap I delivered I had to get from Consolidated or some other company downtown.

Hows things with you? Are you still working down the road?

I hope this storm hangs on till next weekend and isn't too strong, I've got a tree I need to trim in the backyard with a huge dead section.

[Lochloosa]

21. Actually, I have moved on from Cook. My third layoff in 3 years.

I'm with another company that does signalization for the DOT. (red lights and pedestrian crossings etc.) Congrats on the little one. Is this your first? If so, your in for a fun ride.

[mnhtnbb]

15. If the projected path holds up, looks like we'll finally get some rain in the Triangle.

[malaise]

16. The good news for everyone is that is not expected to

be more than at Cat1 at any stage.

[KG]

17. no need for rain in my corner of the world...

[Obamanaut]

18. Or, gradually developed over a couple of days, rather than 'springing' . nt

[Ilsa]

19. Please, please come to Texas. nt

[malaise]

23. Not this one - your turn will come

the oceans and seas are warming up and the storms are rolling off the Atlantic coast of Africa

[malaise]

20. Guess we're lucky to be out of the cone this morning

We weren't so lucky in 1988.

We're still watching with interest.

[malaise]

22. Everyone should be delighted that this stormis still not organized

This would have been a mega-hurricane - it is huge. Thankfully it is unlikely to be more that a Cat1 no matter where Irene crash lands.