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You might be a Hurricane Nut if......

#1 Postby Jim Cantore » Thu Apr 20, 2006 9:39 pm

If the three most memorable days in your life were Hurricane Landfalls, You may be a Hurricane nut.

If you named your three daughters Katrina, Rita, and Wilma, you might be a Hurricane nut.

If you remember the Hurricane Andrew anniversary but forget your wedding aniversary, you might be a Hurricane nut.

If you're email address is you PM box on Storm2k, you might be a hurricane nut.

If when asked when the Battle of New Orleans was you reply "August 29th 2005" You might be a Hurricane nut.

If you have more posts then Cycloneye, you might a Hurricane nut.

If your asked what 440+442 is and you reply "The lowest pressure ever recorded in the western Hemisphere" You might be a Hurricane nut.

If you are in school and your teacher asks who Ivan the Terrible was and you reply "The 4th costliest Hurricane in U.S history", you might be a Hurricane nut.

If you could write a book on Tropical Storm Lee, you might be a Hurricane nut.

If you find yourself using terms like, "Central Dense Overcast" ,and "Eyewall Replacement Cycle" EVERY THREE MINUTES! Yoy might be a Hurricane Nut.

If when you get pulled over for going 74mph you say to the cop, "But I didnt know it was a Tropical Storm zone" you might be a Hurricane nut

If you break up with someone because their namesake Hurricane didnt cause enough damage, You might be a Hurricane nut.

If you wont date somebody who hasnt had a Hurricane named after them, you might be a Hurricane nut.

If you know the first six letters of the greek alphabet by heart, but know none of the others, You might be a Hurricane nut.

If when you sing the ABC's you always skip Q, U, X, Y, and Z, you might be a Hurricane nut.

If you laugh at people named Ethel, you might be a Hurricane nut.

If you tell people to call you by your Storm2k Screename, you might be a Hurricane nut.

If a cop pulls you over for going 174mph and you say, "Darn I almost made Katrinas wind speed" You might be a Hurricane nut.


This isnt meant to be funny, I actually do this

If you tape Hurricane Coverage on the Weather Channel, You might be a Hurricane nut.
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#2 Postby CHRISTY » Thu Apr 20, 2006 9:41 pm

:A: :A: :A: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: :A: :A: :A:
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#3 Postby Jim Cantore » Thu Apr 20, 2006 9:44 pm

watch because I've added two more
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#4 Postby Epsilon_Fan » Thu Apr 20, 2006 9:54 pm

haha, i like that last one
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#5 Postby wxmann_91 » Thu Apr 20, 2006 9:57 pm

If you named your three daughters Katrina, Rita, and Wilma, you might be a Hurricane nut.


I'll keep that in mind for when I grow up :P
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#6 Postby Jim Cantore » Thu Apr 20, 2006 10:06 pm

wxmann_91 wrote:
If you named your three daughters Katrina, Rita, and Wilma, you might be a Hurricane nut.


I'll keep that in mind for when I grow up :P


grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

My boys will be, Andrew, Floyd, Charley, Ivan, and Hugo.

My Girls will be Katrina, Rita, Wilma, Isabel, and Camille.
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#7 Postby senorpepr » Thu Apr 20, 2006 10:34 pm

:uarrow: I'm not sure who to feel more sorry for... your future wife or your future kids. :wink: :cheesy:
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#8 Postby Jim Cantore » Thu Apr 20, 2006 10:38 pm

senorpepr wrote::uarrow: I'm not sure who to feel more sorry for... your future wife or your future kids. :wink: :cheesy:


and I'm changing my wifes name to Jeanne
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#9 Postby Audrey2Katrina » Thu Apr 20, 2006 10:41 pm

That cop could be a hurricane nut if he told a driver "You were going at Cat 1, in a Tropical Storm zone!"

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#10 Postby HurricaneHunter914 » Thu Apr 20, 2006 10:46 pm

:lol: :lol: He'd even be more of a nut if he said,"I'm giving you a ticket of 300 dollars in hurricane damage.
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#11 Postby Jim Cantore » Thu Apr 20, 2006 10:46 pm

Audrey2Katrina wrote:That cop could be a hurricane nut if he told a driver "You were going at Cat 1, in a Tropical Storm zone!"

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:roflmao:
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#12 Postby Jim Cantore » Thu Apr 20, 2006 10:53 pm

I'm adding new ones as I think of them
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Re: You might be a Hurricane Nut if......

#13 Postby southerngale » Thu Apr 20, 2006 11:04 pm

Hurricane Floyd wrote:If you named your three daughters Katrina, Rita, and Wilma, you might be a Hurricane nut.


My puppy's name is Rita, but I didn't name her. I got her from the Humane Society and they had named her Rita because she was born the day the hurricane hit. I didn't change it.
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#14 Postby Jim Cantore » Thu Apr 20, 2006 11:23 pm

If the three most memorable days in your life were Hurricane Landfalls, You may be a Hurricane nut.


I fit that one too

3 most memorable days in my life

1. August 29th 2005
2. September 18th 2003
3. September 16th 1999

3 most memorable landfalls

1. Katrina
2. Isabel
3. Charley
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#15 Postby CHRISTY » Thu Apr 20, 2006 11:37 pm

:eek: :eek: :eek:
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#16 Postby mike815 » Thu Apr 20, 2006 11:42 pm

yeah im a hurr freak lol
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Re: You might be a Hurricane Nut if......

#17 Postby HURAKAN » Thu Apr 20, 2006 11:50 pm

Hurricane Floyd wrote:If you tape Hurricane Coverage on the Weather Channel, You might be a Hurricane nut.


Believe it or not, I actually did this for a long time when I was in high school. I woke up every day at 5:30 AM, therefore I taped every 4:50 AM Tropical Update when there was a tropical storm or hurricane or depression in the Atlantic, and then I taped the 2:50 PM Tropical Update so when I arrived at my house I could get the latest on the storm. It was something that I couldn't wait to turn on the computer or wait for the next tropical update. Right now that I have DSL then it's not a problem. Moreover, now that I'm in college I wake up at 7 AM.
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Re: You might be a Hurricane Nut if......

#18 Postby Jim Cantore » Thu Apr 20, 2006 11:52 pm

HURAKAN wrote:
Hurricane Floyd wrote:If you tape Hurricane Coverage on the Weather Channel, You might be a Hurricane nut.


Believe it or not, I actually did this for a long time when I was in high school. I woke up every day at 5:30 AM, therefore I taped every 4:50 AM Tropical Update when there was a tropical storm or hurricane or depression in the Atlantic, and then I taped the 2:50 PM Tropical Update so when I arrived at my house I could get the latest on the storm. It was something that I couldn't wait to turn on the computer or wait for the next tropical update. Right now that I have DSL then it's not a problem. Moreover, now that I'm in college I wake up at 7 AM.



I've taped coverage on Isabel, Charley, Frances, Ivan, Jeanne, Arlene, Dennis, Katrina, and Wilma
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#19 Postby Cookiely » Fri Apr 21, 2006 5:41 am

You might be a hurricane nut if you set two separate timers so that you wouldn't miss the tropical updates on the weather channel and local news channel.
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#20 Postby Hybridstorm_November2001 » Fri Apr 21, 2006 10:55 am

I also recall getting up early (in the am) in the early 1990s to late 1990s (before the Net really caught on, and my work for the Weather Services started) and catching tropical updates, and other hurricane related weather bits. I also kicked myself if I missed a data point for my track maps back then, 'cause they were not archived on the net like today :lol:
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