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Most beautiful storm (in terms of satellite imagery) this year?

Dennis
3
2%
Emily
5
3%
Katrina
51
33%
Maria
3
2%
Rita
14
9%
Wilma
76
49%
Beta
3
2%
Other (please specify)
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#61 Postby Epsilon_Fan » Thu Apr 20, 2006 9:59 pm

wilma hands down... the tiny eye was impressive
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#62 Postby HurricaneHunter914 » Thu Apr 20, 2006 10:59 pm

Wilma for me too, her large eye before landfall on the yucatan was impressive too does anyone have a picture of it?
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#63 Postby Jim Cantore » Thu Apr 20, 2006 11:06 pm

Hurricane Hunter 914 wrote:Wilma for me too, her large eye before landfall on the yucatan was impressive too does anyone have a picture of it?


http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v604/Generation3Mako/Hurricane%20Wilma/?action=view&current=Wilma2015z-051021-1kg12.jpg

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v604/Generation3Mako/Hurricane%20Wilma/?action=view&current=586858475.jpg

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v604/Generation3Mako/Hurricane%20Wilma/?action=view&current=56856856.jpg

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v604/Generation3Mako/Hurricane%20Wilma/?action=view&current=54754745.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v604/Generation3Mako/Hurricane%20Wilma/0000000000000000000000.jpg
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#64 Postby benny » Fri Apr 21, 2006 4:44 pm

Hmm I may have a bias but that small eye of wilma wasn't nearly as beautiful as katrina. i'd rank them katrina, rita, wilma but really when they are all stunning.. hard to choose!
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#65 Postby CHRISTY » Fri Apr 21, 2006 4:57 pm

wilma at here peak really did it for me!her pinhole eye was truly an incredible thing to see.....so beautiful but yet so deadly. :eek:
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#66 Postby TexasStooge » Sat Apr 22, 2006 10:54 am

Scorpion wrote:It was mostly a draw between Katrina and Wilma...


About the same story with me.
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#67 Postby HurricaneHunter914 » Sat Apr 22, 2006 11:42 am

If this was a poll for the most destructive 2005 cane it would be Katrina hands down. But this is a beautiful cane thread and I have to say Wilma takes the cake.
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#68 Postby Ivan14 » Sat Apr 22, 2006 12:04 pm

For me it was very hard to choose between Wilma or Katrina.I choose Katrina cuz she had a wonderfull looking eye.Wilma did to I just was not as impressed as I was with Katrina.
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#69 Postby Audrey2Katrina » Mon Apr 24, 2006 7:30 pm

Got to be Wilma.... that shot with the pinhole eye is absolutely awe-inspiring.

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#70 Postby Jim Cantore » Mon Apr 24, 2006 7:40 pm

I'm voting for Tropical Storm Lee 8-)
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#71 Postby greeng13 » Mon Apr 24, 2006 7:44 pm

Katrina here
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#72 Postby SouthFloridawx » Sun Jul 02, 2006 4:59 pm

bump as someone was looking for this earlier.
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#73 Postby CHRISTY » Sun Jul 02, 2006 5:00 pm

Thanks southfloridawx..... :wink:
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#74 Postby Cyclenall » Sun Jul 02, 2006 7:32 pm

I have voted now. It was hard to choose between Katrina and Wilma but Katrina gets it. That's because of the impact it had on me the first time I saw it at peak. Wilma did the same come to think of it. Wow, Wilma and Katrina are tied almost. I was surprised so many people picked Wilma but I guess it was close between Katrina and Wilma. The rest of the storms that season looked amazing except Beta.
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#75 Postby beachbum_al » Sun Jul 02, 2006 8:51 pm

Katrina
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#76 Postby Grease Monkey » Sun Jul 02, 2006 8:58 pm

I think 95L was the most beautiful looking storm this year.
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#77 Postby f5 » Sun Jul 02, 2006 9:20 pm

Katrina is about as good as it gets
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#78 Postby CHRISTY » Sun Jul 02, 2006 9:40 pm

Here are a couple of Incredible pics of Hurricane Rita from my PC.

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h290/christy2323_2006/Adrian%20hurricane%20rita%20pics/aaaaaaaeeeeaaab.jpg

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h290/christy2323_2006/Adrian%20hurricane%20rita%20pics/RITA11.jpg

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h290/christy2323_2006/Adrian%20hurricane%20rita%20pics/RITA7.jpg

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h290/christy2323_2006/Adrian%20hurricane%20rita%20pics/aaaaaaaaeeeeaaaa.jpg

Hurricane Katrina...
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/GOES/2005/Katrina/flt/jsl.jpg

http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Tropical/Gulf_Mexico/2005/TRCkatrina240_N5.jpg

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/GOES/2005/Katrina/flt/ir2.jpg

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/GOES/2005/Katrina/flt/wv.jpg

WILMA LOOP.....
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#79 Postby bigmoney755 » Sun Jul 02, 2006 9:50 pm

It's hard to believe that such a powerful storm like katrina fell apart just prior to landfall. I find it hard to believe that dry air could rip it apart so fast. I've not heard of any shear affecting it so it had to be dry air. The water was extremely warm so it was not that. Any theories out there? I've heard some suggest the goverment seeded it. I dont know. Sometimes you wonder what all they do in those airplanes besides just get information.
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#80 Postby wxmann_91 » Sun Jul 02, 2006 11:00 pm

Hurricanes are incredibally fragile creatures, and in fact, it is 10 times easier to weaken a Cat 5 than it is a TD, contrary to what many may think.
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