NWS Miami/Melbourne Hurricane "Ono" Test Run

[gatorcane]

I happened to stumble across this today. Note it is not a real hurricane. Pretty "chilling" stuff here and a preview of what the nws weather discussions would look like out of these two offices should a hurricane of this intensity ever threatens...

Comments welcome.

http://www.floridadisaster.org/eoc/eoc_ ... ements.pdf

[boca]

Wow can you imagine if that really happened it would be like another Katrina.

[hurricaneCW]

That was a great read. It really shows the monstrosity of a Cat 5 landfall in South Florida. I'm sure it was similar during Andrew. I wish they had more of these for other landfalls, like Galveston for example.

[Ptarmigan]

Scary all I can say. It does not say the extent of tropical storm and hurricane force winds.

[ROCK]

Scary all I can say. It does not say the extent of tropical storm and hurricane force winds.

someone pull the NWS statement when Katrina was a cat4...now that was freaky scary....hi-rise buildings swaying to the point of collapsing....

[Florida1118]

Reading that was like reading a end of the world message. I hope that message never becomes a real thing. I think in 2008 the NWS in tampa did the same thing with hurricane "Phoenix". That was also not a pretty thing.

[Tertius]

If I ever see anything like that I am outta here (Delray Beach). Wife, daughter, dogs, cats, and whatever else will fit and we are heading north. I just hope we can make the call to do it 48 hours in advance, much less than that and Florida's limited highway system is gonna be a parking lot.

[Florida1118]

If I ever see anything like that I am outta here (Delray Beach). Wife, daughter, dogs, cats, and whatever else will fit and we are heading north. I just hope we can make the call to do it 48 hours in advance, much less than that and Florida's limited highway system is gonna be a parking lot.

Thats Florida. We've got nice beaches but when you have to evac. your stuck with only 1 way out.

[Typhoon Hunter]

Interesting read despite all the typos I spotted:

"SIMILAR TO HURRICANE KATRINA’S AFTERMATH ON THE GULF COAST IN 2005. MANY AREAS MAY BE INHABITABLE FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME."

Same mistake spotted at least 4 times. I imagine a cat. 5 would make things rather UNINHABITABLE ...

Still this is what tests are for, to iron out mistakes...

[thetruesms]

Oh good, I'm not the only one to notice the inhabitable quirt

[HurricaneBill]

Hurricane Ono?

[Jinkers]

Wow, I hope that doesn't happen here anytime soon...