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#541 Postby HurricaneHunter914 » Tue May 02, 2006 11:31 pm

Maybe you should get more oil. With these gas prices I can pay for a gameboy.
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#542 Postby CHRISTY » Wed May 03, 2006 7:44 am

skysummit wrote:I have begun purchasing 1 gallon of bottled water each and every day now until the beginning of the season.


awsome idea....yea iam all stocked up and ready to go.i dont like to wait till the last minute when everyone is going crazy when there's a threat.goodluck this year skysummit. :wink:
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#543 Postby cycloneye » Wed May 03, 2006 8:40 am

Countdown Ticker below with days,hours,minutes and seconds.

UTC countdown

http://www.timeanddate.com/counters/cus ... &min=&sec=

EDT countdown

http://www.timeanddate.com/counters/cus ... ec=&p0=179


Important dates prior to June 1:

1-March 15=Official Storm2k forecast Numbers Poll will start. *

2- March 17=ST Patrick's Day. *

3- March 20=Official Start of Spring (Vernal Equinox) at 1:26 PM EST. *

4-March 20-24=Hurricane Conference,Mobile,Alabama **

5-March 30-April 4=WMO Region IV Hurricane Committee,28th session,San Juan,P.R. **

6- April 2=Daylight Savings Time begins. *

7-April 4=Philip J. Klotzbach/Dr William Gray April 2006 outlook. *

8-April 10-14=Hurricane Conference,Orlando,Fla. **

9- April 16= Easter. *

10- April 22=Earth Day. *

11-April 24-28=27th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology,Monterey,California. **

12-May 8-12=Governors Hurricane Conference,Fort Lauderdale,Fla

13-May 14=Mothers Day.

14- May 15= EPAC hurricane season starts.

15-May 21-27=Hurricane Preparedeness Week.

16-May 22=NOAA'S 2006 Hurricane Season Outlook.

17- May 29=Memorial Day.

18- May 31=Philip J. Klotzbach/Dr William Gray hours before 2006 season starts outlook.

* Date has passed.
** Dates haved passed


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#544 Postby Jim Cantore » Wed May 03, 2006 6:50 pm

Team Ragnarok wrote:I'd go, but I'm going to be on vacation, so I won't be near a computer. :lol:


I'll be in Florida, luckily I'll have computer access
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#545 Postby cycloneye » Wed May 03, 2006 7:21 pm

10 days
263 hours
15821 minutes
949278 seconds

Alternative version
It is 10 days, 23 hours, 41 minutes and 18 seconds until Monday, May 15, 2006


Only a few days left for the EPAC season to get going.Last year Adrian formed in May,will Aletta do the same?
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#546 Postby MiamiensisWx » Wed May 03, 2006 8:33 pm

I've been stocking up, too. I've got plenty of flashlights and several batteries, with no plans on stopping. We are planning to get more batteries quickly, as well as at least a few gas tanks. We also have already bought a small portable stove/grill, and we are going to get plenty of water very soon. I am not taking ANY chances this year - or any year from now on!
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#547 Postby HurricaneHunter914 » Wed May 03, 2006 9:46 pm

My family doesn't worry much during hurricane season, whenever a major storm comes it is a Cat-1 or Cat-2 when it gets to central florida, but a Cat-2 can still cause some bad damage.
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#548 Postby CHRISTY » Wed May 03, 2006 10:32 pm

Getting closer.... :crazyeyes:
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#549 Postby caribepr » Thu May 04, 2006 6:06 am

skysummit wrote:I have begun purchasing 1 gallon of bottled water each and every day now until the beginning of the season.


This really IS a great idea. I've been picking up a can of something or other every couple of days for awhile now and refreshed all the water containers, but it wouldn't hurt to pick up some easy to use gallon bottles (everything else is five gallon containers). Next is to bite the bullet and have Rajellio <sp>, (the only person on the island who sells propane, we are hostages to him and whatever he charges!) put in a big propane tank so I can not worry about having three small ones full all the time.
It is also the countdown to the Kentucky Derby, which I DO want to see happen 8-)
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#550 Postby Weatherfreak000 » Thu May 04, 2006 7:29 am

27 days
659 hours
39570 minutes
2374210 seconds
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#551 Postby MiamiensisWx » Thu May 04, 2006 10:22 am

skysummit wrote:I have begun purchasing 1 gallon of bottled water each and every day now until the beginning of the season.


Great idea... I am really considering starting that today, too.
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#552 Postby meteorologyman » Thu May 04, 2006 2:31 pm

EDT
27 days
656 hours
39391 minutes
2363515 seconds

Hurricane season is getting closer

The more I think about it the more I think we may need a hurricane or two hopefully at low CAT at least with a lot of rain in Florida b/c fires are becoming a big problem and we're not getting any rain, Brevard County NE of Orlando is in a blaze right now, and no Beneficial rain is in forecast, sure 20% of rain but with lightning :eek:
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#553 Postby gatorcane » Thu May 04, 2006 8:39 pm

The more I think about it the more I think we may need a hurricane or two hopefully at low CAT at least with a lot of rain in Florida b/c fires are becoming a big problem and we're not getting any rain, Brevard County NE of Orlando is in a blaze right now, and no Beneficial rain is in forecast, sure 20% of rain but with lightning


A tropical system can take care of this problem :eek:
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#554 Postby Jim Cantore » Thu May 04, 2006 9:04 pm

boca_chris wrote:
The more I think about it the more I think we may need a hurricane or two hopefully at low CAT at least with a lot of rain in Florida b/c fires are becoming a big problem and we're not getting any rain, Brevard County NE of Orlando is in a blaze right now, and no Beneficial rain is in forecast, sure 20% of rain but with lightning


A tropical system can take care of this problem :eek:


Be careful what you wish for, you may get more rain then you bargined for, like we did with Floyd
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#555 Postby CHRISTY » Thu May 04, 2006 9:42 pm

time is flying....
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#556 Postby gatorcane » Thu May 04, 2006 11:06 pm

Be careful what you wish for, you may get more rain then you bargined for, like we did with Floyd

who says I was wishing :eek:
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#557 Postby angelwing » Fri May 05, 2006 8:07 am

It's dry here too, but I'm not ready for another Floyd, had enough the last time! :eek:
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#558 Postby Rainband » Fri May 05, 2006 10:08 am

I know it has been sooo dry here brush fires are satrting to catch on fire :eek: :lol: . I hope the wet season starts soon. :eek:
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#559 Postby MiamiensisWx » Fri May 05, 2006 10:22 am

It has been REALLY hot in my area and quite dry many times. Good thing ridging is a bit weaker than it has been in past months and is now slightly less persistent; unfortunately, the ridging we have now is more at the surface (a classic heating dry ridge), which can enhance the wildfire threat at times with hot, dry conditions and light, variable winds. Good thing it can also be less harsh on thunderstorms, allowing them to pop up.
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#560 Postby meteorologyman » Fri May 05, 2006 2:12 pm

O BOY! Smoke and ash is in my area nothing too bad but this could be a bad sign, and the 20% chance of rain we were expecting is now at 0% chance of rain :( My grass is also turning brown.


It is funny though I remember people were saying "This is the Sunshine State?" because everyday it would rain and we had flooding problems, well this year is good name for Sunshine State since we have no rain.
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