A personal question.

Ixolib · #301 Postby **Ixolib** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 6:05 pm

Astro_man92 wrote:When is the next update???

Very soon, young weedhopper. Patience will take you far...

Astro_man92 · #302 Postby **Astro_man92** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 6:10 pm

Ixolib wrote:
Astro_man92 wrote:When is the next update???

Very soon, young weedhopper. Patience will take you far...

WeedHopper???????????? :lol:

#303 Postby **Ivanhater** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 6:16 pm

hey this page has passed the 15 page limit! 8-)

Rashid · #304 Postby **Rashid** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 6:19 pm

27 years old - been tracking cyclones for 6 years.

Ixolib · #305 Postby **Ixolib** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 8:35 pm

Update #7
Since the last update, yet another 32 members have participated in this thread and shown their stuff! Our youngest member (Astro_man92) is 12 and our esteemed elder (osstorm) is 72!! Our longest "tracker" is snooksan at 56 years! And the youngest age group (10-19) includes June 2005's MOTM - Go Floydbuster!!! If you'd like to add your stats, just post here and I'll make periodic updates.

The 40-somethings continue to lead the pack!

Jim Cantore · #306 Postby **Jim Cantore** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 9:45 pm

I think New Jersey has had more direct full fledged hurricane hits then Jacksonville with 2

one in 1903 a cat 1

Floyd was downgraded to a TS around atlantic city at 5pm I remember it and the NHC says so

I dont care what the Floyd Map says it was a hurricane until atlantic city

heres some quotes from the 5pm advisory on september 16th 1999

ZCZC MIATCPAT3 ALL
TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM FLOYD ADVISORY NUMBER 37
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM EDT THU SEP 16 1999

...FLOYD WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL STORM...MAIN THREAT BECOMES HEAVY
RAIN AND INLAND FLOODING...

AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FLOYD WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 39.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 74.6 WEST. THIS POSITION IS
ON THE NEW JERSY COAST ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF ATLANTIC CITY.

Jim Cantore · #307 Postby **Jim Cantore** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 9:48 pm

Man when I die I could have 80+ years of Hurricane tracking under my belt :eek:

WXFIEND · #308 Postby **WXFIEND** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 9:59 pm

I'm 15 and have been tracking storms for... 3 years?

Jim Cantore · #309 Postby **Jim Cantore** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 10:01 pm

I started with Opal which sparked my intrest when it blew up overnight

NCHurricane · #310 Postby **NCHurricane** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 11:03 pm

34 years old and have been following tropical systems since Bob floated across the eastern part of the state as a weakened TD in 1979 (I was in 3rd grade then!) so I guess 26 years. Really got "cane fever" with Diana though in '84. 8-)

Yankeegirl · #311 Postby **Yankeegirl** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 11:20 pm

I am 29 years old and I have been into the weather since I was like 8.

Lutrastorm · #312 Postby **Lutrastorm** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 6:19 pm

48 years old and tracking for about 15

#313 Postby **LAwxrgal** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 6:28 pm

I'm 29 and can't really remember how long I've been interested in storms. My sisters tease me saying I should've gone into meteorology, but I retort to them that I hate math. :lol:

All I remember is they really became more interesting after Andrew blew through my area in 92.

Ixolib · #314 Postby **Ixolib** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 9:02 pm

UPDATE #8 COMING SOON...

Thought I'd bump this up just in case anyone who hasn't already done so may participate if they'd like. To get in on the fun, just add your age and time tracking 'canes and I'll add 'ya to the list in a few days...

CURRENT LIST:
http://www.storm2k.org/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?p=981038#981038

Josephine96 · #315 Postby **Josephine96** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 9:07 pm

I am almost 23.. and have been tracking storms since I was 8

gtsmith · #316 Postby **gtsmith** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 9:10 pm

40, tracking storms since i moved to SE FL in 1997...so eight years...lived through my first two last season with Frances and Jeanne.

KeyLargoDave · #317 Postby **KeyLargoDave** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 1:40 am

Any room left in the pool? <CANNONBALL!!>

Anyway, I'm 46, tracking for 20 years (but science & weather nut for 40). Dad was an engineer and Ham operator, grew up with a teletype in the basement.

Started tracking when I moved to this island. Right away heard how that bad one in '35 hit just down the road. I was a reporter then, actually got to interview a few old gents who remembered it. Floyd in '87 went right up U.S. One, dissipating, but I saw the half an eye it had left. Then Andrew, so many of us fled the Keys for higher ground. In Homestead. Yikes.

So many great people here willing to share so many years of experience. Fantastic.

Dr. Jonah Rainwater · #318 Postby **Dr. Jonah Rainwater** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 4:36 am

Whoa boy, shoulda noticed this topic a long time ago.

17 years old, been tracking since...10 years ago. Doesn't seem that long. 1995 was the year that did it for me. My older (20+ years older) half-brother has always been a Weather Channel fan, and I became hooked when I was 6 or 7. Then Hurricane Season 1995 had me glued to the Weather Channel till November. 8-)

Been borderline obsessed ever since.

MortisFL · #319 Postby **MortisFL** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 5:19 am

I'm 22...tracking online since 1997

#320 Postby **Windtalker1** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 6:25 am

45 & tracking since 1984 when I moved to Florida from Connecticut.

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