Trivia question

[mahicks]

post away dude this is America free speech

I agree...But I still want my cookie for getting the question right....LOL...J/k

[Jim Cantore]

130mph

[Shoshana]

Grenada...Cat 4.....135mph


Gulf Shores.....130mph


Cayman....almost brushed it 175+mph wind gusts..

What about "The Remants of Ivan" that strolled onto land in Texas?

(g,r&d)

'shana

[du1st]

It hit gulf shore at 135. No cookie!

[mahicks]

It hit gulf shore at 135. No cookie!

err....I beg to differ....wheres your proof??

Heres mine (Links and a quote from the linked page)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Ivan_(2004)

Around 2 AM CDT September 16 (0700 UTC), Ivan struck the U.S. mainland near Gulf Shores, Alabama. At the time, Ivan's maximum sustained winds had dropped to 130 mph (210 km/h). This drop in strength was accompanied by a disruption of Ivan's eyewall. Both NEXRAD operators and Hurricane Hunters reported that the southwestern portion of the eyewall had all but disappeared in the hours before landfall. As Ivan approached landfall, Florida Lt. Governor Toni Jennings described it as "the size of Frances but [with] the impact of Charley". [2]

http://www.emlrc.org/pdfs/disaster2005p ... 6Weeks.pdf

Ivan
􀂃 Category 3 hurricane
􀂃 Landfall: Sept. 16, Gulf Shores, Ala.
􀂃 Top sustained wind speed at landfall: 130 mph
􀂃 Size of eye: About 40 miles
􀂃 Hurricane winds: 115 miles
􀂃 Tropical storm winds: 220 miles
􀂃 Notable characteristics: A big storm with powerful
storm surge that spawned deadly tornadoes in
Florida, Ivan also caused widespread flooding in
West Virginia and Pennsylvania. A remnant of the
hurricane - a small swirl of low pressure - then
broke off and slowly drifted south
􀂃 Deaths and damage: At least 52 deaths in the U.S.,
70 in the Caribbean, up to $10 billion in insured

http://wwwa.accuweather.com/promotion.a ... ge=florida

Strength: Category 3 Hurricane
Deaths and damage: 124 direct and indirect deaths in U.S. and abroad, $14.2 billion in U.S. damage.
Landfall: Gulf Shores, AL on Sept. 16, 2004
Wind speed at landfall: 130 mph
Extent of Hurricane winds: 115 miles
Extent of Tropical storm winds: 220 miles
Notes: Ivan caused significant damage from winds and storm surge along the coastline of Mississippi, Alabama and the Florida panhandle. Heavy rain and over 100 tornadoes occurred in the interior Southeast, Tennessee Valley and Mid-Atlantic regions from the system.

I could post about 25 more....

Can I have my cookie now?

[du1st]

Yes it hit at 105kt. You were there. Here's your cookie yum yum! sugar cookie or peanut butter?

[beachbum_al]

Here is your cookie...it is chocolate chip with walnuts.


And post away. Actually I don't see anything wrong with posting if you have a question.

To answer your question about Ivan let me google...
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/mob/ivan_page/Ivan-main.htm

This page might help you.


Sailboat anchored in Wolf Bay
Baldwin County, AL 145

Off of the page I just listed.

[MyGulfParadise]

That's a good question. I live in Gulf Shores and the center of the eye passed directly overhead my house. I have some weather measuring equipment that read the pressure in the eye to be 946 mb at 2am on the 16th.
A weather man out of Birmingham stayed on the beach and measured winds between 135 -140 mph at landfall. After seeing and experiencing the destruction I can say in my opinion that it was a CAT 4. Things around here are still being rebuilt...it's gonna be a couple of years before it's back to normal.

[fci]

Don't know the answer but y'all need to get off du1st's back!

IT IS A FORUM FOR TALKIN TROPICS!!!!

Which is what the author was doing!!!!

OMG, stop beating people up and enjoy this board for what it is; an exchange of ideas, opinions, polls, thoughts A N D
TALKIN' TROPICS!!!!