Anyone on WP being affected by the hurricanes?

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Just worried and thinking about whether anyone here might be in danger. Hope everyone in those areas will be okay. I'm not even sure if that Hurricane Flossie is still a threat because they haven't said anymore about it since Dean came along. I have some friends that moved to Hawaii so have been worried about them. They live on the main island.

Anyone getting weather off of Hurricane Dean? And wasn't there yet another one further out on the Atlantic?

One of my friends is sending me articles about the hurricanes being created by the govt using atomic power so that freaks me out just reading it. No idea if its true. She is prone to sensationalism at times.

Flossie just brushed the southern tip of the Big Island, very little effects were seen in Hawaii.

As for Dean, it just brushed up against Jamaica a few hours ago, and is now headed for the Yucatan Peninsula

After it crosses the Yucatan, it will enter the Bay of Campeche, and make a second landfall in central Mexico.

Tropical Storm Erin hit Corpus Christi, Texas this past Thursday, and brought flooding to Houston and San Antonio (I live in Houston). What's left of Erin is in Oklahoma now.

BTW, the Bay of Campeche was supposedly formed by the same meteorite that killed the dinosaurs 63 million years ago.

Tim

Tim I didn't know that about how the Bay of Campeche formed. How did they know it was the same meterorite? There's this place in rural Kentucky that was struck by a massive meteor. I remember driving by this place and it looked like a atomic bomb had blasted a hole in the side of a mountain and down into the Earth. A few months later there was something on the news about some scientist finding clues of meteor impact there. It's really the only logical explanation for that place. Wish I remembered the name of the nearest town. It was so immense it makes Meteor Crater in AZ look like a mere pothole.

I live in south Texas, so Dean will likely dump strong winds and rain upon us. I hope so! We only get two kinds of weather around here during the summer: hotter than hell or monsoon-like deluge. Yes, I would actually prefer a hurricane to this endless hell.

:Dean... this way...:

Slink I hope you at least live on high ground and not the flatlands. Well just hunker down for the storm and stay safe. I just saw a crankhandle powered radio at Bass Pro shop that would be perfect to have in stormy areas. My power was knocked out by a storm last week, but I can't complain because it was only out about 2.5 hours so it just got a little stuffy inside.

Thanks for the concern Ticker, but I do live in a valley and it doesn't get much flatter than this. We are always well prepared for a hurricane, though, because my father is absolutely obsessed with the weather. It also helps that I have an uncle who is a weatherman.

No... I don't wish Hurricanes upon anyone but I am glad it's not projected to hit where I live. I went through Katrina andI don't want to do that again.

I don't think any of us live in Cuba. Many of us do live in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida. Atlantic storms more often than not turn north and back out to sea, but sometimes come ashore near the outer banks (SC).

I'm not affected (I live in the UK), but my aunt, uncle and cousins are all stuck in Jamaica at the moment. They were meant to fly back today, but they've been told to stay in the hotel and keep away from all the windows until it's safe. I hope they're all okay!

I am from Houston, and the hurricane I'll never forget is Rita, in 2005.

I was caught up in the whole evacuation fiasco (because most of the people who evacuated didn't really have to). It took 19 hours to get to our destination, a trek that normally takes 2-3 hours. There were chronic fuel shortages. But surprisingly, I was able to hold my bladder the whole time.

Ironically, 101 people died from evacuation-related complications (most notably a bus fire that killed 23 residents of a retirement home)--yet only 7 people died as a result of the hurricane itself, which made landfall in southwestern Louisiana.

Tim

My dad survived Hurricane Hazel in the 1960's. I understand it was a monster storm.

Well now we know how you turned out an Aspie. It definitely runs in families. I like talking about the weather; I often keep the Weather Channel on all day.

The 2005 season is by far the most notable season.

Here is why:

Emily: earliest in any season that a Category 5 storm has formed (July)

Katrina: Costliest hurricane in U.S. history
Third deadliest hurricane in U.S. History
Deadliest U.S. hurricane with a name (only the Galveston Hurricane in 1900 and the
Lake Okeechobee Hurricane in 1928 were deadlier)
Most political impact from any storm in U.S. history

Rita: Largest mass evacuation in the history of the automobile
Custody of the International Space Station temporarily given to Russia
Changed evacuation procedures forever

Vince: Formed in 75-degree waters (typical hurricanes require at least 80-degree waters)
Formed near the Azores, well north and east of where they typically form
First hurricane to make landfall in Europe, while still maintaining tropical characteristics

Wilma: Strongest hurricane ever recorded (882 millibars)
Dumped 65 inches of rain on Swan Island, off the coast of Honduras
First time the hurricane name roster was used up

Alpha: First time the Greek alphabet had to be utilized

Gamma: a nearly 180-degree turn in the Caribbean Sea

Delta: Made landfall in Morocco. But unlike Vince, Delta no longer had tropical characteristics
at the time of landfall

Epsilon, Zeta: Longest-lasting hurricanes to form in December and January, respectively.

Tim

My county in IN got over three inches of rain yesterday, but I don't think it was because of the hurricanes. It's interesting that we had a drought this year...and yesterday we got caught up on our rainfall. One county to the north of us had so many flooded roads that they ran out of road signs. Mine escaped that fate, but if we'd had much more rain, I'm sure we would have shared it!
But yeah, hurricanes are nasty. I think I'll stay in IN and take my chances with tornadoes.

I'm not affected by this hurricane, but I was still living in Cairns when Cyclone Larry, a category 5 (4 when it made landfall) cyclone, hit. Fortunately for me, Innisfail, a town 80km south of Cairns, received the brunt of it.

Video taken by my brother.