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Theresa
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| Quote: | MIAMI (Sept. 14) - Still several days from land, Isabel refused to weaken Sunday, as the powerful storm swirled in the Atlantic Ocean toward the East Coast packing 160-mph winds, making it a dangerous Category 5 hurricane.
The tenacious storm had earlier been lowered to a Category 4, when wind speeds fell to 150 mph. The storm was reclassified after a hurricane hunter plane flew through the eye of the storm and found its intensity had increased. A hurricane hits the top of the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale when its winds reach 156 mph.
``Typically they don't sustain these winds for very long,'' said Stacy Stewart, a hurricane specialist at the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
Forecasters were not certain it would strike the United States. However, computer models predicted it would turn toward the Carolinas over the next five days.
``It's not definite, but things are looking more ominous than yesterday for the East Coast,'' National Hurricane Center meteorologist Eric Blake said Saturday.
At 5 a.m. EDT, Isabel was centered about 340 miles north-northeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico and moving west-northwest at 13 mph. Forecasters expected it to continue that movement into Monday.
Large ocean swells and dangerous surf conditions were forecast for the Leeward Islands in the northeastern Caribbean. The U.S. State Department issued a travel warning advising tourists to avoid the Bahamas because of the storm.
The long-range forecast placed Isabel farther north than previously thought. Now, hurricane experts say Isabel could make landfall Friday morning somewhere along the Mid-Atlantic coast. But hurricanes can be unpredictable, and long-range forecasts have large possibilities for error.
Forecasters said Hurricane Isabel could still strike anywhere on the Atlantic coast, and officials warned residents to be alert.
``If you've been lax with your hurricane preparations, now's a really good time to catch up,'' Blake said.
Some residents along the East Coast were taking that advice, buying water, plywood and other supplies just in case Isabel made landfall.
``They don't want to get caught with their pants down,'' said Steve Myers, who sold plenty of plywood - despite the highest prices in a decade - at the 84 Lumber he co-manages in Georgetown, S.C. A half-inch-thick sheet now costs about $20, but that's ``cheaper than a $300 window,'' Myers said.
In coastal Georgia, the Chatham County Emergency Management Agency encouraged people to review their hurricane plans, which should include adequate supplies, updated insurance coverage and evacuation routes.
``It's still a long ways away (but) we have to prepare as if it's coming here,'' said agency director Phillip Webber.
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford and other state officials were briefed Saturday by the state Emergency Management Division on emergency preparations. The state went on an elevated alert status Friday.
Water management officials in Florida were worried about some of the already-swollen rivers and lakes, because a direct hit from a hurricane could cause severe flooding.
National Guard officials in the Southeast said enough troops were ready to help if necessary, despite mobilizations in Iraq and other parts of the world.
The last Atlantic hurricane to develop into a Category 5 storm was Mitch in 1998, which killed about 11,000 people in Central America.
The last two Category 5 hurricanes to strike the U.S. coast were Andrew in 1992 and Camille in 1969. Andrew, still the most expensive natural disaster in U.S. history with a $30 billion damage toll, tore through south Florida and Louisiana, killing 43 people. Camille killed 143 on the Gulf Coast and 113 in Virginia flooding.
The Atlantic hurricane season began June 1 and ends Nov. 30.
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National Hurricane Center: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov
09/14/03 06:34 EDT
Copyright 2003 The Associated Press. |
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Jeff Miller
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| Sun Sep 14, 2003 11:15 pm |
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I think I heard on the news that before that there was only 5 Class 5's before they don't even know where it will reach landfall it could be florida it could be as far up as New York.
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Josi Rockholt
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| Mon Sep 15, 2003 8:57 am |
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And for those of us near NY,it could get hetic. If it reached NY,then I would have some interesting weather because of living in MA. My stepfather told my mother if it hit us,she wasn't going to work.
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Jeff Miller
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yep F-5's aren't anything to kid about I was going to tell you yesterday but I had to cut our convo short just be carefull the next few days 
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Josi Rockholt
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| Mon Sep 15, 2003 3:05 pm |
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I know F5's are dangerous. I saw the movie Tornado. I know it's only a movie,but really graphic. I'll be careful,don't worry.
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Link, the Hero of Time
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| Tue Sep 16, 2003 10:21 am |
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the F5's are overly dangerous. anything in it's path is going to be destroyed. hopefully People will be smart and getr out of there when the know it's coming.
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| Tue Sep 16, 2003 12:20 pm |
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apparently Janeway9 is close to the flight path
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IntrepidIsMe
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| Tue Sep 16, 2003 3:15 pm |
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Me too 
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Kyle Reese
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| Tue Sep 16, 2003 4:06 pm |
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Hey i live in KS u can come to my house, we can watch trek vidz 
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Jeremy
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| Thu Sep 18, 2003 3:20 pm |
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Its hit now. Last I heard there was 120mph gusts, with an average of about 100mph. Not good for anything in its way. I feel sorry for the reports who go to report on these types of thing, must be really dangerous.
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sabertooth1217
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| Thu Sep 18, 2003 6:21 pm |
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i just heared about this today. i hope no one will get hurt.
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IntrepidIsMe
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| Fri Sep 19, 2003 5:36 pm |
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So far its been REALLY windy here. We even had a "Wind Alert"
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sabertooth1217
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| Fri Sep 19, 2003 5:58 pm |
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i have never heard of a wind alert before!
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Kyle Reese
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| Fri Sep 19, 2003 6:37 pm |
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I think some people died from the hurricane
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sabertooth1217
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| Fri Sep 19, 2003 6:40 pm |
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i have not been watching most of it. i sure hope that if people did die that is was a low number
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Kyle Reese
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| Fri Sep 19, 2003 8:40 pm |
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So far 23 have died
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Seven of Nine
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| Sat Sep 20, 2003 3:37 am |
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For a hurricane with so much warning, that's a large number, but I suppose you can't prevent all deaths.
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Kyle Reese
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| Sat Sep 20, 2003 8:35 am |
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At least it's not as bad as some of the other hurricanes
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Melodramatic
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| Sat Sep 20, 2003 9:04 pm |
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We kinda got alittle small part of the hurricane. It wasn't much.
I was outside the whole day at the Grade 9... thing.
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IntrepidIsMe
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| Sat Sep 20, 2003 9:29 pm |
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| Seven of Nine wrote: | | For a hurricane with so much warning, that's a large number, but I suppose you can't prevent all deaths. |
Well, many people seem to think that staying home is the best thing to do, they think they can "ride out" the storm.
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Josi Rockholt
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| Sun Sep 21, 2003 4:22 pm |
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Some of the deaths could have been prevented. The first death was because the guy was standing on the rocks in the water during the hurricane even though told not to and a 15 foot wave came and swallowed him up. He did eventually get rescued,but he had been in the water for over an hour and was too late.
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Jeremy
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| Mon Sep 22, 2003 3:15 pm |
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That was a bit stupid of him. Also not everybody would have presumably be able to get out of the area since tha storm was about 300 miles wide, so they either stayed at home or went to storm shelters.
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Qgirl
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| Thu Oct 02, 2003 10:15 pm |
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Well at least it wasn't a category 5 when it hit. It would have caused a whole lot more damage.
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