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I wish there was a way we can control the weather.
Don't worry. Compared to Katrina, this'll be kids stuff...
Ophelia Gains Hurricane Strength off Fla. Coast
Associated Press
Friday, September 9, 2005; Page A07
NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla., Sept. 8 -- Tropical Storm Ophelia strengthened into a hurricane 70 miles off the northeast Florida coast Thursday, eroding miles of beach and shutting down a section of State Road A1A in Flagler County.
At 5 p.m., it had top sustained winds of 75 mph, just over the hurricane threshold and 10 mph faster than the previous measured speed. National Hurricane Center forecasters said it was unclear where the seventh hurricane of the Atlantic season would drift.
It could become the third hurricane to strike Florida this year and the seventh in 13 months. Hurricane Dennis hit the Panhandle in July, and Hurricane Katrina hit south Florida last month, killing 11 people before devastating parts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama four days later.
Officials shut down the stretch of A1A Thursday so transportation workers could shore up the coastal road with sand and boulders.
"The storm is eating up our dunes," said Carl Laundrie, communications manager for Flagler County. "It has cut up right next to the road."
Jack Beven, a hurricane specialist at the National Hurricane Center in Miami, said Ophelia should start moving north or northeast -- away from land -- within a day or so. However, it could curl back early next week and slam north Florida or Georgia as a Category 1 storm.
"It is difficult to tell right now," he said.
As a precaution, 14 Navy ships at the Naval Station Mayport in Jacksonville headed to sea.
Two shelters in Flagler County were readied as a precaution.
In neighboring Volusia County, 12 residents were already staying at three public shelters. Heavy rain in the preceding weeks has flooded the west side of the county. Schools there were closed Thursday but were to reopen Friday.
Because there were no classes, Sue Jones took her three children to New Smyrna Beach to play.
"We thought we would go to the beach to see if there is any of it left," said Jones, 48, a graphic artist, as high winds threw sea foam as much as 90 yards ashore.
Elsewhere in the Atlantic, the tropical storm warning for Bermuda was discontinued as Hurricane Nate pulled away, while Hurricane Maria moved over the cold north Atlantic with 75 mph winds.
I wish there was a way we can control the weather.
Boards on the window
Mail by the door
What would anybody leave so quickly for?
Ophelia
Where have you gone?
Jelly...Katrina was kidstuff right before it hit Florida...it was a cat 1 to begin with and no one thought it was going to be a big deal.
true whottt. But really, how many Katrinas will we see in our lifetime? Not many, I hope. They're calling it the biggest disaster in American history. I'm going with the law of statistics and will assume this will be your standard Florida hurricane. And, in any case, I think we all feel comfortable knowing that Jeb Bush et al can handle any natural disaster better than those yahoos in Louisiana. (but I'll keep my fingers crossed anyway)
Honestly, we probably won't see another Katrina-like storm in a very long time, but that doesn't mean we won't still see some storms that can cause some damage. We still have at least half the season to go.
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Katrina was only a catagory 3 hurricane when it came ashore. This could easily be a catagory 3 when it comes ashore. Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
In fact, if I was on the southeastern Atlantic coast, I would not be happy with this AT ALL. I hope people do not look at it as having no way of equaling Katrina because even though the situation may not be as bad, there is still potential for a very devistating storm to come from this.
Hurricanes - even weak ones - are not storms you around with.
Manny, that reads like a PSA. I can hear that last line being read by James Earl Jones. But I get your point. Geez guys...didn't mean to dis the cane.
I'm just saying, it would be horrible if people thought they would be ok just because Katrina was horrible.
Even tropical storms can be dangerous. Back in 2001 Tropical storm Allison hit Houston and the death toll was 40. Nobody should take any storm likely.
Bush did it...
It's just going to sit there a while.
Didn't you hear? Bush has got a weather machine on his ranch. It's what he used to kill all the black people. [/Kanye West, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Howard Dean, Gov. Blanco]I wish there was a way we can control the weather.
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