Wilma!
I definitely do not like the current discussion of Wilma. She is a maximum Category 2 and could well reach Category 5. There is only limited weakening forecast before landfall in South Florida.
The pressure dropped like a rock recently and the storm has a “pinhole eye”. This is not what anyone wants to hear.
Update and correction [10/19 11:28AM]: While Wilma has tied the records for most named storms [21] and most hurricanes [12], the record for most major hurricanes was 8 in 1950, not 6 in 1996. However, Wilma has replaced that record with another: the lowest recorded barometric pressure, 882 millibars, for an Atlantic hurricane.
The residents of Monroe County, the southern tip including the keys, are boarding up and getting ready to leave. The current track has the storm hitting around Fort Myers and exiting around Fort Pierce.
Update: This could be another Elena, a 1985 hurricane that wandered around for days. Check out this Javascript graphic of Elena’s track. She was a piece of work.
October 18, 2005 Comments Off on Wilma!
Professional Journalists
Jack over at the People’s Republic of Seabrook has a long running series on mind numbingly dumb people. Today he ran a feature on a journalist, who gets paid and everything, writing about the contents and organization of Karl Rove’s GARAGE.
Remind me again about the difference between blogging and journalism…
October 18, 2005 Comments Off on Professional Journalists
Tuesday Turtle Blogging
Terrapene carolina major
Maybe I need a ramp.
[Editor: a Gulf Coast box turtle has taken up residence in my Mother’s pond. The rim of the pond is a little more than 2 inches.]
October 18, 2005 Comments Off on Tuesday Turtle Blogging
