Yikes! This could be a problem.
 

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ftp/graphics.../AL0904W5+GIF/


Hurricane Ivan is now a Category 4 storm, with sustained winds of 140 mph. Hurricane winds stretch out 70 miles from the center.

It's smaller and moving faster than Frances, thankfully, but it's still big and strong. This bears a great deal of further watching. Again, this morning's models are divided on the US strike, but I'm betting that after it hits Florida's keys and southern border that it heads into the Gulf.

Again?
Must suck to live in florida.

And Alabama, Mississippi, Lousiana and Texas if it goes into the gulf :(

My son's in Mississippi and has been wanting to experience a hurricane - he might have his chance this go 'round!

Ack!

Hopefully this one won't be a Cat.4 when and if it hits Mississippi. If it is, I hope he not only has a good basement, but also good hurricane insurance.

it's time to find a new house

Its been a crazy year for hurricanes.. I heard on the news that September is the busy the season for hurricanes too.. and they are expecting at least 1 more after Ivan this year.

we get them in hong kong also this time of year. :(

God damn that sucks.. I might have to buy a plot of land after this one lands, i'm sure prices would have plummeted :(

that's so fucked up :9

damn fuck a bunch of hurricanes. :(

I have relatives that moved to miami because they were scared of earthquakes, go figure.

No basements in Mississippi- too close to sea level.
Houses are built on concrete slabs

Im glad I dont live there

I am seriously wanting to get my family out of here after this year's storms. I've lived here 25 years (on the Gulf coast of FL, two counties north of Tampa) and I've never seen anything like this. The closest we've ever come before to a hit was Elena, and she just stalled in the gulf for 3 days-never got closer than 80 miles offshore.

ive lived in louisiana my whole life, experiencing hurricanes isnt exactly something he should want to do lol

you spend hours boarding up windows, it comes, knocks the power out, and you sit in a house without power for a week eating canned goods and drinking bottled water

hurricane andrew fucked our plumbing up too - no toilet flushing for 2 days

Please stay us informed !

florida has been due a few of these for a long while unfortunately.

since the inception of model forecasting, 24 full hurricanes have hit, 10 tropical storms and i think 6 tropical depressions.

if memory serves me correctly, this has been a span of 50 years.

He's on an Air Force base in an all cement block building - otherwise I'd be making him come home if it heads to the gulf :)

The hurricane recon planes into the gulf fly from his base. They have their own water supply, power generating plant, etc. Plus he LOVES "roughing" it. Sometimes I wonder if he's really mine. :winkwink:

It is not fun!! Poor people who live in Florida!

Man it sucks to be a floridian....But enough about your govenor...:1orglaugh

Enough of these things already!!