- May 9, 2012
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Mornin all.
Those South , trust that eventually a major storm will hit. Have a response in advance and be reacting in advance enough.
And don't let it be the storm you thought was going to skirt you , but instead lands on you..
Being a broken record here , but seeing what had been destroyed by hurricane Donna (1960?) before being rebuilt on the gulf almost kept me from sleeping near it.
It sure left the impression the ocean was never to be trusted. Or a home on or near it's shore safe from natures worse.
Donna started as a tropical wave off the West coast of Africa. Became tropical storm . Then became a hurricane.
I don't know what her predicted path was. But from the Bahamas she ended up making landfall eventually onto Florida just below Naples (where I visited).
That took some movement to the N.W. after she neared the coast , North after the keys , and then East before hitting below Naples. IF I got it right.....Pretty much a button hook. Not an arc. Which many forecasts like to show. Currents mattered with Donna. But I don't trust them as assurance of travel either.
Those South , trust that eventually a major storm will hit. Have a response in advance and be reacting in advance enough.
And don't let it be the storm you thought was going to skirt you , but instead lands on you..
Being a broken record here , but seeing what had been destroyed by hurricane Donna (1960?) before being rebuilt on the gulf almost kept me from sleeping near it.
It sure left the impression the ocean was never to be trusted. Or a home on or near it's shore safe from natures worse.
Donna started as a tropical wave off the West coast of Africa. Became tropical storm . Then became a hurricane.
I don't know what her predicted path was. But from the Bahamas she ended up making landfall eventually onto Florida just below Naples (where I visited).
That took some movement to the N.W. after she neared the coast , North after the keys , and then East before hitting below Naples. IF I got it right.....Pretty much a button hook. Not an arc. Which many forecasts like to show. Currents mattered with Donna. But I don't trust them as assurance of travel either.
