Re: MANY DAYS OF ANGUISH AHEAD FOR ALL OF US IN "HURRICANE LAND"

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In as much as I have lived in "hurricane land" and weathered storms as the season unfolds..Just as a by the by..there is a thread on the main board that "The Weather Crew "that is assembled by the head person of the board Captain John..has santioned..as there had been so many comments in the last month about the whole @ddicts site being plastered with comments from multitudes of people it was gently suggested that people refrain from posting all over the forums and stick to the ONE thread on the main community forum....all of the @ddicts have weather sympathy YEAR round and we have had... weather drought in Colorado, smoke assaults from raging fires in Alaska.. with Tornado alley and full frontal thunderstorms in the Midwest , ice storms in the winter, mud slides on the west coast, heat assaults this summer in Arizona, etc ,etc,and world based cruise addicts..we all have weather concerns in our "back yards" and family and friends scattered world wide..so while I can understand you being concerned and posting all over..you might just want to keep your postings in the one thread..on the main Community board..Take care..:daisy..Joanne
 
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TD #7 LIKELY A TROPICAL STORM NOW- FRANCES WILL BE BIG NEWS MAKER NEXT WEEK
It looks as if TD #7 will be upgraded at 11am to tropical storm Gaston. The satellite images of the depression suggest that it has organized enough to be a named storm now. However, we shall wait until the 11am advisory from the NHC before jumping to any conclusions. The latest available information from the NHC forecasts the system to slowly head towards the South Carolina coast. This will bring very heavy rain and gusty winds to the Carolinas over the weekend. Beyond that- there should not be much impact from this system.

Frances is another story entirely. The NHC is forecasting the hurricane to reach a scary 140 mph as it moves towards the Bahamas. It looks as if the northeastern Caribbean Sea will escape the full effects of Frances- but large ocean swells will impact that area as early as today. Beyond 5 days, as we always say, it is too soon to know whether or not Frances will affect the East Coast. There is certainly a possibility of that- and we are all aware of this. My best advice now is to keep monitoring the latest information and make sure your hurricane plan is ready to implement should Frances directly affect the United States. I think that once we get to Monday, we'll have a much clearer picture of where the hurricane is ultimately headed.
 
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