billythesquid

You should be OK, there is nothing to sugest that you will have a rough time of it. Florence will be well into the north atlantic and extratropical by thursday. enjoy your time in Cuba

160 knots is 184 mph according to this http://www.crh.noaa.gov/pub/metcon.php

the name Camile is being replaced by Gilbert in peoples comments on one of the streams, the NBC one

Amanditory evacuation order has been issued by the mayor of New Orleans for the first time in the city's history.

000 WTNT62 KNHC 280541 TCUAT2 HURRICANE KATRINA TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1240 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005 ...SHORTLY AFTER 1215 AM CDT... 0515Z... AN AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT REPORTED THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS IN HURRICANE KATRINA HAD INCREASED TO NEAR 145 MPH... CATEGORY FOUR ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE. DETAILS WILL FOLLOW SHORTLY IN A SPECIAL ADVISORY TO BE ISSUED AT APPROXIMATELY 1 AM CDT...0600Z. THE SPECIAL PUBLIC ADVISORY WILL TAKE THE PLACE OF THE INTERMEDIATE PUBLIC ADVISORY PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED FOR THAT TIME. FORECASTER KNABB $$

strange how they didnt mention it in the 03Z advisory. they still have it at 115 mph.

this might be of use for unit conversions http://www.crh.noaa.gov/pub/metcon.php

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 940 MB...27.76 INCHES. pressure still falling

the 10pm advisory still has it moving in a southwest direction. is this going to

Latest reports say that there are now two fatalities also a major bridge has collapsed another webstream availible here http://www.nbc6.net/index.html?refresh=1200 you might have to use internet explorer to view this over a million people are also without power.

has anyone out there got a link to CBS 4 florida that I can watch in fullscreen mode.

Thickening cloud here intermittent showers and starting to get gusty here storm due to hit here round 6pm tonight

very dark and gusty with heavy rain

in the middle of what looks like monsoon rain here it is cold very cold 8 degrees Centegrade there are already reports on the radio of a mudslide in galway

another jimmy white 147 strikes a minute starting to cloud over here not that we will get anything compared to what you lot have the record this morning was 280+ strikes by the way