Hurricane Wilma to be …

[AlfredJPruffock]

Anyone who is South of Orlando should move north! - this IS the most intense Hurricane ever on record - stronger than Andrew or Katrina.

Meanwhile I will be flying towards Florida on Friday and I plan to set up in Naples which is where the eye should pass over. (Watch for my footage on the UK TV over the weekend)

Dont need a Weatherman to know which way the wind blows ...

Robert Zimmerman

[ancient]

A boat.

Tough break man...

WILMA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE 10 TO 20 INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH
SATURDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN CUBA AND THE YUCATAN
PENINSULA...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 40 INCHES POSSIBLE...
PARTICULARY OVER HIGHER TERRAIN IN WESTERN CUBA.

kyak or submarine?

Very nice, genuinely kind and friendly people the Cuban natives, hope they get through this OK

Makes all our little woe's on this island small beer.

Visited a farmstead there a while back, six people living in a breaseblock shanty, one room, no plaster on the walls, just block walls and a tattered country scene poster (without a frame), and they felt so proud of what they had.

Makes us all look a little sick.

Appologies to N5gooner if I am being too serious, but if this board is to be just an evil temple then I can live without it.

http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2005/oct.../44alarma.html

[Churchill]

WILMA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE 10 TO 20 INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH
SATURDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN CUBA AND THE YUCATAN
PENINSULA...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 40 INCHES POSSIBLE...
PARTICULARY OVER HIGHER TERRAIN IN WESTERN CUBA.

kyak or submarine?

Very nice, genuinely kind and friendly people the Cuban natives, hope they get through this OK

Makes all our little woe's on this island small beer.

Visited a farmstead there a while back, six people living in a breaseblock shanty, one room, no plaster on the walls, just block walls and a tattered country scene poster (without a frame), and they felt so proud of what they had.

Makes us all look a little sick.

Appologies to N5gooner if I am being too serious, but if this board is to be just an evil temple then I can live without it.

http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2005/oct.../44alarma.html

So, do you have any evidence of Global warming? Temperature rising, changing of current flow? BTW, computer "models" don't count, we can't even predict the weather for next week accurately, so you can stuff your models up your arse.

[stackpole]

kyak or submarine?

Appologies to N5gooner if I am being too serious, but if this board is to be just an evil temple then I can live without it.

Kayak

[wendigo100]

Appologies to N5gooner if I am being too serious, but if this board is to be just an evil temple then I can live without it.

OK, let's be serious for a moment. What if we allowed big companies to sponsor hurricanes, such as Hurricane American Express and Hurricane Coca Cola. All the money could be used for the relief efforts.

[wxman]

The fact is that 5 feet of rain fell in juts 24 hours over Mexico - Also they suffered Major hurricane force for some 36 hours - the damage will be horrendous.

I am currently in Naples, Florida and if all goes to plan I will intercept the eye of the Hurricane just after Day brake – right now I am forecasting that Wilma will be CAT 3 at landfall.

What has struck me with this hurricane is the complete apathy from the locals – only about 20% have left – many are elderly and “I wont let the weather to spoil my Vacation” is the attitude – I fear that the news in the morning will not be good.

I even overheard on couple complaining to the manager of a shop – asking him why he was closing early !!!!

[wxman]

Joint video Shot from Fort Myres by myself and Alister Chapman of Hurricane Wilma's landfall. Some powerflashes as the transformers explode as well as some wind and rain shots

http://www.weather-view.com/uploads/wilma02.wmv (8mb)

I will post some more video when I get back to the UK later today.

Overall Florida was spared considering this was a CAT3 major Hurricnae at landfall.

[wxman]

The BBC published my account

http://www.bbc.co.uk/leicester/conte..._feature.shtml

[The Lone Gunman]

The BBC published my account

http://www.bbc.co.uk/leicester/conte..._feature.shtml

Nice one. I like your style.

[wxman]

I have finally managed to put some of my own Hurricane Wilma video on the web!

It was shot in High Definition – but I had to convert it back to DV and then play with the quality and size – even through it ended up at 10mb!

Really just a collection of clips that I put together – one thing is for sure – I will never get rich as a production director!

http://www.wx4tv.co.uk/images/Video/wilma-web.wmv (10mb)

However I would like to know if plays OK on your PC at home …