Humberto is now officially a Hurricane

[blitzen]

Geez, that was fast and totally unexpected....Fortunately it's probably going to make landfall soon in a fairly sparsely populated area (TX/LA border)


http://www.weatherunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=789&tstamp=200709

HURRICANE HUMBERTO SPECIAL ADVISORY NUMBER 4
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL092007
1215 AM CDT THU SEP 13 2007

...HUMBERTO BECOMES A HURRICANE JUST BEFORE LANDFALL...
...HURRICANE FORCE WINDS COVER SMALL AREA NORTHEAST OF CENTER...

AT 1215 AM CDT...0515Z...A HURRICANE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM
EAST OF HIGH ISLAND TEXAS TO CAMERON LOUISIANA. THE HURRICANE
WARNING FOR HUMBERTO MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

[Quixote1818]

1. Wow!

That's amazing!

[Catherine Vincent]

2. They can crop up anywhere.

And it looks like it turned to miss Houston.

[blitzen]

3. yeah, Houston's in the clear n/t

[hang a left]

4. Any chance it could whip around and hit the beltway??

Me and my optimism.

[lurky]

7. Maybe if we all close our eyes and think real hard!

:evilgrin:

[pinto]

5. NOAA Hurricane Center wind speed probabilities:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT09/refresh/AL0907_PROB34_F120_sm2+gif/053525.gif

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. Ooops I thought you were talking of Humberto

Gonzales Cat 5 over at Justice

Sorry, could not help

:evilgrin:

[Saphire]

8. It may be sparsely populated, but they are still recovering from Rita.

I know Katrina made all the news, but Rita did terrible damage to this area and it's been just as slow a recovery as LA. and beyond. Cameron parrish was all by wiped out, Sabine Pass was destroyed. Rita, the forgotten hurricane.

[unhappycamper]

9. Humberto hit Boston a long time ago.

http://www.bishop-accountability.org/ma-boston/archives/PatternAndPractice/doc-list-1.html

http://www.boston.com/globe/spotlight/abuse/extras/book_reviews/102598_booth.htm

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1141/is_27_38/ai_87210340


There's more, but you get the idea. :(

[Thothmes]

10. Hurricane

This one really ducked in under the radar. The weather guessers blew it.