This is looking like Louisiana . Mississippi, Alabama and Florida (update)

[malaise]

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I feel it for all of you



The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Hurricane
Epsilon, located over the west-central Atlantic Ocean.

1. Satellite, radar and surface data indicate that an area of low
pressure located about 125 miles west-southwest of Grand Cayman
Island continues to become better organized, and if current trends
continue, advisories will be initiated on a tropical depression this
afternoon or evening. Environmental conditions are conducive for
further development while the low drifts toward the north and
northwest this weekend. The system could move near western Cuba on
Monday and move across the southern Gulf of Mexico or the
northeastern portion of the Yucatan Peninsula on Tuesday. Interests
in western Cuba and the Yucatan Peninsula should monitor the
progress of this low. A NOAA Hurricane Hunter reconnaissance
aircraft is en route to investigate the disturbance this afternoon.
Regardless of development, locally heavy rainfall will be possible
over portions of the Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Cuba, and northeastern
Yucatan through early next week.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...high...near 100 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...high...near 100 percent.

[catrose]

1. Again? Getting very old.

[lapfog_1]

2. This would be Gamma? or was Gamma already formed?

[malaise]

3. Long gone

Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta. Epsilon is in the Atlantic as I type. This one will be Zeta.

[lapfog_1]

4. Yikes!!!

they are going to have to come up with a better naming system

[malaise]

9. Eighteen more to go in the Greek alphabet

I am not expect 18 more this season but who knows, it's 2020.

[Iliyah]

19. Yeah, I believe I heard it's name - Zeta . .

[Hermit-The-Prog]

5. Damn. Was hoping you were going to say, "will turn BLUE!"

Hope those folks have some less than exciting weather; things are bad enough already.

[Solly Mack]

6. Well, fuck.

[malaise]

10. If I were you those would be my two words

Damn!

[Solly Mack]

13. I'm beginning to take it personally. :)

[malaise]

16. I would too

[Ferrets are Cool]

8. Dammit. Honestly, it could go anywhere along the Gulf Coast, including my home town

Mobile. Unfortunately, the spaghetti maps are all over the place.

[malaise]

11. True - early days

[Ferrets are Cool]

12. Sorry about all the rain you are getting.

Hopefully it will diminish soon.

[malaise]

15. I haven't seen this much rain since 1979

Two people died when landslides sent their house down the hill.
There is flooding in several parts of the island. It isn't raining right now but it is setting up again and will rain again by evening. Should stop by Tuesday. I think we had a months rain in two days = sometimes heavy, sometimes gentle showers.
Roads and bridges have been badly damaged particularly in rural Jamaica.
At least the reservoirs and dams are full.

[CousinIT]

17. Louisiana & MS have been getting slammed this year. n/t

[malaise]

20. Hope both are spared

[Ferrets are Cool]

21. Sally hit South Alabama hard too. We are still getting back on our feet.

I spoke to Trof (DU) a couple of weeks ago and he was having a rough go of it.
None of us need another storm.

[safeinOhio]

18. Any chance it could slow down until

Nov. 3rd for the Bible Belt?

[Ferrets are Cool]

22. That's not very nice

We Democrats have to vote too and Alabama doesn't have early voting. (just absentee)

[Awsi Dooger]

23. Gad, that section is like a magnet

I don't know if anything changed in that regard, due to climate

Normally we have storms tracking just east of Florida. This year all sucked into the Gulf and that one specific area

All my best to anyone living in the path

[malaise]

24. Now a Tropical Depression

A horrific season - breaking records

[Niagara]

25. Crap.

[malaise]

26. Now Zeta moving - ahem - crawling at 1mph

as in almost stationary