The Rebel Faction

Well, Squall lines from the outer edges of Wilma are now lashing the state. When we still had our direct tv dish feed, tornado warnings were being issued every five minutes it seemed. We had one for our county a while ago but it expired. Waterspouts had been reported around Key West earlier. The storm is gaining in Strength, almost at Category 3 Status again, and the wind field around the center was expanding, so more areas than previously thought are going to be affected by Hurricane force winds. The storm is picking up speed too. The main shit is expected to occur from now on until late monday night or so. Give or take about 24 hours.

Don't really expect to lose power here, but you never know. Sol's area looks to be hit by at least 90 mph winds, or strong Cat 1 winds, when the storm emerges from the east coast.

Take care man, sounds nasty.

Eh, Category 3 isn't as bad as it could be. Actually, the weather anaylsists are still trying to decide whether or not Katrina was actually a Category 3 or 4 at landfall. *Shrugs*

What mainly sucks is that those FEMA trailers and temporary homes erected in Charlotte are going to get the stuffing knocked out of them. That and all the rain piled on top of an unusually active rainy season for two years in a row.

Whee!!

So far we haven't lost power. We have some downed branches and a very soaked yard.

Wilma came ashore as a Category 3 with 125 mph winds this morning. It is now in the process of exiting the east coast over West Palm Beach as a Category 2 with 110 mph winds. The counter-clockwise rotation of the hurricane has helped to drag down from the north a powerful cold front in behind it. Tempatures had plugned from the high 70's to the high 50's, turning it from fall into winter overnight.

In Florida we are lucky to have daytime highs below 60 degrees. Hence why a lot of people vacation down here from up north during the winter.