Tropical Storm Isaac and All People In It's Path (edited title)

JckDanls 07 · Aug 25, 2012

OK.. So Isaac is heading our way I guess... PLEASE, anybody that will be in the path of Isaac, take all precautions and monitor the path.. I know it's not going to be a strong storm, But always be prepared for the worst... Good Luck to all and prayers are with us all as well...

JckDanls 07 · Aug 25, 2012

I was going to do a Butt on Sunday... But I don't really want to fight the weather... plus I will be taking care of things outside.. I also have 2 other houses I have to look after as the owners are out of state...

whittling chip · Aug 25, 2012

I'm glad you posted this. We're in Largo (Tampa/St. Pete.....home of the RNC this week).

We were suppose to smoke some spatchcock yardbirds for a bunch of friends and employees but we couldn't find any thawed chickens. Everything at the store is frozen, solid as a rock. I guess we wont have smoked whatever for a hurricane party. We wont be able to evacuate due to the RNC convention and media in town. We decided we'll just bunker down.

Tomorrow morning we'll start cleaning the yard from anything that can fly. Based on the reports we'll probably start closing the shutters on Sunday night.

Hope everyone in the path stays safe.

WC

bama bbq · Aug 25, 2012

Stay safe my friend.

pineywoods · Aug 25, 2012

Our south and central Florida members need to be preparing it may only be a cat 1 but it's a wide storm and you know there will be tornado's. North and especially NW members need to pay attention and get ready to prepare if the track they forecast proves correct but our members in Alabama better be paying attention as well it sounds like the track may shift west more. They also forecast it to be at least cat 2 before it hits the coast

eman · Aug 26, 2012

Praying for all our gulf coast folks ! This thing is shifting westward w/ every new update. Starting to have a REAL familiar path.

http://www.sfwmd.gov/sfwmd/common/images/weather/plots/storm_09

miamirick · Aug 26, 2012

thanks for the thoughts guys, but not to worry, got everything tied up and secure around the house storm doesn't look bad at all just a bunch of rain and some wind gusts, our biggest worry is that the power goes off for a couple days, fpl wont come out during a storm so if it cuts off early we are up the proverbial creek i'll post some good wind pictures later as it goes by, those guys in the keys will get it worse than in south fla but they don't care down there too busy chilling!

hurricane.jpg

miamirick
Aug 26, 2012

badbob · Aug 26, 2012

Good luck to all of you! Hurricanes s**k! I'm still chainsawing tree stumps from "Ike"!

dls1 · Aug 26, 2012

eman said:
Praying for all our gulf coast folks ! This thing is shifting westward w/ every new update. Starting to have a REAL familiar path.

http://www.sfwmd.gov/sfwmd/common/images/weather/plots/storm_09

You're right about that REAL familiar path. Just keeps veering left. A hurricane watch was issued a little earlier for the entire Gulf coast east of the Mississippi. Forward movement and wind speeds are also picking up. Good luck all.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at4+shtml/092352.shtml?gm_track#contents

pineywoods · Aug 26, 2012

Now everybody from FL to LA can try to figure out where it's going good luck y'all

JckDanls 07 · Aug 26, 2012

so far afternoon thunderstorms are worse than this..... meteorologist's will just keep scaring people all around the gulf coast until it finally makes landfall... and then they can say where it's gonna hit... good luck to all

kathrynn · Aug 27, 2012

Please all of you smoking friends....stay safe and keep us posted on how yall are! I am off work today...going to get GAS....(since the $ always go sky high here when a Hurricane comes thru)...and take care of our pool area. We always get thunderstorms and rain from them. We are right next to Huntsville, AL (North Alabama). Hide your smokers and grills....LOL!

smokinhusker · Aug 27, 2012

Please everyone stay safe and I'll be thinking of you all until this is over.

dls1 · Aug 27, 2012

Looks like most of FL got off relatively unharmed when Isaac started veering WNW. The hurricane warning for all of FL west discontinued a little earlier for the entire State East and South of the Panhandle. The North coast of the Gulf is still in danger.

The way this things building and heading, it's starting to look like Son of Katrina, which hit 8/29/2005.

Good luck all.

frosty · Aug 27, 2012

Imagine having to repeatedly fly through a hurricane like the Hurricane Hunters do! The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron out of Keesler AFB in Biloxi, Mississippi are actually a RESERVE Squadron!

Good luck to them!!!

dls1 · Aug 27, 2012

Frosty said:
Imagine having to repeatedly fly through a hurricane like the Hurricane Hunters do! The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron out of Keesler AFB in Biloxi, Mississippi are actually a RESERVE Squadron!

Good luck to them!!!

In addition to being reservists flying C130s, the 53rd is the only military Hurricane Hunter group in the world.

NOAA's civilian Hurricane Hunters are based at MacDill AFB in Tampa, and a few years ago I had a chance to hitch a ride on a couple of their missions. For low level penetration and entry, they use Lockheed P3s. For periphery and overhead surveillance (if possible), they use Gulfstream GIVs. I had a ride on each, and believe me when I say that the former is far more "entertaining".

As bad as it make look, it really isn't. The professionalism and skill of the crew is beyond reproach. Upon entry, you hit a ton of hard rain, and a lot of buffeting, but the flight deck crew does a lot of weaving and dodging to find holes to get through as calmly as possible. Once you hit the eye, it's like entering a calm, sunlit valley. The exit is similar to the entry followed by a sharp turn and reentry and exit from a different angle. The flight path resembles the number 4, and the process may be repeated several times at different altitudes. All in all, I've had a few commercial flights that have been worse.

I recall being told that, since inception, they have only lost one plane and crew, and that was in the mid 1950s.

A little more info can be found at this link > http://www.sptimes.com/2007/webspecials07/special_reports/hurricane-hunter/

JckDanls 07 · Aug 27, 2012

That's cool dls.. a coworker and I were just talking about this and couldn't imagine the experience...

boykjo · Aug 27, 2012

Anyone heard from Al and liz... the hurricane is right in their path ..... hoping all is well with them........

fpnmf · Aug 27, 2012

>>>>>>>>[color= rgb(24, 24, 24)]The way this things building and heading, it's starting to look like Son of Katrina, which hit 8/29/2005.[/color]

[color= rgb(24, 24, 24)]That is not even close..Katrina came across the keys as a cat3 and was a cat 5 hurricane in the Gulf and hit landfall as a 3. 157 mph winds...[/color]

[color= rgb(24, 24, 24)]Issac is still a tropical storm..winds 70 mph..[/color]

[color= rgb(24, 24, 24)]I am 30 miles from Destin and it is cloudy but no wind yet..[/color]

[font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]We are prepared for bad weather here..[/font]

[color= rgb(24, 24, 24)] [/color]

JckDanls 07 · Aug 27, 2012

Stay safe my friends.. like I said earlier.. our afternoon thunder boomers are worse than what this had to offer us... Al and all the others in the path please check in periodically to inform us everything's ok

Tropical Storm Isaac and All People In It's Path (edited title)

Legendary Pitmaster

Legendary Pitmaster

Meat Mopper

Master of the Pit

SMF Hall of Fame Pitmaster

Gone but not forgotten. RIP

Master of the Pit

Smoke Blower

Smoking Fanatic

SMF Hall of Fame Pitmaster

Legendary Pitmaster

Legendary Pitmaster

Legendary Pitmaster

Smoking Fanatic

Master of the Pit

Smoking Fanatic

Legendary Pitmaster

Renowned Sausage Maker

Gone but not forgotten. RIP

Legendary Pitmaster

Similar threads

Hot Threads

Featured A couple thick strips please!