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    Wilma Watching

    in Hurricanes, Cyclones and Extreme weather worldwide

    Posted · Edited by Brrr

    I don't think it's that. If it was Florida, the beeb would have reporters all over and they'd make it the top story 4 hours or more even before TS winds started.

    But this is Mexico, and so in the mind of the beeb, it's news, butthe fact that two tory leadership candidates now have 6 weeks to campaign is bigger news. It's no different from the oil comment really. It may be a hash thing to hear, but that is unfortunately just how the world is.

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    I was saying that a few posts back.. we (as in media) seem to ignore the weather/catastrophic events more or less depending on where they are in the world - to some degree anywhere not in the main part of Europe or North America gets largely ignored - imagine if Wilma had landed anywhere in the U.S., we'd have every reporter and camera pointing in that direction!.

    Wilma

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    Posted · Edited by Brrr

    Geesh...I think its going to be so close that a wobble will make the difference to a landfall and not.

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    Yes, but even if it does 'make landfall' will it make any real difference with such a slight impact? That's what I was just wondering (nobody's answered though!)

    Wilma

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    Posted · Edited by Brrr

    A question.. if the eye does cross the tippy edge of Mexico there.... will it really make that much difference to the strength of Wilma?

    What I want to know is if there is only minimal contact with land (rather like crossing over a 'little' Island) will it really affect a hurricane that much? :blink:

    Wilma

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    Posted · Edited by Brrr

    GW/KW. the last frame on the visible is now showing a 'jog' to the East again - keeping us all guessing again...(thought the fact the eye doesn't actually sit on top of land I'm sure doesn't make an awful lot of difference at the proximity it's at to the people on the ground).

    Wilma

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    Looking at the last 2 frames of the vis sat loop she (from looking at my 'edge of paper') moves NW initially but then the last 2 frames has her either due north or even NNE. It may be her being a little 'trochoidal' (oh how I like that word!) in motion or that her rate of turn has increased. She may miss Yukatan, at least her centre may, and thats good news for her but bad news for Florida!!

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    I agree - there's def a Northerly jog now.. and if you look at the forecast points on the visible they are to the East of where the eye appears to be heading!

    Bad news indeed for Florida...

    Wilma

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    Posted · Edited by Brrr

    Hi Guys,

    Some nice links in this report - follow the link to the Nasa site has some really good images of Wilma (I don't know if someone else has posted those - if they have my apologies).

    http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-5905324.html

    :(

    (Edit: Some nice stuff, radar etc. on stormtrack too...

    stormtrack )

    And again - looking at the latest visible loop at NHC Wilma looks as if her eye might just miss land..... any thoughts?

    Hurricane Rita.

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    Posted · Edited by Brrr

    I have not posted for a long while on this forum.. but I have friends in Galveston (evacuated) and friends in Houston - (one of them was at the borders of Louisiana as Texas home guard helping out - he tells me he'll be moved now cope with Rita).

    Anyway - here is a link to NBC storm surge prediction from the Army apparently - very scary for a lot of people in Galveston - the lovely old homes that survived the 1900's storm - don't know if they can survive such a storm surge.

    http://mfile.akamai.com/12944/wmv/vod.ibsy...998700.200k.asx

    Sorry - Forgot to say

    You'll need windows media/real audio to watch this video - or visit this site

    http://www.click2houston.com/index.html?refresh=1200

    and click on storm surge

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