Thread: Tropical Storm Lee

Originally Posted by comfortablynumb

So are people in the South panic buying in the supermarkets like them Northern city folk?

Southern folk don't overreact like those Yanks in the North lol...

MD, are you trying to shut me up? Or would you prefer we move the previous conversation to this thread?

Originally Posted by paranoid_android

MD, are you trying to shut me up? Or would you prefer we move the previous conversation to this thread?

What the he'll are you talking about?

Don't look now, but Katia—that's pronounced KA-tee-uh—just tipped from intensely simmering over to boiling in the middle of the Atlantic, becoming the second named hurricane of the season.

Katia's creeping across the ocean at 18 miles per hour, about 1,050 miles east of the Leeward Islands (around 1,700 southeast of Bermuda) with maximum sustained winds currently near 75 mph, but according to the National Hurricane Center (NHS), it's expected to speed up dramatically over the weekend, surpassing wind speeds of 111 mph. That would bump it from Category 1 to Category 3 status.


While we're waiting for Katia to show its hand, we can focus on a group of storms over the southeastern portion of the Gulf of Mexico, as they threaten to become a tropical storm in the next two days. Forecasters say there's a 70% chance the storms will become a tropical cyclone, which could head toward Texas, Mississippi or Louisiana. But all we can say for sure at this point is that if it actually develops into something nameworthy, it'll be called "Lee."

Katia Reaches Hurricane Strength as Tropical Cyclone Looms in Gulf - TIME NewsFeed

It rained most of the day, and the storm is still really far out. Luckily it won't be too much wind but it will be quite a bit of rain. Looking forward to a little bit of it.

http://blog.al.com/wire/2011/09/gulf...nce_2_maj.html

Originally Posted by Mr_Darkness

It rained most of the day, and the storm is still really far out. Luckily it won't be too much wind but it will be quite a bit of rain. Looking forward to a little bit of it.

Gulf weather disturbance: 2 major producers evacuate rigs | al.com

Katia back to tropical storm was a hurricane last night.

Thirteen coming on land soon.

National Hurricane Center

According to that prediction we evade most of the winds and storm surge. Good, it should be a light sprinkle and give Texas a little rain though a direct hit would benefit them.

That light sprinkle is a heavy rainstorm with 60 mph winds. Yay. Moving the boat and securing our pier. Hopefully no damage will come.