Hurricane

Video of Irene from Florida’s Atlantic Coast

August 25, 2011

Here’s some Qik video from mBodySpirit of the effects from Irene as experienced currently in the Melbourne Beach area (south of Cocoa Beach, north of Sebastian Inlet).

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Hurricane Irene Surf Arrives on Florida’s Atlantic Coast

August 25, 2011

I just spent some time last weekend on the Hollywood Beach Broadwalk (pictured above). The weather was beautiful when I was there, but Hurricane Irene is bringing rain, strong winds and big surf to the beaches of Florida’s Atlantic coast. The image above is from the web cam at the Sugar Reef Tropical Grill, right [...]

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Don’t Get Ripped Off at the Beach – Stay Out of Rip Currents

September 2, 2010

With Hurricane Earl raging off Florida’s Atlantic Coast, this Labor Day weekend has the potential of having a sad ending for anyone attempting to swim in the powerful hurricane surf. Heavy surf generates powerful rip currents. Your favorite swimming beach may become unsafe in high surf. The annotations I made on the photo above show [...]

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Storm Fay Update: August 21

August 21, 2008

Tropical Storm Fay has been an unpredictable and defiant rainmaker. Constantly referred to as a minor storm and expected to develop into only a “minimal” hurricane, the storm has caused far more damage than Floridians expected. Where did the forecast fall short? Fay was heavily promoted as a storm that would run up the west [...]

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Storm Fay Update: Tuesday Aug 19

August 19, 2008

The indecisive tropical storm Fay has finally wandered ashore at Cape Romano, just south of Marco Island, early Tuesday morning, August 19th. Bringing 40 to 50 mph winds and heavy rains, the storm has left 28,000 people without power in Collier County and has caused flooding in the Marco Island and Naples area. The entire [...]

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Storm Update: Fay on Saturday Morning

August 16, 2008

The National Hurricane center is indicating that conditions are very favorable for Fay to develop into a stronger storm, unlike last summer when high winds in the upper atmoshphere literally ripped storms apart before they could turn into a hurricane. This is from the 5am Aug 16 discussion; …AND DESPITE THE INTERACTION WITH MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN…THE [...]

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Tropical Storm Fay on the Radar

August 15, 2008

The news is all abuzz with tropical storm Fay. The computer models have it zeroed in on the west coast and the track is looking rather like Charlie’s in 2004. But as we all know, the 5 day forecast for ANYTHING is notoriously inaccurate. A lot can happen between Friday and Monday. Will I be [...]

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