Looking For Wind?

Will · Post by **Will** » Sun Sep 14, 2003 9:14 am

MIAMI (Sept. 14) - Still several days from land, Isabel refused to weaken Sunday, as the powerful storm swirled in the Atlantic Ocean toward the East Coast packing 160-mph winds

, making it a dangerous Category 5 hurricane.

The tenacious storm had earlier been lowered to a Category 4, when wind speeds fell to 150 mph. The storm was reclassified after a hurricane hunter plane flew through the eye of the storm and found its intensity had increased. A hurricane hits the top of the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale when its winds reach 156 mph.

``Typically they don't sustain these winds for very long,'' said Stacy Stewart, a hurricane specialist at the National Hurricane Center in Miami.

Forecasters were not certain it would strike the United States. However, computer models predicted it would turn toward the Carolinas over the next five days.

``It's not definite, but things are looking more ominous than yesterday for the East Coast,'' National Hurricane Center meteorologist Eric Blake said Saturday.

What size sail would you rig for 160mph winds?

Coach · Post by **Coach** » Sun Sep 14, 2003 10:37 am

"What size sail would you rig for 160mph winds?"

Just stick out your hand.

Tighe · Post by **Tighe** » Sun Sep 14, 2003 11:27 am

Kansas had a song in the early 80's

"All we are is dust in the wind..."

Kevinousdigian · Post by **Kevinousdigian** » Sun Sep 14, 2003 1:01 pm

Isabell sure is tight - I haven't seen isobars that close together on MRF in a long time.
KO

BSMITH · Post by **BSMITH** » Sun Sep 14, 2003 8:02 pm

Looks like that thing is going to rip up the whole east side. We might even get some wind from it around Friday.

Coach · Post by **Coach** » Sun Sep 14, 2003 10:50 pm

"Isabell sure is tight - I haven't seen isobars that close together on MRF in a long time."

I like a good woman in a tight striped sweather, too. I don't think I've ever seen someone abreviate mid-rift as MRF, though. Can you see her belly-button?