Ivan the Terrible

[TVB]

Frances may only be a test run. From the 5pm discussion of Ivan:

Hurricane IVAN

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WTNT44 KNHC 052035
TCDAT4
HURRICANE IVAN DISCUSSION NUMBER 14
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 PM EDT SUN SEP 05 2004

LATEST SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES THAT IVAN HAS INTENSIFIED AND
MAXIMUM WINDS ARE ESTIMATED TO BE NEAR 110 KT. AS NOTED
EARLIER...IT IS UNPRECEDENTED TO HAVE A HURRICANE THIS STRONG AT
SUCH A LOW LATITUDE IN THE ATLANTIC BASIN.

It's taking a track at present into S. FLA. UGH.

Betsy

[Randall]

All in favor of renaming Florida the "Bull's-Eye State," raise your hands. (Absentee ballots will be accepted.)

Randall

# Satellite imagery shows several hands raised in Kansas

[TVB]

I think mother nature is making there aren't any hanging chads lingering around in advance of 11/2.

[kitchin]

If this turns out to be accurate

HURRICANE IVAN DISCUSSION NUMBER 15
11 PM EDT SUN SEP 05 2004

INITIAL 06/0300Z 10.8N 49.4W 115 KT
12HR VT 06/1200Z 11.4N 52.1W 130 KT
24HR VT 07/0000Z 12.2N 55.6W 130 KT
36HR VT 07/1200Z 13.0N 58.9W 130 KT
48HR VT 08/0000Z 13.8N 61.7W 130 KT
72HR VT 09/0000Z 16.1N 67.1W 130 KT
96HR VT 10/0000Z 19.7N 71.7W 60 KT...INLAND
120HR VT 11/0000Z 23.0N 75.0W 75 KT...OVER WATER

then Haiti and the Dominican Republic ("INLAND") will buffer the thing. Terrible. The prediction is usually wrong that far ahead, though.

[Mandi]

I think mother nature is making there aren't any hanging chads lingering around in advance of 11/2.

I think Mother Nature is going to make sure we don't have any *polling places* left, nevermind the hanging chads therein!

And speaking of absentee ballots, it's a good thing that's what I'm getting from Alaska, LOL!

[ryount]

Yesterday during his briefing Jeb Bush said anyone who said the "I" word has to contribute $5 to the relief fund.