Well, it looks as if the meteorologists weren't just crying wolf when they began to raise alarms about a tropical low in the eastern Atlantic, as I reported here a couple of days ago. We now have a named tropical storm, Isaac, that is expected to rapidly intensify to hurricane strength after it soon enters the Caribbean Sea. And worse, the projected pathway so far has it veering in a northwestward direction when it nears Cuba, crossing that island nation and then...heading toward Florida. Uh-oh, maybe this could be something really, really bad.
The worst hurricane scenario that Gainesville could face is for a strong hurricane to develop in the eastern Gulf of Mexico and then enter Florida at Cedar Key, heading straight for Gainesville. This nightmare possibility almost happened in 1985, when hurricane Elena appeared to be headed straight toward Cedar Key but then suddenly stopped just going ashore there and changed direction to the WNW, away from us. Tropical Storm Isaac, while still very far away, has the potential, at least at this early stage, to do what Elena didn't. So I'm on high "TV weather" alert right now...
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment