20041218-cruise-friends-memories Part 3

[videogal1]

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Originally posted by videogal1



and I wonder if anyone can hazard a guess as to how the glass block in the DCL terminal will weather the coming storm?

Do you suppose they'd finance the reconstruction by selling etched glass blocks?


VIDEOGAL1 AND WOOF1 WERE HERE. 2004

 

[videogal1]

TCPAT1
BULLETIN
HURRICANE FRANCES ADVISORY NUMBER 33
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 PM AST WED SEP 01 2004

...DANGEROUS HURRICANE FRANCES BATTERING THE TURKS AND CAICOS
ISLANDS AND THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS...
...HURRICANE AND TROPICAL STORM WATCHES ISSUED FOR FLORIDA...

A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE BAHAMAS AND
FOR THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS. A HURRICANE WARNING MEANS THAT
HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN
THE NEXT 24 HOURS. PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY
SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION.

AT 11 PM EDT...0300Z...A HURRICANE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE
FLORIDA EAST COAST FROM FLORIDA CITY NORTHWARD TO FLAGLER BEACH...
INCLUDING LAKE OKEECHOBEE. SOME OR ALL OF THE HURRICANE WATCH AREA
WILL LIKELY BE UPGRADED TO A HURRICANE WARNING THURSDAY MORNING. A
HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN
THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS.

AT 11 PM EDT...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE MIDDLE
AND UPPER FLORIDA KEYS FROM SOUTH OF FLORIDA CITY SOUTHWARD TO THE
SEVEN MILE BRIDGE...INCLUDING FLORIDA BAY.

AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF SEVERE HURRICANE FRANCES WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 22.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 72.0 WEST OR ABOUT
60 MILES...95 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS. THIS
IS ALSO ABOUT 585 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF PALM BEACH FLORIDA.

FRANCES IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH...22 KM/HR
...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24
HOURS. ON THIS TRACK...THE LARGE CORE OF HURRICANE FRANCES WILL BE
MOVING NEAR OR OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY
...AND NEAR THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

FRANCES REMAINS A CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
HURRICANE SCALE WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 140 MPH...220 KM/HR
...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...BASED ON RECENT REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE
RESERVE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT. FLUCTUATIONS IN INTENSITY ARE
POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 80 MILES...130 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 185 MILES...295 KM. DURING THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS...GRAND TURK
ISLAND REPORTED A SUSTAINED WIND OF 72 MPH...115 KM/HR...AS THE EYE
OF FRANCES PASSED TO THE NORTHWEST. HAM RADIO REPORTS INDICATE THAT
DAMAGE TO TREES AND ROOFS HAS OCCURRED ON THE ISLAND.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE BASED ON RECONNAISSANCE
AIRCRAFT REPORTS IS 939 MB...27.73 INCHES.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...LOCALLY HIGHER...ARE POSSIBLE
IN ASSOCIATION WITH FRANCES.

STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 6 TO 14 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...
ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE EXPECTED
NEAR THE EYE OF FRANCES ON THE WEST SIDE OF ELEUTHRA ISLAND...AND
ON THE NORTH SIDE OF GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND. STORM SURGE FLOODING OF
4 TO 6 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS CAN BE EXPECTED ON THE WEST
SIDE OF THE OTHER ISLANDS OF THE BAHAMAS.

REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...22.6 N... 72.0 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...140 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 939 MB.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.

AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 2 AM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 5 AM AST.

FORECASTER STEWART


Page last modified: Wednesday, 01-Sep-2004 20:48:13 MDT

Old news by now...

 

[videogal1]

Anybody home?


Fluffy?

 

[videogal1]

Dear Fluffy:

Do you think anyone would believe it if I told you that I signed on for the November '05 Free wheelin' cruise #2 land/sea Wonder trip to the Bahamas today?

January '04
May '04
November '04
December '04
May '05
November '05



oops...looks like I'll need a trip in January....


Nah, they're all in bed...

 

[videogal1]

Well, Lynda, Fluffy says....
Why on earth would you want to go back to Nassau?

Well, Fluffo, I read on the boards today that DCL is releasing the water taxi in favor of buses, one of which has a lift, we hear....I could actually go to Atlantis....

 

[videogal1]

8905

So, what will you and the woofer do at Atlantis? Gamble?

Nah, I'll take him to the aquarium.

 

[videogal1]

He liked watching the fish in The Living Seas at WDW.

It'll be a pre-Castaway Cay refresher course in indigenous fish.....

Maybe I'll show him a slot machine, too

 

[videogal1]

Originally posted by videogal1
Well, Lynda, Fluffy says....
Why on earth would you want to go back to Nassau?

Well, Fluffo, I read on the boards today that DCL is releasing the water taxi in favor of buses, one of which has a lift, we hear...

of course we'd miss all that fine interaction with the native population....drugs, sex, all that....and no playing chicken with crazed Bahamian auto drivers....

 

[videogal1]

Originally posted by videogal1





which is just another Texas cliche'.

besides, a little known fact related to this is that there are far fewer noise abatement lawsuits now....

Why, they ask...?


Grapes don't moo.

 

[videogal1]

G O O D M O R N I N A L L FLUFF QUEEN

 

[videogal1]

8910 T O P !!!



my favorite time of day on the ship...rock-a-bye babyyyy....

 

[wdwgoose]

VERY GOOD MORNING CRUISERS

I see I missed alot last night.???????
day 3 at work I think I should not due 3 days in a row any more,
I hear theres a new member of the family at home black 4 legs hairy
AND ITS NOT A MINI HORSE.

well coffee and breakfast then back

WHO claims 11,000 post ???????????????????????????????

gaRry

 

[WDWLVR]

[color=66FF00] Good Morning Cruisers! [/color]

Wow - 8 full pages yesterday! Wonderful!

We'll be at 9000 very soon. Did anyone claim it?

Nice to see our teen cruisers logging on and even starting their own thread.

Keeping all of you in the path of Frances in our prayers. Hopefully there won't be too much damage to CC or Port Canaveral. Stay safe everyone.

Off to read the boards and then off to work!

 

[WVMD]

Man - I go to bed and wake up to 4 new pages...... I guess 9000 this week wasn't a far fetched idea after all.....

Back to work today..... dayshift - hopefully it won't be too bad....

Hope everybody stays safe from Frances (the hurricane that is)....

Virgil

 

[tkd lisa]

I think I claimed 9000 since I missed 8000.

Good luck to all those in the path of Frances. I've been watching and it looks like there's no way Castaway Cay won't get some impact. Wonder what it will be?

So I'll have to watch the post count today. I have a bunch of meetings here and have to take DS to scouts tonight, so if I miss out, don't worry about it.

Stace, congrats on the new room. Looking forward to the Par-tee! I'll have to go over to VA to get some local wine from Ingleside (our closest regional winery). I'm not super picky about my wine. My in-laws used to make their own, and if I could drink that, I could drink anything! Of course, they really liked Blackberry Royale made by Mogan David (the same people who make Mad Dog 20-20)!!

DH said that FIL had a short run at making beer when he (my DH, not my DFIL!) was a teenager. Now keep in mind that his family has 5 kids within about 7-8 years of each other, so at that time, there were probably 4 teens in the house, and one 20 something. Apparently, the parents went somewhere for a weekend and left the kids at home during this time. Like all good teenager, they threw a party. I guess it was a big party. But they ran out of beer. One of the boys decided to break out Dad's stuff. The party ended in minutes. Now you know it was bad if drunken teenagers wouldn't drink it !!!!!

Lynda, congrats to the fluff queen! I bow to your superior posting status (not to mention your superior cruising status)! I'm sure you could fit in one or two more cruises there somewhere! Enjoy!

Diana, I actually forgot choir practice on Sunday. Just had one of those brain days. Getting back into the routine just isn't easy anymore, is it?

Enough babbling. Everyone have a great day! Lisa

 

[wdwgoose]

still on coffee, have boat training at 9 am, TOLD them i have a boat dont need too train on theres. so need to get moving and get things done will post this after noon or so

have a safe day all







gaRry

 

[WDWLVR]

Lisa - you are right - 9000 is yours! So I wonder when we'll get to it. Soon if it keeps up like yesterday

 

[DVC4US]

Good Morning Everyone!

I will try not to snipe 9000, but if I do sorry Lisa.


We definitely like corked wines, no screw tops for us. Although one I might bring along for everyone to try might have a screw top. It is made here in Iowa in the Amana Colonies, which is an old German settlement. I just have to decide which flavor to bring.

For those of you in the path of Frances, please stay safe and take care. We are praying for all of those in her path.

LeiLani

 

[stingfancb]

To the other Floridians - we're in Royal Palm Beach. I hate this waiting and watching part. Every projected path map is different!!!!! My DH is so pessimistic and keeps talking about our roof popping off. I like to think positively - prepare, but not think the worst is going to happen. I sent him to help friends/just to get him out of the house. I also worry about my daughter who lives alone in Gainesville.

 

[ohiominnie]

I am not a wine connosiour (sp?) either. It's got to be REALLY bad for me not to like it. Heck, I lived on Sun Country wine coolers in college!

Anyone ever hear of "2 Buck Chuck?" It's got a cork, so it must be good, right?