Well Ivan is it's name and it may very well be on the way.
Sure hope people take it serious if it comes to Florida.

--
Mitchell Wing


Right. Cat. 4, already, and lots of warm water to cross. Track is
predicted to miss all of Florida, ('cept maybe Key West) but Texas and
Louisiana, look out. Reid, you watching?
--
Jim in NC


I am watching very closely. I have lived through three of them in Houston and
don't look forward to another one. I do have a real appreciation for what the
folks in Florida are going through right now on a few fronts. In one year
alone, we went through two storms. The first was a major microburst event that
knocked out power to our area for over a week due to hundreds of downed pine
trees and wiped out power lines. They had just gotten that repaired, we had
restocked our fridge and freezer when a hurricane came through. We were
without power for almost three weeks that time. We became real good customers
of Coleman lanterns and cookers.

It does look like Ivan is going to bypass Florida since it has stayed on a true
westerly course. The big question is rather it will hit Louisiana or Texas.
Either case is going to be bad news for someone since it has a lot of very warm
open warter to work with. Hope it ISN'T the big one that New Orleans has been
fearing for decades.




Bob Reed
www.kisbuild.r-a-reed-assoc.com (KIS Builders Site)
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