Well unless you've been in a cave this week I'm sure you know by now that Hurricane Georges is heading towards southern FL tonight. Again, CASI Members in the area are encouraged to document and report on the storm as long as it is safe. At this time most professional forecasts are pointing to a landfall on the Florida Keys Friday morning of a Category 1 storm. Winds of 70-100mph are possible in SW most FL at that time with winds of Tropical Storm Force winds over the southern third of the state possible. In addition, we have two *other* hurricanes in the Atlantic, Jeanne and Ivan, neither of which are near land and also Tropical Depression #11 which gave Bermuda some trouble yesterday but is now heading out to sea. This season has equalled or past all of Dr. Gray's predictions thus far and we're only 13 days past the peak of an "average" season. I am going to try to get a good night's sleep tonight in order that I may *not* get one tomorrow night. As you know I feel a fierce dedication and harbor great interest in viewing and archiving weather information during a major storm, as well as keeping the public updated through the CASI Website. I have collected extensive views of the storms thus far and will have summaries and graphics up on the CASI Website after all this calms down. It is kind of anti-logical to place myself in the middle of a hurricane virtually when in fact I have the windows closed and it's 49 degrees outside; frost is likely here tonight at HQ. But it is such a life I lead here in the North. ;) -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "A tornado? Why wasn't it dissipated by the weather modification net?" --Jean-Luc Picard || ICQ No. 136832 ||