It's already that time of year?  Well, it's best if it does stay on the main land, that way it won't as likely sit in the Gulf and potentially grow into a hurricane.  But as long as it stay a tropical storm, the worst that can probably happen is some flooding, small property damage (the worst I have seen is a roof collapsing on a gas station), and power outages from a few hours to a day or two.  But good luck to anyone in the path since I know there's a number of people who live in Florida (on the forums, and for the people in general).  Though I'm not in the least bit concerned, tobqh, though my heart goes out to the small animals and other woodland creatures whose homes are liable to be threatened...and of course for any humans in that situation, too.

But honestly, I hope it doesn't result in any damages, flooding or otherwise.  That's really annoying and can be quite expensive.

edit: But now that I think of it, I did think it was unusually windy today despite no storms in the immediate area.  Well, I think I know why, now.

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Oh fuck. I'm hoping this doesn't hit me.

MissMocha wrote:

I doubt it'll be much, but storm apathy is, apparently a huge thing the Red Cross is trying to combat, so perhaps I should be a bit more concerned...? Eh.

As for our lovely mod-ess, unless that projection path is gonna hit Edmonton, I think she'll be safe.

There is another mod who lives in south Florida.

The good news is that Ana has been downgraded to a tropical depression.  Even more good news--while there are two more tropical storms out there, Bill and Claudette, both are predicted to miss her entirely.  Bill will hit the panhandle of Florida, while all the projections for Claudette show that it will not make landfall in North America, if at all.

Professor Plum wrote:

The good news is that Ana has been downgraded to a tropical depression.  Even more good news--while there are two more tropical storms out there, Bill and Claudette, both are predicted to miss her entirely.  Bill will hit the panhandle of Florida, while all the projections for Claudette show that it will not make landfall in North America, if at all.

I think you got Bill and Claudette mixed up   Anyway, I managed to not even notice this thread until now -- go me!

It looks like Ana is fairly likely to hit both my place and Gio's, but by then it'll be a "remnant low," which is what they call a raincloud that used to be a tropical storm.  Rain is good, so I'm looking forward to it.  Claudette has already missed both of us -- or more precisely, it gave us some weather, but that was before it became a tropical storm -- and it won't be a big deal in the Panhandle either.  Tropical storms don't cause major damage, they're just a short-term inconvenience.  Bill I'm more worried about -- they're saying it'll be at least Cat 3 -- but since it's going up the Atlantic coast per NHC forecasts, I'm not worried about myself and Gio; I'm more worried about folks like Hiraku and Archambeau and SexingTouga, who live in East Coast towns that aren't necessarily used to major storms.

Just heard on NPR that they're expecting Bill to continue curving back to the east, in which case the U.S. coast is safe.  Dodged a bullet there if true; he looks like a nasty one.

KissingT.Kiryuu wrote:

i wouldn't speak so soon Satyr. Bill's grown to a category 4 hurricane and its path is slightly changed. now it looks like its gonna at the least "clip" the cape and and islands (possibly the Southcoast area of the MA/RI area too.)

Wow, yeah, that's bad.  I certainly hope he doesn't come my/our way but I feel awful for anyone who would potentially get hit.

Now im scared.

I have to wait and see how this goes before I'm scared for myself, but I will be scared for whoever gets him.  That's horrible.