Warning to all Miami fans going to the game

[Mitchy moo]

http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2006/aug/28/ernestos_projected_path_shifts_away_area/?hurricane_prep

http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060828/WEATHER01/608280344/1075

THU, AUG 31 St. Louis at Miami

7:30 PM

Tickets | Travel

Dolphin Stadium

No way they play this with a hurricane rolling through the day before, people need to stay away and aviod that area. It's going to be a cat. 1,2 or even a 3 when it hits and a cat 2 will cause some real damage and a cat. 3 to many structures and buildings. In case you have never been to that stadium, it's pretty freaking close to the water, I mean real close. Cancel your flights, hotels and prepare for ticket refund. You can spend $50 and push each flight ticket out up to a year and save your money in case it's a cheap, unchangeable fare.
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One reliable computer model favored ''the possibility of Ernesto becoming a Category 2 or even a Category 3 hurricane before making landfall along the Florida coast,'' according to forecaster Stacy Stewart of the National Hurricane Center in West Miami-Dade County.

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/15379959.htm

Category One Hurricane:

Winds 74-95 mph (64-82 kt or 119-153 km/hr). Storm surge generally 4-5 ft above normal. No real damage to building structures. Damage primarily to unanchored mobile homes, shrubbery, and trees. Some damage to poorly constructed signs. Also, some coastal road flooding and minor pier damage. Hurricane Lili of 2002 made landfall on the Louisiana coast as a Category One hurricane. Hurricane Gaston of 2004 was a Category One hurricane that made landfall along the central South Carolina coast.

Category Two Hurricane:

Winds 96-110 mph (83-95 kt or 154-177 km/hr). Storm surge generally 6-8 feet above normal. Some roofing material, door, and window damage of buildings. Considerable damage to shrubbery and trees with some trees blown down. Considerable damage to mobile homes, poorly constructed signs, and piers. Coastal and low-lying escape routes flood 2-4 hours before arrival of the hurricane center. Small craft in unprotected anchorages break moorings. Hurricane Frances of 2004 made landfall over the southern end of Hutchinson Island, Florida as a Category Two hurricane. Hurricane Isabel of 2003 made landfall near Drum Inlet on the Outer Banks of North Carolina as a Category 2 hurricane.

Category Three Hurricane:

Winds 111-130 mph (96-113 kt or 178-209 km/hr). Storm surge generally 9-12 ft above normal. Some structural damage to small residences and utility buildings with a minor amount of curtainwall failures. Damage to shrubbery and trees with foliage blown off trees and large trees blown down. Mobile homes and poorly constructed signs are destroyed. Low-lying escape routes are cut by rising water 3-5 hours before arrival of the center of the hurricane. Flooding near the coast destroys smaller structures with larger structures damaged by battering from floating debris. Terrain continuously lower than 5 ft above mean sea level may be flooded inland 8 miles (13 km) or more. Evacuation of low-lying residences with several blocks of the shoreline may be required. Hurricanes Jeanne and Ivan of 2004 were Category Three hurricanes when they made landfall in Florida and in Alabama, respectively

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutsshs.shtml

[ryjam282]

Re: Warning to all Miami fans going to the game

I am down here is S Fl and I can tell you that this game won't be played at all...It is a 99.9% chance of that now. We are under a watch as I type this and it will be a warning very soon....So, do what Skooby says and get those refunds.

PS, I already got my gas and shutters up, I AM SO PUMPED that I am ready so early this year.....

[Mitchy moo]

Re: Warning to all Miami fans going to the game

I am down here is S Fl and I can tell you that this game won't be played at all...It is a 99.9% chance of that now. We are under a watch as I type this and it will be a warning very soon....So, do what Skooby says and get those refunds.

PS, I already got my gas and shutters up, I AM SO PUMPED that I am ready so early this year.....

Now the schools are closed and the Tolls are free, that's not a good sign of things to come:

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/15379959.htm

[Mitchy moo]

Re: Warning to all Miami fans going to the game

Welcome to Miami:

[ryjam282]

Re: Warning to all Miami fans going to the game

Yeah, they are closed cause we are under a Watch...That is standard practice here. A hurricane is a hurricane here....A 1 or a 5 is treated the same for schools and pay roads.....Remember though, Wilma was only supposed to be a 1 when it hit us last year and I sware the damn thing was at least a 3....I lost power for 5 damn days.

[Mitchy moo]

Re: Warning to all Miami fans going to the game

Yeah, they are closed cause we are under a Watch...That is standard practice here. A hurricane is a hurricane here....A 1 or a 5 is treated the same for schools and pay roads.....Remember though, Wilma was only supposed to be a 1 when it hit us last year and I sware the damn thing was at least a 3....I lost power for 5 damn days.

Ouch, so you understand how these things go. Buffalo has seen more tornadoes this year vs SW FL. They have 2 & counting, first one's I heard of since the Round restaurant & Putt Putt got hit. I grew up minutes from there by Otto's.