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A few more squall lines have come through during the evening, and we’ve had some rain. The wind has not been all that bad yet, except for a few brief minutes this afternoon. There are more squall lines moving towards Tampa on radar, so we will get some wind and rain during the evening.
Read moreHere’s an update for those of you wondering what things are like here in Tampa right now. So far all is fairly quiet. We had one squall line come through about 2:oopm. The wind kicked up a bit, and there was a very brief shower of rain.
Read moreAs I’m sure you know, I can’t let the Bush speech at the RNC go without mention here. While George claimed it was going to be “43 minutes of sheer wisdom,” (a pretty arrogant thing to say about yourself) it was nothing more than a bunch of happy talk (including that smartassed smirk of his), and a bunch of warmed-over and still ill-conceived initiatives.
Read moreA congressional subcommittee last week investigated the 9/11 Commission’s conclusion that unnecessary secrecy is “undermining efforts to thwart terrorists.”
Read moreMr. Family Values, Gary Bauer, drops an F-bomb in NY.
Read moreOn top of a major hurricane bearing down on Tampa Bay, Tampa City Council members couldn’t get FREE Coffee at Thursday’s meeting. And they had to gripe about it.
Read moreAs expected, NOAA has now moved the storm track back to the north. I’m guessing we’ll start seeing the effects of the storm Saturday evening, and should be cleared out of here by Sunday afternoon.
Read moreThere were a lot of changes with Frances during the night. Sustained winds dropped to 120mph (making it a category 2 hurricane), and the eye became less organized.
Read moreIt appears the Hi pressure system isn’t weakening, so the 11am storm track posted by the Hurricane Tracking Center has the center line shifted west some. This brings the storm closer to Tampa.
Read moreHere’s what’s going on at 8:00am Thursday in Tampa relative to Hurricane Frances
Read moreWith large parts of Florida still trying to recover from Hurricane Charley, we now have to be worried about Frances. Frances is now skirting the eastern most islands of the Bahama s, and is most definitely headed this way with a huge wind mass nearly twice as large as Charley. Frances is packing sustained winds of 140 miles per hour, and may increase to a category 5 Hurricane by landfall Friday.
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