The National Hurricane Center has spoken its last word on Isabel, declaring it extratropical at 11:00 AM — a little sooner than I expected. Its final official position was about 50 miles northeast of Cleveland Ohio, directly over Lake Erie (whose 70-degree water temperatures are not nearly enough to support a hurricane, in case you were wondering).
So it’s official: for the first time in 22 days and 18 hours, the Atlantic basin is free of organized tropical systems. Time for the NHC forecasters to take a much-deserved rest.
And, dare I say it, it’s time for me to do the same. I’ve been “flooding the zone” with blog-coverage of something for two-plus weeks now: first Fabian, then the 9/11 anniversary, and then Isabel. It’s been fun, but I expect blogging will be light this weekend; I really need to take a break from staring at a computer screen and/or a cell-phone screen all the time.
I’m blogging now because it’s my lunch break from work — in other words, because I can — but this weekend I really need to turn to other pursuits, like taking deep breaths, stopping to smell the roses, and cleaning up my pigsty of an apartment.
On the other hand, if I end up attending the Dalai Lama event in Central Park and/or the medieval festival in Washington Heights this Sunday, I suppose I won’t be able to resist a bit of Moblogging from the cell phone…
Well, adios: it being my lunch break, I should probably now begin to actually eat lunch. :)
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Categories: 2004 Hurricane Isabel
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September 19th, 2003 at 2:22:24 pm
70 degrees? Don’t those likes ice over a little in the winter? We’re lucky when the ocean out here in So Cal nudges upwards of 70, so I am very surprised by those numbers.
So since the NHC has had its last word on Isabel, does that mean Brendan has had his last word too? After a bajillion straight posts on hurricanes, those of us out here in the cyber peanut gallery can only hope…. :-P
September 19th, 2003 at 2:24:46 pm
*lakes
September 19th, 2003 at 2:41:31 pm
Arrrrr, since it be Talk Like a Pirate Day, I think it only appropriate to post this link to some additional commentary coded in pirate talk. Ye best be on the lookout, matey; that thar wind’s gonna blow for some hours yet!
September 19th, 2003 at 8:53:42 pm
Short update from the Washington DC area. . . We have no power. . . I will have to keep this short (I’m not sure how many days the batteries on my laptop will need to last). It was quite blustery last night, and there is significant damage to power lines and trees. And unlike Brendan I could not go into work today. . . something about Old Town Alexandria being flooded (10 feet above the river; I’ll Brendan a picture some time soon) and most of the GW parkway being shut down. Judging by the damage to power polls and the like I have a feeling that we will be without power in this area fro quite some time. That’s all for now. . . Time to shut down the computer for tomorrow’s ten minutes :)
September 22nd, 2003 at 1:41:29 pm
Ahem, where was your coverage of hurricane Marty, currently pounding Baja California? The NHC didn’t rest; why did you? I’m feeling an East Coast bias….
September 22nd, 2003 at 1:53:09 pm
Is there really anyone left in Baja California? I thought all the Mexicans were up in Alta California, applying for driver’s licenses and/or running for governor. :)
Hee hee hee, hoo hah, oh sometimes I crack myself up with my racist, anti-immigrant humor… you’ll make me a Republican yet… :)
(Explicit disclaimer for the thick-skulled: I’m JUST KIDDING!)
No, I dunno, I guess I’ve just been lazy. But it’s not an East Coast Bias, it’s an Egocentric Bias. I don’t flood the zone with all East Coast hurricanes — I flood the zone only when there’s a chance the hurricane might affect **me**. :)