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September 24, 2004
Jeanne picks up speed and heads for Florida
Hurricane Jeanne is picking up speed as it heads toward Florida and the northern Bahamas Friday, maintaining strength as it goes.

The storm's projected path as of 5 p.m. would bring the hurricane ashore as a Category 2 storm near southern Brevard County before it turns more northward and passes over Orange, Seminole, Lake, and Volusia counties. The storm is expected to pass over Central Florida around 2 p.m. Sunday with winds of 85 mph.

The National Weather service has issued inland hurricane wind watches for Lake, Orange, Osceola and Seminole counties through Sunday.

During a news conference in Tallahassee Friday, Gov. Jeb Bush asked residents, especially those along the Atlantic coastline and barrier islands, to begin preparing for the storm.

Bush said he's worried that many of those who have come away unscathed by the previous hurricanes may not take the watch seriously.

"I know people are frustrated. I know they're tired of this, trust me their governor is tired too, but we should heed the warnings of the experts as it relates to evacuating. It's not being done in a flippant fashion if they do occur," Bush said.

Posted by Solonor at September 24, 2004 05:38 PM | TrackBack
Comments

..its really not a hurricane its a new secret oil rig for Haliburton..Our prayers are with you guys in the Bikini State..

Posted by: Rob_NC [TypeKey Profile Page] at September 25, 2004 08:41 AM

Whoever heard of a hurricane doing a 360? This is crazy. I live just north of West Palm Beach. Frances did about $3,000 damage to my yard and I was without power for over a week. Now we are staring down the barrel at this one less than a month later. The ground is saturated from Frances and Ivan and I live in a low-lying area, so flooding is a real possibility. Nothing to do but pray.

Posted by: rdelephant [TypeKey Profile Page] at September 25, 2004 09:29 AM

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