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[Scubatooth]

Well my summer has been real busy and i have been having alot of fun and learning a lot which is keeping me out of trouble and lots of time underwater (nearly 48 hours in the past 6 weeks). This definately will be a experince i will never forget.

Any ways My My my what do we have here, i make a quick little 48 hour side trip and i come back with a tropical storm sitting off shore starting to make a mess of my planned 10 day diving/profile collecting run to help finish out my internship. How rude and inconsiderate

So it looks like i will be diving the next two days and then time to plan and have a hurricane party. So im going to be off to get some bottled water, canned food and Rum to wait out the storm

Surfs up dudes

Tooth

[Scubatooth]

Also looks like im going to get some surfing lessons this weekend as well as the waves will be in the 5-15 foot range down south and in the 3-6 on the west coast. Now wheres my boogie and surf boards.

[Cold_H2O]

PR does get more than its share of storms.
I sat thru one a few years ago.
15" of rain one day....

It does muck up the diving. Rum does help to sooth the pain.

[DandyDon]

PR...?

[Scubatooth]

PR = Puerto Rico (Two letter abbv for the post office)

[DandyDon]

PR = Puerto Rico (Two letter abbv for the post office)

Okee dokee, I'd really be working on back-up plans! Call airline to discuss what-ifs, then trip ins company. Hope Dean runs out of steam, but I would not be getting on a plane to there for a few days, at least...!

I know this is important to you, but to fly into the path of a TS...??

Edited by DandyDon, 15 August 2007 - 01:32 PM.

[Scubatooth]

DD

Im already down here and have been down here all summer for my internship with DAN (im here till aug 31). I have a couple of contingency plans but the storm is looking to go south of the island so it will be really rainy and windy where i am. Im going to play it safe and stock up some items just incase

Tooth

[DandyDon]

Oh Ok, yeah if I was there, I would not be looking for an escape. (edit your profile guy). As it stands now, Miami is more likely to be hit and Cozumel.....

000
WTNT34 KNHC 151457 RRA
TCPAT4

BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM DEAN ADVISORY NUMBER 9...RETRANSMITTED
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL042007
1100 AM AST WED AUG 15 2007

...DEAN STRENGTHENS OVER THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC OCEAN...

INTERESTS IN THE LESSER ANTILLES SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF
DEAN.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.

AT 1100 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DEAN WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 46.0 WEST OR ABOUT 1045
MILES...1685 KM...EAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES.

DEAN IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 20 MPH...32 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH...95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND
DEAN COULD BECOME A HURRICANE TOMORROW.

DEAN IS A RELATIVELY SMALL TROPICAL CYCLONE. TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 50 MILES...85 KM FROM THE CENTER.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 997 MB...29.44 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 1100 AM AST POSITION...12.4 N...46.0 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 20 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...997 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
500 PM AST.

$$
FORECASTER BLAKE

[Scubatooth]

DD

My cellphone is set up to give me NHC alerts so im getting active updates on the progress. Plus there is a hurricane hunter that i saw fly in to the airport nearby to refuel so i know they are monitoring it.

my profile is fine as TX is home, im just on a working vacation down here in PR for DAN, and my board status reflects that, as im headed up in about two weeks.

[DandyDon]

Sorry, over looked that....

Board Status: In Puerto Rico. Be back in DFW 8/31
loc-State/Province: TX

Take care.....

[dustbowl diver]

" My hurricane party spun outta control, I'm lyin in a gutter eatin tootsie rolls, with red ant bites all over my ass, beating on my buddies with a baseball bat"-Cowboy Mouth!!

[ScubaPunk]

Good Luck Tooth. Take Care.

[swfladiver]

hopefullly it will hold off going past a 1 till it is past you, we are watching Dean here since it looks to be taking a similar track that Charley took a few years ago, already bought an extra bottle of rum

[Scubatooth]

I will take care of myself as where im staying is on higher ground (according to GPS im 62 feet above sea level).

I will take pictures as it rolls in and will post them afterwards

Tooth