Isaac to hit as tropical storm or weak Category 1

Florida Keys News

Sunday, August 26, 2012

Isaac to hit as tropical storm or weak Category 1

BY GWEN FILOSA Citizen Staff
gfilosa@keysnews.com

Tropical Storm Isaac on Saturday became a greater threat to the Florida Keys, which was placed under a hurricane warning as forecasters predicted the storm would blast through the Lower Keys at worst as a weak Category 1 with sustained winds from 75 to 95 mph tonight between 5 p.m. and midnight.

"Those will most likely be confined to the Lower and Middle Keys," said meteorol...

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well

Submitted on Mon, 08/27/2012 - 9:10am by Spoken Citizen

the water surrounding the island was much cooler than usual so I felt it would not gain too much strength. We were very fortunate to have gotten by with this and no loss of electricity.Thank you Jesus and I am Jewish.

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KOTS is closed ? Is that why there are bums

Submitted on Sun, 08/26/2012 - 10:01am by trapper

everywhere ? They should have been sent someplace safe , like North Dakota. The newspaper downplaying this storm is irresponsible , this can and could be another Wilma. Remember ,? it barely blew at all and then the surge came; seems the City and everyone else has forgotten that lesson. Who knows it may be a good time to have your boat in front of your house.

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yeah but

Submitted on Mon, 08/27/2012 - 9:11am by Spoken Citizen

Wilma came from the west too with an unusual dynamic for winds and surge.

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As predicted

Submitted on Sun, 08/26/2012 - 11:44pm by Conch Harbor

The storm was as local knowledge knew. Trap, I would think you would know better than to buy into the weather channel BS.

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C Harbor, the weather channel waffled ,

Submitted on Mon, 08/27/2012 - 8:28am by trapper

and couldn't commit to anything. Experience tells me to prep for the worst , and be relieved when it's a minor event. It's too easy for these storms to get ugly quickly. You will eat the extra food , use the generator gas in your car, and open your shutters. Your yard is cleaner since you trimmed and threw out some junk you might have been saving. So , I don't feel it's effort wasted,still a productive day .