muddy mudskipper
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can't believe i dusted off the Icom this late in the season.
so far, it's being reported as the strongest hurricane EVAR.
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Wilma Bears Down on C. America at 175 Mph
Wednesday October 19, 2005 6:46 PM
AP Photo HAV103
By FREDDY CUEVAS
Associated Press Writer
SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (AP) - Hurricane Wilma swirled into the most intense Atlantic storm ever recorded Wednesday, a Category 5 monster whose 175 mph winds and heavy rains already have been blamed for killing at least 12 people in the Caribbean as it bore down on Central America.
The National Hurricane Center in Miami forecast that Wilma could make landfall in southwestern Florida on Saturday and bring devastating winds to the east coast. Officials ordered visitors out of the Florida Keys.
Jamaica, Cuba, Nicaragua and Honduras were getting heavy rain from the storm, though it was not likely to make landfall in any of those countries. Many residents prepared for the worst only weeks after rains left more than 1,500 people dead or missing in Central America and Mexico.
With rough seas already pounding coastal areas, flood-prone Honduras warned that Wilma posed ``an imminent threat to life and property'' and closed two seaports on its Caribbean coast. Neighboring Nicaragua and the Cayman Islands also were on alert.
Computer models showed Wilma possibly making a sharp turn as it hits upper-level winds blowing east, moving through the narrow channel between Cuba and Mexico, where it threatened Cancun, before heading toward Florida.
Forecasters urged the Florida Keys and the peninsula to closely monitor the storm's progress.
so far, it's being reported as the strongest hurricane EVAR.
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Wilma Bears Down on C. America at 175 Mph
Wednesday October 19, 2005 6:46 PM
AP Photo HAV103
By FREDDY CUEVAS
Associated Press Writer
SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (AP) - Hurricane Wilma swirled into the most intense Atlantic storm ever recorded Wednesday, a Category 5 monster whose 175 mph winds and heavy rains already have been blamed for killing at least 12 people in the Caribbean as it bore down on Central America.
The National Hurricane Center in Miami forecast that Wilma could make landfall in southwestern Florida on Saturday and bring devastating winds to the east coast. Officials ordered visitors out of the Florida Keys.
Jamaica, Cuba, Nicaragua and Honduras were getting heavy rain from the storm, though it was not likely to make landfall in any of those countries. Many residents prepared for the worst only weeks after rains left more than 1,500 people dead or missing in Central America and Mexico.
With rough seas already pounding coastal areas, flood-prone Honduras warned that Wilma posed ``an imminent threat to life and property'' and closed two seaports on its Caribbean coast. Neighboring Nicaragua and the Cayman Islands also were on alert.
Computer models showed Wilma possibly making a sharp turn as it hits upper-level winds blowing east, moving through the narrow channel between Cuba and Mexico, where it threatened Cancun, before heading toward Florida.
Forecasters urged the Florida Keys and the peninsula to closely monitor the storm's progress.
