Let's just hope that those who were affected by Katrina will evacuate this time. Because if it hits there it will all disappear.

Oh man!!! Right now it's looking like it's definately headed my general direction towards Destin, Fl. AAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH

Well, I was feverishly skimming&scanning for U-haul truck pics....hoping and praying you all move before Ernesto....when I found this.......






Woe to those who call evil good and good evil. (Isaiah5:20) Great destruction

is coming. There is a storm coming and nobody will escape without Christ.
I will purge the evil from before my eyes.

In their foolishness they think they have to answer to no one. I prepare my

answer to you. Can you stop the storms and judgements, the earthquakes

and disasters. You are powerless in your own strength and delusion.

When terror comes upon you and you shake like a reed in the wind, who

will you call out to? You reject Me and scorn those who are mine and in so

doing you scorn Me. Do you think I will not answer your folly and bring

correction. When fearsome judgement falls upon you, who will you call out

to?

Isaiah24:17-20 Isaiah59:18-19

Oh diverteach, prepare. Be safe in Jesus. I will be praying for you.


"Hurricane Hunter Aircraft recently found increased winds and a lower pressure early this morning near the center of Ernesto. As a result Ernesto was upgraded to Hurricane status, making this the first Hurricane of the 2006 Atlantic Season. As of 5am, maximum winds have increased to 75 mph with higher gusts, which makes Ernesto a category one hurricane.

Hurricane warnings have been issued for southern coast of Haiti. A tropical storm warning and hurricane watch continues in effect for Jamaica and a hurricane watch is in effect for eastern Cuba and Cayman Islands.

Environmental conditions continue to become more favorable for continued development. An upper low to the west of Ernesto is moving west, decreasing the shear to the west of the storm. This decrease in shear this morning has allowed storm to intensify, as it continues to move west-northwest. Haiti and Dominican Republic will experience very heavy squalls, gusty winds, flash flooding and increasing rough seas today, with these conditions also affecting Jamaica and southeast Cuba by tonight.

Latest forecast information indicates that a trough building across the central United States will be a bit stronger and create steering wind currents that may pull Ernesto on a more northerly track. Due to this, areas along the eastern Gulf of Mexico, particularly Florida, should be on the alert. Ernesto may begin to influence the Florida Keys by early Tuesday, and perhaps parts of the Gulf Coast or Florida my Midweek."

ERNESTO
Gender: Masculine

Usage: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese

Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of ERNEST

ERNEST
Gender: Masculine

Usage: English

Pronounced: UR-nest [key]

Derived from Germanic eornost meaning "seriousness".


from: http://www.behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=ernest

I was just about to look up the meaning of the name Ernesto but you beat me to it! We were looking up names last August and onwards and they spelt out something pretty significant. Lets hope and pray that people will prepare and flee if Ernesto turns out to be half as destructive as Katrina.

I left central Florida two years ago, after riding out hurricane Charley, I told my son that maybe God was telling us to move (I heard the small whisper, but didn't realize it at the time). A few weeks later hurricane Frances came thru (two hurricanes in less than a month in Orlando, where a hurricane hadn't been thru in like 46 years) I told my son then that God was talking to us...A few weeks later the warning were up about hurrican Ivan, and it was supposed to come right for us again. I rented a van, packed what we could and we left to stay with friends in TX...Ivan seemed to change course as we moved and ended up hitting the panhandle hard, the highway we fled on was gone a day after we drove over it. My son had to take a longer northerly route to go home, rent a Uhaul and pack it. While there getting things out of the house, he went thru another hurricane (K name, don't remember). I thank God every day now that he moved me away from there! I am in prayer for those who are in the path of this or any hurricane, and I am so glad I finally listened to my Heavenly Father!

I left Orlando in Aug 1999. The Lord moved us. We went right into the path of Floyd in Sept 99. F-named hurricanes are not nice to North Carolina. Even though we are 2 hours inland... when they said it had become a cat 5 hurricane - I knew it'd be a cat 3 by the time it made it here. I boarded up all the lower windows of the house. Couldn't sleep the night that it came thru. I listened to 100 foot pine trees crack and fall all night. It's a terrible sound at night, with no electric, no communication with the outside.

Today, I am very prepared, both spiritually and physically. The Lord has made sure of that. He told me back in July to prepare for a storm. (To know me is to know that I really dislike shopping.) So, the Lord went shopping with me. Quite an experience. I snickered when He said "Just prepare for a hurricane." I don't know what the storm is that He's prepared me for... but the Lord is good. He is very good.

I live in South Carolina, and the Lord has also told me to prepare. I remember the sound of Pines snapping like match sticks durring Hurricane Hugo (wow, it doesn't feel like 17 years ago). The other erie sound is when the eye passes. For me it was midnight, and the stillness was almost more intimidating than the front end of the strorm. Keep me and my family close to you Lord Jesus!

Storm Eagle - we are fast coming into Ernesto's path... It's a great thing it's only a forecast!
Diverteach...you've already been in it's path... Too bad there isn't a way to identify all forum members in the southeast.


"Ernesto weakened dramatically Sunday afternoon and was downgraded to a tropical storm. Top winds are estimated to be near 50 mph, mainly in thunderstorms to the northeast of the center of circulation. Ernesto is trying to get better organized this morning as it nears the coast of eastern Cuba. Heavy rainfall on the magnitude of 6 to 12 inches, possibly more, will be the main threat for Cuba. Ernesto is forecast to remain over Cuba for about 24 hours before emerging into the Florida Straits later tonight or early Tuesday. Hurricane watches have been posted across South Florida and the Florida Keys."

Thank you for posting this information. We have some forum members that live in FL. I am praying for the safety of everyone in this hurricane's path.

Yeah, it's not coming my way afterall. Thank You Jesus! Unfortunately though, somebody else will be getting it.

We had to prep for a storm FIVE times here last season. As the owner of a sailboat that is kept in the water, prepping for storms gets old fast.

I'm not counting on anything from this storm, the track seems to shift daily. Prepare for the worst, hope for the best. Looks like maybe cat 1 Tuesday around 2pm...not too bad. Good practice for the big one to come later

I have a disagreement over the projected path of this storm. The path that is projected is according to the wind currents that are aloft at the time. If you look at an actual loop of the radar of the storm and its outflow, there is no air current steering the storm into the state of Florida. The outer bands of the storm that are closest to the state are not being blown to the right or to the left, it is remaining on its course which takes it into the gulf and toward the coastline of Louisiana, Alabama, and the Panama City, Florida area. The land of Florida will push the storm to the south below Forida and make the storm stall. The air currents aloft are from a high pressure system and this storm is a low pressure system. Either the storm will stall and gain strength because of the opposing system or it will stall and dissolve because it is not a strong storm. Do not put your trust in the projections. The outer green line below with the triangles is the closest to the path, but the black line with the triangles is closest to the actual path of Katrina.

This storm is serious, isn't it, but then Castro may be sending it to the Cuban exiles in Miami just to give them a taste of their projections of his death.

Looking at the map again, there is a high pressure system off the east coast circulating down toward Florida, there is a low pressure system above the Yucatan peninsula circulating upward toward Texas, these are causing a direct line towards New Orleans. There is also a violent low pressure spin below the sothern tip of Texas. The low pressure system below Texas will interfere with the high pressure system coming down frm northern Texas. Watch out New Orleans!

My God, looking at the Mexico loop I am trying to figure where are the getting their info from? The Yucatan and the gulf above it off of the southern tip of Texas is so violent in the spin and the front coming down from northern Texas is breaking up. Oh no!

There are 4 potential hurricanes spinning of of the western coast of Mexico right now, but the good thing is the rotation of the earth is from east to west, so they are going the other way, but thats bad for the course of Ernie.

Everybody go outsice and blow south real hard until you can't blow any more.

NOAA actually thinks this storm (will be depression) sitting on top of my house at 8am Friday morning!

(I know, I know, humans trying to forecast...)

They're probably right. They usually are.

There has been in the past three days to a week 39 earthquakes to the east of that storm that is below Florida.

I don't know whether to say that this is exciting or what.

It came on-shore about 3:30 and we'll see where it goes from there.

Ya, I see it; it's turning, falling apart; God took care or it.

I'm still watching....

They probably slipped God some sleeping pills or something.

Ernie is holding still with a big glob of clouds forming just off the eastern tip of Florida, so y'all may not be out of trouble yet.

Ahhh, It broke up!

I'm ready to give up this thread... except it is still heading my way...


"Ernesto regained Tropical Storm strength quickly over the very warm water of the Atlantic overnight and continues to plow northward along the Southeast coast toward South Carolina this morning. As it goes, heavy rainfall will be the main concern from Ernesto as it spins toward the Carolinas and Virginia today. This will be cause for huge flooding concerns as a stationary front produced 2 to 5 inch rainfalls across eastern North Carolina to Virgina already. Flash flood watches and even some warnings have been posted across the Carolinas up into the Mid-Atlantic today into tonight.

The center of Tropical Storm Ernesto is off the coast of Jacksonville this morning. It is forecast to make another landfall just north of Charleston, South Carolina on Thursday during the late afternoon hours. In addition to the flooding rains, Ernesto will kick up the waves along the coasts of South and North Carolina; rising between 15 to 25 feet. Some beach erosion is possible all the way to southeast Virgina by tonight.

tropical storm warnings are posted Cocoa Beach, Florida northward to Cape Lookout, North Carolina.

Looking ahead to the latter half of the week, heavy rain will produce flooding across parts of the Middle Atlantic and Northeast (including portions of North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland) as remnants of Ernesto work northward and interact with a stationary boundary draped across the region. This heavy rainfall will be in tandem with the busy travels of the Labor Day holiday. Be ready to deal with slow air travel and surface travel in the region. Keep it here at weather.com and The Weather Channel for updates and the forecast as we approach the holiday weekend."

It'll park over my parents's cablin in Ohio, according to our Columbus weather people...we'll be grinding stumps from the dead trees we cut down last weekend....

I hope you still have some trees for a wind block and the wind does not get too strong.

It looks red ... sitting there off the coast... They can't decide whether it's going to be on the east side or west side of our house. It matters for wind direction. If it's on the west side... my neighbor has two 100 foot pine trees that have the potential of falling on our house. On the east side... there'd be a lot of pounding rain on the NW side of the house - but no trees to worry about falling down on the house.

Ernesto will probably be a rain/flooding event with a bit of wind... except if it spawns tornados - that'd be a bit more wind.

We've already had some of it's rain bands come thru.

Oh, almost forgot, they have already started closing schools...

Landfall...

Direct hit on Cape Fear.

4:15am
There must be a tree leaning on a power line somewhere... our electricity has started to cut in and out.
I really don't like it when I can't see what's going on with a storm.


9am...
We fared really well. Electric stayed on. Just lots of glitches. A lot of wind. Not so much rain. The event is practically over for NC.