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Old September 6th 04, 02:09 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
Dave Ludlow Dave Ludlow is offline
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On 06 Sep 2004 00:25:53 GMT, (TudorHgh) wrote:

At the moment I'd have thought Barbadians and others would have a greater
interest in this storm than the inhabitants of Florida, about whom we hear so
much.

Absolutely.

Of course any storm called Ivan is liable to be Terrible, though probably
not this one, due to un unfavourable upper wind pattern.

The Barbadians (forecast Cat 4, in less than 2 days time), Haitians
(landfall as a Cat 4, exiting as Cat 1) and probably the Dominicans,
might not agree!

Ivan has the potential to cause a humanitarian disaster on Hispaniola,
especially due to intense rainfall in the mountains. What happened in
Florida could look like a pinprick after this one - if current track
and intensity forecasts are correct. Fortunately, it looks like it
will move much faster than Frances and obviously this would tend to
lessen the rainfall totals.

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Dave
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