Yipes! We are bracing for the remnants of Hurricane Isabel

Iron Woode

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Environment Canada has issued an alert:

WOCN11 CWTO 181231
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA ONTARIO REGION.
8:31 AM EDT THURSDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 2003.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ISSUED FOR..
CITY OF TORONTO
WINDSOR - ESSEX - CHATHAM-KENT
SARNIA - LAMBTON
ELGIN
LONDON - MIDDLESEX
SIMCOE - DELHI - NORFOLK
DUNNVILLE - CALEDONIA - HALDIMAND
OXFORD - BRANT
NIAGARA
CITY OF HAMILTON
HALTON - PEEL
YORK - DURHAM
HURON - PERTH
WATERLOO - WELLINGTON
DUFFERIN - INNISFIL
GREY - BRUCE
BARRIE - ORILLIA - MIDLAND
BELLEVILLE - QUINTE - NORTHUMBERLAND
KINGSTON - PRINCE EDWARD
PETERBOROUGH - KAWARTHA LAKES
STIRLING - TWEED - SOUTH FRONTENAC
BANCROFT - BON ECHO
BROCKVILLE - LEEDS AND GRENVILLE
CITY OF OTTAWA
GATINEAU
PRESCOTT AND RUSSELL
CORNWALL - MORRISBURG
SMITHS FALLS - LANARK - SHARBOT LAKE
PARRY SOUND - MUSKOKA - HUNTSVILLE
HALIBURTON
RENFREW - PEMBROKE - BARRY'S BAY
ALGONQUIN
BURK'S FALLS - BAYFIELD INLET.

AT 8.00 AM EDT..HURRICANE ISABEL WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE
33.8 N AND LONGITUDE 75.1 W..ABOUT 90 NAUTICAL MILES OR 165 KM
SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF CAPE HATTERAS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE
ESTIMATED AT 90 KNOTS OR 167 KM/H AND CENTRAL PRESSURE AT 955
MB. ISABEL IS MOVING NORTH NORTHWEST AT 16 KNOTS OR 30 KM/H.

THE REMNANTS OF ISABEL ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE WEATHER OVER
SOUTHERN ONTARIO ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. HEAVY RAIN WILL BEGIN EARLY
ON FRIDAY OVER SOUTHERN ONTARIO AND SPREAD NORTHWARD TO SUDBURY BY
LATE AFTERNOON. UPWARDS OF 50 MM IS EXPECTED ALONG AN AXIS RUNNING
FROM LONDON TO SUDBURY BY LATE FRIDAY EVENING. SHOWERS WILL SWEEP
ACROSS EASTERN ONTARIO FRIDAY NIGHT.

RAINFALLS OF ONLY 5 TO 10 MM ARE EXPECTED EAST OF A LINE ROUGHLY
FROM TORONTO TO NORTH BAY. HOWEVER THESE AREAS WILL EXPERIENCE THE
STRONGEST WINDS..40 TO 70 KM/H. THESE WINDS WILL BEGIN OVER SOUTHERN
ONTARIO BEGINNING FRIDAY MORNING. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
SPREAD ACROSS SOUTHERN ONTARIO EARLY SATURDAY.

HEAVY RAINFALL WARNINGS WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED LATER TODAY FOR
REGIONS JUST WEST OF THE STORM TRACK.

ENVIRONMENT CANADA IS CLOSELY MONITORING HURRICANE ISABEL FROM THE
CANADIAN HURRICANE CENTRE IN DARTMOUTH NOVA SCOTIA. FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION PLEASE REFER TO..

WWW.ATL.EC.GC.CA/WEATHER/HURRICANE/
WWW.WEATHEROFFICE.EC.GC.CA

LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
MAY ALSO BE FOUND BY CONSULTING THE LATEST PUBLIC FORECAST.
THE NEXT PUBLIC FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED BY 11 AM.

END/OSPC
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This should prove most interesting when I go to work Friday.

 

Iron Woode

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Originally posted by: chin311
OMG LOOK MOM, ANOTHER HURRICANE ISABEL THREAD!!1
This one is different because it is Canadian. :p

Last time we had a hurricane slam into Ontario was 1954 (Hazel) and it killed 80 people.
 

guyver01

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Originally posted by: sciencetoy
Watch out. The biggest danger is from the huge amount of media hot air.


Actually the biggest danger is from Hurricane LordJezo...

:p

 

guyver01

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Originally posted by: Iron Woode

This one is different because it is Canadian. :p

Last time we had a hurricane slam into Ontario was 1954 (Hazel) and it killed 80 people.


but they were canadian... :p

 

Ogg

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Originally posted by: guyver01
Originally posted by: sciencetoy
Watch out. The biggest danger is from the huge amount of media hot air.


Actually the biggest danger is from Hurricane LordJezo...

:p

Watch out here he comes

<Lord Jezos superhero voice> My fingernail polish will protect me from the storm and I will protect Rutgers U. Fear not citizens
Wait I have to argue with my girlfriend. <end voice>
 

pyonir

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Originally posted by: awg


Watch out here he comes

<Lord Jezos superhero voice> My fingernail polish will protect me from the storm and I will protect Rutgers U. Fear not citizens
Wait I have to argue with my girlfriend. <end voice>

LMAO

<and air it out on ATOT for EVERYONE to see!>