Wednesday, October 19, 2005

Bracing Ourselves for Wilma

Wilma exploded this morning into the most intense hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic basin, a Category 5, with winds of 175 mph.
Warnings of "catastrophic" (sic-CNN) risk to Florida residents have been predicted, while officials announced at lunchtime the mandatory evacuation of all visitors and non-residents from the Keys, just South of Miami.

Experts at the National Hurricane Center has made it known that if Wilma is a Category 4 at landfall, we can expect storm surges of up to 25 feet into the many bays and rivers in South Florida.
We're hoping it will either turn or decrease quickly in intensity, for looking at the predicted path on the picture, where to evacuate to will be a problem!

Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers.
(Picture - Miami Herald)

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