[dewilson58]

The sun is up.

Irma is gone...............yes, we have a windy day yet.

But, I would like to thank Tucc for all his communications over the last week. Accurate, Timely and To The Point.

I learned a lot.

Thanks Tucc!!!!

[stings]

I agree. Thank you

[socrafty]

I personally have to give you a big, loud shout out! I was a nervous wreck for days. Your posts had a tremendous calming effect on me. I can't say enough how much I appreciated your updates. Haven't seen a recent post from you, hope you are safe and sound. Thanks again!

[socrafty]

Did not see your post and posted the same.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by dewilson58

The sun is up.

Irma is gone...............yes, we have a windy day yet.

But, I would like to thank Tucc for all his communications over the last week. Accurate, Timely and To The Point.

I learned a lot.

Thanks Tucc!!!!

Yes. Those had valuable information. Thanks!

[kcrazorbackfan]

Originally Posted by socrafty

I personally have to give you a big, loud shout out! I was a nervous wreck for days. Your posts had a tremendous calming effect on me. I can't say enough how much I appreciated your updates. Haven't seen a recent post from you, hope you are safe and sound. Thanks again!

Ditto! Thanks bunches! WOW! One incredible night.

[tuccillo]

Thanks for your kind thoughts. The numerical model guidance was all over the place in the days up to Irma making landfall, and even the day before was off by a considerable margin. The track up the middle of FL was a bit unexpected as the "final" guidance was up the west coast. However, this was not your "typical" hurricane and the forecasted path was within the "cone" or "envelope" of possible tracks. I thought the coverage on network TV was good and I spent pretty much the whole evening and early morning hours with the TV on. I am hoping everyone got through with no or little damage. I am happily surprised that we never lost power.

Originally Posted by dewilson58

The sun is up.

Irma is gone...............yes, we have a windy day yet.

But, I would like to thank Tucc for all his communications over the last week. Accurate, Timely and To The Point.

I learned a lot.

Thanks Tucc!!!!

I want to thank Cisco Kid also for the Mikes WeatherPage info which was interesting.

[RalphM]

As a newbie, just settled on Thursday, I too thank you sir. Your timely insght, interpretations and postings was invaluable.

[martine48]

Thanks Tucillo for a very a very good job. It was very informative but just goes to show how predicting the expected track of a Hurricane is not an exact science. It would be nice if someone could get exact numbers for what we had as the maximum wind speed in TV as well as the rainfall. I have a feeling the wind speed was less than predicted but I went to bed a 1AM so probably missed the most exciting part of the night

[ColdNoMore]

A BIG thanks to ALL who contributed and provided excellent links.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by tuccillo

Thanks for your kind thoughts. The numerical model guidance was all over the place in the days up to Irma making landfall, and even the day before was off by a considerable margin. The track up the middle of FL was a bit unexpected as the "final" guidance was up the west coast. However, this was not your "typical" hurricane and the forecasted path was within the "cone" or "envelope" of possible tracks. I thought the coverage on network TV was good and I spent pretty much the whole evening and early morning hours with the TV on. I am hoping everyone got through with no or little damage. I am happily surprised that we never lost power.

I liked the local newscasts on Irma. Some of the major players on the news seemed a little disappointed at times that there was not more damage or that Irma did not make landfall as a Category 5. Just my take though. It is a ratings thing. The local broadcasts gave a lot more detail without all the drama of trying to attract viewers. We lived in Palm Harbor, FL fro 1996-2005 so we experienced the 2004-2005 season and my Dad was a catastrophe manager for a major insurance company around 1990-1994 so I heard a lot about the damages caused by hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, earthquakes, fires, etc. He handled Andrew among other storms.

[Aloha1]

Thank you, for sharing your expertise in a calm, concise way.

[Henryk]

Really great job. Thank you!

[redwitch]

And another thanks. While I've been through a few hurricanes here, Irma was a force unto herself. I forwarded your comments to several clients. They went a long way to assuage some of their fears.