OCT 18, 2005 / 11:48AM SPECIAL URGENT UPDATE #4
RECON JUST REACHED. WILMA IT IS AN UNBELIEVABLE SUPER CAT 5 --> 901MB, WITH 162kts!!!!
OVER A 50mb DROP IN 5 HOURS - THE SAME RATE AS RITA. 2 MORE HOURS OF THIS IT COULD EASILY BREAK THE ALL TIME
RECORD LOW PRESSURE IN THE ATLANTIC BASIN OF 888MB.
IMAGERY SUPPORTS THIS. And the 850mb height was reported at 516 meters. The pressure reading was extyrapolated -- and we should see a dropsonde reading shortly.
I will continue to update this section during the next hour.
Steve
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/SteveGregory/show.html
oh yeah and plastics....check out this slow down from the previous hurricanes
Plastic pipe supplies scarce
By Melissa Campbell
Alaska Journal of Commerce
Web posted Sunday, October 16, 2005
The storage yard at Cresent Electric Supply Co. is nearly plastic free. District manager Jeff McKenzie (right) said this time of year, the yard normally has stacks of PVC and other pipe several feet high. PHOTO/Melissa Campbell/AJOC
Manufacturers of some plastics products used in construction are telling customers not to bother sending in any orders for now. The makers have nothing to sell them, suppliers in Alaska said.
Local wholesalers of electrical and some plumbing products say their stocks of plastic PVC pipe, ABS pipe and some wire products are running dangerously low.
"We're almost out of stock," said Cresent Electric Supply Co.'s Jeff McKenzie. "Our PVC conduit manufacturer is not quoting orders because they say there's no supply available."
more at http://www.alaskajournal.com/stories/101605/hom_20051016004.shtml