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SacredCowTipper on August 21, 2007 - 2:02am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

It'll hit Cozumel head on.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cozumel

Cozumel has 75k people on it, its 12 miles to the coast, and the high point on the island is 15m. How much storm surge is expected with a 914mb core pressure? Is the tide in or out?

I am suddenly feeling a little sick and wishing I hadn't Googled that ...

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GLT149 on August 21, 2007 - 2:42am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

It's going to hit far south of Cozumel. It is actually aimed directly at the capital of Quintana Roo, Chetumal.

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SacredCowTipper on August 21, 2007 - 2:48am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

I was looking at an older path projection. Sorry for the excitement ...

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