following up a message from Richard Webb to all:   
      
      
   RW> Just my amateur hour tropical systems nose at work here, but right   
   RW> now if I lived in the coastal Carolina or Virginia I'd be thinking   
   RW> seriously about keeping an eye on her, and maybe making my trip to   
   RW> the hardware store/home center, and   
   RW> checking my stash of ready to eat good food even if I   
   RW> planned to remain in place.  This system's supposed to   
   RW> intensify over open waters later today, and we've had enough hot   
   RW> that she can sure suck up a lot of moisture before she   
   RW> makes landfall somewhere again.   
      
   They sure missed on that one.  By 7:00 P.M. eastern this   
   evening I see that she's become a tropical wave/remnant low. INteresting.    
   That sure wasn't what they were expecting this morning.   
      
      
   I still stand by my statement that we could sure get one   
   like an Ivan Katrina or Rita by the end of this season   
   though.   
      
   Regards,   
              Richard   
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