Look what's behind Rita!

[Seabiscuit]

If that thing follows Rita into the Gulf...!!!

http://www.weather.com/maps/news/atlstorm18/atlanticoceansatellite_large_animated.html

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

1. Larger than Rita, eh?

"Chertie, you're doin' a heck of a job"...

[Seabiscuit]

2. Sure looks like it.

[mopaul]

3. oh jeezuz! somebody better tell bush

[DS1]

4. Would that make it Hurricane Snuffout?

:scared:

[Silverhair]

7. Hurricane Philippe. NT

[elehhhhna]

18. Like my stoopid reep naighbor said about a hurr. 2 years ago:

"Why do they give it a French name? ewww."

i 'splained that French is spoken in many parts of the Carrib., etc. but she's still a moran.

[theHandpuppet]

21. Tell her that Cheney is a French name

Which it is -- really.

[elehhhhna]

23. Good one. btw, Chert means Devil in Russian.

Chertoff = "Of the Devil"

[Igel]

26. It's also how they mangled

Csanyi, a perfectly good Hungarian name.

But I'd expect Cheney's ancestors to have been here before the late 1800s, somehow.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

5. It looks like a monster! And this is not being reported because? nt

[malaise]

10. Because

Forecasters have said that Philippe is going out to sea.
snip -
Elsewhere in the Atlantic Basin, Hurricane Philippe (80 mph) is centered about 350 miles ENE of the Leeward Islands. Philippe is forecast to strengthen to a category 2 hurricane as it continues to swirl in a general northerly direction. Such a track would keep it well east of the Leewards and also east of Bermuda.

[Navy Chief]

12. It's Been Reported

And well covered. Where have you people been? I get info everyday from various Internet and TV news sources.
It's not a threat to the U.S. at this point and is expected to move on up in the Mid-Atlantic

[Seabiscuit]

14. I saw it yesterday. It was still there today, so I posted a link.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

15. Is that Phillipe? nt

[oneighty]

17. Welcome Chief

To DU. There are a lot of Ex-Navy on DU. Me too.

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[theHandpuppet]

22. Ditto that!

It's been all over the news and weather reports for nearly a week now. I don't understand how Phillipe could be "news" to anyone.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

27. Sheepishly grinning here...I thought it would have been further north

by now.

[newyawker99]

25. Hi Navy Chief!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[friesianrider]

32. Welcome Navy Chief!

Good to have you here, friend. Welcome! :) :hi:

[Silverhair]

6. That is hurricane Philippe, and is going North.

Hurricane Philippe is not expected to be any danger to anything except some ships.

[wakeme2008]

8. Track here

[Seabiscuit]

13. Let's hope you're right and it doesn't change course.

[hobbit709]

9. That's Philippe

It's heading NNW. But there's another tropical wave coming off Africa.

[OKNancy]

11. That's Phillipe

it's going straight north. ( It has been reported for days. It's no big mystery)

[eek]

16. Ha! I thought you meant Rita Cosby!

when I got to the link I was all, "huh- guess the photo was taken down".

[theHandpuppet]

19. That's Phillipe -- expected to stay out to sea

... as has been reported for days now. Really, it's irresponsible to cause panic over Phillipe when the info on it has been reported for days now and it was publicly stressed this storm would only cause potential problems for Atlantic shipping..

[KharmaTrain]

20. Here's Rita Blowing At Full Fury...

Reports are this husky sounding storm will be coming in hot and wet and when she leaves, she'll take the house...

[Silverhair]

29. LOL ! Great one. Even if she does work for FOX,

she is still one hot babe. Yeah, that's a sexist comment. So call me a dirty old man.

FOX & CNN both have some definite good looking girls doing the reading off the teleprompter.

[sundancekid]

31. just FYI - Rita's on msnbc now ... her show follows Keith Olberman's

more huff and puff coming your way ... cheers!

:toast:

[Shine]

24. Once again, Mother Nature reminding us who's in charge....

and it's definitely NOT *

~Shine

[I Have A Dream]

28. Wow - thanks for the link! n/t

[Rainscents]

30. If that is Phillip, it sure don't look like heading NNW.