Sounds like good news for UWF, from their web site:

Classes at the University of West Florida, campuses and online, will resume on Tuesday, Oct. 5. The fall semester will be extended through Dec. 17, which will allow for two additional weeks of classes during the weeks of Dec. 6 through 10 and Dec. 13 through 17. There will be no separate final examination period. Instead, final projects, examinations or take-home examinations may be given during the final week of classes. There will be a process to address concerns or requests resulting from the revised schedule. It will be posted on the university Web site by Oct. 5. Fall Commencement for both the Pensacola campus and the Fort Walton Beach campus will be held as originally scheduled.

Hopefully Jeanne won't change that again!

Dee

I'm sick of hurricanes in FL and I don't even live there...but I do have to deal with it everyday at work...

"Hi, I'm working with the West Orange Chamber of Commerce on their Information Display project and..."

"Ok, I'm all for supporting the Chamber...but can you call me back AFTER the hurricane???"

I was listening (whenever I could get a connection, telephone service is spotty) to the Palm Beach, Fort Pierce and Vero Beach AWOS (Automated Weather Observation Stations) at the airport.

As of 7 pm CDT (8 pm EDT)

PBI Wind 300 degrees (WNW) @ 33 knots/Gusts 53 knots (61 mph)
FPR Wind 360 degrees (N) @ 23 knots/Gusts 42 knots
SUA 340 degrees (NW) @ 38 knots/Gusts 57 knots

PBI - West Palm Beach International Airport
FPR - Fort Pierce International Airport
SUA - Withham Field (Stuart, FL)

Multiply by 1.151 for wind speeds in MPH.

I think the stupid eye is going to hit like 20 miles south of me. I'm in Grant. Boooooo.

UPDATE 2100 EDT
 

PBI ASOS @ 0109Z (2109 EDT)

Wind: 280 degrees (W) @ 45 knots/gusts to 54 knots. Barometer: 28.93 inches

FPR ASOS @ 0114Z (2114 EDT)

Wind: 360 degrees (N) @29 knots /gusts to 44 knots.
Barometer: 29.12 inches.

SUA: Station down.

PBI: West Palm Beach International
FPR: Fort Pierce International
SUA: Stuart

000
WTNT31 KNHC 260053
TCPAT1
BULLETIN
HURRICANE JEANNE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 49B
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
9 PM EDT SAT SEP 25 2004

...DANGEROUS HURRICANE JEANNE BEARING DOWN ON THE FLORIDA EAST
COAST...

A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT ALONG THE FLORIDA EAST COAST FROM
FLORIDA CITY NORTHWARD TO ST. AUGUSTINE...INCLUDING LAKE
OKEECHOBEE. A HURRICANE WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE
NORTHWESTERN BAHAMAS...INCLUDING THE ABACOS...ANDROS ISLAND...BERRY
ISLANDS...BIMINI...ELEUTHERA...GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND...AND NEW
PROVIDENCE. PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY IN THE
HURRICANE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT
FROM NORTH OF ST. AUGUSTINE NORTHWARD TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GEORGIA.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WEST COAST OF
FLORIDA FROM EAST CAPE SABLE NORTHWARD TO THE OCHLOCKONEE RIVER.

A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM ENGLEWOOD TO THE SUWANNEE
RIVER.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SOUTH OF FLORIDA CITY
AROUND THE SOUTHERN END OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA TO EAST CAPE SABLE
INCLUDING FLORIDA BAY...AND THE FLORIDA KEYS NORTH OF THE SEVEN
MILE BRIDGE.

AT 9 PM EDT...0100Z...THE EYE OF HURRICANE JEANNE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 27.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 79.5 WEST OR ABOUT 75 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF VERO BEACH FLORIDA...AND ABOUT 55 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST
OF FORT PIERCE FLORIDA.

JEANNE IS MOVING BETWEEN THE WEST AND WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH. A
GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
ON THIS TRACK...THE CORE OF THE HURRICANE WILL REACH THE FLORIDA
EAST COAST IN A FEW HOURS. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
SPREAD INLAND AS MUCH AS 100 MILES ALONG THE TRACK OF JEANNE.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 115 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. JEANNE
IS A DANGEROUS CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
HURRICANE SCALE. SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE BEFORE
LANDFALL IN FLORIDA. STRONGER WINDS...ESPECIALLY IN GUSTS...ARE
LIKELY TO OCCUR ON HIGH RISE BUILDINGS.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 205 MILES. SETTLEMENT POINT ON THE WESTERN END OF GRAND BAHAMA
ISLAND RECENTLY REPORTED SUSTAINED WINDS OF 86 MPH WITH A GUST TO
112 MPH. A FLORIDA COASTAL MONITORING PROGRAM WIND TOWER NEAR
VERO BEACH RECENTLY REPORTED SUSTAINED WINDS OF 55 MPH WITH A GUST
TO 68 MPH.

THE LATEST MINIMUM PRESSURE CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY A NOAA
HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE 951 MB...28.08 INCHES.

COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 4 TO 7 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE
EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE NORTH OF WHERE THE CENTER MAKES LANDFALL
ALONG THE FLORIDA EAST COAST. A STORM SURGE OF UP TO 5 FEET ABOVE
THE PRESENT WATER LEVEL IS LIKELY TO OCCUR MAINLY ON THE EAST SIDE
OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE.

TIDES OF 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA
ALONG THE FLORIDA WEST COAST....POSSIBLY REACHING 3 TO 6 FEET IN
AREAS OF ONSHORE FLOW NORTH OF TAMPA BAY.

RAINFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS
...ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE TRACK OF JEANNE OVER THE NORTHWESTERN
BAHAMAS AND FLORIDA.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE EAST FLORIDA
PENINSULA TONIGHT.

REPEATING THE 9 PM EDT POSITION...27.2 N... 79.5 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST TO WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...115 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 951 MB.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 PM EDT.

FORECASTER PASCH

UPDATE 2300 EDT
 

If you're tired of the hurricanes- there's plenty of room in IA and we have a higher percentage of old people.

That post sucjeks.

Ivan's path is WRONG. It made landfall in ALA-FUCKING-BAMA.

Charley's track is completely wrong on that map. The eye past right over East Orange County and then up through Seminole and Volusia County. I should know....I remember when it past over my house.

On another note, I'm still here!!!!!!!! I went to my parents' house in North Broward County so the winds weren't too bad earlier yesterday evening. Around midnight last night, I got woken up because it sounded like a freight train outside my room. Pretty scary. We lost power at about 8pm last night and got it back at 7am this morning. Lucky us! Now I just have to worry about being able to get back up to Orlando and if there's power at my place there. It doesn't look like Orange County will be hit as bad. This hurricane isn't moving North...keeps moving West. Tampa is right in the eye's path and it will go up through the Gulf so our Panhandle is a potential target again.

thoughts and prayers to all those involved.
hopefully all the fla greek chatters are ok
and this is the end of it.

I've got a friend of mine who lives in Port St. Lucie... part of the roof of his house got damaged by Frances... I dunno how he fared with Jeanne... Will try to get ahold of him once the phone lines get repaired.

yeah. it also says that it went through Duval County and it didnt cause I am in Duval County. It exited the state in between St. Augustine (St. Johns County) and Daytona Beach (Volusia)

And on a closer look at that so-called map... the guy forgot to color the rest of Monroe County... the Florida Keys are part of it. The portion of Monroe County on the mainland is sparsely inhabited. More gators than people there.

Unless the Keys electoral precincts voted Republican, then it should match the blue for the Democrats.

No wonder the Keys wanna secede and become The Conch Republic!