Archive for August, 2008
Kal Penn visits UF.
By Charles E. Roop
This was my first Alligator online video that I edited with Final Cut Express 4. It was a little tough at first. However, thanks to Steve, I was able to figure it out and go from there.
Actor Kal Penn (from Harold and Kumar, and House) visited UF to campaign for Democratic presidential [...]
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B.U.S.Y.
By Charles E. Roop
Good evening, readers…if there are any left. I apologize that this is my first post in over a week, but life has been a little crammed.
For those who do not know yet, I have been selected to be the Alligator’s multimedia editor (which works with the photo editor). It’s a brand-new position [...]
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Fay Passing Over Alachua County
By Charles E. Roop
Source: Weathertap.com
I checked the radar this morning and was surprised to see that Fay was passing over the state. In fact, its center of circulation was near Gainesville, or 50 miles northeast of Cedar Key according to the 8 a.m. advisory. Max sustained winds have dropped to 45 mph, but the pressure [...]
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Fay moving? (Thurs AM Update)
By Charles E. Roop
I woke up this morning thinking that the storm was starting to move onshore. I checked the radar at 9 a.m. and found that it was still off shore of Daytona Beach. However, in the last few frames of the KJAX radar, it seems to be making a slow westward jog. If [...]
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Wed. Night Fay Update
By Charles E. Roop
Fay is still looking a little impressive on the local radars and infrared satellite. The central pressure has settled to 994 mb with max sustained winds at 60 mph. The NHC’s forecast track has shifted a little more south, making landfall in north Volusia County Thursday morning and passing through southern Alachua [...]
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Still holding on…
By Charles E. Roop
I actually saw the sun for a little while here in southwest Gainesville this evening. Still, this seems to be the calm before the storm.
Fay is hanging off shore of Edgewater (southern Volusia County) and could start to turn more west or west-northwest any minute now based on upper-air flow patterns. The [...]
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Fay lingers near the Space Coast
By Charles E. Roop
Fay has taken a bad spill after making its first landfall Tuesday. The winds are now at 50 mph with a minimum central pressure of 995 mb. It is moving very slowly north at 3 mph. With the system hugging the coast (15 miles north of Cape Canaveral as of 11 a.m. [...]
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Fay Nears Atlantic
By Charles E. Roop
Tropical Storm Fay has been inland since early this morning, slightly intensified while inland, and is now starting to show signs of some weakening before entering the Atlantic tonight.
As of 11 p.m. EDT, Fay was 30 miles south-southwest of Melbourne, Fla. and its movement was slow and erradic. However, based on recent [...]
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Vacation Photos
By Charles E. Roop
Here are a few shots from our trip to the Datyona area…
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By Charles E. Roop
I’m back in Gainesville and checking the stats on Fay. The storm made landfall this morning as a strong tropical storm 20 miles south of Naples (where I thought it would hit). It is currently west-northwest of Clewiston in south central Florida. It still looks very nice on the Miami radar. Fay [...]
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