Stacy Stewart Quotes (15 Quotes)

It's way out there and there's no indication that it's going to threaten land in the next five days.

We are not concerned about the Gulf Coast and we expect little if any impact on the oil industry. This is mostly going to be a Florida peninsula storm.

I wouldn't be surprised if much of the island is under water. It's just a speck on the map.

If it's 12 hours later than we're predicting, it could end up farther up the coast. If it's 12 hours sooner, it could end up farther south, maybe in the Keys or not even make landfall in Florida at all.

At this time it doesn't appear it will be a major threat to the United States during the next five days.

I really anguished over this a long time. I didn't want to throw something out there haphazardly just to make it a hurricane and set another record.

Some people thought the hurricane season was over. It's not.

It's the busiest in my memory, and I've been around 50 years. It reminds me of my childhood years growing up in the Miami area. Hurricanes were a rite of passage.

Now is the time for folks in South Florida to get their hurricane plan back out and dust it off, because the season's not over, ... Unless the storm just gets torn apart, a landfall somewhere on the Florida peninsula seems fairly likely by Saturday.

This is going to be a large hurricane with all the nasty conditions, including strong winds and storm surge. No matter how you slice it, it's going to be bad this weekend.

When this storm makes the turn, it's going to start moving very quickly. So people need to get their supplies now. It's a good time to beat the rush.

So, until the 2006 season begins, unless Zeta somehow makes an unlikely miracle comeback, this is the National Hurricane Center signing off for 2005. Finally.

But it's not going to threaten any land anywhere over the weekend.

Exactly where and when it's going to make the turn, it's too uncertain to say.

If it goes just 20 or 30 miles inland, the core could be destroyed. A lot will depend on the exact track.