Hurricane Frances heads straight for the space coast

JP says:

Thanks to newfangled satellites and high speed computers Floridians now enjoy many days fair warning that disaster approaches -- unlike many other natural and voting disasters-- but will everyone get out of the way? Frances' projected path now shifts towards Cape Canaveral. Unfortunately some prized national treasures cannot be moved and NASA workers are already powering down the Space Shuttle orbiters, closing their payload bay doors and stowing their landing gear. Fingers are crossed as the launch control center is built to withstand a Category 5 storm but many buildings at KSC can take only a Category 3 storm or less, including the buildings that house the space shuttles.

Forecasters say conditions are "favorable" for Frances to strengthen within the next 48 hours into a Category 5 storm.

Only three Category 5 storms have ever landed in the U.S. since 1900. If Frances hits Florida it will be the first time since 1950 that two major hurricanes have slammed into the state within a month. American taxpayer dollars fund the ongoing research and early warning Geostationary Satellite Server Storm Floater 1 Satellite. If you live in Florida pay heed to the visible image loop as well as the Hurricane Hunter researchers. Even if the current computer models are not accurate it seems as if yet another chunk of Florida is about to have a very bad Labor Day weekend...

Link to image of storm's approach