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'''Nathaniel Hawthorne''' ([[July 4]], [[1804]] – [[May 19]], [[1864]]) was a [[19th century]] [[United States|American]] [[the novel|novelist]] and [[short story]] writer. He is seen as a key figure in the development of [[American literature]].
'''Hurricane Wilma''' is the 21st [[Lists of tropical cyclone names|named storm]], twelfth [[tropical cyclone|hurricane]] (both record-tying) and sixth major hurricane of the record-breaking [[2005 Atlantic hurricane season]]. It is also the third Category 5 hurricane of the season, beating the records set by the [[1960 Atlantic hurricane season|1960]] and [[1961 Atlantic hurricane season|1961]] seasons.
==Biography==
At its peak, it was the most intense hurricane ever recorded in the [[Atlantic basin]]. It also has the lowest [[atmospheric pressure]] ever recorded in the [[Western Hemisphere]] at 882 [[millibar]]s (26.05 [[inHg]]) (at sea level, outside [[tornado]]es), a record previously held by [[Hurricane Gilbert]]. Wilma is the third Category 5 hurricane to develop in October, the other two being [[Hurricane Mitch]] of [[1998 Atlantic hurricane season|1998]] and [[Hurricane Hattie]] of [[1961 Atlantic hurricane season|1961]]. It is the second 21st storm in any season, and formed nearly a month earlier than the only previous 21st storm (in [[1933 Atlantic hurricane season|1933]]).
He was born in [[Salem, Massachusetts]], where his [[Nathaniel Hawthorne Birthplace|birthplace]] is now a house museum, and died in [[Plymouth, New Hampshire]]. Hawthorne's father was a sea captain and descendant of [[John Hathorne]], one of the judges who oversaw the [[Salem Witch Trials]]. Hawthorne's father died at sea in 1808 of [[yellow fever]], when Hawthorne was only four years old, and Nathaniel was raised secluded from the world by his mother.
Hawthorne attended [[Bowdoin College]] in [[Maine]] from 1821–1824, befriending classmates [[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]] and future president [[Franklin Pierce]]. Until the publication of his [[Twice-Told Tales]] in 1837, Hawthorne wrote in the comparative obscurity of what he called his "owl's nest" in the family home. As he looked back on this period of his life, he wrote: "I have not lived, but only dreamed about living" [letter to Longfellow, June 4, 1837]. And yet it was this period of brooding and writing that had formed, as [[Malcolm Cowley]] was to describe it, "the central fact in Hawthorne's career," his "term of apprenticeship" that would eventually result in the "richly meditated fiction."
As of Sunday, [[October 23]] Wilma is moving slowly through the [[Gulf of Mexico]]. It is expected to threaten western [[Cuba]] during the weekend and arrive to southern [[Florida]] as a Category 2 or 3 hurricane on Monday, [[October 24]].
Hawthorne was hired in 1839 as a weigher and gauger at the [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] Custom House. He had become engaged in the previous year to the [[illustrator]] and [[Transcendentalism|transcendentalist]] [[Sophia Peabody]]. Seeking a possible home for himself and Sophia, he joined the transcendentalist [[utopian]] community at [[Brook Farm]] in 1841; later that year, however, he left when he became dissatisfied with the experiment. (His Brook Farm adventure would prove an inspiration for his novel, [[The Blithedale Romance]].) He married Sophia in 1842; they moved to [[The Old Manse]] in [[Concord, Massachusetts]], where they lived for three years. Hawthorne and his wife then moved to [[The Wayside]], previously a home of the Alcotts. Their neighbors in Concord included [[Ralph Waldo Emerson]] and [[Henry David Thoreau]].
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| image name=Hurricane Wilma heading northeast in the [[Gulf of Mexico]] toward [[Florida]] on [[October 23]], [[2005]] at 17:45 [[UTC]].
| duration=[[October 15|Oct. 15]], [[2005]] - present
| highest winds=175 mph (280 km/h)
| total damages (USD)=Not yet available
| total fatalities=19 direct, 2 indirect (to date)
| areas affected= [[Jamaica]], [[Haiti]], [[Cayman Islands]], [[Cuba]], [[Honduras]], [[Belize]], [[Yucatán|Yucatán Peninsula]], [[Florida]]
| hurricane season=[[2005 Atlantic hurricane season]]
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==Storm history==
In the second week of October 2005, a large and complex area of low pressure developed over the western [[Atlantic]] and eastern [[Caribbean]] with several centers of [[thunderstorm]] activity. This area of disturbed weather southwest of [[Jamaica]] slowly organized into Tropical Depression Twenty-four on [[October 15]].
[[Image:Nathaniel Hawthorne - Project Gutenberg eText 15161.jpg|thumbnail|left|180px|Nathaniel Hawthorne illustrated in an 1870 publication]]
It reached tropical storm strength at 5 am [[Eastern Daylight Time|EDT]] [[October 17]] (0900 [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]), making it the first storm ever to use the 'W' name since alphabetical naming began in 1950, and tying the record for most storms in a season with [[1933 Atlantic hurricane season|1933]]. Moving slowly over warm water with little [[wind shear]], it strengthened steadily and became a hurricane on [[October 18]]. This made it the 12th hurricane of the season, tying the record set in [[1969 Atlantic hurricane season|1969]].
Like Hawthorne, Sophia was a reclusive person. She was, in fact, bedridden with headaches until her sister introduced her to Hawthorne, after which her headaches seem to have abated. The Hawthornes enjoyed a long marriage, and Sophia was greatly enamored of her husband's work. In one of her journals, she writes: "I am always so dazzled and bewildered with the richness, the depth, the... jewels of beauty in his productions that I am always looking forward to a second reading where I can ponder and muse and fully take in the miraculous wealth of thoughts" [Jan 14th 1851, Journal of Sophia Hawthorne. Berg Collection NY Public Library].
[[Image:HurricaneWilma21Oct2005.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Hurricane Wilma bearing down on the Yucatán Peninsula as a strong Category 4 hurricane on [[October 20]], [[2005]].]]
In 1846 Hawthorne was appointed surveyor (determining the quantity and value of imported goods) at the Salem Custom House. Like his earlier appointment to the custom house in Boston, this employment was vulnerable to the politics of the [[spoils system]]. When Hawthorne later wrote [[The Scarlet Letter]], he included a long introductory essay depicting his time at the Salem Custom House. He lost this job due to the change of administration in Washington after the presidential election of 1848. In 1852 he wrote the [[campaign biography]] of his old friend, Franklin Pierce. With Pierce's election as president, Hawthorne was rewarded in 1853 with the position of United States consul in [[Liverpool]]. In 1857 he resigned from this post and did some traveling in France and Italy. He and his family returned to The Wayside in 1860. Failing health began to prevent him from completing new writings. Hawthorne died in his sleep on [[May 19]], [[1864]] in Plymouth, N.H. while on a tour of the White Mountains with Pierce.
Hurricane Wilma began to intensify rapidly during late afternoon on [[October 18]] around 4 pm EDT. Over a 10 hour period [[Hurricane Hunter]] aircraft measured a 78 [[millibar|mbar]] (2.30 [[inHg]]) pressure drop. In a 24-hour period from 8 am EDT [[October 18]] (1200 UTC) to the following morning, the pressure fell 90 mbar (2.65 inHg). In this same 24-hour period, Wilma strengthened from a strong tropical storm with 70 mph (110 km/h) winds to a powerful Category 5 hurricane with 175 mph (280 km/h) winds. (In comparison, [[Hurricane Gilbert]] of 1988 - the previous recordholder for lowest Atlantic pressure - recorded a 78 mbar (2.30 inHg) pressure drop in a 24 hour period for a 3 mbar/h pressure drop.) This is a record for the Atlantic basin and is one of the most rapid deepening phases ever undergone by a tropical cyclone anywhere on Earth. The current recordholder is Super [[Typhoon Forrest]] in 1983. {{ref|AOML}}
Nathaniel and Sophia Hawthorne had three children: Una, Julian, and Rose. Una suffered from mental illness and died young. Julian moved out west and wrote a book about his father. Rose converted to Roman Catholicism and took her vows as a Dominican nun. She founded [http://www.hawthorne-dominicans.org/found.htm a religious order] to care for victims of cancer.
Hurricane Wilma becoming a category 5 storm broke the record for the most category 5 storms in one season. Previously in this season, Katrina and Rita were category 5 hurricanes. No previous season has ever had three storms of this strength.
==Writings==
During its intensification on [[October 19]], the eye's diameter shrank to as small as 2 nautical miles (4 km), which may be the smallest eye recorded in a tropical cyclone. {{ref|WU-JeffMasters-1}}
Hawthorne is best-known today for his many [[short story|short stories]] (he called them "tales") and his four major [[romance (genre)|romances]] of 1850–60: ''[[The Scarlet Letter]]'' (1850), ''[[The House of the Seven Gables]]'' (1851), ''[[The Blithedale Romance]]'' (1852), and ''[[The Marble Faun]]'' (1860). (Another book-length romance, ''[[Fanshawe (novel)|Fanshawe]]'', was published anonymously in 1828.)
Before publishing his first collection of tales in 1837, Hawthorne wrote scores of [[short story|short stories]] and sketches, publishing them anonymously or [[pseudonym|pseudonymously]] in periodicals such as ''The New-England Magazine'' and ''The United States Democratic Review''. Only after collecting a number of his short stories into the two-volume ''[[Twice-Told Tales]]'' in 1837 did Hawthorne begin to attach his name to his works.
Quickly thereafter, Wilma set a record for the lowest pressure ever recorded in an Atlantic hurricane when its central pressure dropped to 884 mbar (26.10 inHg) at 8 am EDT (1200 UTC) on [[October 19]], then dropped again to 882 mbar (26.045 InHg) three hours later before rising slowly in the afternoon (while remaining a Category 5 hurricane). In addition, at 11 pm EDT that day (0300 UTC [[October 20]]), Wilma's pressure dropped again to 894 mbar (26.40 inHg) - as the storm weakened to a Category 4 with winds of 155 mph (250 km/h). Wilma was the first hurricane ever in the Atlantic Basin to have a central pressure below 900 mbar (26.58 inHg) while at Category 4 intensity (in fact, only two other recorded Atlantic hurricanes have ever had lower pressures even at this point).
[[Image:WilmaCancun.jpg|thumb|Photo taken from the balcony of a Cancun hotel at the height of the storm.]]
Much of Hawthorne's work is set in colonial [[New England]], and many of his short stories have been read as moral [[allegory|allegories]] influenced by his [[Puritan]] background. "Ethan Brand" (1850) tells the story of a lime-burner who sets off to find the Unpardonable Sin, and in doing so, commits it. One of Hawthorne's most famous tales, "[[The Birth-Mark]]" (1843), concerns a young doctor who removes a birthmark from his wife's face, an operation which kills her. Other well-known tales include "[[Rappaccini's Daughter]]" (1844), "[[My Kinsman, Major Molineux]]" (1832), "[[The Minister's Black Veil]]" (1836), and "[[Young Goodman Brown]]" (1835). "The Maypole of [[Merrymount]]" recounts a most interesting encounter between the Puritans and the forces of anarchy and hedonism.
Note that while Wilma was the most intense ''hurricane'' (i.e. a tropical cyclone in Atlantic, Central Pacific or Eastern Pacific) ever recorded, there have been more intense [[typhoon|typhoons]] in the Western Pacific (see link in the next section). [[Typhoon Tip|Super Typhoon Tip]] is the most intense tropical cyclone on record at 870 mbar (25.69 inHg).
Recent criticism has focused on Hawthorne's narrative voice, treating it as a self-conscious [[rhetoric|rhetorical]] construction, not to be conflated with Hawthorne's own voice. Such an approach complicates the long-dominant tradition of regarding Hawthorne as a gloomy, guilt-ridden [[moralist]].
[[Image:CancunRadar.gif|thumb|Radar image of Hurricane Wilma as it slowly drifted inland over the NE Yucatán Peninsula with winds of 140 mph.]]
On [[October 21]], Hurricane Wilma made landfall on Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula as a powerful category four hurricane, with winds in excess of 150mph. The hurricane's eye first passed over the island of Cozumel, and then made an official landfall near Playa Del Carmen, Mexico around midnight on [[October 22]] EDT with winds near 140mph. Portions of the island of Cozumel experienced the calm eye of Wilma for several hours with some blue skies and sunshine visible at times. The eye slowly drifted northward, with the center passing just to the west of Cancun, Mexico. Some portions of the Yucatán Peninsula experienced hurricane force winds for well over 24 hours. The hurricane began accelerating in the early morning hours of [[October 23]], exiting the NE tip of the Yucatán Peninsula and entering the Gulf of Mexico.
Hawthorne enjoyed a brief friendship with [[United States|American]] [[novelist]] [[Herman Melville]] beginning on [[August 5]] [[1850]], when the two authors met at a picnic hosted by a mutual friend. Melville had just read Hawthorne's short story collection ''[[Mosses from an Old Manse]]'', which Melville later praised in a famous review, "Hawthorne and His Mosses." Melville's letters to Hawthorne provide insight into the composition of ''[[Moby-Dick]],'' which Melville dedicated to Hawthorne, 'in appreciation for his genius.' Hawthorne's letters to Melville did not survive.
==Current storm information==
[[Image:Wilma 5-day forecast track.gif|thumb|200px|right|Projected path of Hurricane Wilma.]]
As of 1 pm [[Central Daylight Time|CDT]] [[October 23]] (1800 [[UTC]]), the center of Hurricane Wilma was over the [[Gulf of Mexico]] near {{coor dm|23.1||N|85.3||W|}} or about 240 miles (390 km) west-southwest of [[Key West]], [[Florida]] and about 300 miles (485 km) southwest of the southwestern coast of the Florida peninsula. Wilma is moving northeastward at 14 mph (22 km/h) and is currently a Category 2 hurricane on the [[Saffir-Simpson scale]] with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph (165 km/h). The minimum central pressure has risen to 959 [[millibar|mbar]] (28.31 inHg). Some restrengthening is forecast during the next 24 hours as Wilma emerges over the Gulf of Mexico, and it is possible that Wilma may regain Category 3 intensity over open water. In addition, the forward speed is expected to increase significantly.
[[Edgar Allan Poe]] wrote important, though largely unflattering reviews of both ''Twice-Told Tales'' and ''Mosses from an Old Manse''.
* For information, see the [[NHC]]'s latest [http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT4+shtml/ public advisory on Hurricane Wilma]
===[[Tropical cyclone warnings and watches|Watches and Warnings]] ===
[[Image:StrikeProbabilitiesforHurricaneWilma.gif|thumb|Strike Probabilities]]
* '''Hurricane warnings are in effect for''':
** the [[Cuba]]n provinces of [[Ciudad de La Habana Province|Ciudad de la Habana]], [[La Habana Province|La Habana]], and [[Pinar del Rio Province|Pinar del Rio]].
** the [[Florida Keys]] including the [[Dry Tortugas]] and [[Florida Bay]].
** the Florida coasts from [[Longboat Key, Florida|Longboat Key]] southwards on the west and [[Titusville, Florida|Titusville]] southward including [[Lake Okeechobee]] on the east.
** the northwestern [[Bahamas]] including the [[Abacos]], [[Andros Island]], [[Berry Islands]], [[Bimini]], [[Eleuthera]], [[Grand Bahama]] and [[New Providence]].
** '''Inland''' hurricane warnings for [[Broward County, Florida|Broward]], [[Charlotte County, Florida|Charlotte]], [[Collier County, Florida|Collier]], [[De Soto County, Florida|De Soto]], [[Glades County, Florida|Glades]], [[Hardee County, Florida|Hardee]], [[Hendry County, Florida|Hendry]], [[Highlands County, Florida|Highlands]], [[Lee County, Florida|Lee]], [[Miami-Dade County, Florida|Miami-Dade]], [[Monroe County, Florida|Monroe]], [[Okeechobee County, Florida|Okeechobee]], [[Osceola County, Florida|Osceola]], [[Palm Beach County, Florida|Palm Beach]] and [[Sarasota County, Florida|Sarasota]] counties in southern and east-central Florida.
* '''Hurricane watches are in effect for''':
** the [[Cuba|Cuban]] province of [[Matanzas Province|Matanzas]]
* '''Tropical storm warnings are in effect for''':
** the [[Isle of Youth]] in Cuba.
** the Florida west coast north of Longboat Key to [[Steinhatchee River]]
** the Florida east coast from Titusville north to [[Flagler Beach, Florida|Flagler Beach]].
** the [[Yucatán Peninsula]] from [[San Felipe, Yucatán|San Felipe]] to [[Tulum, Quintana Roo|Tulum]]
** '''Inland''' tropical storm warnings for [[Citrus County, Florida|Citrus]], [[Dixie County, Florida|Dixie]], [[Hernando County, Florida|Hernando]], [[Hillsborough County, Florida|Hillsborough]], [[Lake County, Florida|Lake]], [[Levy County, Florida|Levy]], [[Manatee County, Florida|Manatee]], [[Orange County, Florida|Orange]], [[Pasco County, Florida|Pasco]], [[Pinellas County, Florida|Pinellas]], [[Polk County, Florida|Polk]], [[Seminole County, Florida|Seminole]], [[Sumter County, Florida|Sumter]] and western [[Volusia County, Florida|Volusia]] counties in central and west-central Florida.
* '''Tropical storm watches are in effect for''':
** the Florida east coast from Flagler Beach north to [[Fernandina Beach, Florida|Fernandina Beach]].
** '''Inland''' tropical storm watches for [[Duval County, Florida|Duval]], [[Flagler County, Florida|Flagler]], [[Nassau County, Florida|Nassau]] and [[St. Johns County, Florida|St. Johns]] counties in northeast Florida.
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==Preparations==
[[Quintana Roo]] government officials declared a red alert on the evening of Wednesday, [[October 19]]. Classes have been suspended in the state's northern [[Municipalities of Quintana Roo|municipalities]] and residents of coastal areas have been advised to take refuge further inland; tourists in the resort city of [[Cancún]] and its adjacent islands have been told to return to their places of origin or head inland. In neighboring [[Yucatán]], classes have also been suspended in 18 coastal [[Municipalities of Yucatán|municipalities]] and preparations are underway for a possible evacuation of threatened areas. {{ref|Universal}}
In [[Nicaragua]], civil organizations have been ordered to make hurricane preparations.
In [[El Salvador]], the [[National Emergency Committee]] has been activated.
In [[Cuba]], there are preparations to evacuate four western [[Provinces of Cuba|provinces]], including the [[Isla de la Juventud|Isle of Youth]] {{ref|bbc-1}}. In all, over 368,000 people were ordered to evacuate. {{ref|swissinfo}}.
A mandatory evacuation of residents is in effect for the [[Florida Keys]] in [[Monroe County, Florida|Monroe County]]. County offices, schools and courts will be closed Monday. About 300 Keys evacuees are being housed at the Monroe County shelter at [[Florida International University]] in [[Miami-Dade County]] {{ref|MonroeCounty}}.
Also in Florida, all [[Collier County, Florida|Collier County]] public schools were declared closed for Friday, [[October 21]]. The schools were closed to "allow parents and staff to prepare for the storm and potential evacuation. The closings will also allow for needed preparation of schools to be used as hurricane shelters." {{ref|collier}}
[[Florida Gulf Coast University]] in [[Fort Myers, Florida|Fort Myers]] has completed an evacuation; classes have been canceled until further notice. [[Eckerd College]] in [[Saint Petersburg, Florida|St. Petersburg]] has finished an evacuation, which was scheduled to end by 5 pm EDT on [[October 20]]. All campuses of the [[University of South Florida]] are closed on Monday, [[October 24]]. The [[University of Tampa]] will be closed on that date.
Several college and professional sports teams have altered their game schedules in order to prepare for the storm. The [[NFL]] game between the [[Miami Dolphins]] and the [[Kansas City Chiefs]] originally scheduled for Sunday, [[October 23]] was rescheduled for Friday, [[October 21]]. Additionally, the [[NHL]] rescheduled the [[Florida Panthers]]' Saturday, [[October 22]] matchup against the [[Ottawa Senators]] for [[December 5]]. The [[University of Central Florida]] moved up its football game to [[October 21]], and the University of South Florida, which was supposed to play its homecoming game against [[West Virginia University]] on [[October 22]], will instead play the game on [[December 3]] as decreed by the [[Big East Conference]].
Mandatory evacuations are in effect for all Collier County residents living West or South of [[U.S. Highway 41|US 41]]. Other areas included in the mandatory evacuation are Seagate, Parkshore, The Moorings, Coquina Sands, Olde Naples, Aqualane Shores, Port Royal and Royal Harbour. Hurricane shelters in the area are planned to open Sunday, [[October 23]] at 8 am. {{ref|naplesgov}}
==Impact==
===Death toll===
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|-
!'''Country'''
!'''Total'''
!'''Region'''
!'''State<br>total'''
!'''Direct<br>deaths'''
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|rowspan=1 bgcolor="#e6e9ff"|[[Haiti]]
|rowspan=1 bgcolor="#e6e9ff"|'''12'''
|colspan=2|
|rowspan=1 |12
|-
|rowspan=1 bgcolor="#e6e9ff"|[[Jamaica]]
|rowspan=1 bgcolor="#e6e9ff"|'''1'''
|colspan=2|
|rowspan=1 |1
|-
|rowspan=2 bgcolor="#e6e9ff"|[[Mexico]]
|rowspan=2 bgcolor="#e6e9ff"|'''8'''
|rowspan=1 |[[Quintana Roo]]
|rowspan=1 |7
|rowspan=1 |5
|-
|rowspan=1 |[[Yucatán]]
|rowspan=1 |1
|rowspan=1 |1
|-
|bgcolor="#e6e9ff"|'''Totals'''
|bgcolor="#e6e9ff"|'''21'''
|colspan=2 bgcolor="#e6e9ff"|
|bgcolor="#e6e9ff"|'''19'''
|-
|colspan="4" |<small>Because of differing sources, totals may not match.</small>
|-
|}
Some preliminary information is already starting to come in from the first affected areas. [[Mudslide]]s have been triggered from the outer bands in [[Haiti]], killing at least 12 people. {{ref|YahooNews-1}}
Wilma claimed one death in Jamaica as a tropical depression on Sunday, [[October 16]]. It pounded the island for a third day on [[October 18]], [[2005]], flooding several low-lying communities and triggering mudslides that blocked roads and damaged several homes. {{ref|ndtv-1}} Almost 250 people are in emergency shelters on the island. {{ref|ndtv-1}}
Eight deaths have been reported in [[Mexico]]. Two were in the [[Playa del Carmen]] area due to a gas explosion caused by the strong winds. Four deaths have also been reported in [[Cozumel]] and another in [[Cancún]] due to wind blowing a window out. Another death was reported in the state of [[Yucatán]] due to a falling tree, but no other details were available. {{ref|ap-0919-23}}
===Mexico===
Information on damage is sketchy at this point. However, according to pictures and [[television]] reports, there is extensive structural damage throughout the [[Cancún]] area, as well as significant [[flood]]ing and many downed [[tree]]s and [[power line]]s and scattered debris. Several homes had also collapsed. Rainfall amounts in excess of 23 inches (590 mm (reported in Isla Mujeres, 1,637mm, 3 times what Gilberto dropped)) were reported in several areas. {{ref|swissinfo}} One [[gymnasium]] used as a shelter actually lost its roof, which forced the evacuation of 1,000+ people staying there. {{ref|ap-0919-23}}
The Governor of [[Quintana Roo]], [[Felix Gonzalez]], said in an interview: "Never in the history of Quintana Roo have we seen a storm like this." {{ref|ap-0025-23}}
In [[Cozumel]], the damage is extensive, but not as catastrophic as originally feared according to a witness, with many broken windows, fallen trees and power lines but less in the way of structural damage.
[[Communication]]s are extremely difficult at this as [[telephone]] and [[electricity]] is completely out at this point in the affected areas. There have also been extensive reports of [[looting]] of many businesses in the Yucatán (primarily during the calm period of the eye of the storm), particularly in Cancun. {{ref|ap-0919-23}}
===Florida===
With the center of Wilma still a long way away from [[Florida]], its effects have already been felt with its expansive outer bands. Flooding has been reported in several areas, particularly in [[Broward County, Florida|Broward County]]. Some damage has been reported and many additional evacuations have been necessary. {{ref|wfor-0120-23}}
===Economic impact===
[[Orange juice]] [[futures_contract|futures]] reached the highest level in six years on Wednesday, [[October 19]], [[2005]], closing up 2.9 cents at [[USD|$]]1.118 per [[pound (weight)|pound]]. Wilma's potential for damage to [[orange trees]] in [[Florida]] could have an impact on several upcoming growing cycles. This is compounded by problems caused last year by Hurricanes [[Hurricane Charley|Charley]], [[Hurricane Frances|Frances]] and [[Hurricane Jeanne|Jeanne]], which devastated Florida's orange crop, destroying many groves entirely. {{ref|Accuweather}}
[[Image:HurricaneWilma_wind_swath_Updated_New.GIF|thumb|The wind swath of Hurricane Wilma.]]
As dynamic models have moved the storm's track east over Florida, [[oil]] futures eased as worries of another direct hit on the oil producing regions of the Gulf of Mexico subsided.
The [[National Football League|NFL]] has moved up its regular-season game between [[Kansas City Chiefs]] and [[Miami Dolphins]] to 7pm on Friday, [[October 21]] in preparation of the hurricane. The [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] has postponed two college football games scheduled in south Florida on Saturday, [[October 22]]. [[Georgia Institute of Technology|Georgia Tech]] vs. [[University of Miami]] has been rescheduled for Saturday, [[November 19]]. [[West_Virginia_University|West Virginia]] vs [[University_of_South_Florida|South Florida]] has been rescheduled for Saturday, [[December 3]]. The [[NHL]] has rescheduled its Saturday, [[October 22]] regular-season game between the [[Ottawa Senators]] and [[Florida Panthers]] to Monday, [[December 5]].
The economic impact isn't limited to the United States, however. The popular Mexican resort towns of Playa del Carmen, Cozumel, and Cancun all suffered significant damage from Wilma, causing major loss of tourism income.
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==See also==
* ''[[The Snow-Image, and Other Twice-Told Tales]]''
*[[2005 Atlantic hurricane season]]
*[[List of notable tropical cyclones]]
*[[List of Category 5 Atlantic Hurricanes]]
==References==
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#{{note|AOML}} [http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/E2.html Atlantic Oceanic and Meterological Laboratory]
#{{note|WU-JeffMasters-1}} [http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=197&tstamp=200510 Jeff Masters' Weather Underground blog]
#{{note|Universal}} [http://www.el-universal.com.mx/notas/311317.html El Universal: Preparan alerta roja en Quintana Roo] {{es icon}}
#{{note|bbc-1}} [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4352192.stm BBC: Hurricane Wilma grows in strength]
#{{note|swissinfo}} [http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=6171389&cKey=1129992636000 Hurricane Wilma pounds Mexico's Yucatan]
#{{note|MonroeCounty}} [http://www.monroecounty-fl.gov/Pages/MonroeCoFL_EmerNews/ Monroe County, Florida: Emergency Bulletins]
#{{note|collier}} [http://collier.k12.fl.us/news/releases/101905c.pdf Collier County Public Schools]
#{{note|naplesgov}} [http://www.naplesgov.com/ City of Naples homepage]
#{{note|YahooNews-1}} [http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051019/us_nm/weather_wilma_dc_10 Yahoo News: Hurricane Wilma intensifies, turns deadly in Haiti]
#{{note|ndtv-1}} [http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?slug=Wilma+nears+Cayman+Islands&id=80204 NDTV: Wilma nears Cayman Islands]
#{{note|ndtv-1}} [http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?slug=Wilma+nears+Cayman+Islands&id=80204 NDTV: Wilma nears Cayman Islands]
#{{note|ap-0919-23}} [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051023/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/hurricane_wilma_157 Hurricane Wilma kills at least 7 ''(missed one)'' in Mexico]
#{{note|swissinfo}} [http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=6171389&cKey=1129992636000 Hurricane Wilma pounds Mexico's Yucatan]
#{{note|ap-0919-23}} [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051023/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/hurricane_wilma_157 Hurricane Wilma kills at least 7 in Mexico]
#{{note|ap-0025-23}} [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051023/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/hurricane_wilma_150 Hurricane Wilma Punishes Mexican Coastline]
#{{note|ap-0919-23}} [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051023/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/hurricane_wilma_157 Hurricane Wilma kills at least 7 in Mexico]
#{{note|wfor-0120-23}} [http://cbs4.com/topstories/topstoriesmia_story_295075217.html Wilma's Rain Bands cause Flooding in Broward]
#{{note|Accuweather}} [http://wwwa.accuweather.com/news-weathernews.asp#story2 AccuWeather.com]
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==External links==
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*Eric Eldred's [http://www.eldritchpress.org/nh/hawthorne.html excellent Hawthorne site] at Eldritch Press contains all of Hawthorne's works, notes on the writings, annotated editions,and lots of other information.
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*The [http://www.hawthorneinsalem.org Hawthorne in Salem Website] was funded in May of 2000 by a three-year grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and is a collaborative effort of North Shore Community College in Danvers, Massachusetts, and three Salem, Massachusetts museums with important Hawthorne collections.
*[http://www.weather.com/ The Weather Channel]
*[[Herman Melville]]'s appreciation, [http://209.11.144.65/eldritchpress/nh/hahm.html "Hawthorne and His Mosses"] (1850)
*[http://www.futura-sciences.com/communiquer/g/showgallery.php/cat/572 Wilma pictures, satellites images]
*[[Henry James]]'s important book-length study, ''[http://209.11.144.65/eldritchpress/nh/nhhj1.html Hawthorne]'' (1879)
*[http://www.noaa.gov/ NOAA homepage]
*WBUR's celebration of Nathaniel Hawthorne at 200, [http://www.wbur.org/arts/2005/48691_20050101.asp], with links to NPR's "The Connection" on Hawthorne's birthday, as well as an interview with author Phillip McFarland.
*[http://www.disastercenter.com/Tropical%20Storm%20-%20Hurricane%20-%20Wilma.html The Disaster Center's Coverage of Hurricane Wilma]
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*[http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/tropic/ Tropical Cyclones] page - University of Wisconsin CIMSS
*[http://euler.atmos.colostate.edu/~vigh/guidance/ The Tropical Guidance page] of Jonathan Vigh (PhD candidate at Colorado State in atmospheric sci) - many good spaghetti plots
*[http://wind.mit.edu/~emanuel/storm.html Kerry Emmanuel's] track page at MIT -- includes a legend of the model names
*[http://www.wxnation.com/blog/?p=992 Extensive collection] of imagery, media streams, etc., from Weather Nation
*[http://goblinweather.com/index.php?config=&forecast=tropsystems&year=®ion=&hwvstormid=24&alt=tropsystempage&hwvmetric= Hurricane tracking and forecasts for Hurricane Wilma]
*[http://www.wunderground.com/blog/SteveGregory/show.html Steve Gregory's blog at Weather Underground]
*[http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/show.html Jeff Masters' blog at Weather Underground]
*[http://www.webcamplaza.net/cams/hurricane1.html Webcamplaza.net]
*[http://www.flhurricane.com Central Florida Hurricane Center]
*[http://www.skeetobiteweather.com SkeetoBite Weather]
*[http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/index_hls4.shtml Hurricane Local Statements from the U.S. National Weather Service] ''gives evacuation orders,watches,warnings for affected areas of the United States as well as weather information''
*[http://forecast.mssl.ucl.ac.uk/shadow/index_.html Tropical Storm Risk.com - Information on hurricanes and cyclones worldwide with maps and forecasts]
*[http://www.googleearthhacks.com/dlfile10073/Lots-of-Hurricane-Information.htm GoogleEarthHacks.com] Satellite images, forecasted storm track, webcams and more in a .KMZ-file for [http://earth.google.com/ Google Earth]! This file covers hurricanes worldwide, but is very useful for Wilma right now.
*[http://weather.austinsblog.com Numerous tracking graphics put together on one page, maintained for Wilma]
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