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Zoomers to open soon!!!

Friday, December 2nd, 2011

The Smart Companies is proud to be providing Hurricane Protection to Zoomer of Fort Myers. Zoomers was an unfortunate victim of the construction crash and was never completed. Now, a Fort Myers Beach businessman has purchased the property and plans to have the park opened by early 2012. They have already hired a project manager, Alan Fluke, a Raleigh N.C. based amusement park consultant, to oversee the completion of the park. Fluke stated that $4 million has been budgeted to complete the park.

Brian Rist, President of The Smart Companies said “It was a shame to see someone’s dream fail due to the construction crash a few years back and we wish him the very best in the future. We are also excited to see this project come to completion after so many years. We are proud to be a part of this project and look forward to the opening next year. The completion of Zoomers is more than just another tourist attraction, the completion also means additional jobs for locals, a boost to the local economy and a place for families to spent time together.”

The Smart Companies will be providing Hurricane Protection for the entire complex. Manufacturing of the shutters will begin in December and the installation will begin in early January.

Hurricane Ophelia Update

Friday, September 30th, 2011
Hurricane Ophelia rapidly intensified to a Category 2 hurricane overnight, centered on this Friday morning over the Atlantic Ocean almost 700 miles south-southeast of Bermuda. Some additional strengthening is forecast during the next 48 hours. Ophelia will turn to the north later today with an increase in forward speed. On that track, the center will pass east of Bermuda on Saturday. A Tropical Storm Watch issued by the Bermuda Weather Service continues for that island nation.
Tropical Storm Philippe continues to move northwest over the Atlantic Ocean, centered about 1150 miles east-northeast of the Leeward Islands. A turn to the west-northwest at a slower forward speed is expected later today or tomorrow. Some strengthening is possible today, followed by weakening late Saturday or Sunday. Philippe is not a threat to any land areas.
Over the eastern North Pacific, Hilary has weakened to a tropical depression. It’s centered more than 700 miles west of the southern tip of Baja, California, and should become a remnant low later today.
Get the latest on the tropics, including forecasts and graphics, on the NHC website at www.hurricanes.gov

HURRICANE IRENE TEMPORARILY BACK TO CATEGORY 2

Friday, August 26th, 2011

800 AM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011
HURRICANE IRENE INTERMEDIATE ADV24A

Nat’l Weather Service – Nat’l Hurricane Center, Miami FL

HURRICANE IRENE IS TAKING AIM AT THE EAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES… LOCATION 30.0N 77.3W ABOUT 375 MILES /600 KM SSW OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 110 MPH OR 175 KM/H.

PRESENT MOVEMENT IS N OR 360 DEGREES AT 14 MPH OR 22 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE OF945 MB…27.91 INCHES

Source: NOAA

Hurricane Irene – Category 3

Thursday, August 25th, 2011

HURRICANE IRENE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  20A

NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL

800 AM EDT THU AUG 25 2011

…IRENE POUNDING THE NORTHWESTERN BAHAMAS…

SUMMARY OF 800 AM EDT…1200 UTC…INFORMATION

LOCATION…25.5N 76.5W ABOUT 65 MI…105 KM ENE OF NASSAU ABOUT 670 MI…1085 KM S OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…115 MPH…185 KM/H

PRESENT MOVEMENT…NW OR 325 DEGREES AT 13 MPH…20 KM/H

MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE…950 MB…28.05 INCHES

HURRICANE IRENE WILL BRING TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS IN SQUALLS ALONG THE COASTAL COUNTIES TODAY AND TONIGHT…

TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ATLANTIC WATERS…


NEW INFORMATION…

TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE NOW IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ATLANTIC WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO JUPITER

INLET. LEADING OUTER RAINBANDS FROM IRENE APPROACHING THE TREASURE COAST.

Hurricane Irene – Wednesday 8.24.11

Wednesday, August 24th, 2011

Hurricane Irene is expected to close to the coast of North Carolina sometime Saturday, but whether there is a direct hit or it becomes a glancing blow is still uncertain.
Forecasters expect the storm to strengthen early Thursday, with sustained winds topping 111 mph, as it passes the Bahamas headed northwest. They expect it will curl north, but the exact path along the North Carolina coast is hard to predict, said Bill Reid, National Hurricane Center director, on Tuesday.