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4PB The Miami Herald Wednesday September 23 1987 County yawns at Hurricane Emily Events Calendar Send notices to: Calendar The Miami Herald PO Box 3623 West Palm Beach Fla 33402 Officials prepare for possible disaster Ron Robertson and Steve Smith will perform at the Comedy Corner today through Sunday 2000 Dixie Highway West Palm Beach Reservations: 833-1812 Classes lectures and seminars come out of the Camera crews from local cable and network television news programs including Nightline crowded the center with bulky gear watching the hurricane watchers as the storm tracked a path similar to that taken by devastating David in 1979 treating this like a major hurricane landfall in the United Risnychok said The normal parade of as Risnychok calls them outnumbered forecasters into the night Notably calm throughout the forecasting frenzy was Neil Frank the man most associated with hurricanes for more than a quarter of a century in South Florida Frank the down-to-earth weather wizard who headed the hurricane center until June watched the storm from a more detached perspective as the weatherman for KHOU-Channel 11 in Houston where he predicted clear skies and mild weather through Wednesday miss all the pressure going through trying to forecast that thing" Frank said Frank watched 250 hurricanes during his tenure at the hurricane center but only a handful touched South Florida leading some to think of Frank as a good luck charm that now has left the area victim to the vagaries of Mother Nature Frank disagreed with the view that Emily was just waiting for him to leave never take credit for the good he said blame me for the bad purchase flashlights canned goods and blankets Late Tuesday residents still were not dashing to hardware stores in droves to pick up supplies "It is very slow slower than said a cashier at Home Depot in Palm Springs is the same thing that happened last year Nobody came" If officials decide the storm will hit the county they will issue a hurricane warning and begin evacuating the 120000 people on the barrier islands Kennedy said that probably would take at least six hours and maybe longer because the Royal Park Bridge between Palm Beach and West Palm Beach is closed Further delays could result if toll takers on Turnpike insist on continuing to collect tolls as they did in 1979 when Hurricane David threatened could really be a problem if we get the toll booths Kennedy said "We have Dade and Broward below us and people will becomirig up here" Kennedy said he would have to get a special order from the office to open the toll booths Some people however were getting noticeably excited "We got a call from Chicago wondering when it will be in said Noel Risnychok a weather forecaster at the National Hurricane Center in Coral Gables By DEXTER FILKINS And CARLOS HARRISON Herald Staff Writers As Hurricane Emily churned in the Caribbean Tuesday most Palm Beach County residents procrastinated rather than prepared for a major storm Several edgy callers phoned the county's emergency management office the Red Cross and the Coast Guard Tuesday for coordinates to track the storm and to inquire about what to do should it head this way But with the first Caribbean hurricane since 1981 still more than 700 miles away most were just waiting and watching "We've been getting calls all said emergency management Director BT Kennedy "But most people too worried about the storm right now they just want to know where it is heading" Likewise emergency mangement officials were taking few immediate precautions for Emily but stood poised to jump into action At the Coast Lake Worth Inlet station seamen were on recall status in case the storm makes a sudden move are all trying to be a little more said Boatswain's Mate First Class George Workman in charge of the Lake Worth Inlet patrols Officials will jump into action if the National Weather Service declares a hurricane watch for the area In that event boaters will be urged to seek safe harbor and landlubbers to Florida Trail1 Association Loxahatchee Chapter will hold its fifth annual South Florida Fall Conference on the weekend of Oct 23-25 The activity-oriented weekend will be filled with workshops games entertainment food and friends Reservations are required 8855 1 16th Ter Boynton Beach 734-4416 Church ot the Good Shepherd will host a seminar on coping with stress sponsored by the Samaritan Center of Jupiter-Tequesta 7:30 to 9:30 pm today 400 Seabrook Rdt Tequesta 746-4674 or 747-1009 Palm Beach County Library needs volunteer reading tutors Call 686-0895 996-5540 or 272-3565 Library films Shakers and Wild America Who Needs It? will be shown at 2 pm today at the Central Library 3650 Summit Blvd suburban West Palm Beach Free 686-0895 Great Railway Journeys: Changing Trains will be shown at 2 and 7:30 pm today at the Palm Beach Gardens branch library 8895 Military Trail Building Palm Beach Gardens Free 626-6133 Pete Takes a Chance and Little Drummer Boy will be shown at 3:30 pm today at the Palm Beach Gardens branch library 8895 Military Trail Building Free 6266133 Potpourri Ben Franklin Printer Inventor Journalist Publisher and Statesman a one-man show will be presented to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the US Constitution at Town Center in Boca Raton The show will be performed at 1 3 5 and 7 pm today and Thursday Glades Road just west of Interstate 95 Boca Raton Free 368-6000 Church of Christ in Riviera Beach invites everyone join the singing at a concert to be held at 7 pm today 2120 Ave Riviera Beach 863-8652 The South Florida Science Aldrin Planetarium presents a show exploring two constellations the Scorpion and the Centaur Archer and their connection to historical and modern astronomical discovery The show will be presented at 3 pm daily and at 7 pm Friday and 1 pm Saturday and Sunday through Nov 8 480 1 Dreher Trail West Palm Beach 832-1348 Exhibits uJ Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens A permanent collection of monumental sculptures the studio and the three-acre tropical gardens will be open to the public by appointment only 253 Barcelona Rd West Palm Beach 832-5328 Boca Raton Museum of Art Drawings of Colombian artist Fernando Botero and photographs of Florida photographer Claudine Laabs 10 am to 4 pm today 801 Palmetto Park Rd Boca Raton Free 392-2500 Henry Morrison Flagler Museum "Old Lace and Orange a display of vintage wedding gowns and a permanent collection of paintings furniture glass china lace and dolls in historic Palm Beach home Cocoanut Row Palm Beach 10 am to 5 pm today 655-2833 Hibel Museum of Art Director's Choice 150 Royal Poinciana Plaza Palm Beach 833-6870 Lannan Museum "Morris Louis: The First Veils" and "Fantastic Furniture" 10 am to 5 pm today 601 Lake Ave Lake Worth 582-0006 Mae Volen Center Art Gallery Paintings by Livaudais and Kirsch photography by Motley and prints by Kupperman 9 am to 4 pm today 1515 Palmetto Park Rd Boca Raton 395-8920 Norton Gallery of Art "Director's Works of art from the museum's permanent collection 10 am to 5 pm today 1451 Olive Ave West Palm Beach 832-5194 Patricia Judith Art Gallery Original paintings by Rosenzweig 10 am to 5 pm today 720 Palmetto Park Rd Boca Raton 368-3316 Southeast Gallery "Florida paintings and drawings by Donna Fuller Marjory Yovin and Mary Crowe Dorst 9 am to 3 pm today East Boca Banking Center 76 Royal Palm Plaza Boca Raton Tequesta Galleries Original paintings sculpture ceramics and gift items by a large group of American artists 1 1 am to 4 pm today Gallery Square North 361 Tequesta Dr Tequesta 744-2534 Tilghman Gallery Paintings and sculpture by Beaulieu Caro Chiara DeLooper DeQuattro Hightower Huenergardt Martin Richard Takis Thorne and Zive 1 1 am to 4 pm today 4400 Federal Highway Boca Raton 393-0036 Wally Findlay Galleries Paintings and drawings by Lowell Nesbitt 9:30 am to 5:30 pm today 165 Worth Ave Palm Beach 655-2090 Theater Burt Reynolds Jupiter Theatre The King and I a Rogers and Hammerstein musical Lunch 1 1:30 am show time 1:30 pm and dinner 6 pm show time 8:30 pm today 1001 Indiantown Rd Jupiter 746-5566 Royal Palm Dinner Theatre Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up? 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