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*** Official 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season Thread *** (1 Viewer)

Couldn't that actually be a good thing?  The population and infrastructure is on the coasts minus Orlando, and land could slow it.  It harms both coasts but doesn't kill Miami?

 
gump said:
Couldn't that actually be a good thing?  The population and infrastructure is on the coasts minus Orlando, and land could slow it.  It harms both coasts but doesn't kill Miami?
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Nope.  Miami would be right on the dangerous side of the eye at maximum strength.  There's nothing good about that.  At all.

 
gump said:
Couldn't that actually be a good thing?  The population and infrastructure is on the coasts minus Orlando, and land could slow it.  It harms both coasts but doesn't kill Miami?
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It would be good for Georgia and South Carolina, as going directly over Florida would weaken it as it heads towards them. But that would really suck for Florida. 

 
Filled up my last cans of gas and the wife dropped me off at our local sports bar for the game.  People are in high spirits and have had enough with the planning and stockpiling.  

Judging from what I'm seeing south Florida is ready.

 
Watching the weather channel coverage, it looks like there's another big storm right behind Irma on kind of the same track. Am I seeing that right? They're not talking about it at all so maybe it's nothing but it sure looks like something.

 
T J said:
Watching the weather channel coverage, it looks like there's another big storm right behind Irma on kind of the same track. Am I seeing that right? They're not talking about it at all so maybe it's nothing but it sure looks like something.
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That's Jose.

 
Evilgrin 72 said:
I just mapped this on Google using your (surprisingly not made-up) town names as waypoints and got a 9 hour transit time.
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Update from my friend who left this morning - Miami to the Georgia border was a total of 14 hours of driving.  Still going toward Atlanta.  I'll let you know - thought he was staying in Florida but he has two young kids and saw the writing on the wall. 

 
Henry Ford said:
Update from my friend who left this morning - Miami to the Georgia border was a total of 14 hours of driving.  Still going toward Atlanta.  I'll let you know - thought he was staying in Florida but he has two young kids and saw the writing on the wall. 
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Thanks. Assuming he took 95 all the way up?

 
culdeus said:
Ensemble gfs big shift west. 

TT site crashed. Will get link in a sec. 

This is ungood foe those wishing for an east track.
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I know Irma needs to be the primary focus, but would really appreciate Jose info too. I'd hate to see it hit Barbuda and St Maarten/barths/Anguilla.

 
El Floppo said:
I know Irma needs to be the primary focus, but would really appreciate Jose info too. I'd hate to see it hit Barbuda and St Maarten/barths/Anguilla.
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It looks like it might graze those islands, the GFS has it then doing a loop in the Bermuda Triangle, before heading towards New England. 

 
Situation in St Martin, likely to be hit again Sat:

Witnesses on other islands described horrific destruction and a breakdown in public order: no running water, no emergency services, no police to stop looters — and a never ending tide of newly homeless people wandering the streets amid the devastation.

“It’s like someone with a lawn mower from the sky has gone over the island,” Marilou Rohan, a Dutch vacationer in St. Maarten, which is part of the Kingdom of Netherlands, told the Dutch NOS news service. “Houses are destroyed. Some are razed to the ground. I am lucky that I was in a sturdy house, but we had to bolster the door, the wind was so hard.”

There was little sense that authorities had the situation under control, she said.

Supermarkets were being looted and no police were visible in the streets. Occasionally, soldiers have passed by, but they were doing little to impose order, she said.

“People feel powerless. They do not know what to do. You see the fear in their eyes,” she said.

 
Florida Governor Scott just closed all schools, state universities and government offices from Friday through Monday. (Yes, this wasn't a done deal. Orange County (Orlando) public schools were still open tomorrow until this was declared a few minutes ago)

 
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You guys are making me nervous. I've never done this much storm prep and I've been here since 1994. This is gonna be ugly. No way around it.

I love this state, and many parts of it are going to be drastically changed after this weekend. I work all over central and SW Florida and am not looking forward to seeing the aftermath in the coming weeks.

 
The Duff Man said:
Situation in St Martin, likely to be hit again Sat:

Witnesses on other islands described horrific destruction and a breakdown in public order: no running water, no emergency services, no police to stop looters — and a never ending tide of newly homeless people wandering the streets amid the devastation.

“It’s like someone with a lawn mower from the sky has gone over the island,” Marilou Rohan, a Dutch vacationer in St. Maarten, which is part of the Kingdom of Netherlands, told the Dutch NOS news service. “Houses are destroyed. Some are razed to the ground. I am lucky that I was in a sturdy house, but we had to bolster the door, the wind was so hard.”

There was little sense that authorities had the situation under control, she said.

Supermarkets were being looted and no police were visible in the streets. Occasionally, soldiers have passed by, but they were doing little to impose order, she said.

“People feel powerless. They do not know what to do. You see the fear in their eyes,” she said.
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I saw that wrote too. Sad. 

But haven't heard about looting or lack of public order on other islands. I'd be majorly surprised if that happened in Barbuda, Anguilla or St Barth

 
Wingnut said:
You guys are making me nervous. I've never done this much storm prep and I've been here since 1994. This is gonna be ugly. No way around it.

I love this state, and many parts of it are going to be drastically changed after this weekend. I work all over central and SW Florida and am not looking forward to seeing the aftermath in the coming weeks.
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As someone in South Louisiana, having seen the aftermath of a whole lot of hurricanes in my day and hunkered down through many of them: this one is worth being nervous about.  

Stay safe. 

 
Going down to Cat4. Dont know when officially. Dont think set the record.  

Won't be down long. Maybe just a few hours as it deals w Cuba. 

 
MindCrime said:
Florida Governor Scott just closed all schools, state universities and government offices from Friday through Monday. (Yes, this wasn't a done deal. Orange County (Orlando) public schools were still open tomorrow until this was declared a few minutes ago)
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Yeah, seems like that should have been done earlier, at least south and east of Orlando.

 
culdeus said:
Going down to Cat4. Dont know when officially. Dont think set the record.  

Won't be down long. Maybe just a few hours as it deals w Cuba. 
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Ok maybe done as a cat 5 for good. Cuba took a chunk and didnt really get stronger. Only bigger. 

 
Interesting, all the towns around the lake are mandatory evacuation starting tomorrow morning.  That scares me a little.

 
Good news and bad news. The bad news is that tropical storm Jose is expected to be upgraded to Hurricane Jose in the next 36-48 hours. The good news is that Trump won't let Jose in the US. 

 
I left today, 6am.    I-75 was brutal; 6 hours to get from Wesley Chapel to Gainesville.  I wish I knew the backroads better but have only been a florida resident for 7 months.    Very stressful last several days.  

I may have overdone it but I didn't want to be anywhere near this, hopefully I went far enough.   I'm in Meridian MS.  Anything I need to make sure to do in Mississippi?

Chevron, Chevron always had gas while many others did not.  Just an observation, my brain is fried.

 
greedygoat said:
Good news and bad news. The bad news is that tropical storm Jose is expected to be upgraded to Hurricane Jose in the next 36-48 hours. The good news is that Trump won't let Jose in the US. 
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Um, Jose is already a Category 3. Besides, we've heard that joke already.

 
A lot of folks around here have already decided they're staying since they see the graphics that say it will be a cat 1 at this latitude.  

Not sure people under stand the size of this eyewall. 

We haven't made a decision yet

 
JaxBill said:
A lot of folks around here have already decided they're staying since they see the graphics that say it will be a cat 1 at this latitude.  

Not sure people under stand the size of this eyewall. 

We haven't made a decision yet
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Say what? I haven't seen anything that says it will be Cat1 at Jacksonville. 

 
I was raise a catholic, and questioned God in college and still do. Been on the fence for 25 years. But for this storm, if there is a God, Buddha, Allah, Yahweh, whatever....I send prayers to all those and any others that you guys and your families stay safe.

On a side note: has anyone here ever set up a relief fund for FBG'ers? We did this for Katrina back when I used to hang at the Huddle, and the dough went to Huddlers in direct need of money. 

I'd be glad to donate a little if someone wants to set this up. We just did paypal donations back then - not sure what the best options are now.

 
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