*** Official 2018 Atlantic Hurricane Season Thread *** Oscar (1 Viewer)

[El Floppo]

what in ####s name just floated in front of him there?!

 

[Nathan R. Jessep]

what in ####s name just floated in front of him there?!

looks like a piling with cross-beams maybe? 

 

[El Floppo]

hfs. water is splahsing up to his windshield. 

:(

I dn't know what he's supposed to do at this point- this is ####### terrifying.

 

[Nathan R. Jessep]

waves up on the windshield  surely they abandoned ship... there's been zero talking

 

[shader]

waves up on the windshield  surely they abandoned ship... there's been zero talking

Reddit said he's gone, they left for higher ground.

 

[pantherclub]

what in ####s name just floated in front of him there?!

what link are you watching

 

[culdeus]

what link are you watching

adair's link off livestormchasing.com

Nobody is in the car, Adair is tweeting that they are trying to find high ground but are cutoff.  Could be serious.

 

[Nathan R. Jessep]

https://livestormchasing.com/stream/brett.adair

 

[pantherclub]

thanks but not working for me

 

[Nathan R. Jessep]

yeah Adair's car is toast... can't even see out the windshield...waves lapping on the hood. Debris everywhere. Glad they got out but God help them. 

 

[El Floppo]

adair's link off livestormchasing.com

Nobody is in the car, Adair is tweeting that they are trying to find high ground but are cutoff.  Could be serious.

that feed is remote? phew.

not so much phew for the last bit though... christ.

 

[El Floppo]

yeah Adair's car is toast... can't even see out the windshield...waves lapping on the hood. Debris everywhere. Glad they got out but God help them. 

I think its underwater now?!

 

[Nathan R. Jessep]

thanks but not working for me

yeah, site is innundated I think... main map not pulling up anybody... I just still have the feed active so it's still working. 

 

[El Floppo]

hfs the car is now floating away

 

[Nathan R. Jessep]

I think its underwater now?!

Hard to tell... can't tell if he's moving the camera or if the car is floating

 

[BassNBrew]

####### morons.

 

[The_Man]

I lost Adair's feed, but the car seemed fully underwater. So scary to hear water sluicing over the roof

 

[culdeus]

That whole site won't load for me now.  

 

[El Floppo]

how is this feed still working?

 

[culdeus]

hfs the car is now floating away

Keep the updates coming, can't get in. 

 

[shader]

I know these links are fun and this is insane, but Panama City basically took a direct hit from the West side of the eye.  This is probably going to be classified as a Cat5 hurricane.  

 

[Nathan R. Jessep]

hfs the car is now floating away

Yeah, pretty sure you are right. Wind is howling. Definite under-water type sounds going on. Raining so hard you can't see anything. Nightmarish. 

 

[jb1020]

I lost Adair's feed, but the car seemed fully underwater. So scary to hear water sluicing over the roof

https://livestormchasing.com/stream/brett.adair

I still have it...car is just sloshing around, hitting stuff

 

[shader]

It sounds like the car is filling up with water and looks like it's floating away

 

[pantherclub]

It sounds like the car is filling up with water and looks like it's floating away

I doubt insurance is going to cover that

 

[El Floppo]

car seemed to float into the side of a building...

given the sounds- it appears the car has been breached by water and wind... maybe scraping against something. can't see anything but water at this point

 

[Mjolnirs]

I can't watch any of these live feeds at work, but I do have the Weather Channel on.  I seriously HATE that these people preach how dangerous this is, yet they stand in the street reporting it.  One of these days, one of these people is going to take a piece of debris in the head on live TV.

 

[shader]

Conditions there should start to improve in about ten minutes.  I hope the feed lasts so we can see the aftermath. 

 

[SoBeDad]

I know these links are fun and this is insane, but Panama City basically took a direct hit from the West side of the eye.  This is probably going to be classified as a Cat5 hurricane.  

The east side would be worse, and greater storm surge.

 

[El Floppo]

again- htf is this feed still on?

is the camera still "dry" inside in an air pocket and that water is just outside on the windshield?

 

[shader]

The east side would be worse, and greater storm surge.

Yes the east side is worse.  But the west side was still catastrophic.  

 

[Shoot_Me_Now]

How close to the beach was he for those of us just catching up? 

 

[culdeus]

Wallboard of all current streams including Adair's stream

https://codepen.io/mcmcghee/full/GYmZjZ

 

[El Floppo]

wow... still on, still against that building with horizontal siding, which pops into focus every now and then until waves pummel it and it seems to go underwater.

 

[shader]

unbelievable

 

[Nathan R. Jessep]

How close to the beach was he for those of us just catching up? 

I think he was on the highway that runs along the beach or nearby it. They were headed to Mexico Beach and encountered storm surge waters and had to abandon ship. I hope they made it to some place safe. 

 

[culdeus]

How close to the beach was he for those of us just catching up? 

was back in the houses when the surge started up.  I mean you can get a sense of it from google maps.  Couldn't have been more than 200m from the water.  And not sure where you would call water level when they showed up, it was already coming up.

 

[That one guy]

What happened to dude in truck on what I assume was US 98?

 

[The_Man]

Wallboard of all current streams including Adair's stream

https://codepen.io/mcmcghee/full/GYmZjZ

Great link - thanks

 

[El Floppo]

was back in the houses when the surge started up.  I mean you can get a sense of it from google maps.  Couldn't have been more than 200m from the water.  And not sure where you would call water level when they showed up, it was already coming up.

hopefully up in one of those houses or buildings that was built to withstand this. the house the car is up against seems to still be standing... so far.

 

[culdeus]

So glass half full here, his car is still upright and his camera seems dry.

 

[shader]

I think it's offline.. Insane

 

[El Floppo]

I think it's offline.. Insane

I just lost it too.

 

[culdeus]

reddit says they are right here:

https://www.google.com/maps/@29.919818,-85.3828177,3a,60y,85.64h,86.54t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s7R-SaOxb2q8JYA7Wn5Telg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

 

[El Floppo]

AFB looks like a direct hit. 

did somebody say 25k people stayed? 

:(  

 

[El Floppo]

bands ranging from pensacola all the way down to tampa, whcih looks like it's about to get hit with the outer band

 

[SoBeDad]

Yes the east side is worse.  But the west side was still catastrophic.  

Wind direction is very important for storm surge. A north wind in Panama City is actually pushing water away from the coast. On the east side, there should be maximum storm surge.

 

[culdeus]

AFB looks like a direct hit. 

did somebody say 25k people stayed? 

:(  

In Panama City.  But the cams there don't look that bad.  Yet

 

[pantherclub]

Wind direction is very important for storm surge. A north wind in Panama City is actually pushing water away from the coast. On the east side, there should be maximum storm surge.

depends on tide as well

 

[El Floppo]

reddit says they are right here:

https://www.google.com/maps/@29.919818,-85.3828177,3a,60y,85.64h,86.54t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s7R-SaOxb2q8JYA7Wn5Telg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

that's excatly what I was seeing- the side of the buidling and the post holding up the balcony. jfc. too bad they couldn't drive up to the top of that retaining wall