Posted on 10/09/2018 4:49:06 PM PDT by NautiNurse
Major Hurricane Michael is churning toward the northeastern Gulf of Mexico coast. Florida Governor Rick Scott declared a state of emergency Monday for 35 counties with mandatory coastal evacuations in the FL Panhandle. 1,250 National Guard troops are aiding the process and more than 4,000 more placed on standby.
FEMA is already on the ground in Florida; other federal agencies are also preparing to assist people in the storm's path.
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Monday declared a state of emergency for the entire state. Georgia Governor Nathan Deal issued a state of emergency for 92 counties ahead of Hurricane Michael landfall.
Meanwhile, Tallahassee city government (Andrew Gillum, Mayor & D'Rat FL Gubernatorial candidate) offices are "closed until further notice." Tallahassee International Airport is suspending commercial flight activity as 12:01 a.m. ET on Wednesday but expects to resume activity on Thursday.
The U.S. military moved its aircraft from the Panhandle on Monday. Roughly 50 F-22 stealth fighter jets — valued around $150 million each — have been relocated from the Tyndall Air Force Base, while the U.S. Navy said it is moving all its training aircraft from Pensacola.
Energy Production The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) on Tuesday estimated that around 726 MMcf/d (28.4%) of natural gas production and 670,831 b/d (39.5%) of oil production in the GOM had been shut in ahead of the storm.
As of midday Tuesday, 75 platforms and three rigs had been evacuated, while eight dynamically positioned rigs had been moved out of the storm’s path as a precaution, according to BSEE.
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Anyone who is a FRper who lives in Navarre,FL,and this includes both people and animals,my older sister,nil,and cats used to live. My PRAYERS go with you. God Bless.
And ever’ damn one of us are Deplorable!
That was the most intense thing I've ever seen.
NOAA weather station in Apalachicola is reporting what appears to be almost a nine foot storm surge:
https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/stationhome.html?id=8728690
Winds gusting to almost 70 kts.
Correction: used to live in Navarre,FL.
I bet you are a bitter clinger too!
Lost his feed.
Winds at 100 MPH at Panama City Beach FSU STEM campus.
Favorite non-New England beach area.
Sorry, not PCB, but Panama City, right by the bridge over to PCB.
https://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=KFLPANAM58
Brett Adair’s feed still transmitting from (overturned vehicle ???)while he is elsewhere. https://www.facebook.com/foxsanantonio/videos/662977334103158/ http://www.livestormsmedia.com/
155 mph at landfall... 919 mb.
May as well call it a Cat 5.
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Wow. Incredible.
Speechless.
My late mother went done to see them in the early/mid 2000s. The Panhandle area of FL is the original FL before the big time devolpment.
Amen...I pray everyone got out.
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