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Hurricane Matthew
NOAA/NHC ^ | 1 October 2016 | NOAA/NHC

Posted on 10/01/2016 7:00:34 AM PDT by NautiNurse

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To: rodguy911

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421 posted on 10/05/2016 12:28:41 PM PDT by alancarp (George Orwell was an optimist.)
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To: Islander7; Ditter

I don’t think the winds were that strong with SSS (obviously, since it was a tropical storm) but the storm surge combined with higher-than-normal tides caused all the damage. At least, that is my recollection. I do remember that they have huge snowfalls on the west side of it. That was crazy.


422 posted on 10/05/2016 12:29:05 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: dirtboy

“...horrible news for Haiti.”

And what’s on the other half of Haiti’s island?

The Dominican Republic, that’s what.

The Libs can’t squeeze any money out of a successful economy like the DR.

AND, they don’t give a damn!


423 posted on 10/05/2016 12:31:12 PM PDT by BBB333 (Q: Which is grammatically correct? Joe Biden IS or Joe Biden ARE an idiot?)
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To: HollyB

I agree with you. The only thing I miss about up north, is deer hunting.

Both boats are pulled and secure. Kevlar screens down on the patio, generator tank topped off.

Now for a few glasses of red wine.


424 posted on 10/05/2016 12:53:36 PM PDT by Capt_Hank (btu's...kcal's...to kJ's, but my activation energy is still high.)
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To: NautiNurse

Here in coastal Georgia I just returned from The Cloister and they are closing tomorrow. They wont reopen until Sunday. Gas stations have small lines and a few “appear” to be out of gas. I have plenty of gas, lots of water, freeze dried food, canned food, and if my generator arrives(???..go Amazon) I will be alright.
Best wishes and God’s blessings to all in the path of this storm. This is a powerful hurricane.


425 posted on 10/05/2016 12:54:49 PM PDT by Howe_D_Dewty
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To: pburgh01

My stepmom(86)is in Jupiter (Jonathan’s Landing). My brother (Lake Worth) is at her home now, hopefully securing shutters. I wish they would just fly north. Ironically, they were here 2 weeks ago. Mom wanted to be away from FL during the season. This one is a bit late....and yes, I’m worried.


426 posted on 10/05/2016 12:56:39 PM PDT by SueRae (An election like no other..)
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To: NautiNurse; SE Mom
Joe Bastardi ‏@BigJoeBastardi 2m2 minutes ago Cleveland, OH On @TeamCavuto at 4:30
427 posted on 10/05/2016 1:07:24 PM PDT by sheikdetailfeather (Trump is exposing the fifth column in the U.S.)
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To: NautiNurse

Been doing my preps for 2 days,we are under a Tropical Storm watch in central Florida. All it takes is one downed tree to lose power for a week or more in some areas. Thats what happened with Hermine. Rural areas with wells also do not have water. Stores getting low on supplies everywhere. Nervous about this storm!


428 posted on 10/05/2016 1:11:29 PM PDT by seeker41 (Save America 2016)
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To: SueRae
Lived in Lake Worth for 10 years when kids were little. Talked to daughter, windows boarded, batteries fresh, plenty of food, coolers will be filled with ice tomorrow day. Luckily she lives on a grid with the local hospital and all her powerlines are underground and the main transmission lines into her neighborhood were those old pine twigs but were replaced with concrete back in the mid-2000's. So any power outage should be brief. It was back in 2004 when my house took Jeanne and Frances' wrath. We in fact sleep at daughters for the two weeks, it was 95 and sweltering and after a day of using a chainsaw you just wanted a cold shower and rest in A\C.

Any of you that have never experienced a major hurricane, it's quite an interesting experience. The howling wind, the large debris hitting your house and the rain blowing in around your shutters. My kids at the time thought it was real cool, me and wife not so much.

429 posted on 10/05/2016 1:12:55 PM PDT by pburgh01
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To: alancarp

Louisiana had a hurricane hit in 2012 where the cleanup took about 1-2 months. It was a category 1-2 but it stopped for nearly a day and kept hammering with wind and rain.

A cat 4 doing that would be hellish.


430 posted on 10/05/2016 1:13:17 PM PDT by Bogey78O (We had a good run. Coulda been great still.)
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To: Islander7
Katrina has a historic 28 foot storm surge.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Kou0HBpX4A

Hurricane Camille had 190 mph sustained winds at landfall in the U.S. but this was in 1969 https://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/surge_details.asp

funny that there haven't been any major Hurricanes hitting the U.S. in a long time . Liberals and the media have told us we'd be getting hit by much stronger monster hurricanes by now because of their global warming . this proves global warming is hoax. Mathew already down to 120mph winds

431 posted on 10/05/2016 1:14:35 PM PDT by Democrat_media (Obama has given away the Internet to the UN which 57 Muslim countries control)
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To: Democrat_media
Unfortunately, Matt has another day to finish getting reorganized, but as Joe Bastardi just pointed out in a tweet this afternoon, this area of Florida hasn't been hit by a major hurricane for over 150 years (though he notes several that nailed South and West Fla. in the 1940's).

So we really don't have a lot of precedent for what's about to happen there.

432 posted on 10/05/2016 1:24:53 PM PDT by alancarp (George Orwell was an optimist.)
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To: NautiNurse

At the 5pm advisory, I expect the cone will shift westwards to reflect the recent GFS and Euro runs that take Matthew to the coast around West Palm Beach and all the way up to Charleston. Might be a good time to start a new thread in Breaking News, as this the most qualified storm for such since Sandy.


433 posted on 10/05/2016 1:26:50 PM PDT by dirtboy
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To: pburgh01

Just spoke to mom, brother got the shutters up..but they may leave in the a.m. towards the west coast. And yes, I remember the Hell they went through with those 2 storms...ugh


434 posted on 10/05/2016 1:28:08 PM PDT by SueRae (An election like no other..)
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To: dirtboy

FWIW, the mods acquiesced to my request earlier in the afternoon (thankyouverymuch!), and this is now the breaking news thread.


435 posted on 10/05/2016 1:30:45 PM PDT by alancarp (George Orwell was an optimist.)
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To: alancarp

Info at the top of the thread is way out of date. Should be a new post, IMO. FRegards.


436 posted on 10/05/2016 1:32:21 PM PDT by lodi90 (Clear choice for Conservatives now: TRUMP or lose)
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To: lodi90

Okay. I defer to the choice of our thread Mom, the NautiNurse.


437 posted on 10/05/2016 1:35:21 PM PDT by alancarp (George Orwell was an optimist.)
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To: alancarp
omg--the roof is already leaking before the hurricane!

Good news--87yo cowboy decided to come along with mom. I think the visit from LEO got him to thinking about the sanity of his decision. They also informed him that everyone else in their building had already departed. He was going to be very alone.

Of course, that meant that everyone had to wait while he packed his bug out bag. Eeeesh.

Report from evacuation highways--bumper-to-bumper traffic with lots of RVs.

438 posted on 10/05/2016 1:46:05 PM PDT by NautiNurse (ILLary uses BleachBit to scrub her medical history away...)
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To: NautiNurse

Real good to hear... at least everybody has 24 hours to get gone... and RVs mean less pressure on scarce hotel rooms (unless everybody goes to Disney).

Hopefully tolls were suspended on the turnpike... that’s the usual practice. Orange County would do well to do the same.


439 posted on 10/05/2016 1:50:48 PM PDT by alancarp (George Orwell was an optimist.)
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To: alancarp

West side of the northbound storm is the “clean” side for storm surge. There may be some pile up as the storm approaches, will be swept back out on the backside of the storm.


440 posted on 10/05/2016 1:53:21 PM PDT by NautiNurse (ILLary uses BleachBit to scrub her medical history away...)
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