You do realize that they are calling for a 7 to 12 feet storm surge from Florida’s east central coast to north coast. On top of the storm surge, they are forecasting waves of 12 to 18 feet. You do realize that 7+12 = 19 or 12+18=30? You do know that means there will be a wall of water from 19 feet to 30 feet smashing across the coast pushed by over 100 mph winds? You do know that anything in its path is wiped off the map? You do know that in the Daytona Beach area, in addition to the storm surge, they are calling for the water in the St. John’s river to be not only pushed up over its banks by the wind but will also have a storm surge of about 10 feet. This river is miles inland. You do know they are calling for sustained winds of 85 to 105 mph to last about 6 to 9 hours with gusts up to 130 mph. People will be without power and roofs for months. If you come visit, those blue tarps you will see are to cover up missing roofs. Ignorance like yours is sickening.
source, please?
This “worst hurricane” theme developed out of the rather limited observation that no major hurricane had made landfall north of Melbourne since 1898. Otherwise there is no comparison with Andrew in 1992 or Katrina, Hugo, and a number of other recent storms.
That being said, nobody north of about Vero Beach now should take this lightly. There was some information going out recently that it had shifted east away from the coast. That was actually some model tracks. The actual hurricane perversely is tracking towards the coast. You can see it on radar quite clearly, the eye is making a steady move towards Cocoa Beach where the landfall seems likely to come around 0700-0800 EDT.
From there I think it will move inland past Cape Canaveral and run up the coast from Daytona Beach to at least mid-Georgia if not Charleston SC.
The bottom line is this, storm surge will be a potential killer in some places, it is confirmed that the predicted storm surge is already building (fire chief in Satellite Beach says 8 feet already, prediction there was 11-13 feet and that seems realistic because peak will not come until maybe 0400-0600h).
From Palm Beach south, the storm basically went past you already, it will be tropical storm force now to mid-morning but nothing too severe.
But from about Vero Beach north, this is going to be a high impact storm. Don’t let your guard down, if you stayed for the show.
Skepticism is not ignorance.
From http://www.drroyspencer.com
"This morning it looks like Matthew will probably not make landfall along the northeast coast of Florida. Even if it does, its intensity is forecast to fall below Cat 3 strength this evening. The National Hurricane Center reported at 7 a.m. EDT that Cape Canaveral in the western eyewall of Matthew experienced a wind gust of 107 mph.",
BTW, did your 30 foot wall of water show up or are they still calling for that?
Looks like we all might not die after all.
Sorry Shep.