Posted on 09/04/2017 2:02:19 PM PDT by NautiNurse
Looks like is going up the east coast instead of the west coast of Florida as ‘they’ were showing Just yesterday.
The Weather Network Verified account @weathernetwork 18m18 minutes ago
Officials and media networks in Antigua have not heard from #Barbuda since taking a direct hit from #Irma Wednesday morning.
Miami Beach flight.... getting out of Dodge!
Wow. Even though they are small islands, I really thought interaction with the Antilles and Virgin islands would begin the weakening process. if she stays fairly clear of PR it could be katy bar the door.
12z EUro also has sjfted west landfall just west of Miami
I want to see what happens at Cuba...if bounces off it or not....
That is scary news about Barbuda. Thanks for the update.
Tropical Storm Jose, far out in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, is expected to strengthen into a hurricane Wednesday. The current track forecast keeps it mostly away from land areas over the next several days but it could graze the same islands in the northeastern Lesser Antilles slammed by Irma this weekend and forecasters will be watching it closely.
Tropical Storm Katia, which formed early Wednesday in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico, is also forecast to become a hurricane on Thursday or Friday, before making landfall in the Mexico state of Veracruz this weekend.
I am not sure if this video has been posted yet. I cannot verify but I’ve read that it is from Tortola in BVI.
https://www.facebook.com/Almira.Arayata/videos/1784763808217804/
18.5N is great for us! We’re 18.3N. Listening to the mayor of Culebra, off shore island to our east and sort of our heads up, and they’re holding up fine. Just a couple of mobile homes damaged.
The local NWS dude is saying the storm has jogged a bit more to the north, that the angle is increasing away from us a bit. Still forecasting winds of 55 mph, gusts to 100+ for my area.
Yes, it is scary.
Here’s another report.
Hurricane Irma UPDATE: Barbuda diplomat says ALL CONTACT has been lost with island
Black box on any of the Boeing 7 series commercial aircraft will record Cat5 windspeeds, but first they have to locate the airframe, haul it up out of the ocean, then rebuild the power supply and external monitors to extract the data.
Plus the airlines usually fly em out before landfall.
Short video St. Thomas as Ira strikes...cars being moved around..trees yanked out....almost solid white....
https://twitter.com/IslandB0y340
Looking at St Croix cam, they look pretty safe. What a difference 30-40 miles can make.
maggief...let me look into this because there was a report about it.....
Great news about the track moving N of PR! Any word about Barbuda? We can’t find anything on the mainland. Your local updates are superb!
There are skeptics who don’t believe reports of Cat 5 wind speeds outside of what is reported by NHC.
We just got this in the email. It is an article written by someone who has been thru the Harvey debacle. There is a list of what this person, a prepper, has learned.
Be sure to look at the commentary below the article. The discussion about how much gasoline to store is very important imho. The article suggests you should store 30 gallons. In the commentary someone states that the National Fire code states that you should only store 25. The implication seems to be that if your house burns down, the extra five gallons could give you problems collecting your home owner insurance.
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