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Hurricane Irma Live Thread Part IV
NHC/NOAA ^ | 9/10/2017 | NHC/NOAA

Posted on 09/10/2017 2:02:02 PM PDT by NautiNurse

The entire Florida Peninsula has begun to experience Hurricane Irma following landfall at Marco Island. Thousands of Floridians who evacuated the Atlantic cost to Gulf Coast areas found their safe shelter under direct threat from Hurricane Irma as the forecast shifted W Friday night and Saturday. Prayers for all in the storm path.


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Hurricane Irma Live Thread I
Hurricane Irma Live Thread II
Hurricane Irma Live Thread III


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Florida; US: Georgia; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: braking; florida; hurricane; hurricaneirma; irma; livehurricaneirma
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To: dragnet2

Maybe. But for the most part, the smartphones did just fine in the recent hurricanes. Thousands of hot spots remained available in even the hardest hit areas. There are apps already available to get just about any radio station you want. And if you lost power, you can easily re-charge the phones in your car. That’s what I did when I lost power for a few days in an ice storm a few years back. The Trump Administration even put out a FEMA app for storm victims to quickly get assistance. It will only get better from here.


341 posted on 09/10/2017 6:05:16 PM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: Bodleian_Girl

All the Hemmingway cats are fine. All the staff are fine. The house is fine.

http://www.tmz.com/2017/09/10/hemingway-houses-cats-hurricane-irma-key-west/


342 posted on 09/10/2017 6:05:28 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: bgill

The baby birds on Channel 12 in West Palm Beach are safe, they even brought them into the studio.


343 posted on 09/10/2017 6:06:33 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Bodleian_Girl
3k people? Okay, but I don't thing you're implying everyone in south Florida is still up and connected, because I'm very confident that's certainly not the case here.☺
344 posted on 09/10/2017 6:08:21 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: dfwgator

That’s good. Just don’t put the cats and the birds together.


345 posted on 09/10/2017 6:10:09 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: SamAdams76; Bodleian_Girl

Tropical Storm Harvey takes out 911 centers, cell towers, and cable networks

148,000 Internet, TV, and phone customers lost service in storm’s wake. Tropical Storm Harvey has disrupted at least 17 emergency call centers and 320 cellular sites, and it has caused outages for more than 148,000 Internet, TV, and phone customers.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/08/tropical-storm-harvey-takes-out-911-centers-cell-towers-and-cable-networks/

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I rest my case.


346 posted on 09/10/2017 6:11:05 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Jrabbit

Oh a lot of people were excited to see devastation but the media makes money off of it because of ratings. Oh well too bad.


347 posted on 09/10/2017 6:11:10 PM PDT by snarkytart
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To: KC Burke
Outer band tornado threat increase.


348 posted on 09/10/2017 6:12:16 PM PDT by jeffers
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To: CapnJack

I know that guy! What luck for him!


349 posted on 09/10/2017 6:12:55 PM PDT by jeffers
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To: NautiNurse

Adding my thanks for the work you have done here.


350 posted on 09/10/2017 6:13:34 PM PDT by dynachrome (When an empire dies, you are left with vast monuments in front of which peasants squat to defecate)
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To: jeffers

Signing off for the night. Power is out, running on UPS ‘til that’s gone.

Back whenever. Best of luck to all affected FReepers for the duration of Irma.


351 posted on 09/10/2017 6:13:54 PM PDT by Justa
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To: jeffers

Tornadoes scare me almost as much as hurricane. They’re so random where they hit and will flatten a house in one minute.


352 posted on 09/10/2017 6:13:55 PM PDT by snarkytart
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To: dragnet2

I agree South Florida Zello is great if you want to hear 70-90% “yutes” and associated profanity.

I’ll bet there’s very little of that on 2M band or whatever you’re using.


353 posted on 09/10/2017 6:14:04 PM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: metmom

The way I read it the guy said it straight up and it fit his moniker of cranky weather man.


354 posted on 09/10/2017 6:14:07 PM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: metmom

The way I read it the guy said it straight up and it fit his moniker of cranky weather man.


355 posted on 09/10/2017 6:14:15 PM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: NautiNurse
#FloridaStrong

Thanks for the new thread! Winds are picking up pretty good here in Lakeland. Looks like we might be in the eye of the storm, now. Still have power! (Knock wood)

356 posted on 09/10/2017 6:15:12 PM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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To: Justa

Save some UPS for emergencies. Sleep safe.


357 posted on 09/10/2017 6:15:58 PM PDT by jeffers
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To: Jrabbit

Only a 1=3 foot surge in sarasota predicted and that’s an hour south of tampa. I had to go to CNN via you tube too very any local coverage.


358 posted on 09/10/2017 6:16:29 PM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: dragnet2
And during that time, most people were still able to communicate on their smartphones. Cell phone towers and networks go down even in good weather but there are redundancies in place. My aunt was able to speak to her friends in Marco Island this afternoon even when all the power was out there.

Multi-band receivers are nice to have but they are more of a 1970s thing. My sons laughed when I used to pull out my Grundig. Younger people today aren't going to be buying a multi-band radio receiver! Just isn't going to happen.

359 posted on 09/10/2017 6:17:19 PM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: Jrabbit

Only a 1=3 foot surge in sarasota predicted and that’s an hour south of tampa. I had to go to CNN via you tube to get any local coverage. I found out between now and 10pm we will see the worst of the winds. Then sustained winds from 10=2am


360 posted on 09/10/2017 6:17:58 PM PDT by Blue Highway
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