Posted on 10/07/2016 12:52:15 PM PDT by Dave346
Hurricane Matthew battered the Florida coast today with powerful winds, potentially devastating storm surges and torrential rain, leaving over 1 million people without power as officials made last-minute appeals for any remaining holdouts to get out of harm's way.
Matthew also claimed its first U.S. victims after officials in St. Lucie County, Florida, said two people died overnight when emergency officials could not get to them because of the storm's strong winds.
One victim, a woman in her late 50s, died from cardiac arrest, according to St. Lucie fire department officials. Crews could not safely respond to her location and the woman died by the time crews arrived, officials said.
Later in the night, there was a report of an unconscious 82-year-old man breathing with difficulty. "When it was deemed safe for emergency vehicles to travel it was reported to first responders that the patient had been taken to the hospital," according to officials. The man was later declared dead.
The hurricane has already claimed hundreds of lives as it tore through Haiti and other Caribbean nations.
The National Hurricane Center downgraded the storm to a Category 3 hurricane with 120 mph winds at 2 a.m. ET today. The deadly storm could produce a potentially devastating storm surge of up to 10 feet over about 500 miles of coast that stretches from Florida, to Georgia and up into South Carolina.
As of 2 p.m. ET, Hurricane Matthew was 60 miles southeast of Jacksonville, Florida.
Severe flooding struck the beach in Jacksonville this afternoon, inundating the area with water and crushing dunes.
The storm is expected to move near or over the coast of northeast Florida and the coast of Georgia through tonight, then near or over the coast of South Carolina on Saturday.
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“emergency officials could not get to them because of the storm’s strong winds.”
It has been widely announced that no Emergency Worker will go out in any wind over 45 mph.
I cry foul — this is what we get from unionized forces.
They got their deaths. Of course its speculation whether the deaths were truly caused by the storm. .. esp. the 80+ year old man.
One of my all time favorite vids
LOL. That water is really deep!
Yes, the media and the government lie all the time and even a lot of freepers believe the media and government.
Only TWO dead that appeared to be on their way out anyway, storm or not, and only 300 deaths in Haiti.
The Enemy Media is greatly saddened and not having a very good week, body-count wise!
Jerks.
The poor old woman probably died from a heart attack after watching Shemp Smith saying everyone on the east coast will be dead in 24 hours
Some posters on that thread probably ganged up on you and complained to the moderators. They were attacking me too and if I would have kept it up fighting them then they might have gotten me on there too
“Some posters on that thread probably ganged up on you and complained to the moderators. They were attacking me too and if I would have kept it up fighting them then they might have gotten me on there too”
Fear mongers and Junior meteorologists with Millibar updates every 5 minutes
First responders and emergency crews shouldn’t have to risk their lives for idiots who decided to ride it out after being warned to get out.
And duct taped his red Katrina cap on.
According to this graphic from the National Hurricane Center, Florida has seen hurricane force winds from Vero Beach to St. Augustine Beach. In reality, no coastal stations have reported hurricane force winds at all.
Likely they caused their own deaths by working themselves up into a panic.
A) The “dirty” side of the storm (right side) will remain out to sea. This contains the most destructive winds and precipitation.
2) The eye appears to be remaining out over the ocean. The storm surge should be very limited, as this hugs the eye.
The coroners' reports should state causes of death as "suicides", i.e., willful failure to get out of Dodge before sunset.
Leni
THAT is hilarious.
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