Posted on 09/07/2017 8:09:47 AM PDT by NautiNurse
Dangerous Category 5 Hurricane Irma had a devastating impact on islands in the Caribbean.
Hurricane and Storm surge watches were issued Thursday morning for South Florida. The Florida Keys began evacuating visitors and residents, followed by flood zones in Miami and Miami Beach. Sarasota FL declared a local state of emergency Thursday morning.
Polk County FL Sheriff Grady Judd said Wednesday that law enforcement authorities would check the identities of people who turn up at shelters--and take to jail anyone found to have an active arrest warrant. “If you go to a shelter for Irma and you have a warrant, we’ll gladly escort you to the safe and secure shelter called the Polk County Jail... “If you have a warrant, turn yourself in to the jail — it’s a secure shelter.” Judd also posted that sex offenders and sex predators would not be admitted to the shelters. "We cannot and we will not have innocent children in a shelter with sexual offenders & predators. Period." Judd's statements unleashed a liberal firestorm via Twitter.
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A Cat 5 landfall in Cuba. Lots of death.
It’s actually trending a bit south, I didn’t see anything in the forecasts that had it ever going south.
THIS I get. And agree.
Any reports from Cuba? Other than fake news?
storm has turned more into Cuba ...eye is half off the coast, so close to official landfall...just a few miles more south..then keeps west, itll crumble over Cuba...
It’s slowed a bit obviously - I think there’s a wobble north. Maybe getting to the famous north turn moment. Or just a wobble. I’m done trying to understand this storm for tonight. Going on 8 hours sleep in 2 nights.
God bless us all!
We can rebuild Cuba, put a couple of Trump Towers in downtown Havana.
First graphic I’ve seen like that....and yes very “Kewl”!
It is very, very close to the north coast of Cuba.
http://weather.cod.edu/satrad/exper/?parms=meso1-10-96-1-100
Exactly...these guys on the weather channel look rattled....
Muchos Gracias
WPLG in Miami has a reporter in Cuba, they are getting nailed.
lol.....
Oh WOW!...not at all surprised she’s back up to cat 5.....the eye wall bumping along Cuba’s coast hasn’t done squat....some are saying she’s gone inland but I’m not getting anything on that.
Something is pushing it to the south.
man..when Joe Bastardi was discussing the Cuba part, he looked shook up...we’ll see.
Just when Man thinks he has Nature figured out........
There is no Hurricane in Cuba. They have always been at war with the US. Do you want you chocolate rations or not ? Ignorance is bliss in Cuba, unfortunately.
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