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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Public Advisories
NHC Discussions
NHC Local Weather Statements/Radar Miami, FL
NHC Local Weather Statements/Radar Melbourne, FL
NOAA Local Weather Statements/Radar Jacksonville, FL
NHC Local Weather Statements/Radar Charleston, SC
NHC Local Weather Statements/Radar Wilmington, NC, FL
NHC Local Weather Statements/Radar Morehead City, FL
NHC Local Weather Statements/Radar Norfolk, VA
Buoy Data Caribbean
Buoy Data SE US & GOM
Buoy Data NC/SC/GA
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Credit: By J Cricket - Modification of map from Wiki
did a new map come out at 5pm?
Thanks! I am enjoying following this thread, because its keeping me up to date.
Mom says all normal in Sanford. Just another day there.
When I was a teenager, we lived in Humble and New Caney texas for awhile. Went to Galveston, Corpus Christie, and Padre Island alot. Toothpaste works great on jellyfish stings.
Thank you! I especially enjoy your posts!
my sister went through Andrew just a few years after we had HUGO. Lost her home completely. Still in Miami though. Waiting on site rep from my mom.
No, not in Florida. MI for many years now. Old Order Community. But thanks for having me here! I was activated twice for Katrina.
I wouldn’t trust those tracks. They are all over the place. One has an eye wall landfall at Brunswick! Matthew was much more stable on approach but this one could anywhere, IMO. East coast or even west coast. That rotation in the keys is going to decide everything. I don’t like this lean to west trend. Not good for NE FL if it goes up the coast.
That said, the current NHC track has Irma's center over Lake Okeechobee.
Go to weatherunderground.
FYI
the EURO mean was about 10 miles east of the OP run
” hubby in the hospital and I couldn’t put him in a car to travel to Atlanta...”
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Where are you?
(prayers)
it will get even bigger
Rome and Summerville, GA have rooms not booked. A jog off the interstate at Adairsille.
This resort's website says they're in Providenciales, which is at the western end of the country. The storm is now arriving at the eastern end.
Did you find anything?
When do you arrive in ATL?
Thanks jj. I don’t like this.
Irma on a jet stream forecast map:
http://www.weatherstreet.com/states/gfsx-300-forecast.htm
Mouse over the days at the bottom.
Don’t know what modeling they use but it’s different.
Has Irma spend a day in Miami and then crawl up the East coast and then out.
Hi there!
Welcome to FR! I’ll be keeping your family in my prayers, as well as my own, and everybody who is in the path of this storm. I’d love to hear about the things your experience tells you we should have our family members know, a sort of crash course in surviving for weeks on end with very little.
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