Posted on 09/09/2017 2:08:31 PM PDT by NautiNurse
That freaked me out! I looked at the original tweeter’s (?) profile and she updated that the water is gradually coming back.
Tornado warning Redlands-Cutler Ride.
Someone was just wondering where Bill Hemmer was...and there he is in Tampa!
Storm surge can easily go 10-15 miles inland. What matters is : your elevation. If you’re not above 20’, you should NOT be there.
With the caveat that I am not any kind of authority on hurricane/ocean behavior, I do know that when you see that sort of thing it generally means there is a monster tidal wave or surge of some kind headed your way.
I certainly wouldn't be hanging around on that beach!
I copied it. Thanks for fixing!
Please see #265.
(My best guess)
That’s wild!
I think that feed, with that pier, will be the most informative. If the pier doesn’t go then all is well there IMHO.
At least we aren’t having the insufferable Leland Vittert foisted upon us tonight.
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Last I looked Bastardi hadn’t updated today. Time to look again.
(Presumably state-run) Cuban media are saying they're trying to prepare—converting schools into shelters, using fishing nets to tie down roofs, etc. An article dated early this afternoon says they're concerned about Varadero, Havana and some other places Irma is still approaching, and are doing evacuations.
On the subject of the fishing nets holding down the roofs, when our family lived in Boulder (which sometimes gets hurricane-force chinook winds) and built a house there, we ran aircraft cables from the topmost beam in the attic down to the foundation. In one storm, the houses on both sides of us lost roofs, but ours was OK.
“one track still has Irma missing Florida and heading toward Texas.”
I would like to see it hit Mexico and the remnants head for the desert Southwest and Southern California where we could use the rain.
From one Gainesville girl to “another” (I know you aren’t but you have family there, so we have that in common), hello! I grew up in Gainesville; it’s where my family’s homestead has been since the 30’s. Mom is in the house her father and brothers built. I have one sister and one one brother that both still live in GVL and raised their families there. All are huddling either at Mom’s or my sister’s home. Plenty of provisions as yours have done. We are praying for as smooth sailing as possible.
Gusty? Pppfftt..I don’t want to be on it when it’s dead calm.
We lived in Clearwater when the cargo ship crashed into it...had to drive to Sarasota frequently for work. I went over it ONCE afterwards, looking across the span right where it broke was too much for me. Took the llllong route afterwards.
I said never in the history of recorded hurricanes did a hurricane take a sharp, near 90-degree hairpin turn in a direction. Hurricane Donna was the closest, and even that one swooped through western FL and then hooked Northeast.
This monster is going to pass over western FL and go into the Gulf. It is going to regroup in the Gulf and return to CAT 5 status due to the warm waters. It will directly affect Southern MS and AL, and possible NOLA. If it strikes MS, it will raise the Miss. River levels to unprecedented levels and cause significant flooding throughout the valley and up into Missouri and Illinois.
I work in transportation logistics. We have several major plants near Mobile AL that's shutting down. They are on notice, and residents in these areas should be too.
The pic posted on the twitter account was of a loose boat in the water bumping up against the cement overpass. The boat itself was not on the road/overpass.
cold front from north which is why weather is houston is perfect have been gardening last three days...that is what is keeping it at bay
They mean a “ wall” of higher pressure air. It’s a BIG mass of air (front) pushing to the south. It’s denser, and much larger even than Irma. It will win the battle.
But, there could well still be a battle for a bit more time.
One of my favorite movies but it’s only good the first time you see it.
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