Posted on 09/09/2017 2:08:31 PM PDT by NautiNurse
The entire Florida Peninsula and points north are poised to experience Hurricane Irma after the storm hugged Cuba's northern coastline. 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. Hurricane Irma's prolonged interaction with Cuba diminished its strength to Category 3.
Irma is forecast to increase in strength as it crosses the FL Straits. The Florida Keys experienced strong outer bands while Irma grazed the N Cuba coastline.
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Hurricane Irma Live Thread I
Hurricane Irma Live Thread II
Rev. Jeffress was being interviewed last week and he said that he was in some meeting with PDJT recently, and Trump asked, “Don’t you think we should pray about this?” Rev. was laughing and said, “The President was reminding ME that we should pray!”
Last Sunday our preacher said he’s so proud of our President for calling for a National Day Of Prayer for the Texas flooding. (He usually stays away from political statements.) He said that, although there is an annual National Day Of Prayer always, he thinks this is the first time a president has stipulated a special one. (Not sure if that’s true or not. Preachers often “embellish” — “speak evangelistically” — if it suits their purpose.) ;)
I’ll have to look that up after all this is over. I remember working on some Unisys 286 boxes ages ago.
Jose doesn’t have much chance. It could sneak under but I just don’t see it yet.
I see, thank you :)
So, it becomes a question of which is the irrestible force, and which is the Moveable object, small smile.
Will she, and where, will she be moved back across the peninsula? Or might she persevere and head across the panhandle...
President Roosevelt called for a National Moment of Prayer on June 6, 1944 and designated an exact time.
Military keeps Unisys alive.
Latest vortex from Recon:
Product: Air Force Vortex Message (URNT12 KNHC)
Transmitted: 10th day of the month at 4:30Z
Agency: United States Air Force
Aircraft: Lockheed WC-130J Hercules with reg. number AF96-5302
Storm Number & Year: 11 in 2017
Storm Name: Irma (flight in the North Atlantic basin)
Mission Number: 29
Observation Number: 09
A. Time of Center Fix: 10th day of the month at 4:12:10Z
B. Center Fix Coordinates: 23°35’N 81°09’W (23.5833N 81.15W)
B. Center Fix Location: 78 statute miles (126 km) to the SSE (149°) from Key West, FL, USA.
C. Minimum Height at Standard Level: 2,505m (8,219ft) at 700mb
D. Estimated (by SFMR or visually) Maximum Surface Wind Inbound: 113kts (~ 130.0mph)
E. Location of the Estimated Maximum Surface Wind Inbound: 11 nautical miles (13 statute miles) to the ENE (60°) of center fix
F. Maximum Flight Level Wind Inbound: From 145° at 110kts (From the SE at ~ 126.6mph)
G. Location of Maximum Flight Level Wind Inbound: 15 nautical miles (17 statute miles) to the NE/ENE (56°) of center fix
H. Minimum Sea Level Pressure: 931mb (27.50 inHg)
I. Maximum Flight Level Temp & Pressure Altitude Outside Eye: 8°C (46°F) at a pressure alt. of 3,039m (9,970ft)
J. Maximum Flight Level Temp & Pressure Altitude Inside Eye: 17°C (63°F) at a pressure alt. of 3,050m (10,007ft)
K. Dewpoint Temp (collected at same location as temp inside eye): 15°C (59°F)
K. Sea Surface Temp (collected at same location as temp inside eye): Not Available
L. Eye Character: Not Available
M. Eye Shape & Diameter: Circular with a diameter of 22 nautical miles (25 statute miles)
N. Fix Determined By: Penetration, Radar, Wind, Pressure and Temperature
N. Fix Level: 700mb
O. Navigational Fix Accuracy: 0.02 nautical miles
O. Meteorological Accuracy: 1 nautical mile
Remarks Section:
Maximum Flight Level Wind: 110kts (~ 126.6mph) which was observed 15 nautical miles (17 statute miles) to the NE/ENE (56°) from the flight level center at 4:07:00Z
Dropsonde Surface Wind at Center: From 165° at 3kts (From the SSE at 3mph)
Note the wind speed: 130 mph. Back up to Cat 4, with still a lot of open bathtub water to cross before any potential landfall.
Bkmk
You are brave.
I’ll take a boat any day of the week and twice on Sundays!
Everyone went to their respective churches and synagogues across the country and prayed.
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/floaters/11L/html5-vis-long.html
You are #WeAreHurricainStrong
The bridge isn’t nearly as scary as it looks once you’re on it. Of course, if someone has “bridge phobia”, just the thought of it would make it unbearable, I guess.
The weirdest part is seeing the remnants of the old bridge next to it — the one that was knocked down.
...Killing a lot of people, at least some of whom would love to be rid of their dirtbag gov't.
Maybe you can find another nice vacation spot?
I will fly if for some reason it is imperative. But I hate every nano second of it, and am convinced that any moment the plane will get engine trouble and hurtle to the ground. I cannot shake that.
Maybe it’s because the first airplane I went on, a smaller one, when I was about 9, was with my father to visit my grandfather, and something went wrong with an engine and we made an emergency landing.
And now my imagination takes over.
God Bless our President. I am thrilled beyond
words at his growth spiritually and leadership.
God uses WHO HE will for what EVER purposes
He chooses, and most definitely IS using President
Trump right now.
Shame on some Evangelical Pastors who are still
dragging their feet and trying to be ‘ politically
correct”!!!!
“Rush lives in Palm Beach, which is an entirely different world from West Palm. Sorta like the difference between black and white, if you get my drift.”
I totally get the drift. My uncle was pastor of a church in West Palm Beach. Some of his parishoners were “the help” for the residents of Palm Beach.
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