Posted on 09/09/2018 10:28:48 AM PDT by ETL
Florence regained hurricane strength Sunday and is expected to "rapidly intensify" into a major storm in the next few days as it continues its path toward the East Coast where residents are preparing for the worst.
Florence could hit the southeastern U.S. coast late this week as a Category 3 or higher and bring upon life-threatening impacts. The hurricane is expected to make landfall between late Thursday and Friday morning.
"There is an increasing risk of two life-threatening impacts from Florence: storm surge at the coast and freshwater flooding from a prolonged heavy rainfall event inland," the National Hurricane Center said in an update at 11 a.m.
“However, given the uncertainty in track and intensity forecasts at those time ranges, it’s too soon to determine the exact timing, location and magnitude of those impacts,” the center reported.
Florence continues to move west at 6 mph with maximum sustained winds at 75 mph. The storm is forecast to travel between Bermuda and the Bahamas on Tuesday and Wednesday. Large swells are expected in Bermuda and portions of the East Coast that could cause life-threatening surf and rip currents.
Florence's path shows it will most likely make landfall between Charleston, South Carolina and the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
Officials in the Carolinas, as well as Virginia, began preparing Friday for the storm’s potential major impact.
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Prayers up, please take precautions and prepare, and stay safe everyone.
Cocoa Beach?.....Orlando?
Thanks for the post.
Am in central NC with Florence aiming directly at my area. Not happy.
Time for NBC to report seeing bodies floating down a street...
We are 180 miles West of Myrtle Beach. Too close for comfort after the damage Hugo did to our area.
Trying to imagine a medium-sized container ship or freighter passing the outer banks during this storm. Any other old deckhands have a similar experience?
You're welcome. I posted the thread not to inform anyone that a hurricane may hit their area, as if they don't already know it, but rather to provide freepers the opportunity to share tips and strategies.
The storm is a few days out. If you don't have backup electricity, now is a good time to plan all your meals around the perishables in the refrigerator. Eat em' up!
It's also a good time to pack two or three sacks of ice into your freezer if you have room. Extra fuel for the camp stove is a good idea too.
Great, iconic photo that is sure to inspire. We Americans have a "can do" spirit. The eternal optimism of the American people is something that brings out the best in us, no matter the circumstances. Hurricane? What hurricane!?
Make all your preps, then get outta dodge.
Tips...... Board up and bolt
When we have a hurricane on the horizon all 67 counties declare an emergency BEFORE the storm. This allows the governor the ability to ask for federal assistance without having to wait.
Nagan should have requested help from Blanco before the storm.
Blanco could have then requested federal help before the storm even made landfall. They all blamed Bush for the delay even though he could not dispatch federal troops without their permission. Even when Bush flew into NO they still waited 24 hours to ask for help.
This delay was created Nagan/Blanco not Bush.
Those school buses just sitting parked was a disgrace. They should have been pressed into service to get the sick and old out of dodge and to a safer location.
Hey, you get the representation that you vote for!
"I don't care what people are saying Uptown or wherever they are. This city will be chocolate at the end of the day...This city will be a majority African-American city. It's the way God wants it to be."
"New Orleans was a chocolate city before Katrina. It is going to be a chocolate city after. How is that divisive?"-- Further explaining the previous remarks.[6]
That and people who usually evac to areas of Upstate SC, Asheville, and Charlotte triangle will find places to stay scarce. The folks coming in to the World Equestrian event at Tryon, NC have taken all the hotels/motels.
Anyone that lives on the coast should already know all these things.
You can warn people and warn people. Most will ignore you. The rest are already prepared. It’s proven over and over.
Got a boat? get it out of the water if possible.
Got water? Get some before the shelves are empty. Might already be getting low. Same with TP. Gotta generator? No? Then do without electric. Need to cook without electric? Propane camp stove.
I lived in FL for 25 years and it was crazy. Plywood, water and TP will sell out two days before it makes landfall. I can sort of understand waiting because I’ve seen them take a 90 degree turn and seen them fizzle out and turn into a T-storm. Thing is, plywood, should already have it if you live on the coast. Either that or hurricane shutters. Water and TP are cheap so just keep it on hand. Also, it takes a huge storm, like Andrew/Katrina to do much damage further than 10-20 miles inland.
I have a sister there that asked me about generators last year when they had no electric for two weeks due to a hurricane. There were none available in the whole state anyway. Earlier this year I bought a new gennie and got it on sale, online with free shipping. Those yellow Champion brand gennies are affordable, reliable and run quiet so I emailed her about the deal. No longer interested. Whatever.
RE: evacuating; It’s not always their fault. Some people have no place to go or no fuel money to go anywhere. Some people can’t leave because they know all their stuff will be gone when they get back.
There was one where a family was packing up and leaving because the news and gov over hyped it big time. The dad ran over and killed his 3 year old son while moving truck/trailer around the yard. Storm fizzled but the news made some good $$ on the commercials and the stores sold off their entire stock of many items.
My niece boarded up all the windows on their mobile home. Don’t even have any trees in their yard and they live in Ctrl FL, 60-70 miles inland but the news hyped it up for ratings and the gov went overboard pretty much saying 2/3 of the state needed to evacuate.
On a side note, isn’t it about time to retire the name Florence?
I plan to start looting the minute the winds get below Force 10! /s
“I lived in FL for 25 years and it was crazy. “
In the 60’s-70’s most homes in South FL were built with storm shutters installed. If a home didn’t have shutters people would buy plywood once and store it in their garage or sheds and keep it ready for the next time.
Not so much today.
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