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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We always keep some 2 liter bottles filled with water in freezer.
“Trying to imagine a medium-sized container ship or freighter passing the outer banks during this storm. “
The EL Faro sinking report might give you what you’re seeking.
https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/SPC1801.pdf
This one time, at band camp, we watched an old people movie. It was in black and white. All the people in it are now either really old or dead. Harry Bergert or something like that. It was about a hurricane in Florida. It was a long time ago. Some windows got broke, a bunch of trees came down. A drunk old lady sang really bad, and some gangsters got killed and I think an old guy in a wheelchair. Then the sun came out. I thought hurricanes were only invented after the global climate warming changing thing started. But I guess people knew about hurricanes a long time ago, too. I don’t know how they knew, or they got ready, and they didn’t have names to call them. Just “Hurricane”.
Lived on the FL east coast for 20 years. Bought the plywood and hardware at notice of our first hurricane. Marked each piece and stored them all in the garage for the next one.
The morons who bought the Brevard home from us threw them out, even knowing what they were for. Not because they were replacing with modern shutters or other protection options, just wanted to remove the "clutter".
Key Largo
Key Largo was the movie.
“Harry Bergert”
Yeah, he was in Key Largo with Loona Beckel and Alfred G. Rolberton.
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