[dirtboy]

Our first downcaster of the new thread. Do you know anything about the storm surge issues in the Big Bend of the Florida coast? It is very prone to such. A 'mere' Cat 2 would be a big problem, and this storm will be much worse.

Oh, and you might ask the residents of Rockport, TX whether the forecast was hype. Or the residents of Puerto Rico.

[janetjanet998]

this system has some of the coldest cloud tops I have ever seen in the Atlantic basin, especially this far north

now the eye seems to be warming too

I think the pressure and wind are lagging the structure some

[gleeaikin]

I have driven along the Gulf of Mexico on two occasions. Once was after Hurricane Camile, I think in 1969, and once was a year after Hurricane Katrina. I have photos I took on the first trip of a cemetery that was at least 10 feet above water level where the stones and mauseleums (sp.) had been ripped and thrown all over the place. I stopped at a boat yard either in Mississippi or nearby in Louisiana. The water had flood it to waist high on the second floor, so I imaging that must have been about 15 feet high. I know that the debris in the tree and bush branches on the far side of the highway were above my head. A lot will depend on if it is low or high tide. Any info on what it will be when the surge hits?

[cll]

“Oh, and you might ask the residents of Rockport, TX whether the forecast was hype. Or the residents of Puerto Rico”.

Horrible. Just horrible. In PR during Irma and Maria. And I live in a reinforced concrete house. Can’t imagine being in a plywood and sheetrock structure with one of these going over.

Be safe, everyone in the RR/FL/AL/GA corridor.