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Posted on 08/28/2019 1:34:36 PM PDT by NautiNurse
Hurricane Dorian battered St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and brushing Puerto Rico. Taking aim at the Florida Atlantic Coastline, Hurricane Dorian is projected to be a major hurricane (Category 3) at landfall.
Satellite Imagery Dorian
NHC Public Advisories
NHC Discussions
Florida Radar Loop (with storm track overlay)
Buoy Data with Storm Track overlay
Depending upon how well built and equipped that shelter is, and I can’t find any info on that BTW, it may have been a good call.
Hope to heck those employees are getting hazard pay, though....
LIVE streaming from Grand Bahama TV, “ZNS”...
Returned to CO from FL, Jax on Sunday PM.
Lots of rain overnight on Fri and Sat, half inch plus each night.
Yeah really! Supposedly the storm is not in the direct area but I really couldn’t find a map showing where the storm is in relationship to the disney island.
How long does it take to completely replace the eyewall,any estimates on the new eye size?
So, the conventional wisdom is that landfall won’t be in Florida? Why are the airports closing? A lot of rain and wind expected?
I doubt those are his kids...
Just thinking...there are going to be tens of thousands of people, especially in the Abacos and on Grand Bahama, in need of potable water...
Hope the government there has made plans to get it to them.
Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 45 miles from the center and
tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 140 miles.
I agree. But if Disney wanted to leave a well-trained, well-equipped, highly-frickin’-paid, skeleton crew there to keep watch, I can understand that. As long as all of my previously mentioned conditions were met. :-)
And there she is!
Good post & grab!
If you look at the image, you can see a rough approximation of the new eye size.
Dorian boasted sustained winds to 185 mph with gusts to 220 mph at landfall over Great Abaco. More like a Category 6-7 hurricane, if there was such a designation. Since Castaway Cay did not encounter the eyewall, the Disney employees were likely spared the strongest winds. Still too close for comfort, as a wobble would have been devastating.
Holding my breath until it clears north of Cape Canaveral Wednesday. Not gonna breathe until then...
Looks like it’s beginning to bend north.
Well, the projected path based on modeling indicates (at this time) no landfall in Florida.
On the projected path (with no Florida landfall) there is a good likelihood of Tropical Storm force and Hurricane force winds up the Florida coast from Martin County northward. Yes, potentially 6-10" of rain on the immediate coast, and storm surge up to 6+ feet is possible.
If you remember Matthew in 2016, it may end up being analogous to that storm along the Florida Atlantic coast.
The winds are one problem. But while you hide from winds, you run from water. And there’s really nowhere to run. I hope that bunker has some means to power pumps and has potable water.
As long as there’s due diligence by Disney, informed consent by the employees along with one mother of a paycheck, I don’t have a problem with Disney doing this. Especially if it helps any locals employed get back to work faster. Folks are gonna need those paychecks.
It will be interesting to learn about the Disney employee adventure. I have doubts whether we will ever know the rest of the story.
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