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Hurricane Dorian Live Thread
NHC/NOAA ^ | 28 August 2019 | NHC/NOAA

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


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: alert; dorian; florida; hurricane; hurricanedorian; live; livehurricanedorian; miami; nautinurse; noaa; tropical
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To: Maskot

It’s far enough away you could buy bread flour and make your own at this point still.

Also cookies, brownies, rolls, etc.


461 posted on 08/30/2019 7:20:37 AM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: txhurl

Yep, in g-town marvelling at the CF over renewables. Should be a cautionary tale but it seldom is to the eco-nutz.


462 posted on 08/30/2019 7:21:03 AM PDT by dirtboy
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To: jeffc

Emergency light trick

A plastic gallon jug of water and a 4 dollar LED headband light

The type of light a cave explorer would use

You can put the led light bulb facing the water and secure the strap or attaching band around the jug
It will light up a room enuf to see


463 posted on 08/30/2019 7:31:02 AM PDT by advertising guy (When Pelosi said " Embrace the suck" Kamala did ...... Willie Brown)
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To: advertising guy
Emergency light trick

I still have my Coleman Camp light - lights up an entire room.

464 posted on 08/30/2019 7:33:43 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: dirtboy

From the NHC a few minutes ago o Twitter...

https://twitter.com/NHC_Atlantic/status/1167441045560287232?s=19

GOES-16 enhance BD-curve infrared imagery revealing a -30C eye forming in Dorian. https://t.co/oKjeBhU9L3


465 posted on 08/30/2019 7:34:17 AM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds)
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To: VastRWCon; All

Please be aware, FRiends, that Gas Buddy is only as good as the latest local report. In the aftermath of a hurricane, the reports are less reliable. One thing that happens is that as soon as a location says they have fuel, they run out quickly. People are already in line when the gas trucks pull up. If the storm knocks the power out, and there is no battery backup, the pumps can’t run. So sometimes the stations will have gas and no way to pump it. My advice is to fill up early and take a few extra cans with you. Sometimes there’s a limit as to how much they’ll let you buy. When Irma hit a couple of years ago, many in my family were stranded without a way for gas, ice, or water. It was a very difficult time. Please prepare yourselves ahead of the storm. I hope it will not be as bad as they’re making it sound.


466 posted on 08/30/2019 7:40:56 AM PDT by FamiliarFace
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To: Justa

You are way, WAY too paranoid about bacteria in tap water, in normal circumstances, unless maybe you are talking about tap water from a suspect / untreated private well, or have a compromised immune system.

In normal circumstances, municipal tap water in a sealed disinfected container* will keep @ room temp. for many weeks if not months, because it has lot of chlorine and (more commonly, these days) chloramine in it. Chloramine is actually hard to remove, because it doesn’t evaporate out easily, and must be boiled out over a considerably longer time than chlorine.

https://aquanswers.com/how-long-does-it-take-for-chlorine-to-evaporate-from-tap-water-entirely/

*Wash it out well, then fill it with cold municipal tap water; if paranoid let it set for a day, empty & refill with same.

“Store bought” bottled water should keep even longer, but if your municipal tap water properly stored does not keep for at least a month, something is seriously wrong with either the source or your storage method. This is not Mexico - I hope!

I suppose if one has drunk only bottled water from birth, then one’s resistance to likely remnant bacteria in virtually any water source might be low...


467 posted on 08/30/2019 7:42:05 AM PDT by Paul R. (The Lib / Socialist goal: Total control of nothing left worth controlling.)
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To: SkyPilot

Those tabs are not a bad idea for “if TSHTF” and supplies run out. How long do the tabs keep?


468 posted on 08/30/2019 7:46:00 AM PDT by Paul R. (The Lib / Socialist goal: Total control of nothing left worth controlling.)
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To: Paul R.

Does a device like Zero-water filter out bad stuff (other than minerals) from well water?


469 posted on 08/30/2019 7:47:08 AM PDT by milagro (There is no peace in appeasement!)
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To: advertising guy

Neat idea. Thanks!


470 posted on 08/30/2019 7:48:37 AM PDT by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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To: Jamestown1630

Yup. Wifey and I were really happy when our favorite camping spot (which is non-electric) got their faucets fixed.


471 posted on 08/30/2019 7:52:00 AM PDT by Paul R. (The Lib / Socialist goal: Total control of nothing left worth controlling.)
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To: dirtboy

Angry looking storm...


472 posted on 08/30/2019 7:54:58 AM PDT by NautiNurse (Will trans-Atlantic trains cross over or under the ocean?)
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To: jeffc
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473 posted on 08/30/2019 7:57:06 AM PDT by advertising guy (When Pelosi said " Embrace the suck" Kamala did ...... Willie Brown)
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To: milagro

I’m not sure. It likely helps, but a quick web search seems to indicate some question about effectiveness.

Granted that almost nothing is 100% effective.

I’m lucky to have had good quality well water (unfiltered) over 1/2 of my life.


474 posted on 08/30/2019 7:57:49 AM PDT by Paul R. (The Lib / Socialist goal: Total control of nothing left worth controlling.)
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To: Paul R.

So what about coolers, etc. Most stores are sold out around here


475 posted on 08/30/2019 7:58:40 AM PDT by pnz1 (#IMNOTWITHHER)
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To: NautiNurse

Ryan Maue @RyanMaue (on twitter) Aug 30
“Hurricane #Dorian has developed an eye
Expecting it to become a major hurricane today.
Nothing currently stopping storm from reaching Category 5. There I said it.”


476 posted on 08/30/2019 8:01:55 AM PDT by alancarp (George Orwell was an optimist.)
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To: milagro

i recommend a camping millipore filter. Not cheap but not that expensive and will filter out all contaminants and parasites. if you get the one impregnated with iodine (nit really necessary) a crushed chewable vitamin c tab will get rid of the metallic taste


477 posted on 08/30/2019 8:02:10 AM PDT by Mom MD
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To: alancarp

More from Dr. Maue...

Ryan Maue @RyanMaue Aug 30
“11 AM update from NHC on Hurricane #Dorian
Still strong Category 2 — expected to become Cat 4 soon.

Storm will park itself on/near FL coastline and unleash hell for a long duration beginning late Labor Day Monday.

Then a northward drift up the FL peninsula.”


478 posted on 08/30/2019 8:07:20 AM PDT by alancarp (George Orwell was an optimist.)
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To: pnz1

5 gallon paint or pickle buckets !!!!

Freeze a gallon jug of water , place it in the 5 gallon bucket on the bottom

Have a Sealable lid and it helps to wrap the outside with foil


479 posted on 08/30/2019 8:07:51 AM PDT by advertising guy (When Pelosi said " Embrace the suck" Kamala did ...... Willie Brown)
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To: mewzilla

It appears that the western side just got organized.


480 posted on 08/30/2019 8:11:08 AM PDT by Ingtar (Funds Robbed from Everyone Else. F.R.E.E.)
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