Folks, I am watching Fox News and I keep seeing citizens just walking around like idiots. The media, local govt, and first responders will be OK b/c the hotel will protect them, but those idiots walking around had better think really hard about what it is like to drown b/c that is what is going to happen.
They’re probably standing there looking at that 17-foot seawall and thinking it’ll save them. Trouble is, if the storm hits where the NWS says it’ll hit, the wind will be pushing the water around the seawall and onto the BACK of the island, from the northeast and north. Which, actually, is I think where the current flooding is happening, it’s flooding from the bay side toward the ocean, not the other way around. Then when the storm passes, they’ll get southwest and south winds that’ll push the water in from the ocean. The storm surge is already at six feet and the rough stuff hasn’t even gotten there yet by a longshot...the center is a good eight to ten hours offshore yet.
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