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Hurricane Matthew Live Thread II
NOAA/NHC ^ | October 6 2016 | NOAA/NHC

Posted on 10/06/2016 4:10:09 AM PDT by NautiNurse

Hurricane Matthew is big, bad and just downright scary, with iminent and sustained impacts to U.S. mainland. Florida Governor Rick Scott issued a state of emergency for all of Florida and disaster operations are activated. More than 1.5 million Floridians reside in current evacuation zones. Governor Scott has spoken with utilities across the state to ensure utilities are pre-positioned and there are no unmet needs. Multiple coastal hospitals have been evacuated. Meanwhile, feckless President Barack Hussein Obama is personally monitoring the progress of the storm.


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Hurricane Matthew Thread I


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Florida; US: Georgia; US: North Carolina; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: florida; georgia; hurricane; hurricanematthew; matthew; northcarolina; southcarolina; tropical; weather
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To: girlscout
Btw...this was one of two sharks caught in the Potomic River Maryland in 2013... Bull sharks can survive in both salt and fresh waters.....“Most of the time these fish swim up the tidal systems unseen. It isn’t until somebody like an angler turns around and catches one of these fish that people know they are in the river system".. Department of Game and Inland Fisheries guy said.


1,341 posted on 10/07/2016 7:51:42 PM PDT by caww
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To: thesearethetimes...

Hope you aren’t in those areas or at least safe if you are.


1,342 posted on 10/07/2016 7:54:43 PM PDT by caww
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To: SE Mom
Here's some lights out too! In Flager Country after the Hurricane.......


1,343 posted on 10/07/2016 7:58:21 PM PDT by caww
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To: caww

The quiet is what I noticed. It was lovely.


1,344 posted on 10/07/2016 8:07:58 PM PDT by SE Mom
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To: caww

Thank you - we are safe, but it is hard to see an area you know so well, so completely transformed. All of us, all along the path will survive, but we will never forget Matthew...

May God bless you FRiend.
Tatt


1,345 posted on 10/07/2016 8:14:26 PM PDT by thesearethetimes... (Had I brought Christ with me, the outcome would have been different. Dr.Eric Cunningham)
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To: thesearethetimes...

Oh I’m glad your safe.....yes it is indeed hard to see an area you know be transformed in this way......I lived in Jacksonville Fl. so seeing the area there get so much water was difficult, especially since my brother lives there still and went thru this ordeal.....he’s safe too but lost part of his fence and the first tree he ever planted on his property went down.

Jacksonville is going to take some heavy lifting over these next weeks, they got hit pretty hard overall.

Bless you as well....

CW


1,346 posted on 10/07/2016 8:22:21 PM PDT by caww
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To: thesearethetimes...
I'm happy that you and your family are safe.

I can just imagine what Darien looks like. Underwater with debris, gators and sharks in the streets, my condo building damaged or ripped apart by the winds...

The one thing I learned from my experience in Georgia was to love small town life. That's why I am where I am today.

1,347 posted on 10/07/2016 8:25:30 PM PDT by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
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To: SE Mom
I just got back yesterday from a three day trip into Elk country, who are in rutt now. They are free roaming throughout the hills there in PA., and where we stayed was so far out there was no road on the GPS as we traveled further into the woods......you can imagine the laughter as we drove along then on a road that wasn't there! LOLOL

First thing we noted on arrival was the immense and beautiful quiet....especially that night as we sat near a bonfire, under the Milky Way Stars seen more clearly then I've ever seen them....everything was more vivid. We were at the highest elevation so we overlooked all the area where the Elk Run.

We had the entire 2nd and 3rd floor to ourselves....

Those two rows of windows are the cathedral designed living room....with a castle type stairway in the middle going up to the sleeping quarters which have a surround open hallway....it's a grand place to stay and VERY reasonable.

Private road with a gate below this one that's locked tighter than a drum so no thru traffic whatsoeverr!

1,348 posted on 10/07/2016 8:59:47 PM PDT by caww
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To: caww; Publius

A hail hello Publius!! Always so good to hear from you :) As of yet I have not read of any damage to Darien, but then again, here we all are, wandering through the vastness of the internet, looking for a little news from home, or of family and friends.
CW, we understand completely. Jacksonville and St. Augustine are also very old, very familiar favorites for us. Now, Really dating myself here, but hubby and I both can remember the “old” A1A route to Crescent! Nature definitely plays by her own set of rules, and I just try to remember the beauty, and learn the hard lessons from a safe distance.
All the best to you both,
Tatt


1,349 posted on 10/07/2016 9:32:06 PM PDT by thesearethetimes... (Had I brought Christ with me, the outcome would have been different. Dr.Eric Cunningham)
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To: thesearethetimes...
An aerial photo showed most of Jekyll Island, St. Simons Island and Brunswick underwater. Little bits of land were above the tidal surge.

That's why I'm wondering about Darien.

1,350 posted on 10/07/2016 9:33:58 PM PDT by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
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To: Publius
There was some early flooding and damage in Darien...and this is what I saw for later tonight into tomorrow if Darien is in this general area..everyone is to stay off the roads...


1,351 posted on 10/07/2016 9:44:44 PM PDT by caww
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To: caww

It’s at the very bottom end of that box. Darien is where the delta branches of the Altamaha River go under US 17.


1,352 posted on 10/07/2016 9:47:15 PM PDT by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
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To: SE Mom

Welcome back to the realm of the energized!


1,353 posted on 10/07/2016 11:16:31 PM PDT by jeffers
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To: caww

Am here in central-East NC waiting for the rains to start. We are told 4-6 inches here in central NC but as your chart shows - major flooding rains down east.

We have also been told 35 MPH winds with gusts 45 to 50 MPH.

So, trees may be coming down all over. Power outages predicted.

I just hope Matthew definitely turns out to sea.


1,354 posted on 10/07/2016 11:16:44 PM PDT by Freedom'sWorthIt
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To: dirtboy

The rains have started here in central NC.

Has Matthew begun it’s sharp turn East? I sure hope it does and that it has not fooled the forecasters.


1,355 posted on 10/07/2016 11:39:00 PM PDT by Freedom'sWorthIt
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To: Freedom'sWorthIt

Well I’m still up but was writing another rather lengthy post so I didn’t see your post for a bit there.

Yes, I suspect you;ll have flooding and power outages, and trees or limbs down even though it’s not as powerful as it was prior.......it’s the water that’s doing the greatest damage everywhere in Florida and up the coast.....few seem to understand how powerful water is sometimes.

I’ll take a look now and see what’s happening on your coast....maybe have some photos....


1,356 posted on 10/07/2016 11:42:36 PM PDT by caww
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To: Freedom'sWorthIt
The south coast of NC could experience hurricane force wind gusts 'tomorrow'... winds could gust to 50 mph along the I-95 corridor and near 40 mph around the Triangle. Flash flooding continues to be a major concern for Saturday, especially in the Sandhills and Coastal Plain.

....so it looks like Rain will be the problem Preliminary totals suggest some areas could see more than 6 inches of rain.


1,357 posted on 10/07/2016 11:52:32 PM PDT by caww
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To: Freedom'sWorthIt
Even if the core of Matthew can divorce itself from the Carolina Coast, which the center of the pictured National Hurricane Center track cone still implies, impacts will still be significant for the Cape Fear Region since the storm is so large.


1,358 posted on 10/07/2016 11:57:44 PM PDT by caww
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To: Freedom'sWorthIt

very stormy weather conditions Saturday and Saturday night with widespread heavy rain, isolated severe thunderstorms and tornadoes, widespread tropical storm winds, and the possibility marginal hurricane wind gusts.

- improving conditions between Sunday morning and Sunday afternoon, lingering flooding issues notwithstanding.

Barring any drastic changes in storm track, specific impacts will include:

- widespread rain totals on the order of 8 to 12 inches with bands of much higher amounts likely. Poor-drainage and lowland flooding is likely. Clear storm drains, be alert for the issuance of National Weather Service flood bulletins, and of course: never drive through water-covered roads.

- widespread winds in the 25 to 50 mph range with the possibility of some 60+ gusts for, especially, coastal counties. Sporadic to scattered tree damage and power outages will be possible.

- significant wave action with breaking waves of 6+ feet in some sets. The risk of rip currents and beach erosion will be extremely high, and minor to locally moderate tidal flooding is possible.

- minor surge for the coastal areas of Horry, Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender and Onslow counties - highest potential will be for Brunswick County, where surge may be near or slightly higher than highest astronomical high tide. Water rises above 1 - 3’ are possible in these areas.

- extremely poor offshore weather conditions, including hurricane-quality winds and seas. Mariners are absolutely advised to stay in-port.


1,359 posted on 10/07/2016 11:59:58 PM PDT by caww
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To: Freedom'sWorthIt

1,360 posted on 10/08/2016 12:29:23 AM PDT by caww
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