Hurricane Matthew Continues Its March Up Florida Coast, Hundreds of Thousands Without Power

WeatherChannel ^ | Oct, 7, 2016 05:15 AM EDT

[nuconvert]

As Hurricane Matthew continued its march along the Florida coast, hundreds of thousands in Florida were without power.

According to the Florida Power and Light, more than 307,250 customers were without power early Friday morning.

In total, 451,930 FPL customers in Florida have lost power at some point Thursday into Friday.

[faucetman]

And we keep on running electric wires overhead, from pole to poll like a string and two paper cups.

[Mr. Douglas]

My sentiments exactly.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Ice storm in Montreal, Canada about 15 years ago.
Many went without power till Spring.

[faucetman]

Hype/Drama

[wita]

The media predicted a catastrophe of historical proportions 140mph winds hitting florida and it was supposed to have hit last night at 9 pm and killed many in areas that nothing hapened in those areas already it’s over there nothing . so far it’s just been a little wind and rain, like a little thunderstorm. so already they are caught in a lie. big difference from 140 mph winds sustained and what is going on now as I predicted it wouldn’t be the catastrophe the media said it would be.

The media doesn’t dispense blessings, God does and in this case I would definitely call it that, be grateful and go on with life without the media but definitely being grateful for a reprieve

[Democrat_media]

The media screamed hysterically that this would be a catastrophe of historical proportions throughout Almost the WHOLE east coast of Florida with 140mph winds ,category 4 hurricane pounding the most of the east coast , with catastrophic flooding storm surge all throughout most of the east coast of Florida. and that it would start last night.

According to what the media said Fort Lauderdale should have been leveled yesterday by category 4 Hurricane mathew as category 3 Katrina completely leveled the missipi Gulf coast.nothing happened in Fort lauderdale nor anywehere in Florida nor in the U.S.

Nothing has happened . What I said is that wouldn't be a 140mph wind and its storm surge and that the media was over-hyping it. so I am proved correct

Even if it does hit a single spot of Florida its still much much down from the 140 mph category 4 hurricane the media and gov agencies predicted would slam into many cities of Florida.

Keep in mind that Katrina was a category 3 hurricane and it had a 28 foot storm surge , that's raising the level of the ocean 28 feet, and it basically leveled most if not all of the missipi Gulf coast and flooded New Orleans and southern Louisiana. So this the media and gov agencies predicted as a category 4 and hitting a larger area they predicted it would be much worse than Katrina.so they lied. And I was right

[fella]

Went through several storms when I worked in Houston. The winds can very with altitude. Power outages are a real bother but not life threatening unless your on life support or a pajama boy. Best thing to do is get out the chainsaws, rakes and shovels and start cleaning things up.

[nuconvert]

I undertsand your disdain for the msm & their hyping of the storm. However, it isn't over yet, and I think downplaying its severity and danger is still premature. as for your "being right" "

[Karliner]

Still praying for safety of all.

It's hard to understand politicizing the weather. I wonder if Obama Soetero the Demon seed will declare victory and/or a new ad will show him raising his hand( doesn't need Aaron's rod) and rebuking the storm.

[nuconvert]

“a new ad will show him raising his hand( doesn’t need Aaron’s rod) and rebuking the storm. “

I think you may have given Hitlery’s people a new ad

[Democrat_media]

The media said Fort Lauderdale would be hit yesterday by a category 4 hurricane which would have leveled it (storm surge 140mph winds). But nothing happened so the media lied

I said it wouldn't be as bad as the media hype and i was right .

You side with this media hype . good keep believing the media and keep watching them .
Fox News Anchor: ‘You and Everyone You Know Are Dead, and Your Kids Die, Too.’ [HURRICANE MATTHEW]
ESQUIRE .COM ^ | 4:05 PM - 6 Oct 2016 | Jack Holmes
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3477519/posts

As for me I'm not going to let the media waste more of my time

[Squantos]

Hard to dry yer skivvies on underground lines .....:o)

[nuconvert]

No, I don’t “side with this media hype” .
Again, bravo for being ‘right’

[Future Useless Eater]

[Karliner]

It appalls me to see people thinking by taxing a people the government will change earth and put in a permanent central heating system.

I do not think I've seen a Cat-4 hurricane with such wimpy winds. All I can think of is that eye has not made landfall or these people are above serious on selling us the mythology.

[eartick]

If that’s the worst of it then they should all be glad that it wasn’t as severe as it had been predicted.

Hardly ever is but it is good for ratings

[flatpickingflyer]

We’re hunkered down in our Disney resort. Doesn’t seem bad to me. I cold easily fly my rc planes in this.

[Sans-Culotte]

I was watching Weather channel coverage of this yesterday evening. The correspondent was standing outside trying to gin up the storm's intensity. I've been through a couple of hurricanes in Houston, and they guy was not standing in severe winds. At one point, they cut to him and the wind was hardly blowing at all. Reminded me of Rita when the weather report zoomed in on a can rolling on the pavement as an example of "gale force winds".

I'm sure this is a bad storm, but fortunately, it appears to have stayed more offshore than on.

[SkyPilot]

[LouieFisk]

"Winds from Hurricane Matthew blew off the door of Darrell Etheridge's garage and tore down the banister to his upstairs neighbor's apartment, but the Vero Beach resident said the storm was no big deal."
http://www.startribune.com/the-latest-matthew-s-eyewall-approaching-cape-canaveral/396269431