Posted on 09/07/2017 8:09:47 AM PDT by NautiNurse
Dangerous Category 5 Hurricane Irma had a devastating impact on islands in the Caribbean.
Hurricane and Storm surge watches were issued Thursday morning for South Florida. The Florida Keys began evacuating visitors and residents, followed by flood zones in Miami and Miami Beach. Sarasota FL declared a local state of emergency Thursday morning.
Polk County FL Sheriff Grady Judd said Wednesday that law enforcement authorities would check the identities of people who turn up at shelters--and take to jail anyone found to have an active arrest warrant. “If you go to a shelter for Irma and you have a warrant, we’ll gladly escort you to the safe and secure shelter called the Polk County Jail... “If you have a warrant, turn yourself in to the jail — it’s a secure shelter.” Judd also posted that sex offenders and sex predators would not be admitted to the shelters. "We cannot and we will not have innocent children in a shelter with sexual offenders & predators. Period." Judd's statements unleashed a liberal firestorm via Twitter.
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Having been in the communications industry for 40 plus years as an engineer and senior executive, I can tell you that most towers and communications gear would not survive a direct hit from Irma.....if in the rare circumstance the tower survives the antenna gear won’t....
A lot of antennas in South Florida are on high rise roofs sitting on Sleds.....usually set for 120mph sustained winds unless dictated higher.... regardless.... roof failure will occur and these antenna systems will be comprised....
Ok, thank you!
I evacuated to there, and it DID kick bad!!!
Whoa is right. Can’t even imagine it:
I too have family in Central Florida who are staying put!
https://twitter.com/iCyclone/with_replies
Josh is hanging out in Naples in a evac zone. Interesting to see his posts as this progresses.
very troubling...
https://twitter.com/MikeTheiss/with_replies
Mike Theiss is another one to follow once this cranks up. He’s already got neat pics on his feed.
Many thanks dirtboy, for posting all the great graphics! Your graphics are 10X more informative than the crap on the Weather Channel.
Please don’t stop posting them!
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Hopes, thoughts, and prayers for those in the path.
My sister bought a condo in Gulfport, Mississippi half a block from the coast just a month before Katrina hit. Katrina took it down to ground level. Not even a brick was left.
Camille may have even been worse. I remember the story of a survivor who floated over the town of Pass Christian and never saw a building or a tree or a telephone pole. Back in 1969, before the days of satellite phones, those of us upstate were in the dark with regard to what was happening after the power went out on the coast. It was an eerie and hopeless feeling. Wind gusts from Camille exceeded 200 mph. We were more than 200 miles inland (Greenwood, MS) and still had 90 mph winds.
If you are in the path, and conditions are predicted to be bad, consider retreating inland if you still can and if it is still feasible.
Hopes, thoughts, and prayers.
“It’s going to go west and then make a hard turn to the north.”
They have been saying that over and over again.
And every single update has moved the turn farther and farther west.
I still don’t think we know what it is going to do.
All of these “models”, afterall, are just predictions.
Hindsight will be 20-20.
Everyone in a potential impact area should keep alert.
Just look at the tower survival rate on the Islands that have been mowed in the last 3 days. Granted, all cat 5 winds, still.. Irma should be to cat 5 by the time it hits Florida, or darned close. Good by cell towers, I barely knew you, well only for the past 20yrs. or so.
Thanks for the kind words! Will keep posting them fer shurr.
“Take this hurricane to Cuba!”
Did I hear that Florida power is going to cut power as it approaches the mainland as a category one? Did I hear that correctly?
Yes, now the center of the forecast cone has it going to the west of me (Atlanta).
Please let the westward movement continue! Maybe it will get chewed up over Cuba and die in the Gulf, sparing everyone.
Not probable, I know - but stranger things have happened with these storms, right?
Bad luck follows me wherever I go. :-(
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