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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You could say that but they were still way off. If you put half the Gulf of Mexico within the cone, you’re probably going to be right.
Yippeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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The point is, they always say, be prepared if you are in the cone. Also, forecasting has improved since Katrina so the cones are smaller, but there is always a fair amount of uncertainty more than 3 days out.
I’m glad to hear that. IIRC, that’s between 7,000 to 8,000 personnel. But if millions are going to be without power for long, I’m wondering if FL will need a lot more than that, Indiana’s for starters.
Bath water all around when Irma finally starts to move north.
Agree that there is always a fair amount of uncertainty a few days out but I’ve seen them miss so many times. And they may have improved forecasting some since 2005 but I don’t believe by a whole lot.
My only point is, if you live along the coast, keep an eye on it until it hits land.
Hey...thanks for the KW webcam link! One of the better webcam pix. I’ve never been to Key West. Looks adorable. Hope Irma just falls apart in Cuba.
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Yes thanks for webcam link! Key West IS adorable! Have an old 1860’s cottage there...very worried...ZinGirl you should go sometime...but get off Duval ( bar scene) and get out on the water..
Q for anyone: Been watching the gov’s presser, anyone know which sign language is used by the interpreters?
That may update, so someone may want to save it and repost. I’m not set up to easily do that. (No web based image archive.)
Daughter and her family of five live on Davis Islands in Tampa Bay. They are about 25 yards from the ship channel and, of course in Zone A. While a well built home, the surge and wind will likely destroy it.
They are some miles away in a concrete building with few windows.
Got it now. Working fine. Thanks!
You will be in my prayers M Kehoe ((((Hugs))))
That’s true. My daughter saw that happening when she was escaping Pinellas County.
My son-in-law has a diesel Ford pickup. He said while there were lines at gas stations, diesel pumps had no one waiting. For future reference.
Tierra Verde ???
That’s where we are.
An electric car would be ridiculous in an emergency. Good point about diesel.
A light hearted moment in this very serious situation: Gov Scott’s sign language guy was very entertaining at his 9:30 update! Twitter was all afire with his performance. NN, thank you for all u do!
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