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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NHC Local Weather Statements/Radar Morehead City, FL
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Turks and Caicos is going to have a rough day.
Pretty cool...
That’s a rough track they have for Irma. Would be hard on Miami.
If skating means evacuating my elderly mother and her husband from Stuart...ok.
Glad to support. I’ll also suggest this for your boilerplate in the future: ‘If you’re here to complain about the media, storm hype, or wolf-crying then this is not the place. This thread is intended solely as a public service for the dissemination storm preparation information.’
The NHC track is still predicting a westward bend to the track before the north turn. SO far, it isn’t happening.
If this continues, it gives Miami a much better chance of an eastern “Skirt by”... It’s still going to be an interesting day on Sunday, but... that would be a LOT better than a direct hit.
How about posting the photo source—and providing the FL 511 web/Twitter info? That would be helpful info.
The last two times I faced storm traffic like that, I made sure we left around 3am. No problem whatsoever. Given the inconvenience of evacuation in the first place, a little lost sleep was more than offset by avoiding the traffic.
Jose can you see? Well at least he seems to look to be ocean bound.
Excellent admonishment. Will use next time.
The latest tracks have me wondering about the Coral Reef Yacht club.
A few hardy trucks heading inward....
I’m praying the country will repent from its many sins.
Get lost. Do not post here again.
Very cool link. But what in the heck is Jose doing in the latter stages of the week? Looks like he wants to jump back in the fray...
Excellent. I hadn’t run across that one yet. Thanks!
All models have Hurricane Jose making a sharp turn EAST without threat to CONUS.
Are you a member of the Yacht Club?
Got a double wide in a small subdivision on the mainland behind Holden Beach, NC. If we lean just right we can look over the pond dam and see sailboats going back and forth in the waterway.
We’ve watched the slow nibbling away of the east end of the Island. Every big storm and a couple of more ocean front homes get swallowed up.
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