Did you see that 895mb right as it hits the main land.
We don’t need this storm right now. And I have relatives just NW of Tampa. They have a doublewide, and could not afford this kind of insurance. At least they are not going to ride it out there.
You have to study hurricane history. The 1935 Labor Day Hurricane, the most intense landfall in U.S. history, had a hurricane go from Cat 1 to Cat 5 in a shorter distance, in the same area and around the same time of the month, as we are now looking at Irma crossing. And she is already a Cat 5 before she crosses that bathwater. And is on the most potentially destructive possible course in the United States for hurricane damage.
About an hour ago, I hear Governor Scott on the Weather Channel. He said that there were still some people in the Keys who hadn’t evacuated yet. He was telling tem there there was still time to get out if they left now.
That’s gotta be one of the weirder things to see. The street lights are on but no one is out and about - not even first responders. Even Key West has gotta be dead quiet. No traffic on Highway 1. No pleasure boats out on the water.
If there’s anyone still in the Keys, I hope they’re wearing 5 life vests and have tied themselves to a tree about 20 feet off the ground.
Where’s everyone getting this sub-900mb pressure currently?
Charley was an inconvenience in Orlando. Busted windows, lost power for a few days, but certainly not evacuation type stuff.
Some folks waited quite awhile for new roofs. I, on the other hand, had the foresight to replace mine that spring prior to Charley and paid for it all out of pocket ;)