Posted on 09/09/2017 7:12:07 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Hurricane Irma, the most powerful Atlantic storm in a decade, hit Cuba overnight as a rare Category 5 storm, then shifted course toward the west coast of Florida.
The monster storm's shift in direction creates a "very, very dangerous situation for western Florida," said ABC News meteorologist Daniel Manzo.
As of 8 a.m. Saturday morning, Irma was a Category 4 with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph. It was about 225 miles from Miami, moving west-northwest at 12 mph.
Naples, Fort Myers and other communities on Florida's west coast could get slammed when Irma makes landfall as a Category 4 storm, which is expected to happen between early Sunday and early Monday. Landfall could occur as far north as Tampa.
The wind gusts in Florida were already picking up early Saturday, with Miami International Airport reporting a 59 mph gust.
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Wind shear is predicted to start in a bit less than 24 hours. That should help to weaken it some.
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See, I told you. PING the Southern AL/MS FReepers and tell them to evacuate NOW
I wonder if it will park over the Flag Land Base?
Those hateful conservatives...constantly telling the truth and messing everything up. they must be silenced.
As far as I can tell, Irma has not yet turned the corner to head more northerly. She has been to the SW of the projected track for at least a day. Too bad the eye is still over water though.
Irma did not shift toward the west coast of Florida after hitting into Cuba. It is still in Cuba. Maybe they mean to say that their models have it eventually turning north toward the west coast of Florida, but irma is still in florida and still on its northern coast.
According to many of tracking paths, several have Irma basically at my front door.
I just finished videoing the entire house and contents just in case the worse comes to pass...
The Polar Bears are getting their revenge!
Anyone keeping an eye on the norks?
And another one right behind it. If only Trump had signed that climate change thing in Paris none of this would be happening.
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Yep, you are right on. These liberals act as if there have never been hurricanes before. And that we wouldn’t get ever have them if only Trump had kept us in the Paris deal. While we know that’s nonsense, these liberals have a religious faith or zeal in global warming. They don’t see things the way you and I do.
When is she going to turn?? The sooner the better.
Thanks for the heads up, from now on I will disregard the meteorologist and experts who have spent their lives studying and understanding weather patterns.
Gee, how can they be so blind...
rolling eyes..
The danger is enhanced because the NE quadrant from the eye is the sector which produces the most tornadoes.
Had Irma struck the Florida Atlantic coast the NE quadrant would be over the ocean.
With a Gulf coast landfall the NE quadrant will be over land.
Is this anymore dangerous than had it gone up the east coast?
That idiot Branson who can live the devastation first hand is blathering on about Global Warming while his fellow BVI residents who did not have much to start with have lost everything including their livelihoods. I doubt they give a hot damn about his mythical, fanatical cult.
Prayers for the safety of you and yours, Popman! Be safe!
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