Posted on 09/10/2017 2:02:02 PM PDT by NautiNurse
The entire Florida Peninsula has begun to experience Hurricane Irma following landfall at Marco Island. Thousands of Floridians who evacuated the Atlantic cost to Gulf Coast areas found their safe shelter under direct threat from Hurricane Irma as the forecast shifted W Friday night and Saturday. Prayers for all in the storm path.
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NHC Local Weather Statements/Radar Key West, FL
NHC Local Weather Statements/Radar Tampa Bay, FL
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NHC Local Weather Statements/Radar Melbourne, FL
NOAA Local Weather Statements/Radar Jacksonville, FL
NHC Local Weather Statements/Radar Charleston, SC
NHC Local Weather Statements/Radar Wilmington, NC, FL
NHC Local Weather Statements/Radar Morehead City, FL
NHC Local Weather Statements/Radar Norfolk, VA
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Hurricane Irma Live Thread I
Hurricane Irma Live Thread II
Hurricane Irma Live Thread III
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Any idea how Siesta Key or Anna Maria Island made out?
mr. mm told me that the City Pier on Anna Maria was heavily damaged, which is better than I expected.
I figured that it would have been done for. The fact that it even exists is amazing.
We’re still dark and steamy warm. They are getting close here. Saw traffic lights working a couple of miles away since 6pm. FPL message says: on site...whatever that means...
(((((Hugs))))
Dang. Any chance of getting a generator somewhere? I know how frustrating it is, and hot. After Charley I had no power for 2 weeks. Lost water too. Keep us posted on progress.
I'm so sorry, NN. It sounds like hell down there, and I hope you get power back soon.
Latest I know the utility crews where headed south the buckets can’t work over 35 miles an hour winds but there are lots of crews down there.6 mil out..Once the winds die down where the poles snap will take longer.Xfinity offer free wifi for everyone Florida.All hot spots.
Same here in cape coral. Power a couple streets away. We are still down. Super steamy tonight. Just very thankful the surge never came. Glad you are ok Thank you so much for these threads. They and WINK News on the radio got us through. I lived on jersey Shore for Sandy. That’s two once in a lifetime storms too many. Not exactly on our retirement bucket list.
It was and is not horrible as hurricanes go. That’s not to say that there was no damage or that dealing with the aftermath is ever easy. The damage was along the lines of a Category 2 at worst. This storm was hyped for political reasons and by the MSM for commercial reasons, for ratings. There was a great deal of unnecessary evacuation of people not even in evacuation zones out of fear, because it was being played up as if there was going to be Category 3 level or greater damage to the entire state of Florida, which is total hyperbole. There were people on here who sincerely believed that Key West was going to be swept away. None of that happened, and it wouldn’t have happened even if the predicted storm track and strength had been accurate.
Every time I go out looking for materials for these hurricane threads, I learn more about them and their impacts and how to prepare for them. Each one is different. The 1935 Labor Day hurricane went through rapid intensification in the Florida Straits. Irma didn’t. That is just one example.
Thank you for your valuable input throughout this ordeal.
Yeah, the MSM hypes things. But the NHC has to factor in the worst case scenario in their forecasts. They don't call it the cone of uncertainty for nothing.
Gotta love someone just posting Grafics and being attacked.Great job Dirtboy.I got your back.
I guess to some folks, a home destroyed by wind is somehow more destroyed than a home destroyed by flooding. Any sage hurricane person will know the water is more deadly and destructive, in most cases, than the wind.
I do get it, I’m just not nearly so vested as some appear to be in catastrophizing every hurricane that comes down the pike. To me, that’s crying wolf and it’s also playing into the hands of the climate change alarmists who are seeking to politicize every single weather event as well as the hysterics of the MSM seeking higher ratings. There were people fleeing out of fear who were not even in any sort of evacuation zone, I ran into several way up here in NC near the VA border, from the Space Coast. That’s a bizarre waste of time and money on their part but it was motivated by panic, a deliberate panic. That is not good, and you will never get me to say that it is. People are going to stop taking evacuation orders seriously, too, because something is just wrong with the windspeed projections. This is not the first time this has happened.
Start a new thread and explain it all.This is for info about the hurricane.Many Souls have been impacted by the Hurricane and just want to keep in touch.
Once again, YOU JUST DON”T GET IT. This was a Cat 5 a hundred miles south of Florida and forecast to come into Florida as such. You have the luxury of post-casting. Any fool can do that.
I’ll continue to respond to anyone who replies to me. Thank you for your input. I’m sure you’ll find your way around any responses that are not pertinent to your situation.
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