Posted on 10/09/2018 4:49:06 PM PDT by NautiNurse
Major Hurricane Michael is churning toward the northeastern Gulf of Mexico coast. Florida Governor Rick Scott declared a state of emergency Monday for 35 counties with mandatory coastal evacuations in the FL Panhandle. 1,250 National Guard troops are aiding the process and more than 4,000 more placed on standby.
FEMA is already on the ground in Florida; other federal agencies are also preparing to assist people in the storm's path.
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Monday declared a state of emergency for the entire state. Georgia Governor Nathan Deal issued a state of emergency for 92 counties ahead of Hurricane Michael landfall.
Meanwhile, Tallahassee city government (Andrew Gillum, Mayor & D'Rat FL Gubernatorial candidate) offices are "closed until further notice." Tallahassee International Airport is suspending commercial flight activity as 12:01 a.m. ET on Wednesday but expects to resume activity on Thursday.
The U.S. military moved its aircraft from the Panhandle on Monday. Roughly 50 F-22 stealth fighter jets — valued around $150 million each — have been relocated from the Tyndall Air Force Base, while the U.S. Navy said it is moving all its training aircraft from Pensacola.
Energy Production The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) on Tuesday estimated that around 726 MMcf/d (28.4%) of natural gas production and 670,831 b/d (39.5%) of oil production in the GOM had been shut in ahead of the storm.
As of midday Tuesday, 75 platforms and three rigs had been evacuated, while eight dynamically positioned rigs had been moved out of the storm’s path as a precaution, according to BSEE.
Gulf of Mexico Satellite Channels
Public Advisories
NHC Discussions
NHC Local Weather Statements/Radar Key West FL
NHC Local Weather Statements/Radar New Orleans, LA
NHC Local Weather Statements/Radar Mobile AL/Pensacola FL
NHC Local Weather Statements/Radar Panama City, FL
NHC Local Weather Statements/Radar Tallahassee, FL
NHC Local Weather Statements/Radar Tampa Bay, FL
Thank you for the NOAA link. Looking at the realtime Sat Data really brings the level of destruction home.
Maybe the National Guard should hand out Obama phones? ;-)
Like Reno, I ripped the press for the Over-hyping and hyperventilating about Florence when it was Obvious the storm was going to be significantly weakened well before landfall.
We all knew that the flooding inland was going to be horrific, but it was also obvious the coast was not going to be scoured clean.
My worry then was that the press proclaims every storm the STORM OF THE MILLENIA!!!!, and that people would begin to ignore the warnings and become complacent.
Hurricane Michael has thrown that to the wind (no pun intended), and has shown quite clearly that while a vast majority of storms historically have weakened and been nowhere near the monster predicted -- there will always be the ONE! And this time Micheal was the ONE!
So, we need to learn to put up with the Sheppard Smiths of the world wetting themselves in anticipation, put up with Anderson Cooper kneeling in puddles and live with Jim Cantore holding on to Stop signs -- because while 99 out of 100 storms may not live up to the hype, there will always be the next ONE!
I’ve been able to find very little up-to-date info on how assisted living, skilled nursing facilities in the affected areas in FL have made out. I saw that some residents have been evacuated to sister facilities, some to AL. Any word on if residents were adequately protected?
I have a rule of thumb: See what Joe Bastardi says. He had Michael pegged from the get-go. :-)
Exactly.
There is growing concern for the fate of an estimated 250-280 people in the Mexico Beach area who chose not to evacuate. Ham operaters are working with cell phone towers destroyed.
I saw that. Hopefully most are found safe. Last report I saw says NG has only found approx. 25 people alive during initial sweeps.
This is a good searchable current aerial map view of the area.
You can look for your place here.
https://storms.ngs.noaa.gov/storms/michael/index.html
Ping to:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3695142/posts?page=1031#1031
w/ thanks to LilFarmer
Yes, they’re pretty good. I’m able to rest a little easier.
Emergency officials rushed to evacuate patients from storm-damaged hospitals. Five hospitals, five nursing homes and fifteen assisted-living facilities had reported complete evacuations to the state by Thursday afternoon. Four more hospitals and five more nursing homes said they were planning evacuations, and one additional hospital evacuation was underway.
Cape San Blas to be called “San Blas Island” in the future?
It does look like the peninsula was cut through at about halfway. Road is completely washed out.
Thanks! I hadn’t seen that!
Found a couple more articles on what these facilities were supposed to do. None on current status.
I just spoke with Colonel in charge of 821st Crisis Response Group that's arrived at Tyndall. "There's a lot of devastation here" Colonel said base leadership that stayed during the storm reported 150 mph sustained winds w/ 170 mph gusts
From Schooners, one of the more popular hangouts on PC Beach.
https://www.facebook.com/SchoonersPCB/
Schooners
5 hrs ·
Thank you for your concern!
SO MANY HAVE REACHED OUT TO ASK HOW WE FARED IN THE STORM. WE ARE HAPPY TO REPORT SCHOONERS EXPERIENCED ONLY SLIGHT DAMAGE AND WE WILL REOPEN AS SOON AS WE CLEAN UP AND POWER IS RESTORED.
That should stifle the downcasters ... but I doubt it will.
Here’s a helicopter view of the Cape San Blas cut. Looks like they’ll have to bridge it in the future.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFH03tlntTQ
Jacquerie,
Did you see this?
Can you see your house?
The road is torn to shreds and the water lines are ripped out.
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