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
Yeah...surge was rising yesterday at Dauphin Island...A few of my friends were going down there to get their boats....I’m afraid this is going to be a devastating storm if the surge is rising that far away.
The last few radar sweeps are showing a pronounced NE turn.
Cool front coming that way.
Thanks for your update!
Hmmm...I posted that “not wanted” poster last night and nobody laughed.
Heavy rain and some wind here. Power is still on for now.
Local radio is talking to a guy in a condo right on the beach in Panama City. He and his wife are staying. Their son is in B’ham and worried sick. They were trying to get them to leave.
The Pineapple Willey’s cam must have gone off. Haven’t seen that shot in several minutes.
Prayers for all in harm’s way.
Prayers for all in the path of this monster. Be safe!
Storm has made the predicted NE turn. Most all of GA will be feeling the effects of the storm, likely tropical storm winds or gusts above southern GA.
In case anyone’s interested, the National Data Buoy Center is putting out some good data on Hurricane Michael.
Here’s one near Panama City:
https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=pacf1
Here’s one south of Tyndall AFB:
https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=sgof1
The latter one is reporting gusts as high as 58 kts.
Amen.
I almost don’t want to see the 10AM CT update. The radar presentation on Michael is just breathtakingly scary.
The formation of this storm right now is almost absolutely perfect. I will not be shocked to see an internal pressure in the 920’s.
The stretch of beach south of Tyndall to Mexico Beach is “relatively” unpopulated. Then the St. Joe Peninsula has mostly low rise condos, IIRC. Been several years since I’ve been down there. There’s one place it was almost cut in two after a storm. Probably will be this time.
It looks like PC Beach will be mostly on the weak side of the storm, and that’s where all the high rise condos and restaurants, stores, shopping centers, etc are located.
We were at the ferry end of Ft. Morgan a few years ago during a regular summer storm. Boy, howdy! That was bad enough!
Topography along barrier islands and delicate lowlands will be altered by this storm.
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