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 storms path as a precaution, according to BSEE.
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Unless I can be shown actual readings from weather buoys, I doubt there are any sustained 145 mph winds. Playing around with Windy.com, and checking winds in various areas of the storm, I have not seen anything higher than 87 knots (about 100mph). Still significant but a far cry from 145mph.
Yea but Trump mocked climate change warnings, do he is 100% ti blame for this hurricane... according to libs
Roofs tearing off, store fronts imploding, facades being torn to shreds, and water everywhere. It will be years for the tourist areas to recover.
On the bright side, Gulf Shores, Pensacola Beach, Navarre and Ft. Walton will see a huge increase in tourist traffic while PCB recovers.
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That ain’t no bright side considering the tourist “clientele” PCB gets.
Two storm chasers caught in storm surge in Mexico Beach. They had to abandon car to climb onto something. Just watched the surge wash over hood of vehicle. Hope they are safe.
That storm chaser’s no longer broadcasting.
https://geology.com/hurricanes/largest-hurricane/
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I’m so so sorry to read your post. Heartbreaking.
Are you seeing this on local tv?
What site do you watch the storm chasers at? If they are at Mexico Beach north to Tyndall, Storm surge is 12 feet now.
Only one chaser shows to be up.
https://livestormchasing.com/map
Looking at hurricanetracker’s Mexico Beach live cam. Looks like when Irma went over SXM last year.
clientele
Never been to PCB before. What type of clientele are we speaking of?
Drunken college students? White trash? Urban Amish?
compared to the panhandle we were pretty prepared last year when we got hit by a 4 big pine will take 2-3 years to come back other area still coming back.
these storms are no joke.
Getting info from brother in Ft. Walton Beach. local coverage there.
I’m watching Brett Adair’s feed. The car is being slammed against a building!
Cantore and the chick are still able to stand.
They should be in the center of the eye now.
Rednecks. Like me & mine. The very heart of Redneck Riviera. My second home.
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