Posted on 09/23/2022 2:32:24 AM PDT by NautiNurse
The late-blooming 2022 Atlantic Tropical Storm season is making up for lost time. A tropical system has developed in the Central Caribbean Sea. This storm system is forecast to threaten continental U.S. interests next week. While the tropical wave passed south of a key geographic area known as Hebert's Box #1, it will very likely pass through Hebert's Box #2. These boxes are useful as predictors of hurricanes that will strike South Florida. For more information about Hebert's Boxes, see Hebert Box. See graphic below which illustrated the Hebert's Boxes.
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Hebert's Boxes
Oh, dear. Better late than never, because down here, if it’s not this storm that brings it down, it will be another one.
Just saw a story that Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach is closed down with mandatory evacuation for the storm. The poor students are ticked off, with no money to buy airline tickets home.
The weatherman on Fox13 noted that we were going to be “boxed in” as the storm is likely to cross over all evacuation routes north. I’m not in an evacuation zone, but I hope my windows are solid.
My patio and pool area face southwest, clearing off, tying down everything after work tomorrow.
One idea for your patio-poolside furniture: Toss it into the pool. It won’t go anywhere, and it will be sparkling clean when you fish it out after the storm.
I saw that report, it made me wonder when they moved Daytona Beach to the Gulf Coast… /s
Paul Dellegatto looks worried tonight. His looking nervous is making me nervous.
Thanks for the tip
Where did you get this map track from?
Had one similar from FWGC years ago.
Would like to locate it again
TY key
1100 PM EDT Update
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About 140 MI S of Grand Cayman
About 390 MI SE of the Western Tip of Cuba
Max Sustained Winds...65 MPH
Moving...W at 13 MPH
Minimum Pressure...989 MB
Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 70 miles
from the center.
On/Off Hurricane List Mash Here--> 
Like I said, his being so nervous is making me nervous.
Thank you for keeping us posted.
sfwmd.gov
Prayers for you, your family and friends. Prayers for all in Ian’s path.
Great idea! Also tie down closed umbrellas and if possible take them down and store them. Umbrellas are incredibly destructive in wind… even those that are closed…the wind gets into the canopy, inflates and it becomes a projectile.
Quite true. One windy day in Maryland, I came home from work to find the deck umbrella in the front yard. The wind had lifted it up like a sail, removed it from its stand and sent it flying over my roof.
One of my product lines is umbrellas…market style to the large cantilever types. I sell mostly the commercial grade. Even so, people do not realise that the awning grade fabric on their umbrella acts just like a sail on a boat! People put up a 10 foot by 10 foot or larger shade and walk away…never monitoring wind throughout the day. In gusty high wind, If they install with a fixed mount the only thing damaged is the umbrella. If they opted for freestanding weighting the umbrella with bases… anything can happen. Liability falls to the end user.
Surprised at how many will not listen to me and fix mount these shades.
The stand I had actually has a knob that can hold the umbrella and its shaft tight, but I guess it wasn’t tight enough for that wind.
Those bases are only designed to hold in light wind. If a storm is coming, best to remove umbrella from base and store it. Even closed in the stand, wind can push and blow up into the umbrella frame…. You would need the canopy very securely strapped down to avoid this.
I have a feeling the Feds will be very slow with any help they send in the aftermath
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