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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Wishing them safe travels across the peninsula.
Chevron & BP shutting down two oil platforms each, for a total reduction of ~220,000 barrels per day while they are out of service.
In February I booked an RV and made reservations for an annual paddling event that this year will be held on the Suwannee in Branford, FL (about 45 minutes north of Gainesville). The RV folks who are delivering the RV Thursday evening contacted me this morning and are surprisingly still on track for the delivery.
I’m a bit apprehensive, but the 200+ other attendees are already heading to Branford, some are already there. What has been your experience with the strength of hurricanes in FL on areas 50 miles inland? Thanks for the thread, NN!
Hopefully, you have good insurance coverage for the rental.
LOL. True!
Hurricane Hunters heading out again.
Thank you for mentioning insurance, I’ll double check. And thank you again for manning the hurricane threads!
Good to know. Hopefully they will find Ian is tired and wants to go home to the mid-Atlantic.
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Hey! Team A camps out at hospital - all do 12 hour shifts and then sleep in offices with air mattresses etc. until safe to drive. They leave and Team B comes in and takes over. This is across all departments in hospital.
We’ve done it a few times. Once I drove in at 5 A.M. when the power was out. It was INCREDIBLE driving in utter darkness. We have no memory of true darkness before electricity!
Yep- same here. But we’re inland so we’ll see.
Thanks...
West of 19? Holy cow. That’s a LOT of people.
I’ll keep my fingers crossed that President Butt-Head doesn’t find a “reason” to keep them out of service after the danger has passed.
In the meantime, a tree company has actually offered to take my big tree down tomorrow, and I accepted. It’s like a miracle. The company is Pensacola Tree Service, a.k.a. Economy Tree, but I’ll just call them Tree-B-Gone, due to their rapid service.
It really is a lot of people. Our mandatory evac order was announced at 4:00PM, effective 0800 tomorrow. .
Too good to be true that they will cut down your tree with 24 hr. notice?
Good grief, NN. Remember when Charley came? Thousands evacuated to Orlando- only to have it hit Orlando, HARD.
I know you’ve made plans and are prepped but still nerve-wracking.
Thanks!….and Thanks to your wife!
Lovely, I am at 22 feet
I recall Charley like it was yesterday. There are many advantages to staying close to home. In fact, when Charley made that fateful turn toward Captiva Is., I was home before the storm made landfall.
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