Posted on 08/05/2024 8:36:22 AM PDT by NautiNurse
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Tropical Storm Debby Intermediate Advisory Number 18A
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL042024
800 PM EDT Tue Aug 06 2024
...CENTER OF DEBBY NOW OFFSHORE OF THE COASTS OF GEORGIA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA...
...MAJOR FLOOD THREAT FOR PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED
STATES THIS WEEK...
SUMMARY OF 800 PM EDT...0000 UTC...INFORMATION
1100 PM EDT Update
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About 50 MI ESE of Savannah GA
About 70 MI SSW of Charleston SC
Max Sustained Winds...40 MPH
Movement...E at 5 MPH
Minimum Pressure...996 MB
Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 205 miles from the center.
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500 AM EDT Update
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About 90 MI E of Savannah GA
About 65 MI SSE of Charleston SC
Max Sustained Winds...45 MPH
Movement...E at 5 MPH
Minimum Pressure...995 MB
Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 175 miles from the center.
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Tropical Storm Debby Discussion Number 20
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL042024
500 AM EDT Wed Aug 07 2024
Debby’s circulation consists of a nearly 60 nm wide convection-free
region near the center, which is drifting eastward off the coast of
South Carolina. Moderate to deep convection is organized in broken
bands well away from the center, with the strongest band currently
feeding into eastern North Carolina. The storm appears to have
strengthened slightly now that a greater proportion of the
circulation is back over water, and the initial intensity is set at
40 kt based on a 0143 UTC ASCAT-B pass.
The longer-term motion is slowly eastward, or 085/4 kt. Although
Debby is expected to maintain a slow motion for the next 24 hours or
so, a mid-level ridge over the western and central Atlantic should
cause the storm to turn northward today, with the center reaching
the coast of South Carolina by tonight. Debby should then
accelerate toward the north and northeast beginning on Thursday over
the eastern United States and eastern Canada, ahead of a deep-layer
trough moving across the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes region.
Thanks for these threads, NN!
Folks might want to consider getting a NOAA weather radio in the event their cell service goes down.
Per my geeky hubby, sone are now equipped with something called SAME which allows people to filter the alerts to desired locations.
We’ve had a NOAA weather radio for years and they come in very handy.
Continuing prayers for all in harm’s way.
NWS has a web page devoted to SAME, how to program, and codes for each state/area. Using SAME
I just saw some coverage from Sarasota County on WFLA’s YouTube channel.
The reporter stated that some of the homeowners there didn’t have flood insurance because they didn’t live in a flood zone?!
What the heck.
How do people in FL get mortgages without flood insurance?
And if you don’t live in an area that allows you to get subsidized coverage, why in heck wouldn’t you purchase your own?
The homes I saw were very close to waterways, were very nice homes.
That’s a heck of an investment.
How the heck do you not insure it?!
BTW, how some of those developments got permission to build where and hiw they did is beyond me.
Wowza.
It’s a messy situation. For many of us, flood insurance is very expensive. I know plenty of people who drop their flood insurance as soon as they pay off their mortgage. I choose to keep the flood coverage with high deductible. Still, it costs more than $2000/year. A lot of folks find it unaffordable...until today.
I appreciate the expense can be dear.
But how anyone would spend that much money on a home and then refuse to insure their asset, especially in Florida, is beyond me.
I also think someone ought to take a really good look at how those developments came to be because something smells, and it’s not just flood water.
And homeowners ought to take more care when buying, darn it. Look at hazard and risk maps. Be willing to walk away from a deal that sounds to good to be true.
I also saw lots and lots of vehicles that weren’t driven to higher ground.
Even though there was plenty of advance knowledge that something wicked their was was coming.
Bet the car insurance coverage for most 8f them sucks, too.
If the intent wasn’t to just take the money, good luck replacing those vehicles, folks, for what you’ll get from your crappy coverage.
Some people give up their flood insurance with the idea of self-insuring after paying off their mortgage.
As I'm typing, more rain is adding to the inundation from Debby. I'll need to delay spraying for 'skeeters for a bit longer. This is the price we pay for living in paradise.
1100 AM EDT Update
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About 55 MI SE of Charleston SC
About 100 MI S of Myrtle Beach SC
Max Sustained Winds...60 MPH
Movement...NE at 5 MPH
Minimum Pressure...995 MB
Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 185 miles from the center.
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Don’t believe I have ever seen on like that before! But, you never know with these things when the steering drys up.Once it goes inland the theory is it loses lots of its punch lets see if that happens.
500 PM EDT Update
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About 50 MI ESE of Charleston SC
About 85 MI S of Myrtle Beach SC
Max Sustained Winds...60 MPH
Movement...NNE at 3 MPH
Minimum Pressure...995 MB
Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 185 miles from the center.
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Gesundheit!
She reminds me of ex-girlfriend. She won’t go away.
That’s some of the warmest East Coast Atlantic water. SC can feel like the Gulf of Mexico. She’s sitting there sipping that warm moist air.
Debbie creeping offshore...
BULLETIN
Tropical Storm Debby Intermediate Advisory Number 22A
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL042024
800 PM EDT Wed Aug 07 2024
...CENTER OF DEBBY JUST OFFSHORE OF THE COAST OF SOUTH CAROLINA...
...MAJOR FLOOD THREAT CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF THE CAROLINAS...
SUMMARY OF 800 PM EDT...0000 UTC...INFORMATION
Debby is the gift that keeps on giving...
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