This seems ridiculous but it may not get that bad Cat 1- 2...better odds then facing something stronger.
Hurricane Irma
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I'll drink to that...
ETA: Ain't no mo' dodgin' feeder bands... we're in da 'soup'!
ETAA: Irma 'touched down' at 3:35 near Marco.
Just lost power here. Maybe temp. If not it's gennie time.
Some idiot is cutting a tree in rhe pouring rain. He may have knocked the power line down.
Some idiot is cutting a tree in rhe pouring rain. He may have knocked the power line down.
Irma's eye is now over Naples and she's losing some punch. Should be down to a Cat 1 by the time she makes it to Tampa around 2:00 AM
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Oh and we're ok. Not completely over yet but close enough that I could get the dog to go out and pee. Lights on, cable on and internet still up. 80% of Miami-Dade and Broward counties are without power so I consider myself extremely lucky. House made it through mostly damage free. Brother in Law has no power and his generator won't start. He'll be getting mine in the morning.
Let's hope so. iffy has enough difficulties without a Cat 3 storm.The Irma's eye is now over Naples and she's losing some punch. Should be down to a Cat 1 by the time she makes it to Tampa around 2:00 AM
I've been watching a live feed of Irma going through Naples. The eye just went through, and now they will get the backside and the storm surge.
It's amazing and scary to watch. So tell me why everybody gets evacuated, and then they send these weather correspondents out into the big middle of it. Yeah, I know. Sensationalism and money, but, really? Reporting live from a balcony in blinding rain and 130 MPH winds. Really? I kept expecting the wind to whoosh the guy into space. Or get hit by a flying tree or something.
It's amazing and scary to watch. So tell me why everybody gets evacuated, and then they send these weather correspondents out into the big middle of it. Yeah, I know. Sensationalism and money, but, really? Reporting live from a balcony in blinding rain and 130 MPH winds. Really? I kept expecting the wind to whoosh the guy into space. Or get hit by a flying tree or something.
evac/dont evac,,,,,,its a no win for the powers to be.,,...later people will be on the news angry that they were never told to evac......or the forecast was wrong.... forecasting nature is hard,, be glad we get any 'heads up'---> i am
common sense or the ability to 'deal with it' and survive is a rare thing.. that's why tv shows about survival do so well
I would suppose those guys get paid fairly well to hang out in those places during the thick of a storm. I'd also guess they choose their locations carefully.
Remember though, the low-lying coastal communities are not out of the woods once the eye passes them. The storm-surge flooding in this case comes after the eye passes, when the east-bound wind on the south side of the storm is pushing water back onto the shore, and wind is less likely to kill a person than drowning.
Houston spent the last year putting up physical barriers that close a road off to cut down on the people who drive right into flooded streets.........apparently these people refused to watch the road and the 'by the foot' measurements that have been installed for years at these same locations.We spent our spare time learning these things back in the day of the party line
now they have added digital signage that says something like 'dont drive into water, turn around dont drown'...........Hurricane Harvey had 'drowners',, and 3 last I heard with Irma.
Guess what? The storm is moving out and the wind is dying down and the damn looters are already out. Several arrsts made and several businesses already burgled. I say shoot em.
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