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Mr. Luddite[_4_]

On 9/6/2017 11:33 AM, wrote:
On Wed, 6 Sep 2017 11:01:59 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

Just saw that Hurricane Irma is producing wind gusts of 225 mph. That's
incredible.

Hoping those in Florida have no serious damage or more importantly
injuries. There's a little bit of encouragement that forecasters think
it will lose a little of it's punch by the time it hits although it
could still be a strong Cat 3 or a Cat 4. Getting wacked with a Cat 5
could be devastating.

If it goes straight up through Florida it seems the worst would be on
the eastern coast, being in the strongest quandrant.

The plots are pushing east and if that is true the east coast will get
the worst of it. The outer bands can still be pretty exciting. It is
not unusual to see tornadoes or very strong gusts. If the radar is
still working it is interesting to watch. You watch the stuff coming,
there it is. Then the sun comes out for a few minutes before another
band comes by.

It does look like Charleston better be battening down the hatches.
It may only be a Cat 3 by the time it gets there but that can still be
pretty exciting.

Yeah, my son and his family are in Mt. Pleasant, about 6 or 7 miles
north of Charleston as the crow flies. He's only 1.5 miles inland from
the ICW and 2 miles inland (across Isle of Palms) from the ocean. All
the houses in his neighborhood are built on pillars because they are not
much higher than sea level. Mt. Pleasant proper is at 16' elevation but
the developments closer to the ocean are lower. They have been there
for almost 10 years now and have escaped any major tropical storms or
hurricanes. Their luck may be running out.