On Thursday, September 7, 2017 at 3:50:31 PM UTC-4, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 9/7/2017 3:41 PM, John H wrote:
On Wed, 06 Sep 2017 11:33:38 -0400, 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.

My daughter and family in Savannah are wondering where to go. Right now they're looking at Augusta,
or maybe coming all the way up here. It's definitely a worry.



It's rolling the dice a bit but from what I've seen of forecasts Irma
will likely be a Cat 1 storm by the time it hits Georgia or the
Carolina's. If it tracts up the east coast of Florida much of it's
energy will be lost. I wouldn't be overly concerned with a Cat 1, but
if their area is prone to flooding, getting out of Dodge might still be
a good idea.

They keep waffling on how strong it will be when it hits our coast. Last thing I saw had the eye back out over water for most of its trip up Florida, then back up to Cat 3 before landfall around Hilton Head. It'll be bad for HH, Savannah and Beaufort/Parris Island, but the good news is if it tracks north there's pretty much nothing but a couple of small towns, swamps. timber and an occasional tenant house for 100 miles. No big population centers down there.