On 9/7/2017 9:06 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:
wrote:
On Thu, 7 Sep 2017 15:50:25 -0400, "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.
We got flooded around here from a record breaking no name storm so you
can't really guess what may cause a flood. I got 2" of rain here today
from an afternoon thunderstorm.This place is saturated so this water
is not going down very fast.
Is it usual for the nuke plants in Florida to shut down in big storms?
I was just reading about that. The short answer is no. None of
Florida's nuke power plants were shut down due to the hurricanes of 2004
and 2005. The decision to shut down Turkey Point starting tomorrow and
St. Lucie 12 hours later only underscores the anticipated intensity of
Irma. I just heard one of the hurricane experts on the Weather Channel
saying that all indications are that Florida is about to experience a
hurricane the likes of which nobody has seen before. I don't think this
is hype.
Problem with the nuke plants is that they can't just be "switched off".
They have to be shut down slowly, over a period of time, gradually
reducing the output otherwise bad things can happen.