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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. They just moved down there this past summer, so they've no experience. They're living on Dutch Island, which, obviously, is an island. They've been moving all the important stuff upstairs. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for them. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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? -- Posted with my iPhone 7+. |
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On Thu, 07 Sep 2017 15:41:55 -0400, 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. They keep moving the track around so much I am not sure I would even guess where it will be on Tuesday. |
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On Thu, 07 Sep 2017 20:30:29 -0400, wrote:
On Thu, 07 Sep 2017 15:41:55 -0400, 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. They keep moving the track around so much I am not sure I would even guess where it will be on Tuesday. Savannah seems to be in the middle regardless of how they shift it. They were planning to go to Augusta, already have hotel reservations, but now they're worried about Augusta. I told the SIL to put wife and kids on an airplane and ship them up here - I'd buy the tickets. Let them kick that around a bit. Then I'd drive them back when things calm down a bit and help him clean up the mess. We'll see. |
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On Thu, 07 Sep 2017 20:53:36 -0400, John H
wrote: On Thu, 07 Sep 2017 20:30:29 -0400, wrote: They keep moving the track around so much I am not sure I would even guess where it will be on Tuesday. Savannah seems to be in the middle regardless of how they shift it. They were planning to go to Augusta, already have hotel reservations, but now they're worried about Augusta. I told the SIL to put wife and kids on an airplane and ship them up here - I'd buy the tickets. Let them kick that around a bit. Then I'd drive them back when things calm down a bit and help him clean up the mess. We'll see. 4 models go over Savanna but most take it west of Savannah more like Macon. Unfortunately the Euro model that everyone thinks the most of is one of the 4. |
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