Wow!
 

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?

First I've heard of it. Turkey Point is right in the coast.

Wow!
 

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.

Wow!
 

On Thu, 7 Sep 2017 21:06:06 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote:

Is it usual for the nuke plants in Florida to shut down in big storms?

I never heard one way or the other but if it is normal, this would be
the time for it. I am guessing they will scram the two at Turkey point
and the two in St Lucie County but who knows?
I doubt they are too worried about Crystal River. That is pretty far
away from any of the models.