I'll keep you guys in my thoughts. Hope you all make it out unscathed.
@03cobra#694 I can fill in until your internet coverage is restored.
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Hurricane Irma
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My friend and his wife are just north of there in Palm City by Port St. Lucie and on a lagoon close to the beach. They are not leaving either. Told them to stay safe and maybe find a local shelter until the storm is done.
No thanks. Next up date is at 5.
Curious to see how NHC takes that run and if the cone gets moved west again.
lots of gas stations are out of fuel already where I'm at, and it's like Mad Max trying to get bottled water at stores!
My buddy has had a double whammy. He lost his mothers house ( she passed this summer) in the Harvey Houston floods and just lost his house in the Virgin Islands. He's a pilot for American Airlines and flys the Miami route to and from St Thomas. He was in the process of relocating to the DFW hub.
Girlfriend's dad is in Orlando. What is the outlook like there? Looks like it is right in the path but he lives in a large condo complex so Im thinking the structure itself should be okay? She's freaking out about it.
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Yeah gas is out here too and I will most likely have to work Friday and Saturday night so I won't be leaving here. Honestly if it went up the gut at 145 or so it should weaken quite a bit before it made it this way. Don't really have a choice but to stay and hold down the fort.
Should be okay minus losing power for a while. Won't know anything until the storm turns.
Im in Orlando, any idea where he is?
Unless its a really old and poorly maintained one I wouldnt be so worried about the condo itself. If it hits the bottom of the state and comes straight up it will hopefully weaken a decent amount by the time it gets here. Unless the storm shifts radically we will hopefully stay on the west side of the storm which is far better than being on the east.
I'm in PC too. Altho not officially a flood zone, PC is well known for street flooding. Unlike Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach that have intricate canal systems to channel the water, Martin County & north do not, ergo the reputed flooding.
I fear we are seriously, boadaciously screwed as Irma bears down on us, but always hope for the best. The SE coast of FL is, once again, target ZERO and it don't look none too good. We're all hoping the damn thing shifts east, out into the Atlantic.
But, nothing we can do about it- the the storm is gonna go wherever it wants to. We're as prepared as we can be on the Treasure Coast. Sadly, having lived in SoFla for 35 years, this ain't the first storm we've lived thru and surely won't be the last.
Wish us luck, folks.
Lee
Orlando would get a decent whack, but nothing that should be devastating IMO. If it went up Miamis butt, it would travel 180+ miles to Orlando. Of course, our luck it wouldn't lose much energy going over the warm everglades like Wilma iirc
Ah, the beauty of youth. I've lived/worked thru every storm since '82, so before you were born. I'll wish you the best of luck but I hope you've done some preparation cuz if your area gets hit, you've got no idea what's coming your way. I'll give you a hint tho- it rhymes w/hitstorm.
No shit, been here 30 years and been through as high as a high 4. It isn't much fun.
Storm shifted west. Looks like it's a southern landfall below us (I hope). There's a whole lot of nothing out there. Let it get smacked. Long as it doesn't take out beaufort.
Also just went under mandatory evac saturday at 10 am. Flipping the highways and opening it up for everyone to GTFO.
Also just went under mandatory evac saturday at 10 am. Flipping the highways and opening it up for everyone to GTFO.
Last years Hurricane(and i can't remember the name) in October that went offshore east of PC was no damage to their home. Mostly blown around branches and some street flooding. They sent me some pics. Hopefully this one misses you guys down there. Stay safe.
I thought the evac wasn't mandatory just yet, but if so that's when it'll happen?
Matthew was the name, and yes, thank goodness it stayed off shore & proved to be much ado about nothing. We got some wind, rain but never even lost power. I do not expect likewise w/this damn storm.
Not sure. He is pretty wealthy and from what I have seen it is a newer nicer complex. That's why I figured it would be a safer place to be if they aren't required to evac.
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Saturday at 10am is when it starts. Lane reversal for I26 up to Charlotte.
Problem is.. this bitch is huge. Where are you going to go besides Alabama or the other side of the App mountains to get away from it?
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