Hunkering down

[GeneralGamer]

I posted this here cause you are my fellow Captains!

As you may have guessed, I'm in South Florida in Palm Beach County. So if I'm away in the next few days it's probably internet. I will try to do some pics and videos during the storm. Hopefully I can post them on my channel.

I'll see if I can get a video on Cold Waters. Watch for it later today. All the work is done around the house, and I'm ready.

All ,I can say to Irma is "SEND IT bi#ch"

Anyone else in the storm path be safe, don't panic and just be prepared. My thoughts and best wishes are with you. Jokes aside this is a huge monster, and nothing to ignore, but we will not let it win.

Thanks to all of you here for allowing me to share in your passion the games. Remember always try to make the best of a bad situation. Expect the worst and hope for the best.

Your friend Salty!!!

[Wiz33]

be safe and hope your internet stay up!

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Leaving to the Atlanta area or further N is the "safe" and smart thing to do. There is no where safe in Florida.
Nearly the whole state will be under water, even the structures which survive the Cat 4 winds. Irma will be sucking up a lot of hot energy and water in the day it spends passing by Andros Island in the Bahamas (water there is 90+ F.)
This storm dwarfs Andrew (the most destructive Florida hurricane in US history destroying or damaging 185,000 structures and costing nearly 27 BILLION dollars) because of its geographical size, storm surge and rain content. It will not quickly fizzle out hitting the coast.
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[GeneralGamer]

Originally Posted by -Pv-

Leaving to the Atlanta area or further N is the "safe" and smart thing to do. There is no where safe in Florida.
Nearly the whole state will be under water, even the structures which survive the Cat 4 winds. Irma will be sucking up a lot of hot energy and water in the day it spends passing by Andros Island in the Bahamas (water there is 90+ F.)
This storm dwarfs Andrew (the most destructive Florida hurricane in US history destroying or damaging 185,000 structures and costing nearly 27 BILLION dollars) because of its geographical size, storm surge and rain content. It will not quickly fizzle out hitting the coast.
-Pv-

Prepare don't panic. This storm is a wind event, not a rain event. Watch this video all the way thru for some good honest info on the hurricane. All Florida will NOT be underwater. That's bad info to spread panic. Florida has the WORLD"S best canal and water system to get rid of any possible floods. If you live west of I95 it's much safer. We live close to Darci.

Say safe on your trip as I95 and the expressway are parking lots. Where I live it would take 7 hours to reach the Florida Georgia border on a normal day. So with the jams now it might be 2 days lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dutCnwSw9Y

[-Pv-]

Andrew passed through S Florida then went out to sea. This one will track all the way up the majority of the state spending a day and half doing so. Harvey proved people cannot build drainage systems capable of handling this much destruction, especially when the drainage has no where to go.

I concede you appear to live right in the center of the state with an average elevation of ~130 feet. Hope your home doesn't get the roof torn off. The higher the elevation, the closer you are to the more destructive wind speeds.
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[GeneralGamer]

Thanks for you're concern I won't debate this however. I'll just say that Andrew was 30 years ago. Many regulations in home construction, canal drainage, etc. have improved greatly since then.

But we can't predict the damage yet. We can only hope for the best.

[Onkel Neal]

Originally Posted by GeneralGamer

I posted this here cause you are my fellow Captains!

As you may have guessed, I'm in South Florida in Palm Beach County. So if I'm away in the next few days it's probably internet. I will try to do some pics and videos during the storm. Hopefully I can post them on my channel.

I'll see if I can get a video on Cold Waters. Watch for it later today. All the work is done around the house, and I'm ready.

All ,I can say to Irma is "SEND IT bi#ch"

Anyone else in the storm path be safe, don't panic and just be prepared. My thoughts and best wishes are with you. Jokes aside this is a huge monster, and nothing to ignore, but we will not let it win.

Thanks to all of you here for allowing me to share in your passion the games. Remember always try to make the best of a bad situation. Expect the worst and hope for the best.

Your friend Salty!!!

Good luck, Salty, please keep us posted on your status.

[GeneralGamer]

Thanks!

I believe we are all good! We will get 80mph winds but that's nothing to worry about. Sorry I haven't put up a video lately but I will try today. I've been messing with the UI for hours. But that's a long story. We lost cable (just now) but still have internet. I appreciate your thoughts!!!

Stay Salty!!! lol

[-Pv-]

12:49 Eastern:
Key West Metar showing currently gusting to 40 knots (46 MPH) with 120 knots (138 MPH) predicted in the TAF:
KNQX 091645Z 03030G40KT 6000 VCTS SCT010CB BKN030 OVC050 31/27 A2991

Decoded textual weather for KNQX

Wind: 030 at 30 knots gusting to 40
Visibility: 3.7 SM (6000 m)
Clouds: Scattered at 1000 feet
Temperature: 31.0C
Dewpoint: 27.0C
Precipitation: Moderate rain
Altimeter: 1013 mb (29.91 inches)
Thunderstorms in the vicinity

TAF:
KNQX 0915/1015 01020G30KT 9999 VCTS BKN020 OVC050 540009 QNH2975INS BECMG 0916/0918 03030G40KT 6000 VCTS SHRA SCT010CB BKN030 OVC050 540009 540909 QNH2948INS TEMPO 0918/0923 01035G45KT 0800 TSRA BR SCT005CB BKN010 OVC030 BECMG 1001/1003 01060G70KT 0800 TSRA SCT005 BKN010CB OVC050 540009 540909 QNH2932INS BECMG 1005/1007 01065G85KT 0400 +TSRA BKN005CB OVC010 540009 540909 QNH2958INS BECMG 1009/1011 VRB100G120KT 0200 +TSRA BKN005CB OVC010 540009 540909 QNH2932INS AUTOMATED SENSOR METWATCH 0915 TIL 1310 T34/0922Z T28/1009Z FN00178

Rain accumulations in some areas could be up to 1 ft or more.
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[-Pv-]

Miami Beach live stream cam:
http://video.foxnews.com/v/557038939...#sp=watch-live

Key West live stream:
http://video.foxnews.com/v/557037550...#sp=watch-live
Current Key West:
https://www.wunderground.com/weather/us/fl/KEYW

8:30 EDT Sat:
over 75,000 without power out of the 6.4 mil or so in the evacuation zones as tornadoes form. Over 5 million expected to lose power. Some for days.
Over 75,000 people now in 385 shelters with late comers standing in line to get in as more shelters are activated. There is no shortage of potential shelters, but limited volunteers to manage them. There comes a point where the shelters in active storm areas have to close to protect the people inside.
Irma is twice the geographical size (roughly 1/3 of Texas) of Andrew which killed 40 people in Florida in 1992.
Tampa was last hit in 1921 with a population of 10,000, now 3 million. Add to that evacuees from the S part of the state.
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[-Pv-]

1:30PM EDT Sunday
Irma hits keys as Cat4 predicted to remain hurricane strength over N Florida as it follows up the W coast picking up warm moisture as it goes.
Flooding begins in Miami under 130 MPH winds which previously killed 28 people in the Caribbean.
Storm will hit Tampa by the end of the day moving at 9 MPH with a 6PM curfew. Hurricane force winds will stretch up to 90 miles from the eye and tropical storm winds up to 220 miles. FL is 158 miles wide the widest part of the ocean peninsula. Warnings of tornadoes for next 36 hours with 6 mobile homes destroyed so far with two confirmed touch downs. 1.5 mil people have lost power in the first few hours of crossing the Keys. Of the 6.4 million people in FL affected by the path, 127,000 are in shelters at this time.
As people focused on whether the eye would hit the W or E coast and juggled their travels accordingly, they lost sight of the physical size of the storm which has hurricane damage potential across the entire state for the duration of its travel.
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[-Pv-]

2:51 PM EDT
Cat 3 with 120 MPH winds as the eye approaches Naples.
FEMA sets up rumor control page to offset misinformation being spread on social media. Numerous scams are being perpetrated including what happened in Texas with fake inspectors and first responders with no official ID looting people's homes. Email scams asking for money. Official relief agencies will not contact you through social media or email asking for money. They rely on SSL web site donation (HTTPS) and checks made out to the official charity.
Scams: not to individuals or modified charity names. Robo calls telling people their flood insurance is over due and to pay through a fishing web site, etc.
https://www.fema.gov/hurricane-irma-rumor-control
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[-Pv-]

4:58PM EDT
Irma cat 2 110 MPH winds now over mainland Marco Island FL.
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[-Pv-]

8:00 EDT Cat 2 105 MPH nearing central FL coast after leaving Naples.
Heavy flooding in Miami. W inland storm surge is expected after eye passes.
The eye low pressure sucked water out to see in many areas, but that water is expected to return in a rush.
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[-Pv-]

8PM EDT Irma eye is about even with Lake Okeechobee as cat 2 100 MPH, going N at 14 MPH, now expected to leave the state as a tropical storm.
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