Oh boy, here we go again! Hurricane breathing down my neck

[Jimbuna]

Stay safe everyone...

[Skybird]

Irma has shifted her course westward. It seems she will kiss not the Atlantic coast, but the Gulf coast again? The eye currently is at vector 225° from Florida's southern tip, precisely keeping its centre over the water between Florida and Cuba. I think it is the borderline between eye and outer activity zones where most water gets soaked up?! If so, Irma is not set to weaken any time soon. And Texas may get wet feet again.

https://earth.nullschool.net/#curren....74,26.85,2194

[Mr Quatro]

Irma made landfall precisely at 9:10am on 9-10-17 in the Florida Keys

The storm made landfall at Cudjoe Key in the lower Florida Keys at 9:10 am ET

[Aktungbby]

http://www.newser.com/story/248426/people-fled-irma-left-dogs-tied-up.html?utm_source=part&utm_medium=earthlink&utm_c ampaign=rss_topnews

As Floridians fled the wrath of Hurricane Irma, scores left behind man's best friend—some of them tied up, in pens, or in fenced yards, reports the Sun Sentinel.

[Jimbuna]

Those owners who surrendered nearly 60 dogs and cats shouldn't show up looking to get them back after the storm passes, says the director of Palm Beach County Animal Care and Control. "We are pretty clear when you surrender your animal you give up your rights," she says.

Couldn't have put it better.

[STEED]

Couple of guys on Sky News are enjoying it as they face the Irma at home!

[fireftr18]

Originally Posted by Buddahaid

No point in adding another number really. It would be like going to plaid.

I guess you're saying adding another number is ludicrous.

[Mr Quatro]

I guess it's over ... all the excitement is gone. The eye was really something to see as it passed over South Florida.

I ate so many munchies watching the hurricane
I have to go on diet now

[Rockin Robbins]

The storm is not even started for most Floridians. My prime time will be between 6 am and noon tomorrow, sitting in the NE quadrant of the storm. I've already had three tornado watches and warnings and expect more throughout the night. I predict that Cedar Key will be decimated and nobody is even talking about that. The entire area of Florida up the Gulf coast is sloped so gradually that a three foot raise in sea level would alter the shoreline by a mile. Especially vulnerable is Cedar Key to Perry.

But in fact, ignorant people are saying that Irma was the "fake storm." It's clear they have no experience with hurricanes. Let your guard down and you die. This is no game and Irma's bag of tricks is not empty. It's barely begun. It looks to be over 86 degree water again soon, and that will have the same effect as gasoline has on a fire. I know how to deal with hurricanes and would rather deal with them than earthquakes. But I'm not going to be stupid enough to pronounce one "over" before it's gone.

[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins

This is no game and Irma's bag of tricks is not empty.

Some new tricks:https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2017/09/09/hurricane-irma-is-literally-sucking-the-water-away-from-shorelines/?utm_term=.03424192ca13

As a meteorologist, there are things you learn in textbooks that you may never see in person. You know they happen theoretically, but the chances of seeing the most extraordinary weather phenomena are slim to none.
This is one of those things — a hurricane strong enough to change the shape of an ocean.
“This is Long Island, Bahamas and the ocean water is missing!!!”
Hurricane Irma’s winds are so strong, it’s pulling water away from the shoreline. It happened in the Bahamas on Friday and Saturday, and now it’s happening on the Gulf Coast of Florida on Sunday.
In any case, the missing water isn’t the sign of a tsunami. The water returned to Long Island on Saturday. On the Florida Gulf Coast, it will be back after the center of the storm passes north of the location.
The best advice is to not venture out onto the dry seabed. You don’t want to be there when the water returns.

[eddie]

Heard today, that parts of Florida's west coast will be at high tide when the storm surge hits, that is going to be a hell of a lot of water coming ashore.

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by eddie

Heard today, that parts of Florida's west coast will be at high tide when the storm surge hits, that is going to be a hell of a lot of water coming ashore.

Prepare plenty of crocoburgers then, and store them in the fridge. Or filled snake necks, with a dip.

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins

The storm is not even started for most Floridians. My prime time will be between 6 am and noon tomorrow, sitting in the NE quadrant of the storm. I've already had three tornado watches and warnings and expect more throughout the night. I predict that Cedar Key will be decimated and nobody is even talking about that. The entire area of Florida up the Gulf coast is sloped so gradually that a three foot raise in sea level would alter the shoreline by a mile. Especially vulnerable is Cedar Key to Perry.

But in fact, ignorant people are saying that Irma was the "fake storm." It's clear they have no experience with hurricanes. Let your guard down and you die. This is no game and Irma's bag of tricks is not empty. It's barely begun. It looks to be over 86 degree water again soon, and that will have the same effect as gasoline has on a fire. I know how to deal with hurricanes and would rather deal with them than earthquakes. But I'm not going to be stupid enough to pronounce one "over" before it's gone.

May the power of Linux be with you.

[Catfish]

What does Trump's "Hurricane response team" say? "Hello again"?

To be fair no one can exactly predict or prevent hurricanes. On the other hand i do not think that mankind's meddling with CO2 will better the situations for decades to come.

[STEED]

Hurricane Irma wrecks Sir Richard Branson's Necker Island home

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41224243



Don't panic Branson, Jim is going to send you a nice cold beer by 1st class air mail.