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Hurricane Irma Live Thread Part II
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Posted on 09/07/2017 8:09:47 AM PDT by NautiNurse

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To: AdmSmith

have someone write it on your back. limbs can be eaten and torn off. sorry to be so graphic.


1,261 posted on 09/08/2017 2:10:40 PM PDT by The 10th man (Movement is Life)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
If Irma tracks like Donna from 1960, the big fear is that if the storm heads out into the Atlantic, we could have a close repeat of what happened during Sandy in 2012.
1,262 posted on 09/08/2017 2:11:07 PM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's Economic Cure)
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To: dfwgator

My local weather reports that they’re not seeing much effect at all from the mountains of Cuba on the storm.


1,263 posted on 09/08/2017 2:12:42 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: PJ-Comix

This storm is wide enough to hit all of the Peninsula with hurricane-force winds even if the center tracks along the western coastline.


1,264 posted on 09/08/2017 2:13:02 PM PDT by dirtboy
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To: PJ-Comix
Where it's mostly Everglades.

But that track could put the Orlando, FL metro area under threat due to the size of the storm and the east side of the storm being the most intense and dangerous. There could be potentially substantial damage to the theme parks in the Orlando area: Disney World, Universal Studios Florida and Sea World.

1,265 posted on 09/08/2017 2:14:08 PM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's Economic Cure)
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To: thouworm

“1935 Labor Day Hurricane...literally, the salt and wind and rain literally blasted clothes off people. That’s how strong that kind of wind is.”

Yep, the force of the sand literally sandblasted away victims facial features and made tem hard to ID. Many were buried in a mass grave in Islamorada.

That hurricane was so strong an compact that people in Miami really didn’t feel anything.

There’s a good book about this hurricane - Storm Of The Century: The Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 - by Willie Drye

https://www.amazon.com/Storm-Century-Labor-Hurricane-Adventure/dp/0792280105


1,266 posted on 09/08/2017 2:14:39 PM PDT by MplsSteve
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To: RayChuang88
But that track could put the Orlando, FL metro area under threat due to the size of the storm and the east side of the storm being the most intense and dangerous. There could be potentially substantial damage to the theme parks in the Orlando area: Disney World, Universal Studios Florida and Sea World.

By the time it reaches Orlando, Irma's eye would have been over land so long it would probably be just a tropical storm by then. A lot of rain, maybe some flooding, but nothing catastrophic there.

1,267 posted on 09/08/2017 2:16:30 PM PDT by PJ-Comix (Waiting for 2024 Total Eclipse)
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To: PJ-Comix

Charlie was still able to kick Orlando’s arse and it was a smaller, weaker storm. Do not discount impacts away from the center of this storm.


1,268 posted on 09/08/2017 2:18:00 PM PDT by dirtboy
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To: MplsSteve
Many were buried in a mass grave in Islamorada.

Are you sure about that? It's hard to bury people in the Keys because of hard limestone just under the surface. I read that the victims of the 1935 hurricane had their bodies piled in pyramids and then set ablaze.

1,269 posted on 09/08/2017 2:18:47 PM PDT by PJ-Comix (Waiting for 2024 Total Eclipse)
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To: alancarp

Gotcha


1,270 posted on 09/08/2017 2:18:50 PM PDT by Baldwin77 (They hated Reagan too ! TRUMP TOUGH - AMERICA STRONG)
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To: PJ-Comix

OK, I stand corrected. They were cremated and the ashes put in an above ground crypt.

You are correct.


1,271 posted on 09/08/2017 2:20:23 PM PDT by MplsSteve
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To: RayChuang88

To be clear, Bastardi said Irma’s initial Florida contact could look like Donna in 1960. He didn’t specifically adopt the eastward move to the Atlantic.

BTW, I know NOTHING about hurricanes, just passing along info.


1,272 posted on 09/08/2017 2:20:43 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: AdmSmith

South Carolina governor has a news conference scheduled for 6 PM to most possibly announce mandatory evacuations of coastal areas.


1,273 posted on 09/08/2017 2:21:03 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: PJ-Comix
By the time it reaches Orlando, Irma's eye would have been over land so long it would probably be just a tropical storm by then. A lot of rain, maybe some flooding, but nothing catastrophic there.

I'd almost agree, but Irma is such a huge storm that the wind and rain damage from the east side of the storm could reach hundreds of miles from the eye. That makes the Orlando area particularly vulnerable even as a Category 2 storm.

1,274 posted on 09/08/2017 2:22:00 PM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's Economic Cure)
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To: NautiNurse

1,275 posted on 09/08/2017 2:22:30 PM PDT by dirtboy
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To: Cementjungle
Good luck! The major thoroughfares were insane and more so today, so your solution to fly out privately was sound. Finding a room is difficult. A miracle happened today. We needed a room for Saturday, my niece went on hotels.com. In the sea of red dots was one green dot and we got a reservation for Saturday through Wednesday. You may want to try that site. I wish you and your family the best. Until the next post! 😺
1,276 posted on 09/08/2017 2:22:40 PM PDT by Chgogal (Sessions recused himself for shaking an Ambassador's hand. Shameful!)
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To: dirtboy

Notice that they have it hanging round for a day in Tennessee


1,277 posted on 09/08/2017 2:24:33 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: Cementjungle

Good luck!! Let us know how you are


1,278 posted on 09/08/2017 2:26:19 PM PDT by 4everontheRight (And the story began with..."Once there was a great nation......")
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To: RightGeek

That is right over my head here in NE Alabama.


1,279 posted on 09/08/2017 2:27:15 PM PDT by eastforker (All in, I'm all Trump,what you got!)
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To: Cementjungle

Been watching your progress, congrats and happy landings.


1,280 posted on 09/08/2017 2:28:38 PM PDT by Veto! (Political Correctness Offends Me)
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