Posted on 09/07/2017 8:09:47 AM PDT by NautiNurse
Dangerous Category 5 Hurricane Irma had a devastating impact on islands in the Caribbean.
Hurricane and Storm surge watches were issued Thursday morning for South Florida. The Florida Keys began evacuating visitors and residents, followed by flood zones in Miami and Miami Beach. Sarasota FL declared a local state of emergency Thursday morning.
Polk County FL Sheriff Grady Judd said Wednesday that law enforcement authorities would check the identities of people who turn up at shelters--and take to jail anyone found to have an active arrest warrant. “If you go to a shelter for Irma and you have a warrant, we’ll gladly escort you to the safe and secure shelter called the Polk County Jail... “If you have a warrant, turn yourself in to the jail — it’s a secure shelter.” Judd also posted that sex offenders and sex predators would not be admitted to the shelters. "We cannot and we will not have innocent children in a shelter with sexual offenders & predators. Period." Judd's statements unleashed a liberal firestorm via Twitter.
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Well, it is, really.
As for globull warming.......
I don't know a single real meteorologist who subscribes to it.
They all know that you cannot forecast any significant distance into the future because they understand the science and math behind forecasting and the variables involved and the limitations of the computer models.
You make excellent points.
Plywood and bottled water using the south bound lanes.
recon is finding the wind field has really expanded, the pressure is constant...however max winds are down
microwave image shows classic eye wall replacement .with a very large other eye wall..the CAT 5 streak may be over....bad news is once this cycle is complete in the next 12 hours or so...it will be hitting even warmer water...so the new eye will contract and the wind increase increase
Wow...excellent analysis. I’m in health care in jax..we’re working tomorrow.
The prevailing thought about using both lanes either side is that if they do that, there will most likely be a parking lot on both sides, that will make it impossible or extremely difficult for emergency crews to access the disaster area.
It has been discussed, that as you know, people can and do become very frightened and act irrationally during a crisis, alot of the time. They may well jump over whatever barriers are there and use the roads anyway. This has happened before.
Like a run on the bank..
800 semis may seem like a lot but the supplies quickly thin out once inside the disaster zone.
Hopefully a few tanker trucks are in line with the rest of the fleet.
Thank you so much..very wise.
Good observation! Trucks hauling supplies are the vehicles headed south. Hopefully some fuel tanker trucks too.
Right now its all about order and containment. This might jump the fence as Zero Hour gets close enough to stir your grits for you.
Wow. Then the truckers are going to have to get back out of Florida
I was wondering about the same thing. Seems a bit odd.
***Not as easy as you think and definitely not an exact science.***
Thank you, rt, for saying something that needed to be said.
amen :)
Yeah - gonna be a big fat mess for a while.
That's where we are donating. Most all goes to the people who are in need...VERY little in overhead. God Bless Franklin Graham.
Amen!!!!!! to everything you said.
Some of the roads start “contra-flow” in the morning. Likewise, they have been adding a shoulder lane on US 1 out of the Keys from what I heard announced — I think they started that yesterday.
might be a good time to investigate “humanure” book.
Great book on compost toilets.
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